Elvis Orbanić, PhD

Director of the State Archives in Pazin
Vladimira Nazora 3, Pazin
+385 (0)52 624077
elvis.orbanic@dapa.hr
elvis.orbanic@gmail.com
www.dapa.hr

Areas of research interest

Istrian late medieval and early Modern Age ecclesiastical and social history. In the forthcoming multiannual period he intends to study the history of the Duchy of Pazin from the 16^th to the 18^th century, of ecclesiastic infrastructure, religious practice and rites and especially of the Glagolitic culture of this central Istrian region, connecting his previous and forthcoming research interests with his work for the Scientfic Centre of Excellence for Croatian Glagolitism.

Professional background

From 1 February 2002 to 23 March 2003: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb (junior researcher)
From 24 November 2003 to 30 September 2004: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb (junior researcher)
From 1 October 2004 to 17 August 2007: Institute for Historical and Social Sciences, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Rijeka (assistant)
Since 17 August 2007 – to date: Pazin State Archives (director)

Academic background

21 June 2001: Bachelor’s degree, graduation thesis: Katedra svetog Nicefora - pregled historiografskih prijepora do početka 16. stoljeća
25 May 2005: Master’s degree, Master’s thesis: Pučka pobožnost i neki aspekti istarskog društva od kraja 15. do kraja 16. stoljeća na primjeru oporuka
16 February 2012: PhD degree, dissertation: Društveni i religiozni život Porečke biskupija „a parte Imperij“ u 17. stoljeću. Primjer Pazina, Starog Pazina, Svetog Petra u Šumi i Žminja

Research projects

2002 – 2004: Croatian Societies in the High and Late Middle Ages (project leader: Academician Tomislav Raukar)
2004 – 2007: Contributions to the History of Western Croatia (Istria, Kvarner Littoral, Gorski kotar) (project leader: Academician Petar Strčić)
2007 – 2011: Glagolitic and Latin Sources and Studies for the History of Population and Every Day Life (project leader: Zoran Ladić, PhD)

Activities

Conference participation

a) In Croatia

Pobožnost malog čovjeka u perspektivi njegove/njezine posljednje želje: Buzetske oporuke s kraja srednjega vijeka. International scientific conference The 1st Istrian Historical Biennal, Poreč 22 – 24 May 2003
Pučka pobožnost Istre 16. stoljeća u perspektivi oporuka. The 2nd Congress of Croatian Historians. Organised by: Croatian National Committee for Historical Sciences (HNOPZ – Hrvatski nacionalni odbor za povijesne znanosti), in cooperation with the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pula, University of Rijeka, 2004
Notar, suci i oporučitelji: crtica o ugledu i religiji u porečkom društvu 16. stoljeća. International Scientific Conference: The 2^nd Istrian Historical Biennial, Poreč 19 – 21 May 2005
Inventar pokretnih i nepokretnih dobara presvijetlog i prečasnog gospodina, gospodina Antonija Zare biskupa pićanskoga i Povijest DAPA s posebnim osvrtom na razdoblje od 1980. do 2008. godine. International Scientific Conference, Pićan–Gračišće–Pazin, 23 – 24 October 2008 on the Occasion of the 50^th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Pazin State Archives and the 220^th Anniversary of the Abolishment of the Diocese of Pićan
Pićanska biskupija u razvijenom i kasnom srednjem vijeku, Pazinska knežija od 12. do 16. stoljeća. The 28th Pazin Commemorative Event, Pazin, 28 September 2002
Informa(tiza)cija jedne arhivske ustanove – primjer DAPA. Informatisation of the Croatian Archival Service, Umag, 19 October 2011
Oporučna pobožna praksa u Buzetu sredinom 16. stoljeća. The 41^st Days of Buzet, Buzet, 3 September 2010
Osnivanje Arhiva u Pazinu, Pazin i Pazinština 60ih i 70ih godina 20. stoljeća. The 36^th Pazin Commemorative Event, Pazin, 23 September 2010
Vodnjanski triptih svetosti: Ivan Olini, Lav Bembo i Nikoloza Borsa. Celebration of the 800^th Anniversary of the Vodnjan Parish, Vodnjan, 3 February 2012
Rudolf Zafran, žminjski župnik (1946.-1963.): prilog za životopis. The 39^th Pazin Commemorative Event, Pazin, 27 September 2013
Gospodarske prilike u Pazinskoj knežiji prema De Busetovoj vizitaciji iz 1788. godine. Istrian Economy Yesterday and Tomorrow, Pazin – Pula, 21 – 23 November 2013
Iskustva Državnog arhiva u Pazinu oko zaštite crkvenog arhivskog gradiva. Archival Heritage of Religious Communities in Croatia – Practical Experiences and Perspectives, 25 and 26 September 2014

b) In foreign countries

Prilog o tršćanskom razdoblju Jurja Dobrile: „Hrvati u Trstu. I Croati a Trieste“. Trieste, 19 October 2002, under the auspices of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Testamentary Evidence between Statutes and Practice in Medieval Istria: The Exemple of Labin, Buzet and Poreč, International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 9 – 12 July 2012 (accepted lecture, included in the printed conference agenda)
Cooperazione interistituzionale sulla tutela degli archivi ecclesiastici. Un esperienza dell'arhivio statale regionale. (DAPA), Seconda conferenza degli archivisti ecclesiastici europei, Rome, 29 April – 1 May 2013

Conference organisation

Co-organiser of the International Scientific Conference Istrian Historical Biennial, Poreč, 2009, 2011, 2013
Chief organiser of the International Scientific Conference on the Occasion of the 50^th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Pazin State Archives and the 220^th Anniversary of the Abolishment of the Diocese of Pićan, Pazin-Pićan-Gračišće, 23 and 24 October 2008
Co-organiser of the Scientific Conference Juraj Dobrila, PhD (1812–1882) and One Century of the Poem: Krasna zemljo (1912–2012), Pazin – Pula, 25 – 26 October 2012
Chief organiser of the International Scientific Conference: Istrian Economy Yesterday and Tomorrow, Pazin – Pula, 22 and 23 November 2013
Professional and Scientific Conference The Origin of the Printed Word: 155 Years of Printing in Istria (1859–2014), co-organiser, Pula, 4 November 2014

Popularisation of science

Katedra svetog Nicefora. Povijesna skica Pićanske biskupije. Pazin, Josip Turčinović d.o.o., 2002
Iz prošlosti Pićanske biskupije, Istarska danica za 2003., Pazin, 2002,137-141
Sveto carsko i kraljevsko veličanstvo, gospodarice premilostiva…, Istarska danica za 2004, Pazin 2003, 145-147.
Od Male Azije do Istre - Sveti Nicefor u Pićanskoj biskupiji, Hrvatska revija 2., Zagreb 2003, 80-84
Čuveni pićanski biskup, Pićonska kronika, Kulturno informativni list Pićna, Tupljaka i Sv. Katarine, April/May 2004,1, No. 1, 7
Kroz povijest Žminja, Hrvatska revija, Zagreb 2007, 46-53
Vjera i pobožnost u oporukama 16. stoljeća, Istarska danica za 2008, Pazin 2007, 108-111
Monsinjore, moj gospodine, Istarska danica za 2010., Pazin 2009, 164-166
Istarski kaptoli i kanonici: nekad i danas, Istarska danica za 2011, Pazin 2010, 127-130
Kvatre i kvaternice, Istarska danica za 2012, Pazin 2011, 106-109
Rudolf Zafran: žminjski župnik (1946-1963), Istarska danica za 2013, Pazin 2012, 88-93
Igancije Buzetski i njegova pastoralna vizitacija, Istarska danica za 2014, Pazin 2013, 115-120
Procesije Pićanske biskupije 1783. godine, Istarska danica za 2015. godinu, Pazin 2014,102-106

Awards and distinctions

Plaque of the Pićan Municipality for 2012

Membership

Istrian Historical Society
Chair of Čakavian Parliament for the History of Istria
Chair of Čakavian Parliament Žminj
Istrian Archival Society

Editorial Boards

a) In Croatia

Milica Kranjčić: Važgite ga ljudi, Katedra Čakavskog sabora Žminj, Žminj 2007. (Editor-in-Chief)
Libri žminjski, 1. i 2., Katedra Čakavskog sabora Žminj, Žminj 2008. (editor with Academian Andrija Mutnjaković and Slavko Krajcar, PhD)
Histria. Godišnjak Istarskog povijesnog društva, Pula (Member of the Editorial Board since 2011)
Istarska danica, Pazin (Member of the Editorial Board since 2007)
Vjesnik istarskog arhiva, Pazin (Member of the Editorial Board since 2007)
Posebna izdanja DAPA, Pazin (Member of the Editorial Board since 2007)
Pazinski memorijal, Pazin (Member of the Editorial Board since 2006)
Acta medico-historica adriatica, Rijeka (Member of the Publicher Board since 2011)
Juraj Dobrila, De confessione sacramentali, Pazin, 2012. (Editor-in-Chief)
Pićanska biskupija i Pićanština. Zbornik radova s međunarodnog znanstvenog skupa, Pazin 2012. (Executive editor)
Stanko Josip Škunca, Prošlost Crkve u Istri, Pazin, 2014. (Editor-in-Chief)
Arhivski vjesnik, Zagreb (Member of the Editorial Board since 2015)

b) In other countries

Arhivi, Glasilo Arhivskega društva in arhivov Slovenije, Ljubljana (Member of the Editorial Board since 2008)

Bibliography

CROSBI: bib.irb.hr