Original scientific paper
Tadija Smičiklas, Lecturer in Historical Auxiliary Sciences at the Faculty of Arts of Zagreb University
Ivan Jurković
Abstract
The author in this article gives a detailed analysis of hitherto unknown data on Tadija Smičiklas as a professor of historical auxiliary sciences at the Faculty of Arts in Zagreb form 1881 till his retirement in 1905. Smičiklas’s teaching activity is studied on the basis of hitherto unknown materials belonging to the archival series Zapisnici Mudroslovnog fakulteta [Minutes of the sessions of the Faculty of Arts] and Spisi Mudroslovnog fakulteta [Acts of the Faculty of Arts], both of them kept in the Archive of the Faculty of Arts in Zagreb. Smičiklas taught also some other subjects, such as “Croatian history in the Angevin period” and “Historical writers of the fourteenth century,” but the principal emphasis of his work was on historical auxiliary sciences. He acquired basic knowledge of this area during his education at the Institut für österreichische Geschichtsforschung in Vienna. The author also analyses in detail Smičiklas’s pedagogical activity towards his students, and emphasises his objectivity and understanding towards each of them. At the meetings of the board of professors, Smičiklas frequently represented the interests of students. His pedagogical and teaching activity was extremely respected inside the University, which promoted him to the first doctor honoris causa of the Faculty of Arts in Zagreb. Finally, discussing Smičiklas’s wish to establish a foundation for financial support of students, which collapsed soon after his death due to high inflation, the author concludes that Smičiklas’s real foundation was his influence, which remained long lasting [trajna] throughout the lives and work of his pupils and important Croatian scholars Ferdo Šišić, Milan Šufflay, Đuro Šurmin, Marko Kostrenčić, and others.
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15825
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Publication date:
1.3.2001.
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