Croatology, Vol. 11 No. 1, 2020.
Original scientific paper
Letters of Stjepan Srkulj to Vatroslav Jagić (1896. – 1919.)
Alojz Jembrih
; Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
Iva Jurčević
; Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
Abstract
Stjepan Srkulj (3 December 1869 – 8 September 1951) was Croatian historian and politician who performed his duty as Mayor of the city of Zagreb in two mandates (from 1917 to 1919 and from 1928 to 1932). In twenty nine letters and cards that Stjepan Srkulj wrote from 1896 to 1919 to his former University professor and philologist Vatroslav Jagić (6 July 1838 – 5 August 1923) in Vienna, he expressed his thoughts regarding mainly three subjects: his professional work, problems surrounding high school education along with status of teachers and political situation of that time. Until he become Mayor, Stjepan Srkulj had focused on matters of high school education, especially problems regarding teachers’ incomes, retirement and pensions. He wrote several history articles and history textbooks. These issues were dominantly represented in letters until 1917 when Srkulj become Mayor of the city of Zagreb. From that time on, his letters were more focused on political situation especially since 1918 when the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was established.
Keywords
Stjepan Srkulj; Vatroslav Jagić; correspondence; education; history textbooks; Mayor of Zagreb
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Publication date:
11.12.2020.
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