Conference paper
Summary: Historiography, the island of Krk and the First World War (based on papers published in Krčki zbornik [Krk Almanac])
Tomislav Galović
orcid.org/0000-0001-8408-0615
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
One of the most crucial events in 20th century history – the First World War (1914-1918) – certainly had numerous repercussions and left more or less visible traces on the lives of the people and development on the largest Adriatic island – Krk. Even though one may have the impression that this era has been thoroughly analysed and evaluated in the historiographic sense, we may be unpleasantly surprised when seeking out the relevant literature on this topic. In fact, with regard to the island of Krk, all that one may find is limited to a few works and shorter nonscholarly articles, as well as the unavoidable and foundational book for a general understanding of Krk’s history: the book Otok Krk kroz vjekove [The Island of Krk Over the Centuries] by Mihovil Bolonić and Ivan Žic-Rokov (1977), which now has cult status. So this paper presents what was written about and how the First World War was covered in Krčki zbornik [Krk Almanac], the sole specialized scholarly / professional periodical on the island of Krk that covers various fields of scholarship, but with a primary focus on humanities and the social sciences. As the journal of the Krk Historical Society – which was established in 1969 with the fundamental aim of advancing scholarly research in the fields of history and other disciplines and their popularization, improvement of educational instruction, development of museum and conservation activities, ethnography and folklore, and development of historical and other institutions on the island and beyond, as well as collaboration with other institutions, etc. – Krčki zbornik, from its first volume published in 1970 under the editor Petar Strčić through the 68 printed volumes that followed (with two forthcoming), has served as the Society’s backbone and made it recognizable. Based on this body of work (vols. 1-69 / 1970-2013), this paper shows the extent of research into the First World War era tied to the island of Krk and Krk’s residents and points to certain future priorities and projects (systematic archival research, publication of valuable source materials, analytical articles, syntheses – Otok Krk i Prvi svjetski rat [The Island of Krk and the First World War] etc.).
Keywords
First World War; historiography; island of Krk; Krk Historical Society; Krčki zbornik [Krk Almanac]
Hrčak ID:
284387
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Publication date:
11.11.2021.
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