Essays
Memories – What I Did as a Historian from the Age of Eighty to Ninety (2013-2023)
Mira Kolar Dimitrijević
orcid.org/0000-0002-6050-5700
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb – Full Professor (retired)
Abstract
This work takes the form of a report on the professional activities of a historian, Professor Mira Kolar-Dimitrijević, Ph.D., during the time when she was 80 to 90 years old. Despite her advanced age, she persisted in the pursuit of scientific and professional articles, as well as collaboration with historical institutions, societies, and journals. Naturally, her activity was considerably lower than during the peak of her career as a history professor, focused on economic and social history. This decline was, in part, influenced by political circumstances, and her works increasingly took on an interdisciplinary character, departing from the exclusive focus on the working class, which was her primary area of study during the socialist era of Yugoslavia. She increasingly delves into various social topics within her native Podravina region. She pays special attention to the history of the Croatian Peasant Party, specifically its prominent figures. Consequently, her research on the history of Croatia's labor class gives way to the history of peasantry, examining the source of labor in industry and craftsmanship, subjects on which she writes independently or collaborates with co-authors.
Keywords
Mira Kolar-Dimitrijević; autobiography; 2013-2023; economy
Hrčak ID:
320069
URI
Publication date:
14.12.2023.
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