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https://doi.org/10.47960/2712-1844.2025.11.243
Queen Catherine Kosača Kotromanić in Collective Memory and Strengthening of National Identities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Goran Mijočević
orcid.org/0000-0003-1545-5254
; Sveučilište u Mostaru, Filozofski fakultet
Ana Zadro
orcid.org/0009-0005-3784-499X
; Sveučilište u Mostaru, Filozofski fakultet
Marina Beus
orcid.org/0000-0001-6102-4928
; Sveučilište u Mostaru, Filozofski fakultet
Sažetak
Cultural memory has recently become one of the more prevalent interdisciplinary topics in scientific discourse, and the reason for this certainly lies in the socio-political turning points that have marked recent European history, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose complexity of state structure arouses special interest when it comes to collective memory and strengthening of na-tional identities. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to explore how the Bosnian-Herzegovinian social elites use public space as a platform for building collective identities, considering the fact that, at least when it comes to the Croatian national identity, commemorating notable figures from their national history plays a very significant role. Since Queen Catherine Kosača Kotromanić is certainly one of the most well-known figures from the medieval Kingdom of Bosnia, it seems in-teresting to explore her institutional presence in cultural memory (e.g., hodonymy, names of in-stitutions, etc.), as well as her presence in popular culture and folk tradition, such as the names of associations, cultural and artistic societies, festivities, and the like, taking into account the uniqueness of Bosnia and Herzegovina both in territorial and socio-political structure.
Ključne riječi
queen Catherine; Middle Ages; cultural memory; collective identity
Hrčak ID:
335518
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.10.2025.
Posjeta: 776 *