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The Bibliography of Dr Šime Peričić (1963–2002)
Mislav Elvis Lukšić
Abstract
On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the scholarly career of the worthy Dalmatian and Croatian historian from Zadar Dr Šime Peričić and on the occasion of his retirement, the Institute for Historical Sciences of HAZU in Zadar wishes with this introductory note and the listing of his entire bibliography to give credit to his longstanding research activities. This is particularly pertinent if one notes that the most fruitful scholarly years of his career were spent in this institution. Šime Peričić was born in Sukošan near Zadar on December 30, 1936. He went to elementary school in the place of his birth and completed his high-school education in Zadar. For a period of time afterwards he worked as an office-worker and teacher. In 1964 he became an archivist in the State Archive in Zadar where he gradually began to do scholarly research, collecting and exploring original documents pertaining to the economic, social, cultural and political past of Zadar and the entire Dalmatia region from the XVIIth to the XXth century. In the forthcoming decade he will base the majority of his scholarly and professional publications which today number around 240 bibliographical units on this archival research activities. The same year he was employed in the Zadar Archive he became a member of the Society of Archive Employees of Croatia (Društvo arhivskih radnika Hrvatske), a member of the Historical Society of Croatia (Povijesno društvo Hrvatske) and of the central Croatian cultural and publishing society Matica Hrvatska. In 1969 he was elected a member associate of the Society for Researching and Developing Maritime Affairs of Yugoslavia (Društvo za proučavanje i unapređenje pomorstva Jugoslavije). In addition he has been a permanent associate of the Zagreb Institute for Croatian History (Institut za hrvatsku povijest) from its establishment in 1971. Very active in his scholarly endeavors during the sixties and seventies, he rounded off the first part of his scholarly career in 1975 with a defense of his PhD thesis entitled Dalmacija uoči pada Mletačke Republike (Dalmatia on the Eve of the Fall of the Venetian Republic) at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zadar. In 1981 he moved to the Institute for Historical Sciences of JAZU (now HAZU) in Zadar, where he began working as a higher scholarly associate. In 1984 he became a scientific advisor. From 1984 to 1991 he was the director of the Academy’s Institute and served for a time on the editorial board of the journal Radovi Zavoda za povijesne znanosti JAZU u Zadru. In addition, he was on the editorial board of the journal Pomorski zbornik from Rijeka, the serial edition Prošlost Zadra (The Past of Zadar) and many other publications. The results of his research into the economic, social, cultural and political past of Zadar, its vicinity and the whole of Dalmatia during the last decades will remain an indipensible point of reference for scholars and members of the profession and the cultural public at large. This research has produced a series of precious scholarly books and contributions in scholarly and professional publications in different editions, journals and newspapers. However, knowing his dedication to his profession it is to be hoped that in the years to come Dr Šime Peričić will continue to enrich our Dalmatian and Croatian historiography with new scholarly and professional insights. Therefore, at the end of this brief note it remains to wish him the best of health and many more years of scholarly work for his own satisfaction and for the benefit of Croatian historical science.
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Publication date:
19.9.2003.
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