Dr Maja Perić Continues Archival Research in Rijeka
This week, our senior assistant Dr Maja Perić, completed her series of archive visits as part of her research for our project. After Antwerp, Brussels, and Vienna, this may well be the most important final stop in the story of the Privileged Company and the sugar factory: Rijeka. The documentation in the State archive in […]
Dr Katja Radoš-Perković Presents at Conference in Zagreb
Dr Katja Radoš-Perković took part in the conference Filološko nasljeđe i suvremenost, organised by the Croatian Philological Society [Hrvatsko filološko društvo]. The conference was held from 23 to 25 October 2025 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. As the title suggests, in her paper A Survey of the Bibliography on […]
Dr Stipe Ledić Presents on Bishop Vrhovac’s Will and Conducts Archival Research in Slavonia
On 9 October 2025, Dr Stipe Ledić took part in the scholarly conference Oporuke kao izvor za povijest kontinentalne Hrvatske [Wills as Sources for the History of Continental Croatia], held in Slavonski Brod and organised by the Croatian Institute of History – Unit for the History of Slavonia, Syrmia, and Baranya. He presented a paper […]
Defence of Doctoral Research Proposal on Enlightenment-Era Libraries
At a recently held doctoral workshop, organised as part of the Premodern History PhD programme at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, doctoral assistant Marta Jurković successfully defended her doctoral research proposal. The working title of her thesis is Private libraries in Venetian Istria and Dalmatia and the Republic of Dubrovnik […]
Fifth Briefing on the Bibliography of the Croatian Enlightenment
The fifth briefing on the bibliography of the Croatian Enlightenment took place on Monday, 13 October 2025. After several months of reviewing relevant literature, our collaborators presented drafts of the papers they will deliver at the upcoming research workshop “What is Enlightenment?”. The workshop will be held on 28 November at the Ivo Pilar Institute […]
Research Visit to Split: Exploring the Legacy of Julije Bajamonti
Assoc. Prof. Dr Katja Radoš-Perković spent several days in Split researching primary materials held across various institutions. Her work focused on examining the legacy of Julije Bajamonti, the major part of which is preserved in the library of the Archaeological Museum in Split. Bajamonti’s collection was first described and classified at the beginning of the […]
Enlightenment Spa Culture at BSECS PG/ECR Conference 2025
Research assistant Marta Jurković took part in the annual Postgraduate and Early Career Scholars’ Conference organised by the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. The conference, entitled Façades, was held at Bath Spa University on 30–31 July 2025. She presented her paper, Sicuro, salubre, e comodo: Enlightenment Sociability and Spa Culture at the Baths of Nocera, […]
Dr Maja Perić Investigates Historical Correspondence in Antwerp and Brussels
At the end of June, Senior Assistant Dr Maja Perić conducted her first field research as part of her project work, spending time in Belgium. There, she visited three different archives that hold extensive correspondence from Antwerp entrepreneurs who were involved in the operations of the Rijeka sugar refinery and the associated company. Her first […]
Dr Zrinko Novosel Presents Research at Conference in Aarhus
Dr Zrinko Novosel attended the international academic conference Women, Men and Other Animals – ISIH 2025, held at Aarhus University from 11 to 13 June. Organised by the International Society for Intellectual History, the event featured research presentations by more than 60 participants and three keynote lectures by leading scholars in intellectual history. In the […]
Dr Katja Radoš-Perković Presents Research at Conference in Bologna
Dr. Katja Radoš-Perković took part in the annual scientific conference of the Italian Society of Studies on the Eighteenth Century (SISSD – Società italiana di studi sul secolo XVIII). The title of the conference was Il Settecento delle crisi (Crises in the Eighteenth Century), and it was held from 3 to 5 June 2025. Her presentation, La […]
