Dr Stipe Ledić Presents Research at Conference in Budapest
Dr Stipe Ledić participated in a Hungarian-Croatian academic conference held in Budapest on 22–23 May, entitled A magyar-horvát egyházi és világi elit a királyi tanácsban és a magyar országgyűléseken (1102–1918) [The Hungarian-Croatian Ecclesiastical and Secular Elite in the Royal Council and the Hungarian Diet (1102–1918)]. The conference was co-organised by the Hungarian HUN-REN BTK Institute […]
Fourth Briefing on the Bibliography of the Croatian Enlightenment
On Wednesday, 28 May 2025, we held the fourth briefing dedicated to the annotated bibliography of the Croatian Enlightenment. During the session, some key terms and shared themes began to emerge—points of convergence that will continue to shape our research focus in the coming months. As of this fourth meeting, our annotated bibliography database has […]
LIGHT Project Presented at Kliofest 2025
Left to right: Marta Jurković, Teodora Shek Brnardić, Maja Perić, Zrinko Novosel, Stipe Ledić. On 15 May 2025, the LIGHT project team — led by Teodora Shek Brnardić, alongside Stipe Ledić, Zrinko Novosel, Maja Perić, and Marta Jurković — showcased their research at Kliofest, held at the National and University Library in Zagreb. The project […]
Materials on the Kinsky Family in Czech Archives
As part of her research on the Czech traveller through the Croatian lands, Count Franz Joseph Kinsky (1739–1805), principal investigator Dr Teodora Shek Brnardić spent a week exploring archival materials relating to the Kinsky family in Prague and Zámrsk. At the National Archives in Prague (Národní archiv), she consulted documents from the Czech Chancellery, uncovering […]
Third Briefing on the Bibliography of Croatian Enlightenment
The third briefing on the bibliography of the Croatian Enlightenment took place in hybrid format on Friday, 25 April 2025. We were delighted to welcome a new member to the research team, Dr Maja Perić, who joined us for the first time. As ever, the meeting was rich in content and the discussion particularly stimulating. […]
Second Briefing on the Bibliography of the Croatian Enlightenment
Yesterday, 28 March 2025, we held our second briefing on annotations for the bibliography of the Croatian Enlightenment—once again virtually via Google Meet, as the rainy weather prevented us from meeting in person. For over two hours, we shared updates on the works we’ve read, and it truly began to feel like we’d formed a […]
First Research Workshop: “What is the Enlightenment?”
On 28 November 2025, we will hold our first research workshop, titled “What is the Enlightenment?”, in the Conference Hall of the Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences in Zagreb. We are honoured to welcome two distinguished keynote speakers in the field of Enlightenment studies: Professor Emeritus John Robertson from the University of Cambridge and […]
Exploring the Correspondence of Ivan Luka Garagnin the Elder
Marta Jurković recently consulted the correspondence of Ivan Luka Garagnin the Elder (1722–1783) held in the Croatian State Archives. This is an impressively extensive collection: the letters, housed in three archival boxes, come from no fewer than 179 correspondents. Most date from the period when Garagnin served as Archbishop of Split, during the 1770s and […]
The Correspondence of Adam Alojzije Baričević
In late February, Dr Zrinko Novosel undertook archival research into the correspondence of Croatian polymath Adam Alojzije Baričević (1756–1806), held at the Archives of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) in Zagreb (ref. II b 41). The material consists of transcriptions of letters written by and to Baričević, compiled in six volumes under […]
First Briefing on the Bibliography of the Croatian Enlightenment
As part of our project, we are compiling an annotated bibliography of existing research on the Enlightenment in the Croatian lands using the Zotero platform. To facilitate this, we have introduced a monthly briefing practice — concise reports on the works we have reviewed. This approach has proven highly effective, enabling us to take a […]
