Dubravko Lovrenović (30 August 1956 – 17 January 2017) was Bosnian and Herzegovinian

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, author and

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, who worked at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo, Department of History, in

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Education

Lovrenović graduated at the

University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a public university located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the larges ...

, the Department of History from the Faculty of Philosophy in 1979. He entered his postgraduate studies at the

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and completed it in 1985 with the

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"Balkanske zemlje prema mletačko-ugarskim ratovima početkom XV stoljeća" ''(English: Balkan countries in context of the

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- Hungarian wars of the early 15th century)''. At the same school Lovrenović successfully defended his

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"Ugarska i Bosna 1387-1463" ''(English:

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and

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1387-1463)'' on December 18, 1999.

Career

At the Department of History of the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo, he passed through all the university's posts, including tenure as a full-time professor of medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina history. He spent the Winter Semester 2001/2002 as a visiting professor at the

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in the United States. In 2005, he was a stipendiary at the

Central European University Central European University (CEU) is a private research university accredited in Austria, Hungary, and the United States, with campuses in Vienna and Budapest. The university is known for its highly intensive programs in the social sciences and ...

in Budapest. He was President of the Department of History and Vice Dean for the teaching of the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo. He has published a number of books and works on the subject of his academic interest ( stećci, Bosnian Middle Ages, contemporary interpretation, usage and revision, mythomania and influence of ethno-nationalism in re-interpretation of history) in domestic and foreign professional journals, as well as dozens of essays, publicist texts. As a member of several editorial offices, Lovrenović is editor of numerous book releases, reviewed numerous editions, promoted many publications. He was organizer of scientific conferences, leader and participant in number of scientific projects and researches. He was inaugurated at

Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosop ...

, where he also served as a Secretary of the Committee of historical sciences.

Research interests

His main research interests were Medieval Bosnian and European History, with special regard to the region of Central-Eastern Europe; region's cultural history and material culture, stećci in particular; Hungarian-Bosnian relations in the Middle Ages; reception and interpretation of Bosnian medieval times and its modern age usage, revision and re-interpretation in form of historical myths by domestic and especially neighboring ethno-nationalist portion of the political and academic elite.

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and

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dated the phenomenon of the

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to the thirteenth century, but this dating has been debated, in particular by Šefik Bešlagić and Lovrenović, who date the tombstones to the mid-twelfth century.

Special projects, service and activities

As a member of the Commission to preserve national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, institution which in many cases act in close cooperation with

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, Lovrenović lead a project to include

tombstones onto World List. Since 2012 he was a member of the Society for study of medieval Bosnian history, among number of other associations and societies. Lovrenović served as Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport in a Government of

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from 2001 to 2003. He was active in helping and organizing support for vulnerable population and people in need around post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Personal life

Lovrenović was married to Alisa Mahmutović, a linguist from

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. The suicide of his 14-year-old stepson, Mahir Rakovac, in December 2015 led Lovrenović and Mahmutović to devote themselves to the issue of

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. Lovrenović and his wife both died of cancer shortly thereafter, on 17 January and 26 June 2017 respectively.

Works

Published books

List per ANU BiH: # Na klizištu povijesti (sveta kruna ugarska i sveta kruna bosanska) 1387-1463, Synopsis, Zagreb-Sarajevo, 2006. # Povijest est magistra vitae, Rabic, Sarajevo 2008, 385. # Sirat ćuprija fra Ante Kneževića, Dobra knjiga,Sarajevo 2008. # Stećci : bosansko i humsko mramorje srednjeg vijeka, Rabic, 1.izdanje, Sarajevo 2009, 332. # Stećci : bosansko i humsko mramorje srednjeg vijeka, Rabic, 2. izdanje, Sarajevo 2010, 426. # Medieval tombstones : and graveyards of Bosnia and Hum, Rabic, 3.izdanje (na engleskom jeziku), Sarajevo 2010,426. # Bosanska kvadratura kruga, Dobra knjiga - Synopsis, Sarajevo - Zagreb, 2012, 495. # Stećci : bosansko i humsko mramorje srednjeg vijeka, Ljevak, 4. izdanje, Zagreb 2013, 452. ::- ''Google Scholar: Dubravko Lovrenović''

Articles, essays, polemics, reviews

List per ANU BiH: # Kroatizacija bosanskog srednjovjekovlja u svjetlu interkonfesionalnosti stecaka (O jednom modelu promjene historijskog pamcenja) () - 2013 admittance lecture at

, published 2014 in academy's GODIŠNJAK/JAHRBUCH - Centar za balkanološka ispitivanja. # Profani teror - Sveta retorika (Kako je bosanski vojvoda Radosav Pavlović postao opaki pataren, bič katoličke vjere), Spomenica akademika Marka Šunjića (1927-1998), Filozofski fakultet, Sarajevo 2010, 103-160. # Translatio sedis i uspostava novog konfesionalnog identiteta u srednjovjekovnoj Bosni - I, Franjevački samostan u Gučoj Gori, Zbornik radova sa znantvenog skupa u povodu 150. obljetnice samostana u Gučoj Gori održanog 25. i 26. rujna 2009. u Gučoj Gori, Guča Gora - Sarajevo 2010, 113-125. # Bosanski Jeremija u novom izdanju: uz reprint izdanje Kratke povijesti kralja bosanskih (Dubrovnik, 1884, 1886, 1887) fra Antuna Kneževića, Bosna franciscana XVII/30, Sarajevo 2009, 241-251. # Profani teror – sveta retorika. (Kako je bosanski vojvoda Radosav Pavlović postao opaki pataren, bič katoličke vjere), Bosna franciscana XVII/31, Sarajevo 2009, 129-187. # Јелена Мргић, Северна Бoсна 13 – 16. век, Посебна издања, књига 55, Историјски институт, Београд, 2008., Bosna franciscana XVII/31, Sarajevo 2009, 356-361. # Ugarsko-bosanski odnsoi i konfesionalna povijest srednjovjekovne Bosne u djelu Lajosa Thallóczya, Bosna franciscana XVI/29, Sarajevo 2008, 77-89. # Krist i donator: Kotromanići između vjere rimske i vjere bosanske – II. – (Konfesionalne posljedice jednog lokalnog crkvenog raskola), “Tristota obljetnica stradanja samostana i crkve u Olovu (1704-2004)”, Zbornik radova sa Znanstvenog skupa, Znanstveni skup u povodu 300. obljetnice stradanja samostana i crkve u Olovu (1704-2004), Sarajevo, 15. i 16. listopada 2004. (Predgovor: Marko Karamatić), Franjevačka teologija Sarajevo, Sarajevo 2008, 17-54. # Duž balkanskih historiografskih transverzala, Zeničke sveske – Časopis za društvenu fenomenologiju i kulturnu dijalogiku, br. 03/06, Zenica, 2006, 11-20. # O historiografiji iz Prokrustove postelje (Kako se i zašto kali(o) bogumilski mit), Status 10, Mostar, 2006, 256-286. # Bošnjačka recepcija bosanskog srednjovjekovlja, Zeničke sveske – Časopis za društvenu fenomenologiju i kulturnu dijalogiku, br. 02/05, Zenica, decembar 2005, 241-290. # Modeli ideološkog isključivanja: Ugarska i Bosna kao ideološki protivnici na osnovu različitih konfesija kršćanstva, Prilozi Instituta za istoriju 33, Sarajevo, 2004, 9-57. # Fojnički grbovnik, ilirska heraldika i bosansko srednjovjekovlje, Bosna Franciscana XII/21, Sarajevo, 2004, 172-202. # Središte bez središta (povratak iz unutrašnjeg izgnanstva), Status 3, Mostar, 2004, 95-97. # Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić i srednjodalmatinske komune (1398.-1413.), Zbornik radova ''Jajce 1396-1996'', Jajce, 2002, 31-51. # Tri etnonacionalna pogleda u bosansko srednjovjekovlje, Forum Bosnae, 18, Sarajevo, 2002. # Vitez, herceg i pataren (Ideološki stereotipi i životna stvarnost), Forum Bosnae 7-8, Sarajevo, 2000, 257-294; “Zbornik radova sa Znanstvenog skupa u povodu 500. obljetnice smrti Fra Anđela Zvizdovića”, FTS-Franjevački samostan Fojnica, Sarajevo-Fojnica, 2000, 21-59. # Proglašenje Bosne kraljevstvom (Pokušaj revalorizacije), Forum Bosnae 3-4, Sarajevo, 1999, 227-287. # Srednjovjekovna Bosna i srednjoeuropska kultura (Prožimanja i akulturacija), Forum Bosnae 5, Sarajevo, 1999, 177-206 # Na ishodištu srednjovjekovne bosanske etno-politogeneze, Bosna Franciscana VI/9, Sarajevo, 1998, 85-125. # Bosansko srednjovjekovlje u svjetlu kristijanizacije vladarske ideologije (Na trećem putu tzv. "monarhijske pobožnosti"), Bosna Franciscana V/8, Sarajevo, 1998, 156-193.. # Bosansko-humski mramorovi – stećci, Bosna Franciscana V/7, Sarajevo, 1997, 94-139. # Bosanski mitovi, Erasmvs 18, Zagreb, 1996, 26-37. # Uticaj Ugarske na odnos Crkve i države u srednjovjekovnoj Bosni, "Sedam stoljeća bosanskih franjevaca 1291.-1991.", (zbornik radova), FTS, Samobor, 1994, 37-93. # Srednjovjekovna Evropa. Definiranje pojmova, utvrđivanje sadržaja, omeđivanje prostora, Radovi 27, Zagreb, 1994, 289-302. # Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić i splitska komuna, Prilozi Instituta za istoriju XXII/23, Sarajevo, 1987, 37-45. # Jelena Nelipčić, splitska vojvotkinja i bosanska kraljica, Radovi 20, Zagreb, 1987, 183-193. # Istočni Jadran u odnosima između Hrvoja Vukčića i Sandalja Hranića na prelazu iz XIV. u XV. stoljeće, Glasnik arhiva i Društva arhivskih radnika BiH 27, Sarajevo, 1987, 55-66. # Cetinski knez Ivaniš Nelipčić u političkim previranjima u Dalmaciji krajem 14. i tokom prvih decenija 15. stoljeća, Prilozi Instituta za istoriju XXI/22, Sarajevo, 1986, 199-220. # Ostrovica i Skradin u mletačko-ugarskim ratovima za Dalmaciju (1409.-1420.), Historijski zbornik 39, Zagreb, 1986, 163-172. # Kako je bosanski vojvoda Sandalj Hranić došao u posjed Ostrovice i Skradina, Radovi 19, Zagreb, 1986, 231-236. # Da li je

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bila majka Balše Hercegovića, Istorijski zbornik 7, Banja Luka, 1986, 193-198. ::- ''Google Scholar: Dubravko Lovrenović''

Literature

List per ANU BiH: * Adnan Buturović, Tragedija Bosne jeste što se historijska svijest izražava kao mitska svijest!, (Intervju: Dr. Dubravko Lovrenović), Slobodna Bosna IV/105, Sarajevo 1998, 38-39, 46. * Nerzuk Ćurak, Intervju Dana: Dubravko Lovrenović, Dani 74, Sarajevo 27. 04. 1998, 8-12. * Marko Hrskanović, Prof. Dubravko Lovrenović, “Marko Hrskanović, Odgojitelji, profesori i studenti Vrhbosanske bogoslovije Travnik-Sarajevo 1890.-1990., ‘Vrhbosanska katolička bogoslovija 1890.-1990. Zbornik radova znanstvenog simpozija održanog u Sarajevu 3. i 4. srpnja 1991. godine prigodom obilježavanja stote obljetnice postojanja Bogoslovije”, SV 5, Sarajevo-Bol 1993, 456. * Ivan Lučić, U traženju izgubljene domovine (Interview), Matica 50/8, Zagreb 2000., 28-30. * Lejla Sarajlić, Interview: Dubravko Lovrenović, povjesničar, Krijesnica VI/16-17, Zenica 1999, 4-9. * Angelina Šimić, Refleksije istorije (Bosna u europskom srednjem vijeku na “Napretkovoj” tribini, Dubravko Lovrenović), Oslobođenje 51/16530, Sarajevo 12.6. 1994, 10. * ... Dubravko Lovrenović, “Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Sarajevu, Spomenica (1950-1980)”, FF, Sarajevo 1980, 42. * ... Vlada Federacije nikada ništa nije uradila da se stećci u Radimlji zaštite! (Dubravko Lovrenović), Slobodna Bosna VI/191, Sarajevo 2000, 66.

References

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