Ivo Goldstein (; born 16 March 1958) is a

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, author and

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from

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. Goldstein is a recipient of the Order of Danica Hrvatska (2007) and the City of Zagreb Award (2005).

Biography

Education

Ivo Goldstein graduated from the Classical Gymnasium in Zagreb and in 1976 he enrolled into undergraduate History studies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb where he graduated in 1979. In 1988, he received his doctorate from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade in what was then Yugoslav constituent

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. His doctoral thesis was entitled ″''Byzantium on the Adriatic from Justinian I to Basil II (6th-9th Century)''″. At three separate occasions he spent a longer study abroad or research periods at the prestigious

School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (french: École des hautes études en sciences sociales; EHESS) is a graduate '' grande école'' and '' grand établissement'' in Paris focused on academic research in the social sciences. Th ...

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(1981/1982), at the

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

(1987/1988) and the Imre Kertész Kolleg at the

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(2011).

Religious life

He is former president of Bet Israel, a Jewish community in

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, which he founded with his father, historian Slavko Goldstein. They are both involved with the reconstruction of the

Zagreb Synagogue The Zagreb Synagogue ( hr, Zagrebačka sinagoga) was the main place of worship for the Jews, Jewish community of Zagreb in modern-day Croatia. It was constructed in 1867 in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia within the Austrian Empire, and was used u ...

Academic and Political Career

Academic Career

In 1980 Goldstein was appointed assistant trainee at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the department for the medieval history. He defended his

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in 1984 under the title ″''Historiographical criteria of

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''″. Since 2001 he is a full professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. His area of expertise is

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and Croatian history in the

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, especially the early Middle Ages, as well as history of the Jews in Croatia and the Croatian history of 20th century. Over the years he also taught at the

University of Osijek The Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek ( hr, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, la, Universitas studiorum Mursensis), commonly known as the University of Osijek (UNIOS), is a public university based in Osijek, Croatia. ...

University of Rijeka The University of Rijeka ( hr, Sveučilište u Rijeci) is in the city of Rijeka, Croatia, with faculties in cities throughout the regions of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Primorje, Istria and Lika. The University of Rijeka is composed of eleven fa ...

, University of Split and the

University of Mostar The University of Mostar ( hr, Sveučilište u Mostaru; la, Universitas Studiorum Mostariensis) is the largest public university located in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Previously it was called the University Džemal Bijedić of Mostar, ...

. Goldstein is a permanent contributor for the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography where he is the main editor for the entire field of history since 2003.

Ambassadorship to France and UNESCO

In 2012 Goldstein was named as ambassador of Croatia to

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and

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. In 2017, his terms as ambassador to France and Croatia's permanent delegate to UNESCO ended when he was succeeded by professional diplomat Filip Vučak.

Works

* ''Bizant na Jadranu'' (1992) * ''Hrvatski rani srednji vijek'' (1995) * ''Croatia: A History'' (1999) ondon: Hurst & Company* ''

Holokaust u Zagrebu The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; ar ...

'' (2001) * ''Židovi u Zagrebu 1918.-1941.'' (2005) * ''Europa i Sredozemlje u srednjem vijeku'' (2006) * ''Hrvatska 1918.-2008.''(2008) * ''Tito'' (2015) *'' The Holocaust in Croatia'' (2016) *''Kontroverze hrvatske povijesti 20. stoljeća'' (2019)

References

External links

Ivo Goldstein
s profile at the Ruđer Bošković Institute Library
Ivo Goldstein, CROSBI Croatian scientific bibliography
1958 births Living people Croatian Byzantinists 20th-century Croatian historians Croatian Jews Croatian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina-Jewish descent Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni Historians of the Holocaust Croatian medievalists University of Zagreb faculty Ambassadors of Croatia to France {{Croatia-bio-stub Scholars of Byzantine history 21st-century Croatian historians