Ivo Goldstein

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Ivo Goldstein
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Ivo Goldstein (Hebrew: איבו גולדשטיין; born 16 March 1958)[1] is a historian, author and ambassador from Croatia. Goldstein is a recipient of the Order of Danica Hrvatska (2007) and the City of Zagreb Award (2005).[2]

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.[1]

In 1988, he received his doctorate from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade in what was then Yugoslav constituent Socialist Republic of Serbia.[1] His doctoral thesis was entitled ″Byzantium on the Adriatic from Justinian I to Basil II (6th-9th Century)″.[1] At three separate occasions he spent a longer study abroad or research periods at the prestigious School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris (1981/1982), at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1987/1988) and the Imre Kertész Kolleg at the University of Jena (2011).[1]

Religious life

He is former president of Bet Israel, a Jewish community in Zagreb, which he founded with his father, historian Slavko Goldstein. They are both involved with the reconstruction of the Zagreb Synagogue.[3]

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

Procopius of Caesarea″.[1] Since 2001 he is a full professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. His area of expertise is Byzantium and Croatian history in the Middle Ages, especially the early Middle Ages, as well as history of the Jews in Croatia and the Croatian history of 20th century.[4] Over the years he also taught at the University of Osijek, University of Rijeka, University of Split and the University of Mostar.[1] 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.[5]

Ambassadorship to France and UNESCO

In 2012 Goldstein was named as ambassador of Croatia to France and UNESCO.[6][1] In 2017, his terms as ambassador to France and Croatia's permanent delegate to UNESCO ended[7] when he was succeeded by professional diplomat Filip Vučak.

Works

  • Bizant na Jadranu (1992)
  • Hrvatski rani srednji vijek (1995)
  • Croatia: A History (1999) [London: Hurst & Company]
  • Holokaust u Zagrebu
     (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

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "dr. sc. Goldstein, Ivo, redoviti profesor". Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Ivo Goldstein". Fraktura. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ^ Pandža, Gordan (15 September 2006). "Sinagogu u Zagrebu gradit će obje općine" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 May 2009.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Croatian Jews hope elections will end area's isolation". Jweekly.com. 7 January 2000. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  5. ISBN 978-86-7208-207-4
    .
  6. ^ Selimović, Š. (7 September 2012). "Rošade u diplomaciji: Grubiša u Rim, Goldstein u Pariz". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  7. ^ "KEY FACTS AND FIGURES ON CROATIA / UNESCO COOPERATION" (PDF).

External links

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