Jozo Vela, PhD
senior research associate
jvela@stin.hr
DEPARTMENT: Dictionary of the Croatian Redaction of Church Slavonic
EDUCATION
- 2011 – 2018: PhD study at the University of Rijeka with the thesis Sintaksa infinitiva i supina u hrvatskome crkvenoslavenskome jeziku (Syntax of the infinitive and the supine in Croatian Church Slavonic language)
- 2007 – 2010: University of Zagreb, Catholic Faculty of Theology, integrated undergraduate (BA) and graduate (MA) Philosophical-theological study (terminated in final year)
- 2001 – 2010: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, graduate (MA) study of Greek language and literature, and graduate (MA) study of Latin language and literature
- 1997 – 2001: Archdiocesan Classical Gymnasium “Don Frane Bulić”, Split
TRAINING
- 2019: Postdoctoral research stay (1 month) at the Institute of Slavonic Studies of the CAS (Prague, Czech Republic)
- 2015: Summer Seminar of Bulgarian Language and Culture for Foreign Scholars and Students, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria
EMPLOYMENT
- 2024 – present day: senior research associate at the Old Church Slavonic Institute (Zagreb, Croatia)
- 2021 – present day: external associate at the Catholic Faculty of Theology (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
- 2018 – 2024: research associate at the Old Church Slavonic Institute (Zagreb, Croatia)
- 2011 – 2017: junior researcher at the Old Church Slavonic Institute (Zagreb, Croatia)
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
- 2024 – present day: Women and the Feminine in Mediaeval and Early Modern Glagolitic Culture (Croatian Science Foundation)
- 2024 – present day: Development of the Model for Digital Infrastructure of the Old Church Slavonic Institute – DigiSTIN (Old Church Slavonic Institute)
- 2019 – present day: Dictionary of the Croatian Redaction of Church Slavonic (Old Church Slavonic Institute, project leader)
- 2014 – present day: Scientific Centre of Excellence for Croatian Glagolitism (Ministry of Science and Education)
- 2021 – 2023: Linguistic Analysis of Selected Early Christian Texts (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb)
- 2014 – 2018: Theoretical and Applied linguistic research of the corpus of the Croatian Church Slavonic texts with the Dictionary of the Croatian Redaction of Church Slavonic compiling (Croatian Science Foundation)
- 2013 – 2014: Encyclopaedia of Croatian Glagolitism (Ministry of Science, Education and Sport)
- 2006 – 2013: Dictionary of the Croatian Redaction of Church Slavonic (Ministry of Science, Education and Sport)
MEMBERSHIPS
- Commission for the Old Church Slavonic Dictionaries of the International Committee of Slavists
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- VELA, JOZO. 2023. Spas-tradicija. Otkrivanje najstarije hrvatske crkvenoslavenske književnosti. Zagreb: Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada, Staroslavenski institut.
- ŠIMIĆ, ANA; JOZO VELA. 2021. From Little Chapters to the Big Questions: How Were the Croatian Glagolitic Breviaries and Missals Compiled? Slovo 71: 121–168.
- MIHALJEVIĆ, MILAN; JOZO VELA. 2021. Služba u čast sv. Barbari u hrvatskoglagoljskim brevijarima. Slovo 71: 77–104.
- VELA, JOZO. 2019. Hrvatski za-infinitiv: izvanjsko posuđivanje ili unutarnji jezični razvoj. Fluminensia 31/1: 61–83.
- KLENOVAR, MARIJA; MILAN MIHALJEVIĆ; ANA ŠIMIĆ; JOZO VELA; VIDA VUKOJA. 2018. Rječnik crkvenoslavenskoga jezika hrvatske redakcije. 22. sv. (zemlьnь – i). Zagreb: Staroslavenski institut.