
Ivan Botica, PhD
Senior Research Associate
ibotica@stin.hr
DEPARTMENT: Department of History and Culture of Glagolitism
EDUCATION
- 2006–2011: Doctoral studies in Medieval Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. Dissertation: The Counts of Krbava in the Middle Ages
 - 2004–2006: Postgraduate studies in History (module: Early Modern Period), Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
 - 1998–2004: Undergraduate studies in Croatian Language and Literature and History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
 - 1992–1996: Franciscan Classical Gymnasium, Sinj
 
TRAINING
- 2025: Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Slavic Studies, Department of Cyrillo-Methodian Studies (one-month research stay)
 
EMPLOYMENT
- 2023 – present: Senior Research Associate, Old Church Slavonic Institute
 - 2012 – 2023: Research Associate, Old Church Slavonic Institute
 - 2011 – 2012: Senior Assistant, Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
 - 2004 – 2011: Research Assistant, Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- 2020: Honorary title of Associate Professor, Croatian Catholic University
 - 2013 – 2015: Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Zagreb
 - 2012 – 2019: Department of History, Croatian Catholic University
 - 2007 – 2009: Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split
 - 2013: Honorary title of Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
 - 2006 – 2019: Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
 
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
- 2024 – present: Croatian Cyrillic Heritage (NextGenerationEU; Old Church Slavonic Institute), project leader
 - 2020 – 2024: Interdisciplinary Approach to the Croatian Glagolitic Missal: The Case of the Missal of Count Novak (HRZZ; Old Church Slavonic Institute), contributing member
 - 2018 – 2019: Research on Anthroponymy in 15th-Century Croatian Territories (HRZZ; Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics), contributing member
 - 2015 – 2016: Telling Stories in Glagolitic… I Write a Story! – educational and scientific workshops in primary schools within the Backpack (Full) of Culture project (Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Science, Education and Sport; Old Church Slavonic Institute), workshop leader
 - 2014 – 2020: Scientific Centre of Excellence for Croatian Glagolitic Studies (MZO; Old Church Slavonic Institute), contributing member
 - 2007 – 2012: Monumenta Mediaevalia Varia (MZOS; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Department of History), contributing member
 - 2004 – 2006: Croato-Turcica (MZOS; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Department of History), contributing member
 
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian territories in the late medieval and early modern periods; history of Glagolitism; notarial practice in Slavic scripts in the Croatian language; history of Croatian literacy; and cultural-historical transfers
 
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- BOTICA, I.; A. NEKIĆ. 2024. A Feather or a Sword? About Count Novak and His Glagolitic Missal. Konštantínove listy 17 (1): 36–46.
 - BOTICA, I. 2024. Prožimanje pisama hrvatskoga jezika u vremenu i prostoru. U: Prožimanja u hrvatskome jeziku, književnosti i kulturi [Zbornik radova 51. seminara Zagrebačke slavističke škole, Dubrovnik, 21. kolovoza – 2. rujna 2023.]. I. Nazalević Čučević; S. Coha (ur.). Zagreb: FF press – Zagrebačka slavistička škola, 31–47.
 - BOTICA, I.; D. DOBLANOVIĆ ŠURAN. 2021. Registar crkve i bratovštine Sv. Ivana Krstitelja u Boljuncu (1576. – 1672.). Pazin: Državni arhiv u Pazinu, 464 str.
 - BOTICA, I.; S. POŽAR. 2022. Povijesni podatci u marginalijama glagoljskih misala i brevijara iz Berma u Istri. Povijesni prilozi 41 (63): 69–111.
 - BOTICA, I.; K. KUHAR. 2021. St. Jerome in the Heritage and Tradition of the Old Church Slavonic Liturgy. Konštantínove listy 14 (1): 48–58.