Sima Ćirković

Sima Ćirković (Serbian Cyrillic: Сима Ћирковић; 29 January 1929 – 14 November 2009) was a Yugoslav and Serbian historian, and a member of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. He was also a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Vojvodina Academy of Sciences and Arts.[1] His works focused on medieval Serbian history.

Sima Ćirković
Born(1929-01-29)29 January 1929
Osijek, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died14 November 2009(2009-11-14) (aged 80)
Belgrade, Serbia
OccupationHistorian

Life and education

Sima Ćirković was born on 29 January 1929 in Osijek, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[2]

He attended primary school in Sombor, gymnasium in Belgrade during the WWII German Occupation of Serbia (1941 ‒ 1944), and then in Sombor from 1945 to 1948.[2] He began his studies at the Faculty of Philosophy and History Studies in Belgrade in 1948, graduating in 1952. After a short stint at the State Archives in Zrenjanin and the National Library of Serbia, he was elected as an assistant at the Institute of History in Belgrade in 1955.[2] In 1957, he defended his doctoral dissertation Herceg Stefan Vukčić Kosača i njegovo doba and afterwards became an assistant professor at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Philosophy for the History of the People of Yugoslavia in the Middle Ages. He became a full Professor in 1968, was Vice-Dean from 1964 to 1966 and Dean from 1974 to 1975, and retired in 1994.[2]

Activism

In January 1975, Ćirković resigned from his position as Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade following the planned suspension of the dissident Marxist Humanist Praxis group, all of whom were professors at his faculty.[3]

In 1986 Ćirković criticized the Memorandum of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, while during the Siege of Dubrovnik in 1991 he and other Yugoslav historians sent an open letter to the Yugoslavian forces asking them to not damage historical district of the city.[4]

Legacy and awards

Ćirković received the "Oktobarska Award" (1965), "Prosveta Award" (1972), "Sedmojulska Award" of the Socialist Republic of Serbia for lifetime achievement (1982), "Orden rada sa crvenom zastavom" (1988) (Order of labor with a red flag), Belgrade Award (2006) and the "Konstantin Jirecek" Medal of the German Society for Southeast Europe (2006).[2]

In 2006, Croatian historian Ivo Banac mentioned Ćirković as "the most significant living Serbian historian".[5]

Historians John R. Lampe and Constantin Iordachi describe Ćirković as "Serbia's leading medieval historian".[6]

Works
  • Ostaci starije društvene strukture u bosanskom feudalnom društvu, Istorijski glasnik 3-4, Belgrade,1958. 155-164. p.
  • Srednjovekovna srpska država-izabrani izvori, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1959.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1959). "Jedan prilog o banu Kulinu". Istorijski časopis. 9–10: 71–77.
  • Četvtina, Naučno delo, Belgrade,1963.
  • Die bosnische Kirche,Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei,Roma, 1963.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1964a). Istorija srednjovekovne bosanske države. Belgrade: Srpska književna zadruga.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1964b). "Sugubi venac: Prilog istoriji kraljevstva u Bosni". Zbornik Filozofskog fakulteta u Beogradu. 8 (1): 343–370.
  • Ćirković, Sima (2014) [1964]. "The Double Wreath: A Contribution to the History of Kingship in Bosnia". Balcanica. 45: 107–143.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1964v). Herceg Stefan Vukčić-Kosača i njegovo doba. Belgrade: Naučno delo.
  • Golubac u srednjem veku, Braničevo, Požarevac, 1968.
  • Istorija za II razred gimnazije, Zavod za izdavanje udžbenika, Sarajevo,1967, 1969.
  • Đurađ Kastriot Skenderbeg i Bosna, Simpozijum o Skenderbegu, Priština, 1969.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1970). "Zeta u državi Nemanjića". Istorija Crne Gore (PDF). 2. Titograd: Redakcija za istoriju Crne Gore. pp. 3–93.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1970). "Doba Balšića (prvi deo)". Istorija Crne Gore (PDF). 2. Titograd: Redakcija za istoriju Crne Gore. pp. 3–48.
  • O despotu Vuku Grgureviću, Matica srpska, Novi Sad,1970.
  • Zdravstvene prilike u srednjovekovnoj bosanskoj državi,Acta historica medicinae, pharmaciae et veterinae 10/2, Sarajevo,1970. 93-98 p.
  • Istorija ljudskog društva i kulture od XII do XVIII za učenike II razreda gimnazije društveno-jezičkog smera, Zavod za izdavanje udžbenika Narodne Republike Srbije, Belgrade,1962,1964,1966,1968,1970,1971. (prevedeno na mađarski, rumunski, bugarski i albanski jezik)
  • Srednjovekovna Bosna u delu Ante Babić ,"Babić A. , Iz istorije srednjovekovne Bosne", Sarajevo,1972. 5-8. p.
  • Odjeci ritersko-dvorjanske kulture u Bosni krajem srednjeg veka,"Srednjovekovna Bosna i evropska kultura", Muzej grada, Zenica,1973. 33-40. p.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1974). Despot Georg Branković und die Verhandlungen zwischen Ungarn und der Turken im J. 1454. L'Académie serbe des Sciences et des Arts.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1981). "Obrazovanje srpske države". Istorija srpskog naroda. 1. Belgrade: Srpska književna zadruga. pp. 141–155.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1981). "Srbija između Vizantijskog carstva i Bugarske". Istorija srpskog naroda. 1. Belgrade: Srpska književna zadruga. pp. 156–169.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1981). "Osamostaljivanje i uspon dukljanske države". Istorija srpskog naroda. 1. Belgrade: Srpska književna zadruga. pp. 180–196.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1982). "Godine kriza i previranja". Istorija srpskog naroda. 2. Belgrade: Srpska književna zadruga. pp. 47–63.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1982). "Protivrečnosti balkanske politike". Istorija srpskog naroda. 2. Belgrade: Srpska književna zadruga. pp. 230–240.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1982). "Kretanja prema severu". Istorija srpskog naroda. 2. Belgrade: Srpska književna zadruga. pp. 314–329.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1982). "Srpska vlastela u borbi za obnovu Despotovine". Istorija srpskog naroda. 2. Belgrade: Srpska književna zadruga. pp. 373–389.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1982). "Pad Bosne i pokušaji otpora turskom osvajanju". Istorija srpskog naroda. 2. Belgrade: Srpska književna zadruga. pp. 390–402.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1982). "Srpski živalj na novim ognjištima". Istorija srpskog naroda. 2. Belgrade: Srpska književna zadruga. pp. 431–444.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1982). "Poslednji Brankovići". Istorija srpskog naroda. 2. Belgrade: Srpska književna zadruga. pp. 445–464.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1982). "Srbi u odbrani ugarskih granica". Istorija srpskog naroda. 2. Belgrade: Srpska književna zadruga. pp. 465–478.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1982). "Poslednji despoti". Istorija srpskog naroda. 2. Belgrade: Srpska književna zadruga. pp. 479–490.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1991). "Tragovi slovenskog stanovništva na tlu Albanije u srednjem veku". Stanovništvo slovenskog porijekla u Albaniji. Titograd: Istorijski institut. pp. 43–56.
  • Ćirković, Sima (1995). Srbi u srednjem veku. Belgrade: Idea.
  • Ćirković, Sima; Mihaljčić, Rade, eds. (1997). Enciklopedija srpske istoriografije. Belgrade: Knowledge.
  • Ćirković, Sima; Mihaljčić, Rade, eds. (1999). Leksikon srpskog srednjeg veka. Belgrade: Knowledge.
  • Ćirković, Sima (2000). "Archiepiscopus Craynensis". Istorijski zapisi. 73 (1–2): 47–54.
  • Ćirković, Sima (2004). Srbi među evropskim narodima. Belgrade: Equilibrium.
  • Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.

References
  1. E, B (November 17, 2009). "Sima Ćirković, istoričar (Sima Ćirković, historian)". Blic (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 May 2011. koji je bio i član ANU BiH, JAZU, CANU, VANU i Evropske akademije za istoriju Brisel.
  2. Radić, Radivoj (2010). "Sima Ćrković (1929.-2009.)". Pro tempore : časopis studenata povijesti (in Croatian) (8–9): 602–605.
  3. De Baets, Antoon (2018). Crimes against History. Routledge. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-35132-983-5.
  4. Popov, Nebojša (2000). The road to war in Serbia: trauma and catharsis. Central European University Press. ISBN 978-963-9116-56-6. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  5. Banac, Ivo; Elshtain, Jean Bethke; Weisbuch, Robert (2006). "The Humanities and Its Publics" (PDF). American Council of Learned Societies Occasional Papers (61): 9. ISSN 1041-536X. If I were asked to name the most significant living Serbian historian, I would mention Sima Ćirković, a prominent medievalist.
  6. Lampe, John; Iordachi, Constantin (2020). Battling over the Balkans: Historiographical Questions and Controversies. Central European University Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-9-63386-326-8. The long continuity of a separate Serbian identification either with church or state is also emphasized in Sima Ćirković, The Serbs (2004). His credentials as Serbia's leading medieval historian lend weight to an account of the early centuries, surrounding the Kosovo battle of 1389..


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