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WP2 - Microhistorical Studies of Local Areas

Considering that microhistory enables the analysis of identity through concrete patterns of everyday life and social relations within local historical contexts, this work package has been created. Although the cited microhistorical studies do not treat identity as their primary research focus, they enable a more nuanced understanding of the historical dynamics that shape identity through specific social, economic, political, and cultural processes, which in turn structured the daily life of individuals and communities in a particular time and place.

Archaeological study of Adriatic contacts in prehistory

Within this work package, Vedran Barbarić, Associate Professor, will investigate the archaeological site of Gradina Rat near Ložišća on the island of Brač, which served as an important point of contact between local Brač communities and other ethnic groups throughout prehistory and protohistory. The study examines the dynamics of interactions that shaped the identity of …

Ottoman and Venetian architecture and urbanism in the interior of Dalmatia

The objective of the project activities carried out by Frane Prpa, Assistant, is to investigate and present the Islamic and Venetian architecture of the Dalmatian hinterland as a dynamic cultural-historical phenomenon of the Early Modern period. The project will address broader global processes such as the Ottoman expansion, the formation of Islamic-Ottoman urban spaces, Venetian–Ottoman …

Wartime everyday life (1914–1918) from the perspective of the town of Hvar

The research conducted by Mladenko Domazet, Full Professor, investigates how the broader processes of the First World War impacted the town of Hvar at a microhistorical level. As no existing scholarly study has addressed Hvar from this local perspective during the First World War, this research is both timely and necessary. Relevant archival sources are …