Dubravko Lovrenović
Dubravko Lovrenović (30 August 1956 – 17 January 2017) was Bosnian and Herzegovinian medievalist, author and essayist, who worked at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo, Department of History, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Education. Lovrenović graduated at the University of Sarajevo, the Department of History from the Faculty of Philosophy in 1979. He entered his postgraduate studies at the University of Belgrade and completed it in 1985 with the master thesis "Balkanske zemlje prema mletačko-ugarskim ratovima početkom XV stoljeća" "(English: Balkan countries in context of the -Hungarian wars of the early 15th century)". At  the same school Lovrenović successfully defended his doctoral dissertation "Ugarska i Bosna 1387-1463" "(English: Hungary and Bosnia 1387-1463)" on December 18, 1999. Career. At the Department of History of the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo, he passed through all the university's posts, including tenure as a full-time professor of medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina history. He spent the Winter Semester 2001/2002 as a visiting professor at the Yale in the United States. In 2005, he was a stipendiary at the Central European University in Budapest. He was President of the Department of History and Vice Dean for  the teaching of the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo. He has published a number of books and works on the subject of his academic interest (stećci, Bosnian Middle Ages, contemporary interpretation, usage and revision, mythomania and influence of ethno-nationalism in re-interpretation of history) in domestic and foreign professional journals, as well as dozens of essays, publicist texts. As a member of several editorial offices, Lovrenović is editor of numerous book releases, reviewed numerous editions, promoted many publications. He was organizer of scientific conferences, leader and participant in number of scientific projects and researches. He was inaugurated at Academy  of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he also served as a Secretary of the Committee of historical sciences. Research interests. His main research interests were Medieval Bosnian and European History, with special regard to the region of Central-Eastern Europe; region's cultural history and material culture, stećci in particular; Hungarian-Bosnian relations in the Middle Ages; reception and interpretation of Bosnian medieval times and its modern age usage, revision and re-interpretation in form of historical myths by domestic and especially neighboring ethno-nationalist portion of the political and academic elite. Nada Miletić and Alojz Benac  dated the phenomenon of the stećak to the thirteenth century, but this dating has been debated, in particular by Šefik Bešlagić and Lovrenović, who date the tombstones to the mid-twelfth century. Special projects, service and activities. As a member of the Commission to preserve national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, institution which in many cases act in close cooperation with UNESCO, Lovrenović lead a project to include stećak tombstones onto World List. Since 2012 he was a member of the Society for study of medieval Bosnian history, among number of other associations and societies. Lovrenović served as Deputy Minister  of Education, Science, Culture and Sport in a Government of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 to 2003. He was active in helping and organizing support for vulnerable population and people in need around post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina. Personal life. Lovrenović was married to Alisa Mahmutović, a linguist from Tuzla. The suicide of his 14-year-old stepson, Mahir Rakovac, in December 2015 led Lovrenović and Mahmutović to devote themselves to the issue of school bullying. Lovrenović and his wife both died of cancer shortly thereafter, on 17 January and 26 June 2017 respectively. Works. Published books. List  per ANU BiH: Articles, essays, polemics, reviews. List per ANU BiH: Literature. List per ANU BiH: