Ivo Goldstein (; born 16 March 1958) is a

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, author and

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from

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. Goldstein is a recipient of the Order of Danica Hrvatska (2007) and the City of Zagreb Award (2005).

Biography

Education

Ivo Goldstein graduated from the Classical Gymnasium in Zagreb and in 1976 he enrolled into undergraduate History studies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb where he graduated in 1979. In 1988, he received his doctorate from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade in what was then Yugoslav constituent

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. His doctoral thesis was entitled ″''Byzantium on the Adriatic from Justinian I to Basil II (6th-9th Century)''″. At three separate occasions he spent a longer study abroad or research periods at the prestigious

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(1981/1982), at the

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(1987/1988) and the Imre Kertész Kolleg at the

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(2011).

Religious life

He is former president of Bet Israel, a Jewish community in

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, which he founded with his father, historian

Slavko Goldstein Slavko Goldstein (22 August 1928 – 13 September 2017) was a Croatian historian, politician, and fiction writer. Biography Early life Slavko Goldstein was born in Sarajevo in the Jewish family of Ivo and Lea Goldstein. His grandfather Aron ...

. They are both involved with the reconstruction of the Zagreb Synagogue.

Academic and Political Career

Academic career

In 1980 Goldstein was appointed assistant trainee at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the department for the

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. He defended his Master degree in 1984 under the title ″''Historiographical criteria of Procopius of Caesarea''″. Since 2001 he is a full professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. His area of expertise is

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and Croatian history in the

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, especially the early Middle Ages, as well as history of the Jews in Croatia and the Croatian history of 20th century. Over the years he also taught at the University of Osijek, University of Rijeka, University of Split and the

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. Goldstein is a permanent contributor for the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography where he is the main editor for the entire field of history since 2003.

Ambassadorship to France and UNESCO

In 2012 Goldstein was named as ambassador of Croatia to

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and

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. In 2017, his terms as ambassador to France and Croatia's permanent delegate to UNESCO ended when he was succeeded by professional diplomat Filip Vučak.

Works

* ''Bizant na Jadranu'' (1992) * ''Hrvatski rani srednji vijek'' (1995) * ''Croatia: A History'' (1999) ondon: Hurst & Company* '' Holokaust u Zagrebu'' (2001) * ''Židovi u Zagrebu 1918.-1941.'' (2005) * ''Europa i Sredozemlje u srednjem vijeku'' (2006) * ''Hrvatska 1918.-2008.''(2008) * ''Tito'' (2015) *'' The Holocaust in Croatia'' (2016) *''Kontroverze hrvatske povijesti 20. stoljeća'' (2019)

References

External links

Ivo Goldstein
's profile at the Ruđer Bošković Institute Library
Ivo Goldstein, CROSBI Croatian scientific bibliography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldstein, Ivo 1958 births Living people Croatian Byzantinists 20th-century Croatian historians Croatian Jews Croatian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina-Jewish descent Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni Historians of the Holocaust Croatian medievalists Academic staff of the University of Zagreb Ambassadors of Croatia to France Permanent delegates of Croatia to UNESCO Scholars of Byzantine history 21st-century Croatian historians