Share
National Conference “King Tomislav and Historiography – 100 Years Later” Held at the Catholic University of Croatia
On 1 and 2 July 2025, the Catholic University of Croatia hosted the national professional conference titled King Tomislav and Historiography – (1)100 Years Later, organised in collaboration with the Agency for Education and Training.

The programme opened with welcome speeches by Prof. Ante Crnčević, PhD, Vice-Rector for Quality, Identity and Mission of the Catholic University of Croatia, and Katarina Milković, MSc, Director of the Agency for Education and Training.
![]() |
![]() |
The morning session on the first day featured a series of scholarly presentations. Dr. Ante Birin from the Croatian Institute of History discussed the depiction of Croatia and King Tomislav in historical sources, while Dr. Tomislav Galović from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb analysed the 10th-century church councils in Split and their connection with Croatian Glagolitism. Veronika Novoselac, MA in History, from the Catholic University of Croatia, presented ways in which King Tomislav is portrayed as a site of collective memory in history teaching.
In the afternoon, a set of workshops was held under the theme of the school project “The 1100th Anniversary of the Croatian Kingdom.” Thematic workshops were led by Daniel Bogešić, MSc, and Orijana Paus, professor at the Pazin College – Classical Gymnasium. Dr. art. Mirjana Drempetić-Hanžić from the School of Art, Design, Graphics and Clothing in Zabok gave a lecture on the vision and reconstruction of King Tomislav’s crown, while Danijela Štefan, professor at Grigor Vitez Primary School in Poljana, highlighted the Glagolitic script as a valuable part of Croatian cultural heritage.
On the second day, Prof. Zrinka Nikolić Jakus, PhD, from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, interpreted the articles of the 925 church council, and Prof. Ivan Majnarić, PhD, from the Catholic University of Croatia, addressed King Tomislav’s position between the pre-modern and modern nation. Prof. Hrvoje Gračanin, PhD, from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, analysed early modern views on King Tomislav, while Dr. Mario Jareb from the Croatian Institute of History presented an overview of the commemoration of the 1000th anniversary of the Croatian Kingdom in 1925.
The conference concluded with workshops focused on topics such as writing in Glagolitic script and the mystery of King Tomislav’s lost crown. These sessions were led by Valerija Jakupec Zvonar, professor at Petar Preradović Primary School in Pitomača, Andi Pekica, professor at the School of Applied Arts and Design in Pula, and Dr. Igor Jovanović from Veli Vrh Primary School in Pula.