Zrinka Pešorda Vardić

Zrinka Pešorda Vardić was born in 1974 in Stuttgart, Germany. In 1997, she graduated History from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. In 2002, she obtained her MA degree and in 2006 her PhD degree from the same university. In 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998, she took part in the Medievalist Workshop in Dubrovnik. Since 1998, she has been working as a researcher at the Croatian Institute of History. Since 2009, she has been the co-editor of the editorial board of the academic journal Povijesni prilozi (Historical Contributions), and since 2005 a member of the editorial board of Review of Croatian History, both published by the Croatian Institute of History. Member of several scholarly associations (Croatian National Committee of Historical Research, Matica Hrvatska – Matrix croatica). From 2010-2012, she was the vice-president of the Croatian National Committee of Historical Research. She has participated in a number of research projects, including “Settlements and Socio-Political Communities in Medieval Croatia” (2002-2006); “Cities and Towns of the Croatian Middle Ages: Social Structure, Topography, and Urban Life” (2007-2013); COLINDA (funded by CSF) (since 2014) and URBES (funded by CSF) (since 2015). Her main research interests include social history of medieval Dubrovnik, the relationship between the Dubrovnik Republic and the Kingdom of Hungary, and also late medieval citizenry. In 2012, she received the State Award for Scholarly Research in the Humanities for her book U predvorju vlasti: Dubrovački antunini u kasnom srednjem vijeku [On the threshold of power: The Antunini of Dubrovnik in the late Middle Ages], published by the Croatian Institute of History and Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Books:
Towns and Cities of the Croatian Middle Ages: Authority and Property, ur. Irena Benyovsky Latin i Zrinka Pešorda Vardić, Zagreb: Hrvatski institut za povijest /Croatian Institute of History, 2014.
U predvorju vlasti. Dubrovački antunini u kasnom srednjem vijeku (On the Threshold of Power: The Antunini of Dubrovnik in the Late Middle Ages), Zagreb-Dubrovnik: Zavod za povijesne znanosti HAZU u Dubrovniku, Hrvatski institut za povijest, 2012.

Scientific articles:
“A király és a köztársaság Raguza és a Magyar Korona Luxemburgi Zsigmond király korában (1387–1437) (Kralj i republika Dubrovnik i ugarska kruna u vrijeme kralja Sigismunda Luksemburškog (1387. – 1437.))” u:  A horvát–magyar együttélés fordulópontjai. Intézmények, társadalom, gazdaság, kultúra / Prekretnice u suživotu Hrvata i Mađara. Ustanove, društvo, gospodarstvo i kultura / Fodor, Pál i Šokčević, Dinko ; Turkalj, Jasna i Karbić, Damir (ur.), Budimpešta: Institut za povijesne znanosti istraživačkog centra za humanističke znanosti Mađarske akademije znanosti i Hrvatski institut za povijest, 2015: 504 (565)-512 (572)

“Property and Ownership in Dubrovnik’s Confraternity of St Anthony in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Ages” u: Towns and Cities of the Croatian Middle Ages: Authority and Property / Irena Benyovsky Latina ; Zrinka Pešorda Vardić (ur.)., Zagreb: Hrvatski institut za povijest /Croatian Institute of History, 2014: 327-347“Od barkuzija do galijuna: Nekoliko crtica o ulozi pomorstva u usponu dubrovačkoga građanstva u kasnome srednjem i ranome novom vijeku”, Povijesni prilozi 47 (2014): 143-183.»Gospođe i čuvarice: O ženama iz dubrovačke bratovštine Svetog Antuna u kasnom srednjem vijeku.« Acta Histriae 20/1-2 (2012): 25-48.

»Cittadini Ragusei: građanska elita kasnosrednjovjekovnog Dubrovnika.«, u: Mestne elite v srednjem in zgodnjem novem veku med Alpami, Jadranom in Panonsko nižino (ur. Mlinar, Janez I Bojan Balkovec). Ljubljana : Zveza zgodovinskih društev Slovenije, 2011: 187-207.

»Youth and Age: Families of Wealthy Commoners in Late Medieval Dubrovnik.«, u: Generations in Towns: Succession and Success in Pre-Industrial Urban Societies (ur. Finn-Einar Eliassen and Katalin Szende). Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009. Str. 24-43.

»Pučka vlastela: Društvena struktura dubrovačke bratovštine Sv. Antuna u kasnom srednjem vijeku.« Povijesni prilozi 33 (2007): 215-237.

»The Crown, the King and the City: Dubrovnik, Hungary and the Dynastic Controversy, 1382-1390.« Dubrovnik Annals 10 (2006): 7-29.

»Bratimska elita: o počecima dubrovačke bratovštine sv. Antuna.«, u: Med Srednjo Evropo in Sredozemljem: Vojetov zbornik (ur. Jerše, Sašo i Darja Mihelič). Ljubljana : Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, 2006: 427-442.

»Kruna, kralj i Grad: odnos Dubrovnika prema ugarskoj kruni i vladaru na početku protudvorskog pokreta.« Povijesni prilozi 26 (2004): 19-37.

»Slika vladara: image kralja Sigismunda Luksemburškog (1387.-1437.) u srednjovjekovnom Dubrovniku.«, u: Hereditats rerum croaticarum (ur. Buczynski, Alexander, Kruhek, Milan, Matković, Stjepan). Zagreb: Hrvatski institut za povijest, 2003: 51-63.

»Prilog povijesti franjevaca u srednjovjekovnom Dubrovniku.« Croatica Christiana Periodica45 (2000): 29-57.

»Młodosc w sredniowiecznym DubrowniMłodosc w sredniowiecznym Dubrownikuku.« Proglas (Kraków). 8/1 (1998): 24-25.