Zef Mirdita


Zef Mirdita was a Kosovan historian, university professor and academic. He has made a significant contribution to the fields of Illyrology and Balkan studies.

Biography

Zef Mirdita was born in Prizren, where he completed his primary education, classical high school in Pazin and Zagreb, while he studied at the Catholic [Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb|Catholic Faculty of Theology in Zagreb]. In 1966, he returned to his hometown as a professor at the high school in Prizren, where he taught history, sociology and French. He was engaged at the University of Pristina for the Latin language for students of history and Albanology, while in 1967 he was appointed assistant in the history department of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Pristina.
In 1972, he defended his doctoral thesis at the University of Zagreb and specialized in "La Sapienza" University of Rome and then in Heidelberg and Munich, Germany. In 1983, he was elected a full professor at University of Pristina. He was a member of the National Committee of Yugoslavia for Balkanology and a member of the Kosovo editorial board for the "Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia. In 1991 he was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo.
In 1993, Mirdita left Kosovo and continued his scientific activity in Croatia, as a scientific advisor at the Institute of History and then as a lecturer of ancient history at the University "J.J. Strossmayer" of Osjek, Croatia. He participated in many scientific congresses and lectured in several university centers as a guest professor. He is the author of a number of publications and a large number of scientific studies. He is the bearer of a number of recognitions and decorations for his contribution to the field of science. Mirdita is the author of a number of publications and a large number of scientific studies.

Selected publications

Studime dardane , 1979 Antroponomia e Dardanisë në kohën romake & Die Anthroponymie der Dardanien zur Römerzeit, 1981 Mitet dhe mitologjia në antikë , 1988 Historia e kishës në popullin shqiptar , 1994 Krishterimi ndër shqiptarët , 1998 Religjioni dhe kultet e dardanëve dhe Dardanisë në antikë , 2001 Vlasi u historiografiji , 2004 Dardanci i Dardanija u antici (Dardanians and Dardania in antiquity, 2016

Awards