Niko Županič
Niko Županič (born December 1, 1876 in Griblje , † September 11, 1961 in Ljubljana ) was a Yugoslav anthropologist and politician. He is considered the founder of South Slavic anthropology .
Life
Niko Županič studied history , geography and ethnology at the University of Vienna . From 1907 he worked as a museum curator in Belgrade . During the First World War he joined the Yugoslav Committee . In 1922/23 he was a minister in the Yugoslav government under Nikola Pašić , whose Radical People's Party he tried in vain to popularize in Slovenia.
Works (selection)
- Macedonia and the Turkish Problem , 1903
- Žumberčani i Marindolci , 1912
- Pontijski Bugari , 1913
- Hrvati kod Atine , 1914
- Les premiers habitants des pays Yougoslaves , 1919
- Etnogeneza Jugoslovena . In: Rad 222, 1920
- Tragom za Pelazgima , 1922
- Srbi Ptolomeja i Plinija , 1924
- Prvobitni Hrvati , 1925
- Old Serbia and the Albanian Question , 1912
- The strategic significance of Serbia , 1915
literature
- Christian Promitzer, Niko Županič And The Issue Jugoslavism: Between Politics And Anthropology (1901-1941) , in: Contributions to Contemporary History ( ISSN 0353-0329 ), issue 1/2001.
- Christian Promitzer, NIKO ŽUPANIČ AS SLOVENIAN ETHNOLOGIST: The Ethnographic Museum in Ljubljana under his direction , in: Etnolog: glasnik Slovenskega etnografskega muzeja = bulletin of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum ( ISSN 0350-0330 ), Volume 13/2003, 317–347.
- Short Slavic biography . Otto Harrassowitz , Wiesbaden, 1958 p. 806.
Web links
- Literature by and about Niko Županič in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Županič, Niko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav anthropologist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Griblje |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 1961 |
| Place of death | Ljubljana |