Robert Kurelić

Robert Kurelić is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Humanities, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, affiliated with the Department of Medieval History. He has been employed since 2007 and teaches courses such as English in Time and Space, Historiography, and The Art of War in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. His research spans medieval Croatian history, interdisciplinary landscape archaeology, and East Asian cultural mediation.

• Education: Graduated (2004), Master's (2005), PhD (2013)

His research focuses on medieval nobility, historical rituals, and cross-cultural interactions along Adriatic and Istrian frontiers. Recent publications examine the Frankapani family in German sources, royal privileges, and 16th-century Istrian life. He contributes to the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Landscape Archaeology and organizes conferences like History in Flux. Kurelić also emphasizes open science through data management frameworks.

Kurelić mentors graduate students in Premodern History and collaborates on projects involving historical documents, glagolitic manuscripts, and regional identity formation. His work bridges Croatian history with broader European and global contexts, particularly through interdisciplinary approaches to medieval symbols, borderlands, and cultural exchange.