Po redaktohet Ivan Mikulčić

{{Short description|Macedonian archaeologist (1936–2020)}}
'''Ivan Mikulčić''' ([[Croatian language|Croatian]]: Ivan Luka Mikulčić; [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]]: Иван Микулчиќ) was a prominent archaeologist from [[North Macedonia]].<ref>Македонска енциклопедија, том II. Скопје, Македонска академија на науките и уметностите, 2009. {{ISBN|978-608-203-024-1}}. с. 948</ref>

== Biography ==
Mikulcic was born on March 25, 1936, in the then [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] in the [[Srem]] town of [[Indjija]] to a Croat family. He graduated in archeology from the Faculty of Philosophy at the [[University of Belgrade]] in 1958, and in 1965 he defended his doctorate. He worked later in the museums in Stip, Bitola and Skopje, and since 1969 he was teaching at the Faculty of Philosophy at the  [[University of Skopje]]. In 1969 he received the title of assistant, then associate professor (1974) and full professor (1979).<ref>Macedoniae acta archaeologica. Arheološko društvo na SR Makedonija, 1989.</ref> He retired in 2000. Mikulčić has also been the head of the Institute of Art History and Archeology in Skopje for 10 years, as well as the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy there. With his efforts a department of archeology was established with a special program within the mentioned Institute, where he was the organizer of the postgraduate training in [[archeology]].<ref>Viktor Lilčić, On the Life and Deeds of Professor Ivan Mikulčić, [http://periodica.fzf.ukim.edu.mk/fab/FAB_02_(2012)/FAB%2002.03.%20%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%9C,%20%D0%92.%20-%20%D0%97%D0%B0%20%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%82%20%D0%B8%20%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%80%20%D0%B4-%D1%80%20%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%20%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%9C.pdf UDK: 902-05 Микулчиќ, И. Folia archaeologica Balkanica II, 2011; pp. 43-52.]</ref> Mikulcic focused his active field and office research on the archaeological heritage of North Macedonia and more broadly in the Balkans, working mainly on the Ancient period, but also has good research results in the study of Prehistory and the Middle Ages. Professor Mikulicic died in June 2020 in [[Bitola]].<ref>Почина професорот Иван Микулчиќ, великанот на македонската археологија. [https://vecer.mk/node/506558 26 Jun 2020, Вечер.МК.]</ref>

== See also==
* [[Historiography in North Macedonia]]

== References==
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== External link ==
* {{cite book |title= Средновековни градови и тврдини во Македонија |last=Микулчиќ |first= Иван |year= 1996|publisher=Македонска академија на науките и уметностите |location= Скопје|url=http://www.promacedonia.org/im3/index.html }}

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