Tvrtko Jakovina was born on 2 March 1972 and is a Croatian historian.
11 Facts About Tvrtko Jakovina
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Tvrtko Jakovina was born in the eastern Croatian town of Pozega where he finished elementary school and high school, and completed his compulsory military service.
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Tvrtko Jakovina studied history at the University of Zagreb from 1991 to 1996.
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Tvrtko Jakovina was the founder and first honorary member of the Croatian branch of International Students of History Association.
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Tvrtko Jakovina completed his postgraduate studies at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
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Tvrtko Jakovina has presented many public lectures and attended many forums in Croatia and abroad.
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Tvrtko Jakovina has co-authored a history textbook for senior high school students and has authored hundreds of articles published in daily newspapers such as Jutarnji list and Vjesnik.
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Tvrtko Jakovina's books received state prizes in 2004 and 2014, while he received Kiklop book prize in 2013.
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Tvrtko Jakovina is a coordinator of the postgraduate Diplomacy study program of the Faculty of Political Science and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.
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Tvrtko Jakovina is a prominent public critic of the violent right-wing Croatian nationalism, historical revisionism of World War II oriented towards unscientific positive reinterpretations of the Nazi puppet state Independent State of Croatia and absent or unscientific recognition of Ustase genocide against Serbs, Jews, Roma and other crimes against their opponents.
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Tvrtko Jakovina has signed the CIVICO Europa initiative against autocratic policies in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary.