Biljana Šljivić-Šimšić Explained

Biljana Šljivić-Šimšić
Birth Name:Biljana Šljivić
Alma Mater:Harvard University
Thesis Title:Deklinacija u paštrovskim ispravama 16–18. veka
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1235410630
Thesis Year:1966

Biljana Šljivić-Šimšić (Serbian: Биљана Шљивић-Шимшић; 20 January 1933  - 4 October 2019) was a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois and an author of several scholastic books, including a Serbian-English dictionary.[1]

Early life and education

Biljana Šljivić was born in 1933 in Belgrade, Serbia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. She obtained a degree from the University of Belgrade. In 1962, she moved from Yugoslavia to the United States, and went on to earn a master's degree and a Ph.D. from Harvard University (1966).[2]

Career

In 1967 Šljivić-Šimšić was appointed assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania.[3] She was also a research associate to Morton Benson at the University of Pennsylvania, and she is credited as a collaborator in the 1971 edition of the Serbocroatian-English dictionary that was first published in 1971[4] with the most recent edition dated 2017.[5] Šljivić arrived at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1973, and spent the rest of her career there. First an associate professor,[6] then a full professor, she was also the head of the Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literature.[7] [8] She was named emeritus in 2009. In addition to the dictionary, Šljivić-Šimšić is known for textbooks used for learning the Serbian language.[9] [10]

She was one of the founders of the North American Society for Serbian Studies, its first secretary treasurer (1978-1983) and its president (1984-1986).[11]

Selected publications

Honors

In 2021 there was a monograph published to honor her work.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Serbocroaian-English dictionary. 1971. Prosveta.
  2. Web site: February 11, 2021 . Online promocija monografije o deklinaciji u paštrovskim ispravama 16–18. vijeka – Montenegrina.net Kultura, umjetnost i nasljeđe Crne Gore. Culture, Arts & Heritage of Montenegro. . 2022-11-29 . en-US.
  3. Meyer . Alfred G. . 1967 . News of the Profession . Slavic Review . 26 . 4 . 713–715 . 10.1017/S0037677900116390 . 2492643 . 251375017 . 0037-6779. free .
  4. Book: Benson . Morton . SerboCroatian-English dictionary (Srpskohrvatsko-engleski rečnik) . 1971 . University of Pennsylvania Press . Biljana . Šljivić-Šimšić . 0-8122-7636-1 . [Philadelphia] . 258533.
  5. Web site: 2017 . Serbocroatian-English Dictionary WorldCat.org . 2022-11-29 . www.worldcat.org . en.
  6. Book: University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Staff directory . 1978–1979 . Chicago . University of Illinois at Chicago Circle . University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign .
  7. Web site: UIHistories Project Repository . 2022-10-30 . uihistories.library.illinois.edu.
  8. Book: The ultimate 2000 : directory of ethnic organizations, ethnic media and scholars for the Chicago metropolitan area . 2000 . Chicago, IL : Illinois Ethnic Coalition . 978-0-9658445-2-9.
  9. Book: Biljana . Sljivic-Simsic . Robert F. . Price . Advanced Serbo-Croatian 2 . January 1987 . Foreign Language Publications . 9780874151336.
  10. Book: Šljivić-Šimšić, Biljana . Serbo-Croatian, just for you: a first year course . 1985 . Center for Slavic & East European Studies . 19766082.
  11. Web site: Past Presidents . 2022-10-30 . North American Society for Serbian Studies . en-US.
  12. Reviews for Standard English-Serbocroatian, SerboCroatian-English Dictionary
  13. Reviews for Judeo-Spanish Ballads from Bosnia
  14. Reviews for 1985 and 1987 textbooks

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