Biljana Šljivić-Šimšić | |
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Born | Biljana Šljivić |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Thesis | Deklinacija u paštrovskim ispravama 16–18. veka (1966) |
Biljana Šljivić-Šimšić ( Serbian Cyrillic: 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]
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[ when?] and a Ph.D. from Harvard University (1966). [2]
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. [2] 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)[ citation needed] and its president (1984-1986). [11] [2]
In 2021 there was a monograph published to honor her work. [2]
Biljana Šljivić-Šimšić | |
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Born | Biljana Šljivić |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Thesis | Deklinacija u paštrovskim ispravama 16–18. veka (1966) |
Biljana Šljivić-Šimšić ( Serbian Cyrillic: 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]
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[ when?] and a Ph.D. from Harvard University (1966). [2]
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. [2] 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)[ citation needed] and its president (1984-1986). [11] [2]
In 2021 there was a monograph published to honor her work. [2]