About us

The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography is the Croatian central lexicographic institution. It was established on October 5, 1950 following the incentive of the writer and erudite Miroslav Krleža. Since then, all through to the present, the editions of the Institute of Lexicography are an important contribution to the maintenance and development of the Croatian cultural standard. Encyclopaedias, atlases, dictionaries, lexicons and bibliographies of the Institute of Lexicography are traditionally reliable and explain in a distinguishing manner facts relating to the Croatian heritage and social reality.

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Digitised publications in the
RILM Music Encyclopedias

4. April 2023.

At the beginning of this year, two classic publications of the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography, the Encyclopedia of Music (2nd edition, 1971–1977) and the Lexicon of Yugoslav Music (1984)...

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Cooperation Agreement with the Humboldt University of Berlin

24. March 2023.

On 12 March 2023, Dr Christian Voβ, head of the Department of South-Slavic Languages and Cultural Studies of the Institute of Slavic and Hungarian Studies, Faculty of Language, Literature and...

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European and North American Encyclopedia Conference

11. October 2022.

Organised by the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography and presided by the Institute's director general, Bruno Kragić, the second European and North American Encyclopedia Conference was held from 6 to...

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International Conference Encyclopedistics 2020

27. October 2020.

The international conference Encyclopedistics 2020 – Achievements and Challenges, organised on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography, was held on 15 and 16...

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The Institute of Lexicography – Our 70th Anniversary

22. October 2020.

The Institute of Lexicography was founded on 5 October 1950 as a scientific institution devoted to encyclopedistics and lexicography. The founder of the Institute was the Croatian writer, lexicographer, and...

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