Welcome to The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography
The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography built on the Croatian five-century-long lexicographic tradition a work that can stand alongside the greatest European and world lexicographic accomplishments. It was due to the initiative of Miroslav Krleža that a special institution was established in Zagreb in 1950, the activity of which has been continued by the present-day Institute, the only Croatian institution that has been systematically engaged in lexicography for seventy years.
The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography is a public institution of special status for the Republic of Croatia. As bearer of the work in the activities of lexicography and encyclopaedism of specific interest for the Republic of Croatia, The Institute published more than 250 different encyclopaedias, dictionaries, lexicons and other issues that represent an important contribution to the maintaining and rising of the Croatian intellectual standard. The Institute’s editions are traditionally reliable and explain in a distinguishable way facts relating to the Croatian heritage and the social reality.
The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography has been gathering, systematically processing, presenting, and interpreting facts and knowledge on phenomena, terms, and persons past and present for 70 years now, thus contributing to Croatian culture, knowledge, and the general education of our community.
Croatian Time Machine members and Time Machine Ambassador Vlatka Lemić, head of the Archival office at the University of Zagreb, organised a Time Machine Info Day in Zagreb on 15 January at the University of Zagreb. The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography was represented by Dr Nataša Jermen, assistant director for research and inter-institutional cooperation, who spoke about encyclopedias and encyclopedic portals and their role in the preservation of Croatian cultural heritage.
A conference that brought together encyclopedia editors and publishers from both sides of the Atlantic was held at Norway House in Brussels, organised by the Great Norwegian Encyclopedia, the European Parliamentary Research Service, and the Mission of Norway to the European Union. The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography was represented by its director, Bruno Kragić, and Nataša Jermen, assistant director for research and inter-institutional cooperation.
