Vladimir Ćorović

Vladimir Ćorović (; 27 October 1885 – 12 April 1941) was a Serb historian, university professor, author, and academic. Ćorović served two terms as the Rector of the University of Belgrade and twice as the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. His bibliography consists of more than 1000 works. Several of his books on the history of Serb, Yugoslav, Bosnian and Herzegovinian uprisings are considered to be definitive works on the subject.

Biography

Education Vladimir Ćorović was born in Mostar in Herzegovina, then under Ottoman sovereignty but under Austro-Hungarian administration, to a prominent Serb Orthodox family involved in business.

Ćorović finished primary school and the Gymnasium in Mostar, in which he was one of many future Serb intellectuals, among whom was also his brother the novelist Svetozar Ćorović. Ćorović continued his studies at the University of Vienna in 1904, studying Slavic Archaeology, History and Philology. Ćorović was first sentenced to five years, but the High court increased it to eight years because of his contribution to the Serb cultural progress through Prosvjeta. The new Austro-Hungarian Emperor, Charles I of Austria, after international pressure by the Spanish king, released political prisoners in 1917 granting them amnesty. Ćorović published over 1,000 works.

Some critics noted that in the name of Yugoslav unity Ćorović did not mention the ethnic compositions of several divisions which committed massacres and war crimes over Serb civilians in Mačva in WWI, such as predominantly Croat 42nd Home Guard Infantry Division.

Vladimir Ćorović Award was established in his honour.

Selected works

Bosna i Hercegovina (Srpska književna zadruga, Belgrade, 1927) Luka Vukalović i hercegovački ustanci od 1852-1862 (Srpska kraljevska akademija: Belgrade, 1923) Ujedinjenje (Narodno delo, Belgrade, 1928) Mostar i njegova srpska pravoslavna opština (Belgrade, 1933) Istorija Jugoslavije (Narodno delo, Belgrade, 1933) Odnosi između Srbije i Austrougarske u XX veku (Državna štamparija Kraljevine Jugoslavije, Belgrade, 1936) Političke prilike u Bosni i Hercegovini, Politika, Belgrade 1939 Historija Bosne, vol. I (Srpska kraljevska akademija, Belgrade, 1940).

Posthumously published: Sveta Gora i Hilandar do XVI veka, (Belgrade 1985). Istorija Srba, vol. I-III (BIGZ, Belgrade, 1989). Portreti iz novije srpske istorije, Srpska književna zadruga, Belgrade 1990, ed. by D. T. Bataković) Istorija srpskog naroda (Ars Libri, Belgrade, 1997)