Josip Šiklić

Josip Šiklić was born in Drniš in 1953. He is an art historian and cultural worker. He completed his primary education in Siverić, secondary in Drniš, and studied history and art history at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zadar. He has lived in Pazin since 1977, where he worked as a teacher and deputy principal at the Juraj Dobrila Grammar and Vocational School, while from 2000 until his retirement in 2019, he served as the school’s principal. He has been President of the Čakavian Assembly Pazin Chair since 2005, of UHBDR for Pazin since 2001, and Secretary-General of the Čakavian Assembly since 2011. He is a member of Matica hrvatska, the Istrian Branch of the Croatian Writers' Association, and the Croatian Society of Art Historians. He was a member of the editorial board of the journal Nova Istra, the Association of Secondary School Principals, and the working group for the National Curriculum for Grammar Schools. He is the co-founder and long-standing president of KUD Roženice (1984–1994). He is the author of numerous articles on the cultural and historical monuments and demography of Istria, as well as an organizer and participant in around forty scholarly conferences. He has published several books and has been a co-author and editor of several monographs, encyclopedias, and collections. He is the recipient of the Pazin City Award, the Pazin City Plaque, and the Istriana Award.