Biljana Šljivić-Šimšić

Biljana Šljivić-Šimšić
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]

Early life and education

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]

Career

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]

Selected publications

• SerboCroatian-English Dictionary. University of Pennsylvania Press. 1971. ISBN 9780812276367.[12]
• Silverman, Joseph H.; Armistead, Samuel Gordon (1971). Judeo-Spanish Ballads from Bosnia. Biljana Šljivić-Šimšić. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780835797474.[13]
• Šljivić-Šimšić, Biljana (1985). Serbo-Croatian, Just for You: A First Year Course. Center for Slavic & East European Studies.
• Sljivic-Simsic, Biljana; Price, Robert F. (January 1987). Advanced Serbo-Croatian 2. Foreign Language Publications. ISBN 9780874151336.[14]

Honors

In 2021 there was a monograph published to honor her work.[2]

References

1. Serbocroaian-English dictionary. Prosveta. 1971.
2. "Online promocija monografije o deklinaciji u paštrovskim ispravama 16–18. vijeka – Montenegrina.net | Kultura, umjetnost i nasljeđe Crne Gore. Culture, Arts & Heritage of Montenegro". February 11, 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
3. Meyer, Alfred G. (1967). "News of the Profession". Slavic Review. 26 (4): 713–715. doi:10.1017/S0037677900116390. ISSN 0037-6779. JSTOR 2492643. S2CID 251375017.
4. Benson, Morton; Šljivić-Šimšić, Biljana (1971). SerboCroatian-English dictionary (Srpskohrvatsko-engleski rečnik). [Philadelphia]: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-7636-1. OCLC 258533.
5. "Serbocroatian-English Dictionary | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. 2017. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
6. University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Staff directory. Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. 1978–1979 – via University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
7. "UIHistories Project Repository". uihistories.library.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
8. The ultimate 2000 : directory of ethnic organizations, ethnic media and scholars for the Chicago metropolitan area. Chicago, IL : Illinois Ethnic Coalition. 2000. ISBN 978-0-9658445-2-9.
9. Sljivic-Simsic, Biljana; Price, Robert F. (January 1987). Advanced Serbo-Croatian 2. Foreign Language Publications. ISBN 9780874151336.
10. Šljivić-Šimšić, Biljana (1985). Serbo-Croatian, just for you: a first year course. Center for Slavic & East European Studies. OCLC 19766082.
11. "Past Presidents". North American Society for Serbian Studies. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
12. Reviews for Standard English-Serbocroatian, SerboCroatian-English Dictionary
    • Naylor, Kenneth E. (1972). "Review of Serbocroatian-English Dictionary". The Slavic and East European Journal. 16 (3): 370–375. doi:10.2307/305869. ISSN 0037-6752. JSTOR 305869.
    • Hawkesworth, E. C. (1975). "Review of Serbocroatian-English Dictionary, Biljana Šljivić-Šimšić". The Slavonic and East European Review. 53 (130): 102–103. ISSN 0037-6795. JSTOR 4206989.
    • Derbyshire, William W. (1992). "Review of Serbocroatian-English Dictionary; An English-Serbocroatian Dictionary, Morton Benson; Hrvatsko ili srpsko-engleski enciklopedijski rjecnik. Croatoserbian-English Encyclopedic Dictionary". The Slavic and East European Journal. 36 (1): 137–139. doi:10.2307/308370. ISSN 0037-6752. JSTOR 308370.
13. Reviews for Judeo-Spanish Ballads from Bosnia
    • Cortés, Julio (1975). "Review of Judeo-Spanish Ballads from Bosnia". Hispanófila (54): 89–90. ISSN 0018-2206. JSTOR 43807641.
    • Ward, Donald (1973). "Review of Judeo-Spanish Ballads from Bosnia". Jahrbuch für Volksliedforschung. 18: 177–178. doi:10.2307/846410. ISSN 0075-2789. JSTOR 846410.
    • Barrick, Mac E. (1973). "Review of The Judeo-Spanish Ballad Chapbooks of Yacob Abraham Yoná; Judeo-Spanish Ballads from Bosnia, Samuel G. Armistead, Joseph H. Silverman, Biljana Šljivić-Šimšić". The Journal of American Folklore. 86 (341): 304–305. doi:10.2307/539166. ISSN 0021-8715. JSTOR 539166.
14. Reviews for 1985 and 1987 textbooks
    • Elson, Mark J. (1989). "Review of Elementary Serbo-Croatian 1; Advanced Serbo-Croatian 1, Biljana Sljivic-Simsic; Serbo-Croatian Just for You, Biljana Sljivic-Simsic". The Modern Language Journal. 73 (4): 529–531. doi:10.2307/326928. ISSN 0026-7902. JSTOR 326928.
    • Magner, Thomas F. (1988). "Review of Elementary Serbo-Croatian 1, 2. Serbo-Croatian Individualized Instruction; Serbo-Croatian Just for You: A First Year Course, Biljana Sljivic-Simsic; Intermediate Serbo-Croatian 1. Serbo-Croatian Individualized Instruction, Biljana Sljivic-Simsic, Krinka Vidakovic". The Slavic and East European Journal. 32 (1): 178–179. doi:10.2307/308958. ISSN 0037-6752. JSTOR 308958.

External links

• Monografije "Deklinaciji u paštrovskim ispravama 16–18. vijeka" Prof. dr Biljane Šljivić Šimšić (1933–2019) on YouTube, February 11, 2021