Mateo Bratanić is Associate Professor of Maritime History and Modern History at the University of Zadar. His research interest mostly lays in the transition from sailing ship to steamship era and the modernity of the second half of 19th and early 20th century and how it influenced eastern Adriatic societies. He is also interested in the British perspective on Dalmatia during the long 19th century and early 20th century.
He wrote several articles and a book about maritime transition of the island of Hvar in the 19th century. Currently he is PI of the project “East Adriatic sailing ships trade in the 19th century – peak and decline” and team member on the project “Where East meets West: Travel narratives and the fashioning of a Dalmatian artistic heritage in modern Europe (c. 1675 – c. 1941)”.
Dr Mateo Bratanić - Associate Professor 