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Željko Heimer

In Company with the World Most Famous Vexillologists

(Translated with permission, from the magazine “Hrvatski vojnik”, nr. 534, 8 Sep 2017, p. 47, http://hrvatski-vojnik.hr/pdfmagazin/hv_534.pdf#47) Prepared by Domagoj VLAHOVIĆ ♦ VEXILOLOGY Željko Heimer, officer of the Croatian Armed Forces, collaborator of the Hrvatski vojnik and vexillologist (scientist researching flags, their history, meaning and use), received a great international recognition for his work The International […]

21st Anniversary of »The FAME« web site

21 godina »The FAME«

On the 3 July 2017 the 21st annivarsary of the web site »The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era« (»The FAME«) was marked. The site is edited since 3 July 1996 by Željko Heimer.It presents through drawings and texts the coats of arms and flags of the “modern era” (defined by the author arbitrary […]

»Grb i zastava« № 21 Issued

Recently we published number 21 of our bulletin »Grb i zastava« in its volume 11. Additional copes may be ordered through the Leykam International. publishing house. From the »Editorial« we copy:   Following two anniversary issues, both with expanded page counts, our usual 20-page format may look somewhat meager, at first glance. However, I hope […]

The Flag Heritage Foundation issued »Vexillology as a Social Science« by Željko Heimer

Heimer: »Vexillology as a Social Science«, Flag Heritage Foundation, Danvers, MA, 2017.

The sixth publication in The Flag Heritage Foundation Monograph and Translation Series, titled Vexillology as a Social Science, was issued in April. It is the English adaptation of the major part of the doctoral thesis by Željko Heimer, defended at the Postgraduate Doctoral Studies of Sociology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies of […]

Lecture »Introduction to Heraldry for Tourist Guides«, 2.2.2016.

Doedukacija turističkih vodiča

As part of the development education programme of the Tourist Guide Association of Zagreb and the Central Croatian Region (DTVZ, www.dtvz.hr), Željko Heimer, the HGZD president is giving a lecture »Introduction to Heraldry for Tourist Guides«, in the Jewish Community of Zagreb Auditorium Hall, Palmotićeva st. 16, 2nd Floor at 18:00 h, Thursday, 2 February […]

»Grb i zastava« № 20 Issued

Just as the previous issue that opened the tenth volume, the new celebratory № 20 of our journal »Grb i zastava« is issued in extended volume at 36 pages. It was just sent to the printers and our members may expect it soon in their mail boxes. Additional copes may be ordered through the Leykam […]

HGZD president appointed a FRC Fellow

Flag Research Center

The US institute for flags named the Flag Research Center (FRC), [in Croatian known as Centar za proučavanje zastava from the translation of the W. Smith’s Flags and Arms Across the World: Grbovi i zastave svijeta, Globus, Zagreb, 1982., p. 7], established in 1962 by Whitney Smith in Winchester, Massachusetts, was reorganized recently, after Smith’s […]

New book Željko Heimer: »Exploring Vexillology through Military Unit Flags«, HGZD, Zagreb, 2016.

Heimer: Exploring Vexillology through Military Unit Flags, HGZD, Zagreb, 2016.

The English edition of the doctoral thesis by Željko Heimer was issued under the title “Exploring Vexillology through Military Unit Flags” published by HGZD and distributed though the American publishing house Lulu specialized for the print-on-demand. The issue was edited by Edward B. Kay, under whose guidance the book represents a real gem in any […]