Boris Nilević
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| Born | June 2, 1947 Sarajevo |
| Died | December 11, 1999 (aged 52) Sarajevo |
| Resting place | Gradsko groblje Bare * |
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| Education | Master's degree in 1978 at History Department of the Faculty of Philosophy Sarajevo; PhD in 1986 at University of Belgrade |
| Alma mater | University of Sarajevo |
| Occupations | Historian, medievalist |
| Years active | 1969–1999 |
| Known for | Study of Bosnia in the Middle Ages |
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Boris Nilević (Sarajevo, June 2, 1947 – Sarajevo, December 11, 1999) was a Bosnian historian of the middle ages and early modern era.[1]
Boris Nilević was born on June 2, 1947, in Sarajevo. He completed primary and secondary education in his hometown. He completed his history studies at the History Department of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo in Sarajevo. He received his master's degree in 1978 and his doctorate in 1986 in Belgrade. From 1974 until his death on December 11, 1999, he worked at the Public institution Institute of History in Sarajevo. He was the director of the Institute of History and the editor of the journal Prilozi instituta za istoriju (trans. Contributions of the Institute of History). He occasionally worked at the History Department of the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo and at the History Department of the Faculty of Philosophy in Tuzla.[2]
The subject of Nilević's scientific interest was the Bosnian late Middle Ages and the Ottoman period with a focus on ethnic and confessional changes caused by the arrival of Ottoman rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He published several works on the Pavlović family and the Serbian Orthodox Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[3][2]
