North American Vexillological Association (NAVA)/Association nord-américaine de vexillologie http://www.nava.org
The book on Macedonian symbols by our member and president of the Macedonian Heraldic Society, Jovan Jonovski, was issued in English in USA by the Flag Heritage Foundation (FHF). It is an adaptation of his doctoral dissertation defended at the University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Skopje in 2018 and published in Macedonian in […]
The General Assembly of the International Federation of Vexillological associations (FIAV) held its session during the 28th International congress of Vexillology (28ICV), held from 15 to 20 July 2019 in San Antonio, Texas, US, electing its new FIAV Board. The Assembly elected the HGZD president, Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Željko Heimer, LF, FF, for the FIAV […]
The General Assembly of the International Federation of Vexillological associations (FIAV) held its session during the 28th International congress of Vexillolgy, held from 15 to 20 July 2019 in San Antonio, Texas, US. The Assembly elected the HGZD president, Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Željko Heimer for the new FIAV president, the sixth since its establishment n […]
The HGZD President Željko Heimer participated at the 28th International Congress of Vexillology HEMISFLAG: 28ICV held in San Antonio, Texas, USA from 14 to 20 July 2019. The majority of the Congress program was held in the oldest hotel in San Antonio, the Saint Anthony Hotel. It was organized by the Vexillological Association of teh […]
The Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association held its 26th Tribune on Friday 12 October 2018, marking the World Vexillology Day, otherwise celebrated on 1 October, in the Bogdan Ogrizović Library in Zagreb, when William Belanich gave lecture titled »US State Flags in the American Society«. The United States of America and its place in the […]
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 […]
The father of modern vexillology, Whitney Smith established in 1961, together with Gerhard Grahl, the first vexilological journal The Flag Bulletin, and the next year estanlished the Flag Research Centre (FRC). He was its director until his retirement in 2013 when the entire considerable library and archive was transferred to the University of Texas in […]
We participated in the 24th International Congress of Vexillology, organized by the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA) and the Chesapeake Bay Flag Association (CFA), 1-5 August 2011, in Alexandria, VA in the Washington, D.C. area. During the Congress, the Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques (FIAV) held the 22nd Session of its General Assembly. The main […]
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The HGZD journal »Grb i zastava« may be ordered through Leykam International.
Nr. 27 - May 2020.
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Ana Marija Ambrušec: Heraldička baština križevačko-kalničkog područja, Meleagrina and HGZD, Zagreb, 2019
Željko Heimer: Zastave Izraela / The Flags of Israel, JCZ, Zagreb, 2019.
Željko Heimer: Vexillology as a Social Science, FHF, Danvers, MA, 2017.
Željko Heimer: Exploring Vexillology through Military Unit Flags, HGZD, Zagreb, 2016.
Željko Heimer & Marin Sabolović (ed.): Zbornik radova znanstveno-stručnog skupa »Simbol, identitet i Domovinski rat«, Zagreb, 31. listopada 2014., HGZD, Zagreb, 2016., HGZD, Zagreb, 2016.
Trako Poljak: Hrvatski simbolički identitet, TIM press, Zagreb, 2016.
Heimer: Sintaksa suvremenog hrvatskog heraldičkog blazona grba i veksilološkog opisa zastava, Redak, Split, 2016.
Heimer: Grbovi i zastave Grada Zagreba, Leykam International, Zagreb, 2009.
Heimer: Grb i zastava Republike Hrvatske, Leykam International, Zagreb, 2008.
4 Sep 2019 18h ♦ 12th lecture in the cycle »Country Flags of Europe and the World« – Željko Heimer: »British Flags«, Coordination of Croatian Friendship Societies, Zagreb, Bogovićeva 2, 1st Floor
15 Oct 2018 19:30 ♦ 27th HGZD Tribune – Antonio Grgić: »Contemporary Heraldry and Identity Construction of the podravina and Prigorje Region«, Bogdan Ogrizović Library, Zagreb, Preradovićeva 5
13 Sep 2018 18h ♦ 3rd lecture in the cycle »Country Flags of Europe and the World« – Željko Heimer: »Russian Flags«, Coordination of Croatian Friendship Societies, Zagreb, Bogovićeva 2, 1st Floor
№ 24 ♦ 15 Sep 2018 materials submission deadline
17. listopada 2018. 18h ♦ Croatian Nobility Union – Split Chapter and History Students Association “Thomas the Archdeacon” – ISHA Split, lecture by Prof. Valter Firić: “The Klis Fortress”, introductory lecture Mate Božić: “Heraldry of the Masters of Klis through the history and the Klis, Senj and Žumberak Uskok families”, Faculty of Philosophy in Split, Poljička cesta 35 (ex-Brodomerkur)
4 Mar 2019 18h ♦ 11th annual lecture on coats of arms and flags for the »Zagreb Classical Gymnasium Society« (DZKG) – Željko Heimer: »Flags of the PR China«, DZKG, Zagreb, Preradovićeva 44, 1st Floor
5 Mar 2019 18h ♦ Croatian Nobility Union – Split Chapter and History Students Association “Thomas the Archdeacon” – ISHA Split, lecture by Dr. Danka Radić: “Heraldry of Trogir from 12th to 20th century”, introductory lecture Mate Božić: “Heraldry of the Masters of Klis through the history and the Klis, Senj and Žumberak Uskok families”, Faculty of Philosophy in Split, Poljička cesta 35 (ex-Brodomerkur)
12 Mar 2019 18h ♦ 10th lecture in the cycle »Country Flags of Europe and the World« – Željko Heimer: »Flags of Kazahstan«, Coordination of Croatian Friendship Societies, Zagreb, Bogovićeva 2, 1st Floor
№ 25 ♦ 15 Mar 2018 materials submission deadline
16 Mar 2019 18h ♦ 9th lecture in the cycle »Country Flags of Europe and the World« – Željko Heimer: »Flags of Russia«, Croatian-Russian Society Sisak, Coordination of Croatian Friendship Societies, TBA
Heraldic Art d.o.o. Rijeka № 28 ♦ 15 Sep 2020 deadline for material submission for the next number
NEW DATES: 21-24 April 2021 ♦ 34th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences 34 ICGHS - Madrid, Spain 2020
12-16 July 2021 ♦ 29th International Congress of Vexillology29 ICV - Ljubljana, Slovenia 2021
August 2022 ♦ 35th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences 35 ICGHS - Cambridge, UK 2022
July 2023 ♦ 30th International Congress of Vexillology 30 ICV - Beijing, PR China 2023: Vexillological Research Center of China 中国旗帜学研究中心 August 2024 ♦ 36th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences 36 ICGHS - TBD 2024 Augsut 2025 ♦ 31st International Congress of Vexillology 31 ICV - Paris, France (candidate) 2025
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