Mitja Trojar (1985) is a researcher at the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language. His research focusses on historical linguistics, history of linguistics, history of linguistic terminology and terminology in general. He participates in the compilation of the Dictionary of the 16th-Century Slovenian Literary Language (Vol. II).

Research Areas

• history of linguistic terminology
• history of linguistics
• terminology
• historical of linguistics

Education, Academic and Scientific Titles

• 2024–: Research Associate, ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
• 2017: PHD thesis: Development of Slovenian Linguistic Terminology in Slovenian Grammars in the 18th and 19th Centuries (Razvoj slovenske jezikoslovne terminologije v slovenskih slovnicah v 18. in 19. stoletju), University of Nova Gorica
• 2012: BA degree in interlingual mediation, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
• 2010: BA degree in French and general linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Employments, Leadership Positions and Competences

Employments:

• 2012–: ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language

Leadership Positions:

• 2013–: co-editor of the Terminological Dictionary of Animal Science (together with Simon Atelšek)
• 2012–2021: co-editor of the Terminological Dictionary of Concrete Structures (together with Mojca Žagar Karer)

Work in Editorial Boards and Expert Commissions

• 2015–2021: member of the editorial board of Terminological Consulting

Outstanding Achievements, Awards and Grants

• 2023: editor and co-author of annual additions to the online Dictionary of the 16th-Century Slovenian Literary Language
• 2022: main editor (together with Metod Čepar, Alenka Jelovšek, Andreja Legan Ravnikar and Eva Trivunović) of the Slovenian-German-Latin Dictionary based on a manuscript dictionary Dictionarium trilingue (1711–1712) by Hippolytus Rudolphswertensis: including paper slip material produced by Jože Stabej
• 2012: Friar Stanislav Škrabec Foundation grant