Jasmina Nestić

PhD, associate professor


Department of Art History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb

jasmina.nestic@ffzg.unizg.hr

Jasmina Nestić (b. 1979) graduated in Art History and Ethnology from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb in 2006. She received her PhD degree in Art History from the same University in 2014 with the thesis entitled Iluzionirani oltari 18. stoljeća na području sjeverozapadne Hrvatske (Illusionistic painted altars in the North West Croatia during the 18th century; supervisor Prof. Vladimir Marković).

In 2015, she was elected senior research assistant, in 2018 assistant professor and in 2023 associate professor.

Since 2008 she has worked at the Department of Art History as a member of a Chair of Methodology of Teaching Art History and a research assistant on the scientific project History of Cultural Heritage Preservation in Croatia in 19th and 20th century (from 2008 to 2013, leader prof. Ph.D. Zlatko Jurić, funded by the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport).

From 2014 to 2021, she participated in a group of scientific projects led by associate professor Dragan Damjanović and funded by University of Zagreb: Painting in Croatia from 18th to 20th century in the context of Central European Art (2014), Artistic Heritage of Croatia from Baroque to Postmodern Period – artistic connections, import of artworks, collections I (2015) and Artistic Heritage of Croatia from Baroque to Postmodern Period – artistic connections, import of artworks, collections II (2016) and Artistic Heritage of Croatia from Baroque to Postmodern Period – artistic connections, import of artworks (2017). In 2014 she has participated in teaching project titled IPAQ V: Affirmative and Innovative Learning and Teaching in Gymnasiums based on the Croatian Qualifications Framework (organised by 5th Grammar School in Zagreb, co-financed by EU). In 2016, she has participated in project Alignment of Study Programs from Social Sciences and Humanities with Labour Market Needs and 2020-2023 in project Learning Through Work and Managing the Student Experience at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb (leader prof. Ph.D. Dragan Bagić, co-financed by EU, European Social Fund). She participated in scientific project funded by the Croatian Science Foundation Art and State in Croatia from the Enlightenment to the Present (2018−2023).

Since 2008, she has been teaching several compulsory and elective courses in MA programme at the Department of Art History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Since 2016 she teaches compulsory course History of Art in BA programme at the Department of Ornamental Plants, Landscape Architecture and Garden Art, Faculty of Agriculture.


In 2011, she received a scholarship for a three-month stay and research in Ljubljana (Department of Art History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana). Since 2011 she has been an associate of The National Centre for External Evaluation of Education in Zagreb, working as a reviewer of graduation exams (2011, 2012, 2014), grader of graduation exams (2015-2023) and member of the expert group for drafting the state graduation exams and the exam catalogue in Visual Arts (2015-2024). Since 2015 she is a member of examination committee for professional/vocational examination for Visual Arts teachers (Education and Teacher Training Agency, Zagreb).

She participated in many scientific conferences and held several public lectures. Her fields of professional interest include methodology of teaching art history, history of teaching art history, visual arts of the 17th and 18th century.