Veljko Kotlaja (Serbia) is a historian and PhD researcher specializing in the National Middle Ages and Art History. He earned his Master of History from the University of Belgrade, where his thesis explored medieval statecraft and the complex geopolitical relations between Hungary and Serbia. Dedicated to public education, Kotlaja serves as a history teacher and an expert cultural guide for religious heritage sites. As a published poet with a focus on dramaturgy and psychology, his scholarship merges rigorous archival analysis with the narrative construction of national memory and sectarian identity.