Tuesday 3 June 2014

Croatian Diaspora Congress - Programme - 23-26 June 2014 - Zagreb




CROATIAN DIASPORA CONGRESS
23rd – 26th June 2014, ZAGREB


Day One: Monday 23rd June

THE OLD TOWN HALL
 5 St Cyril and Methodius Street  (Upper City)
Hall A

8.30 AM

Preparatory Actions

Registration of Participants
Accreditation, promotional material
Information, Book of abstracts

9.00 AM

Opening of the Congress

Chair: Ozana Ramljak

Opening Speakers:
President of the Parliamentary Committee for Diaspora, Republic of Croatia
Cardinal Josip Bozanić, Archbishop of Zagreb
Mons. Edward Robinson Wijesinghe, Director of the Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees at the Holy See
Milan Bandić, Lord Mayor of Zagreb
Davor Stier, Croatian Representative in European Parliament
Ruža Tomašić, Croatian Representative in European Parliament
Toni Krstičević, Member of State Parliament, Western Australia
Susan Cox, Australia's Ambassador to Croatia  
German Ibarra, Chile's Ambassador to Croatia
Louise LaRocque, Canada's Ambassador to Croatia
Maciej Szymański, Poland's Ambassador to Croatia
Marin Sopta, President of the Organising Committee of the Croatian Diaspora Congress


10.30 AM

Congress Proceedings


CROATIAN DIASPORA – HERE AND NOW
Moderators: Marin Sopta and Branko Salaj


LUKA BUDAK: Croatian Diaspora and Croatian Identity 1945 - 1990

BRANKO SALAJ: Organisational Gathering of the Diaspora

ADELA POPRZENOVIC: Remittances in Croatia

ŠIMUN ŠITO ĆORIĆ: Current State of the Diaspora and the Need for Healthy Wholeness of the Croatian National Body

DARIJA KRSTIČEVIĆ: Strategic Working Basis of the State Office of the Republic of Croatia for Croats Abroad

ANTUN BABIĆ: Institutional Relationship of the Republic of Croatia Towards the Croatian Diaspora

MARIN SOPTA: Towards Responsible Policy of Migrants' Return


BREAK 11.30 – 11.45 AM

JOSIP BEBIĆ: Integrative Role and Actvities of Croatian Catholic Missions in the Croatian Diaspora

VLADO ŠAKIĆ: Global Networking of the Croatian Diaspora and Building of Capacities for the Development

JOSIP JURČEVIĆ: Croatian Diaspora in the Establishment and Defence of the Republic of Croatia

ANĐELKO AKRAP: Two Great Waves of Emigration from Croatia in the Second Half of 20th Century

MARICA KARAKAŠ OBRADOV: Endeavours of the Yugoslav Communist Authorities related to the Return of Migrants from the Yugoslav Territory

Discussion

LUNCH 1.30 – 2.30 PM
Klović's Palace, 4 Jezuits' Square


SCIENCE & SCHOLARSHIP IN THE DIASPORA: PERSPECTIVES FOR COLLABORATION
Moderators: Frances Šeparović and Marino Manin

DRAGAN PRIMORAC: Croatia – Society of Knowledge: Myth or Reality

VAL COLIC-PEISKER: Internalisation of Croatian Higher Education: It is Time for a Comprehensive Coordinated Strategy

IVAN MARUŠIĆ: The Diaspora and Advancing Science and Innovation in Croatia

CAROLINE HORNSTEIN-TOMIĆ: Skilled Mobility and the Return of Scientists from Abroad – Policies and Practices in Croatia


BREAK 3.45 – 4.00 PM

JOHN PETER KRALJIĆ: The Croatian Academy of America and Croatian Intellectuals in the Diaspora

BORIS MARTINEC: Possibilities for Cooperation Between the Republic of Croatia and Croatian Scientific Diaspora in Australia

DAVOR LAUC: Project Croatian Topics

DANIJEL DŽINO: The Activities of the Croatian Studies Foundation in Australia in the Promotion and Development of Research Activities Related to Croatia and Croatians (1984 – 2014)

Discussion


Day One

THE OLD TOWN HALL
HALL B

3.00 PM

COLLABORATION OF THE CROATIAN DIASPORA AND THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES
Moderators: Josip Jurčević and Božo Skoko


JURE VUJIĆ: Croatian Diaspora: Challenges and Perspectives of Geo-political Integration in Multipolar World

ANTE BELJO: Framework and Forms of Earlier Collaboration between the Republic of Croatia and the Croatian Diaspora

BOŽO SKOKO: Croatian Emigrants as Promoters of Croatia in the World

IVO LOVRIĆ: Has Unified Media Space been Formed between Public Media in the Republic of Croatia and Media in Croatian Emigrant Communities?


BREAK 4.15 – 4.30 PM

WOLLFY KREŠIĆ: Genesis and Modifications of the Idea about Croatian Peace

TUGA TARLE: The Museum of the Croatian Diaspora

IVICA TOLIĆ / ANTE NAZOR: The Significance of the Participation of Croatian Emigrants in the Homeland War

PETAR ĆOSIĆ: Democratic Partcipation of the Croatian Diaspora in Democratic Processes in the Example of the Demonstrations in Support for the Croatian Generals

Discussion


Day One

THE OLD TOWN HALL
HALL C

3.00 PM

DILEMMAS OF THE SECOND GENERATION
Moderators: Luka Budak and Šimun Šito Ćorić


VICE JOHN BATARELO: Maintenance of the Diaspora  – Human Capital for Croatia

REBEKA MESARIĆ ŽABČIĆ: The Republic of Croatia in the Eyes of Croatian Emigrants: Comparative Representation of the Reconsiderations, Indvidual Exepriences and Opinions of the Younger Generations of Croatian Descendants in Australia and the USA

ILIJA ŠUTALO: Croatian Community in Australia: Contributions, Identity and Links with Croatia

TIHOMIR TELIŠMAN: The Role of Prominent Croatians in the Maintenance of the Croatian Community in Western Australia

BREAK 4.15 – 4.30 PM

STEPHEN NIKOLA BARTULICA: Croatian Political Culture after 20 Years of Transition as a Factor of Relationship with the Croatian Diaspora

ANTE LUČIĆ: Two-way Mobility and Trends in Education and Careers as a Vehicle for Strengthening Relations with the Croatian Diaspora

MARIJA DURAKOVIĆ: Strategic Communication and Use of Social Networks and New Media in Connecting Croatia and the Diaspora

MARIJANA KÖPF:  Possibilites of Cooperation between Media in the Republic of Croatia and Media in the Croatian Diaspora

Discussion

Day One

THE OLD TOWN HALL
HALL D

3.00 PM

TO LEARN CROATIAN
Moderators: Danijel Džino and Ante Nazor

DIANA STOLAC: Is it Possible to Define Identities Without Language?

VINKO GRUBIŠIĆ: The Role of Croatian Schools Abroad in the USA and Canada in Teaching Croatian Outside Croatia

JADRANKA GVOZDANOVIĆ: The Scholarship About the Croatian Language and Culture at German Universities

JIM HLAVAČ: Croatian Language Amongst the Second Generation of the Australian-Croatian Community

ALEKSANDRA ŠČUKANEC: Multilinguality and Identity of the Burgenland Croatians


BREAK 4.15 – 4.30 PM


MARKO LUKENDA: Education and the Croatian Language – Unsolved Croatian Problems in Austria

DAVOR PISKAČ / ANDREJA SRŠEN: National Identifiers of Croatian Emigrants in Toronto – Croatian Language at the University of Toronto

SANJA VULIĆ: Traces of the Croatian Language in the Language of Bulgarian Minority in Romania

Discussion

PALACE DVERCE
6 Catherine's Square  (Upper Town)

7.00 PM

RECEPTION with the Mayor of the City of Zagreb, Milan Bandić


Day Two: Tuesday 24th June


ARCHDIOCESAN PASTORAL INSTITUTE
 HALL VIJENAC
Kaptol 29a

9.00 AM

CROATIAN CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN THE CROATIAN DIASPORA
Moderators: Zvonimir Ancić and Adolf Polegubić

Welcomig Speech by  Mons. Dr Želimir Puljić,  President of Croatian Bishops' Conference
Introduction of the Croatian Catholic University, Rector, Željko Tanjić

EDWARD ROBINSON WIJESINGHE: The Experiences and Initiatives of the Council for Pastoral of Migrants and Refugees at the Holy See

MIROSLAV AKMADŽA: The Relation of the Communist Party in ex-Yugoslavia Towards Croatian Catholic Clergy in the Diaspora

MIRKO JURAJ MATAUŠIĆ / SUZANA VRHOVSKI PERAN: Croatian Catholic Missions Abroad in the Croatian Catholic Press in Croatia
ALDO SINKOVIĆ: The Church and Emigrants  as per Papal Messages for the Day of Emigrants



BREAK 10.15 – 10.30 AM

ADOLF POLEGUBIĆ: Croatian Pastoral Care in Germany – Current State and Perspectives

MATE BIŽACA: Pastoral Care Amongst Croatian Emigrants in the Western United States

JOSIP A. KEŠINA: Some Features from Problem-areas for the Survival of Australian Croatian Communities

DOMAGOJ TOMAS / LOREDANA FABIJANIĆ: Croatian Emigrant Pastoral Service 1962-1966

IVAN ŽAN: Liturgical Music  in Croatian Catholic Communities in German Speaking  Regions
JOZO GRBEŠ: Diaspora: State of Affairs and Problems. Short View from America


Discussion

LUNCH 1.00 – 2.00 PM

CROATIAN DIASPORA AND IDENTITY
Moderators: Ozana Ramljak and Caroline Hornstein-Tomić

VESNA DRAPAČ: Croatian Identity Formation in South Australia 1945 – 1995: A Model for the Future?

TONI KRSTIČEVIĆ: Croatians in Western Australia

HELENA BURIĆ: Women in the Diaspora

VORI WALTER LALIĆ: Foreigner Here – Foreigner There! The Diaspora and Myth of Return in Contemporary Transnational Space

GOJKO BORIĆ: Croatia and Croatians in the German Press

MAJA GROŠINIĆ: Croatian Communities, Organisations or Institutions of Emigrant Croats:  Comparison between Austria and Australia

PETAR HINIĆ: Croatia and Croatian Diaspora in the Contemporary World

SENKA BOŽIĆ VRBANČIĆ: Stereotyping of Migrants: The Experiences from Australia and New Zealand

MARINA PERIĆ KASELJ:  Identity of Croatian Diasporic Communities of South America

IVA ČULINA:  Forming of Ethnic Stereotypes and Creating Concurrent Identity – Austrian Example


BREAK 3.30 – 3.45 PM

TOMISLAV SUNIĆ: Croatian Identity in the Global World

DOMAGOJ NOVOSEL: A testimony of one missionary about Croatian emigrants in Belgium

RADOSLAV ZARADIĆ: Croatians in Belgium

RUŽA STUDER: Regional Division of the Croatians in Switzerland - We have a Homeland but We are not United

VJEKOSLAV LASIĆ: Croatians in Scandinavia – Model for Maintenance of National and Religious Identity

BOŽIDAR NAGY: The Contribution of Croatians from France to the Homeland War

TONI MATKOVIĆ: Role and Significance of Croatian Football Clubs in Germany in the Maintenance of National Identity

JOSIP PAVEŠIĆ: The Beginnings of Croatian Diplomacy

BERISLAV JANDRIĆ / MARINO MANIN: Political Emigration in West Germany and   Argentina (1946 – 1950)

IVAN BULIĆ: The Influence of Serbian Propaganda on the Croatian Diaspora in the Early 20th Century

VERA GRAOVAC MATASSI / ANICA ČUKA: Emigration from Dalmatia to the USA Towards the End of 19th and Beginning of the 20th Century: The Origins and Structure of Croatian Emigrants

IVAN HRSTIĆ: Emigration from Dalmatia from 1921 to 1931 - The Example of Makarska County

VORI WALTER LALIĆ: Heated Celebration of Australia Day in 1934 Amongst the Gold Diggers in Kalgoorlie

Discussion

HALL I

10.30 AM


HOW TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CROATIAN DIASPORA AND THE CROATIAN ECONOMY
Moderators: Stipe Hrkač and Predrag Haramija

SAŠA POLJANEC BORIĆ: Croatian Economic Identity and the Diaspora: A Glimpse at the Development of Competitiveness of the Croatian Hospitality Industry

STIPE HRKAČ: Investments of the Diaspora into Croatia

MARIJANA BABIĆ: The Role of the Diaspora in the Economic  Growth of the Republic of Croatia – Investments with the Possibility of Utilising EU Funds

DON MARKUŠIĆ: Investment Opportunities in Croatia – Diaspora as a Leader of Foreign Investors in Croatia and a Factor of Improvement of the Investment Climate

MONIKA JUROVIĆ: Contribution of the Croatian Diaspora to Croatian Economy

KARLO STARČEVIĆ: The Presence of Returnees in Croatian Economy

JADRANKA MATEŠIĆ BELFRANIN: The Presence of Women Returnees – Business Women in  Business in Croatia

BLAŽENKA ČVORAK: Tourism from Australia as a Factor of Development of the Croatian Economy

NIKOLA MIJATOVIĆ: Tax on Returnees' Pensions  - Why are We Making the Return of our Emigrants Difficult and Pushing the Returnees Away to Emigration?!

ZLATKO ZELJKO: The Absence of Legal Protection and Human Rights in the Republic of Croatia

JAKOV ŽIŽIĆ: Mechanisms for Inclusion of Croatians Outside of the Republic of Croatia into Croatian Political and Social Life: The Development and Perspectives

IVAN ŠIMEK: The Fight was not in Vain – Croatia within the EU


LUNCH 1.00 – 2.00 PM


PREDRAG HARAMIJA / OLIVERA JURKOVIĆ MAJIĆ: The Perception of Croatia in the World – The Role of the Diaspora in Branding Croatia

NATASHA LEVAK: ŽAR Mentoring Project: Supporting the Professional Development of Croatians in Croatia and the Diaspora

STJEPAN ŠTERC / MONIKA KOMUŠANAC: Croatian Diaspora as Strategic Revitalising of Croatian Population

CAROLINE SPIVAK: The Experiences and Expectations of Croatian Emigrants in Croatia

RATIMIR KVATERNIK / ZDRAVKO BELANČIĆ: The Contribution to the Building of Strategy Towards the Croatian Diaspora

NINOSLAV MOGOROVIĆ: „THE BRIDGE OF RETURN“. The Review of Collaboration and Relations of Croatian Emigrants and the Homeland

TOMISLAV ĐURASOVIĆ: A Short Review of Relationships between the Croatians in Croatia and Croatians Abroad


PANEL

POSSIBILITIES AND POTENTIAL FOR INVESTMENTS IN CROATIA
Moderator: Michael Prpić

Michael Prpić, Mark Lesić, Dan Markušić, Dan Maček, Caroline Spivak



NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Croatian Fraternal Union 4

7.00 PM

EXHIBITION OF SERIAL PUBLICATIONS BY CROATIANS ABROAD
Moderator: Željka Lovrenčić

Dunja Seiter-Šverko, Director of NUL
Janko Herak: Distinguished Croatian Scholars in the Diaspora

Cocktails



Day Three: Wednesday 25th June

St Mark's Church

9.00 AM

MASS ON THE OCCASION OF CROATIA'S STATEHOOD DAY
Celebrated by Cardinal Josip Bozanić

7.30 PM

SOLEMN CONCERT FOR CONGRESS PARTICIPANTS
City Theatre "Komedija",  9 Kaptol

Program Participants:
OLIVER DRAGOJEVIĆ and CHOIR „IZVOR“
ANJA ŠOVAGOVIĆ, JOŠKO ŠEVO, TOMISLAV MARTIĆ
TAMBURITZA ORCHESTRA "BOSILJAK" FROM ČUČERJE
VALENTINA FIJAČKO I NIKOLINA PINKO
 RENATA SABLJAK I STJEPAN FRANETOVIĆ
KLAPA „JANJEVO“

RECEPTION after Concert,
Archiepiscopal Theological Seminary, 29 Kaptol


Day Four: Thursday 26th June

CROATIAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION
3 Trg Stjepana Radića

9.00 am

INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR PORTRAITS
Moderators: Luka Budak and Vesna Kukavica


MARIN KNEZOVIĆ: Croatian Heritage Foundation

JOSIP BEBIĆ: Croatian Catholic Missions Abroad

LUKA BUDAK / DANIJEL DŽINO: Croatian Studies Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney

HELENA BURIĆ: The Chair of Croatian Language and Culture, University of Waterloo, Ontario



BREAK 10.45 – 11.00 AM

VLADO ŠAKIĆ: Lexicon of the Croatian Diaspora and Minorities

ŠIMUN ŠITO ĆORIĆ: Croatian World Congress

IVAN TEPEŠ: Croatian Fraternal Union

IVAN ČIZMIĆ: Croatian National Council

MIJO KORADE: Croatian Studies


BREAK 12.30 – 12.45 PM

12.45 PM

Launching of Vesna Drapač's book: „Constructing Yugoslavia“
Speakers: Danijel Džino, Mladen Ibler, Ivo Lučić, Mladen Ančić

Launching of Electronic Version „Lexicon of the Croatian Diaspora and Minorities“
Speakers: Vlado Šakić and Colleagues


LUNCH 2.30 – 3.30 PM

3.30 PM
IVAN OTT: Projection of the Film about Bleiburg „Otroci sa Petricha“
Day Four: Thursday 26th June

CROATIAN WRITERS' ASSOCIATION
7/1 Trg bana Josipa Jelačića

9.00 AM

CULTURAL LINKS BETWEEN CROATIA AND THE CROATIAN DIASPORA
Moderators: Božidar Petrač and Željka Lovrenčić


ZDENKA WEBER: The Importance of Croatian Cultural Projects Abroad

TAMARA TVRTKOVIĆ: When did Croatians enter the European Union?

MIJO KORADE: Croatians in the World before Emigration: Scientific, Cultural, Social and Religious Aspect

ŽELJKA LOVRENČIĆ: Croatian – Latino-American Cultural Bonds

DRAGO ŠARAVANJA: Literary World of Croatian Emigrants in Australia

ZINKA ŠARIĆ: La imagination y la creativided, los cuentos para ninos


BREAK 10.15 – 10.40 AM

BOŽIDAR PETRAČ: Bogdan Radica – The Croat, The European and the Citizen of the World

ALOJZ JEMBRIH: Strohalov's Literary Care for Croatian Emigrants

VESNA KUKAVICA: Literary World of Marica Bodrožić

KATICA IVANDA / OZANA RAMLJAK: Identitety in the Works of Croatian–German Writer, Irena Vrkljan

MLADEN IBLER: The Tale from Long Ago, Ivana Brlić Mažuranić in Scandinavia

VJEKOSLAV BOBAN: A Few Emigrant Poets

MARIJAN KARABIN: A Poem as a „Witness of its Time“


LUNCH 12.30 – 1.30 PM
CROATIAN WRITERS' ASSOCIATION CLUB


Moderators: Zdenka Weber and Mijo Korade


VLADIMIR BUBRIN: Ivan Meštrović in Canada

NEVENKA NEKIĆ: Katarina Livljanić – Promoter of Croatian Literary and Music Heritage

JUAN CARLOS RADOVICH: Anthrpological Works of Ivan Benigara in Argentina

MIRJANA PISKULIĆ: The Importance of Culturological Aspects of Engagement in Folkloric Associations in the Diaspora

DRAGUTIN PAVLIČEVIĆ: About the Need of Getting Acquainted with and Affirmation of Croatian History and Culture in the World

IVNA ČIZMIĆ: Croatian Catholic Missions in Germany in the Battle for Maintaining  Religious, Cultural and National Identity


BREAK 2.30 – 2.45 PM


MARICA ČUNČIĆ: Gaudeamus – Croatian Journal in English and the Homeland War

STJEPAN ŠULEK: Croatian Press in Germany, With Special Emphasis on Kroatische Berichte

LIDIJA BENCETIĆ: Review of Writings in Publication Hrvatska volja: glasilo Hrvata na Orientu (1949- 1952)

MIRJANA POLIĆ BOBIĆ: How to Edit the Croatian Review Today, Taking into Account its Croatian and Exile Past?

SARA OCEPEK: The Survival of Media in Croatian Communities in Australia



Discussion



GALA DINNER FOR CONGRESS PARTICIPANTS
7.30 PM
RESTORAN ŠESTINSKI LAGVIĆ
Prilaz Kraljičinom zdencu 12




Day Five: Friday 27th June

CROATIAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

11.00 AM
PRESS CONFERENCE
Moderator: Ozana Ramljak

Participants:
MARIN SOPTA
MIJO KORADE
SELECTED PARTICIPANTS OF THE CONGRESS


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