Dr IVANA DJURIC

Correspondence address: Home address: Centre for Advanced Studies & Ukrajinska 3 Russian and Slavonic Studies Department 10000 University of Nottingham University Park, NG7 2RD Nottingham, UK Mobile phone: (+385) 91 584 52 16 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

Education: September 2004-September 2008 PhD in Southeast European Studies, University of Nottingham, UK. The title of thesis: ‘Refugee Repatriation Policy and the Return of Serb Minority to Croatia (1995- 2006): No Direction Home’. Supervisor: Dr David Norris. September 1998–June 1999 MA in Southeast European Studies, Central European University (CEU), , Hungary. The title of thesis: ‘Croatian Diaspora in the North America and Nation-State Building Process in Croatia: A Study of the Fraternalist’s Discourse on Political Mobilization (1980-1995)’. Supervisor: Prof. Ivo Banac. September 1994–March 1999 Diploma in Journalism, Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia September 1992–March 1999 BA in Political Science (including two years training as HE lecturer), Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia.

Research experience:

September 2010– Centre for Advanced Studies Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Nottingham, UK. February 2009– CRCEES (Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies) Post- March 2010 doctoral Research Fellow, University of Nottingham, UK. August 2006– Senior Researcher on the collaborative project: ‘Spinning out of control: January 2008 rhetoric and violent conflict. Representations of ‘self’ and ‘other’ in the Yugoslav successor states’, Norwegian Research Council. January 2001– Collaborator, identified and selected minority related legislation from November 2003 Croatia and and translated to English. Published as the on-line database, MINELRES, Latvia. December 2000- Policy Fellow. Carried out research on minority rights in Croatia, Local December 2001 Government and Public Service Reform Initiative/OSI, Budapest, Hungary. April 1999- Part-time researcher for Local Government and Public Service Reform September 1999 Initiative/ Open Society Institute, Budapest, Hungary.

Teaching experience:

September 2010 – Part-time lecturer, Teaching modules ‘History of and its Successor States after 1941’ and ‘Serbian and Croatian History 1804-1941’. Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, University of Nottingham. Dr Ivana Djuric, Curriculum vitae

September 2009 – Visiting Lecturer. School of Diplomacy and International Relations, January 2010 Zagreb, Croatia. Teaching core module ‘Introduction to Political Science’. 2009/2010 and Teaching assistant on module: ‘History of Yugoslavia and its Successor 2008/2009 States after 1941’, Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, University of Nottingham. 2007/2008 Teaching assistant on module: ‘Serbian and Croatian History 1804-1941’ (winter term) Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, University of Nottingham.

Publications:

2010 The post-war repatriation of Serb minority internally displaced persons and refugees in Croatia - between discrimination and political settlement. In: Jović, Dejan and Christopher Lamont, eds. Special Issue: ‘Croatia after Tudjman: dealing with consequences of conflicts and authoritarianisms’, -Asia Studies, Volume 62, No 10, December 2010, pp. 1639-1660. 2010 Book review. Čapo Žmegač, Jasna. Strangers Either Way: The Lives of Croatian Refugees in their New Home. New York: Berghahn Books, 2007. Pp. 224, illus., bibliography, index. Austrian History Yearbook. Volume 41, April 2010. 2010 with Cox Rajic, Marina. Teach yourself Croatian: Beginners course, Self guide for Beginners (Audio course), Hodder & Stoughton Limited. 2nd edition. 2009 with Zoric, Vladimir. Foreclosing the Other, Building the War: A Comparative Analysis of Croatian and Serbian Press Discourses during the Conflict in Croatia. In: Kolsto, Pal, ed., Media Discourse and the Yugoslav Conflicts, Ashgate. 2008 Wolff, S., van Houten, P., Anghelea, A.-M., & Djuric, I. Minority rights in the Western . Report commissioned by the Subcommittee on Human Rights of the European Parliament. (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/icmcr/ICMCR_Policy_Papers.php) 2008 with Cox Rajic, Marina. Teach yourself Croatian: Beginners course, Self guide for Beginners (Audio course), Hodder & Stoughton Limited. 2006 Refugee Repatriation Policies: The Institutional Framework and Minority Return to Croatia. In: Bufon, Milan; Gosar, Anton; Nurkovic, Safet & André- Louis Sanguin, eds., The Western Balkans: The European Challenge. Koper, Publishing House Annales-Science and Research. 2004 ‘Croatia’, in: Skutch, Carl, ed., Encyclopedia of the World’s Minorities. Chicago, Encyclopedia of the World’s Minorities, Routledge. October 2004 Upravljanje etničkim različitostima: srpska manjina u jedinicama lokalne samouprave i uprave u razdoblju 1997-2001 (Governing Ethnic Diversity: Serb Minority in the Local Government and Self-government Units between 1997-2001). Ljetopis, 9, pp. 261-275. 2004 Local Governance in the Municipality of Kneževi Vinogradi (Croatia). In: Dimitrijević, N. & Kovacs, P. eds., Managing Hatred and Distrust: the Prognosis for Post-Conflict Settlement in Multiethnic Communities in the Former Yugoslavia. Budapest, LGI/OSI, pp. 81-100.

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Fall 2003 The Croatian Diaspora in North America: Identity, Ethnic Solidarity and the Formation of a ‘Transnational National Community’. International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society, 17 (1) Fall, pp. 113-130(18). 2002 Local Governance, Integration and Participation of Croatian Serbs: In Search of Prosperous Model. [Internet], 9 April. NISPAcee collection. (http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/NISPAcee/UNPAN0 04464.pdf) October, 2001 Croatian Diaspora in North America: Identity, Ethnic Solidarity and the Formation of a ‘Transnational National Community’, Spaces of Identity. (www.univie.ac.at/spacesofidentity). January, 2001 Contributor to annotated bibliography: Interethnic Relations in Eastern and Central Europe, ed., Margit Feischmidt, 2nd edition, Local Government Initiative, Budapest, Hungary. December, 1999 Annotated bibliography: Inter-Ethnic Relations in Croatia after 1990 (www.osi.hu/lgi/ethnic/croatia.html).

Presentations at Conferences & Workshops: (most relevant presentations; full list available upon request) November 2009 ‘The EU’s Political Conditionality and Refugee Return to Croatia’. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Association for Advancement of Slavonic Studies, Boston, USA. May 2009 ‘What to do with the people?’ Democratization, resettlement and post-conflict reconstruction in Southeast Europe. Paper presented at the conference: ‘Trauma, Memory, Reconstruction: Ways Ahead?’. Centre for the Study of Post-Conflict Cultures, University of Nottingham, UK. February 2009 ‘The post-war repatriation of Serb minority IDPs and refugees in Croatia: Repercussions on political stability’. Paper presented at the workshop: ‘Croatia: Dealing with consequences of conflicts and authoritarianisms’. Centre for European Neighbourhood Studies (CENS), University of Stirling, UK. November 2008 ‘Potemkin villages, failed expectations and belated support: Minority refugee repatriation in Croatia and policy change (1995-2006)’. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Political Science Association Postgraduate Conference for Central and Northern England (CANE), School of Politics, University of Nottingham, UK. September 2007 Minority rights and minority refugee repatriation in the post-conflict Croatia: is there a lack of interlinkages? Paper presented at the conference: ‘Beyond the Nation?: Critical Reflections on Nations and Nationalism in Uncertain Times’, School of Politics, International Studies & Philosophy, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland. May 2007 Improving refugee repatriation policies in Croatia? The international Organisation and the Return of Serbs. Paper presented at the CRCEES Research Forum Conference, University of Glasgow. April 2007 Minority Refugee Repatriation to Croatia: Invoking Aspirations for Accession to the EU? (The Legacies of International Involvement and Peacekeeping).

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Paper presented at the UACES Student Forum, 8th Annual Conference, University of Nottingham. March 2007 Demonizing the ‘Other’: Media, Rhetoric of Violence and Ethnic Conflict in Croatia. Paper presented at the conference: ‘Redefining Conflict in Post-Cold War Media’, School of American and Canadian Studies, University of Nottingham. January 2007 ‘National Minority Rights and Non-Territorial Cultural Autonomy in Central and Eastern Europe’, Keynote Discussant at the Roundtable Discussion, University of Glasgow. September 2006 Refugee Repatriation Policies: the Institutional Framework and Minority Return to Croatia. Paper presented at the conference ‘Globalization, Nationalism, and Ethnic Conflicts in the Balkans and its Regional Context’, Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN-European Chapter), , Serbia. November 2005 Refugee Repatriation Policies: Minority Return to and Croatia. Paper presented at the conference: ‘Dayton-10 years later: Conflict resolution and cooperation perspectives’, University of Koper & OSCE, , Bosnia and Herzegovina. November 2004 New means of communication, ethnopolitical mobilization and the ‘transnational national community’ in Croatia. Paper presented at the conference: ‘Homecoming as International Network and Community Building’, Budapest, Hungary. October 2003 ‘Young Leaders Cooperation against Organized Crime and Terrorism in the Western Balkans’, Group Leader for Croatia, Forum for Ethnic Relations, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. June 2002 Paper presented at the conference: 'National Minorities in Democratic Society’, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb and Centre for International Studies, Begovo Razdolje, Croatia April 2002 Local governance, integration and participation of Croatian Serbs: in search of prosperous model. Paper delivered at the NISPAcee Annual 10th Conference: ‘Delivering Public Services in CEE Countries, Trends and Developments’, Krakow, Poland. July 2001 Local governance in Croatia: Minority participation and integration, Paper presented at the annual conference: ‘Democracy and Human Rights in Multi- Ethnic Societies’, Institute for Strengthening Democracy in Bosnia, Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina. March 2001 ‘Recognition of Minorities in Southeast Europe’, Key discussant at the conference organised by Minority Rights Group, Athens, Greece. April 1998 The Role of Diaspora in nation-state building in Central and East Europe, Paper delivered at the student conference: ‘Migration: Nation-Building Process in the Balkans’, Marmaris University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Scholarships and Awards:

February 2011 British Academy Overseas Conference Grant towards travelling expenses to present at 2011 ISA convention in Montreal, Canada

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September 2010– Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS), Post-doctoral Bursary awarded, September 2011 University of Nottingham, UK. February 2009 – CRCEES (Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies) Post- March 2010 doctoral Fellowship awarded. September 2007- Global Supplementary Grant awarded toward the support of my final September 2008 year of doctoral studies, Open Society Institute, the USA. February 2007 Heymann Scholarship, Endowed Postgraduate Prize for the session 2006/07, Graduate School, University of Nottingham. September 2006– Graduate Study Grant 2006/2007, Ministry of Science, Education and September 2007 Sport, Croatia.

September 2006 Conference Bursary Award, Balkan Trust (USA) and Association for Studies in Nationalism - ASN European Section (Columbia University, USA) awarded to attend the conference in Belgrade, Serbia. December 2005 Graduate School Travel Prize (University of Nottingham) awarded to attend the conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. September 2005 Research Proposal selected as exemplary and distributed (during three consecutive years) to all post-graduate students in the Post-graduate Colloquium at the School of Politics, University of Nottingham. September 2004– School of Modern Languages Scholarship to undertake PhD at the September 2007 University of Nottingham, UK. September 2004– International Office (University of Nottingham) grant to undertake September 2005 PhD at the University of Nottingham. July 2000– Awarded Research Support Scheme Grant 2000 (RSS) for undertaking July 2002 a collaborative project “Economic Ethic of Ethnic Minorities in Croatia and Russia”, Research Support Scheme/Open Society Institute, Czech Republic. December 2000– Policy Fellowship awarded by Local Government and Public Service December 2001 Reform Initiative/Open Society Institute, Budapest, Hungary. September 1998– Awarded Open Society Foundation Scholarship to undertake MA in June 1999 SEES, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. November 1995 Central European Exchange Program for University Studies (CEEPUS) Exchange Programme Grant, exchange student at the Department of Political Science, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Professional Courses and Training: July 2006 ‘Evidence Based Policy Research’, Summer School, Kings College, London. July 2004 ‘Globalization and Public Policy’, Summer University, Central European University, Hungary. January 2004 Training in ‘Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation’, Mercy Corps, Croatia. July 2002 ‘Internationalization and the Future of Local Democracy’, VII European Summer School in Local Government Studies, EUROLOC, Stuttgart, Germany. June 2002 ‘How to be a Better Policy Advisor’, training, NISPAcee/UNDP, Cluj- Nappoca, Romania. November 2000 MMCP Training Workshop on Democratic Governance in Multiethnic Communities, Budapest, Hungary.

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July/August 1997 Successfully completed courses in: Transition to Democracy; International and 1998 Relations: Domestic and Foreign Policy; Political Institutions of Democracy; West European Democracies, International Summer School in Political Science and IRES, Stefan Batory Foundation, Poland. August 1997 ‘Neighbours and Future in Southeastern Europe’, Plovdiv International Summer School, Transeuropeennes Association France, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Previous career experience:

June 2004 – Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, ZaMirNET, Croatia September 2004 Developed successfully M&E system and Media Visibility Plan for MEDIAnet project funded by EU/CARDS. November 2002 – Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Mercy Corps, Croatia, Economic May 2004 and Community Revitalization Activity Programme (umbrella grant project implemented in post-war Croatian areas). Supervision of programme accomplishments of 16 international and local implementing partner organizations; interviewing implementing partner organizations and beneficiaries and preparing reports. Revising and extending M&E plans; preparing regular reports to the USAID/Croatia. April/May 2002 Research Assistant, Management Systems International (MSI), the USA. Arranged 80 elite-interviews during 3 weeks, interpreters and transportation for a team of 5 auditors who carried assessment of all USAID funded programmes in Croatia during 1991-2001. December 1999 - Chief editor, researcher and journalist at Public Relations Department at November 2000 Croatian National Bank, Zagreb, Croatia. Media analysis and reporting; data-base developed and administered; quarterly analytical reports written. Editor and journalist of internal bi-weekly newspaper. October 1996 - Head of the News Department at the non-commercial ‘Student Radio’, March 1998 University of Zagreb, Croatia. Responsible for daily radio news production, staff management, including tutorials and supervision of students of radio- journalism. February 1995 - Free-lance journalist, Zagreb, Croatia. October 1996 October 1993 - Radio journalist and news editor, Croatian National Broadcast (HRT). January 1995 Zagreb, Croatia.

Language Skills: Croatian/Serbian (native); English, Slovene: fluent; Russian: fluent spoken; German, French and Italian: basic.

Referees: 1. Dr David Norris, Head of Department, Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK. Tel.: (115) 951 5988, e-mail: [email protected] 2. Dr Ana Devic, Associated Professor, Department of International Relations, Dogus University, Acibadem, Kadikoy, 34722 Istanbul, Turkey, e-mail: [email protected]

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