{"id":8768,"date":"2009-10-30T22:49:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T21:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chdr-ns.com\/nations-states-and-diaspora-in-the-territory-of-the-former-yugoslavia\/"},"modified":"2023-11-27T13:05:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T12:05:37","slug":"nations-states-and-diaspora-in-the-territory-of-the-former-yugoslavia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chdr-ns.com\/en\/nations-states-and-diaspora-in-the-territory-of-the-former-yugoslavia\/","title":{"rendered":"Nations, states and diaspora in the territory of the former Yugoslavia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The international scientific meeting “Nations, states and diasporas in the territory of the former Yugoslavia” was held in Novi Sad at the Faculty of European Legal and Political Studies (FEPPS) – Sremska Kamenica.<\/p>\n

The gathering was organized by the Center for History, Democracy and Reconciliation (CHDR) Novi Sad<\/a> in cooperation with the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation (IHJR)<\/a> from The Hague, the Secretariat for Science and Technology of AP Vojvodina<\/a> and the Faculty of European Legal and Political Studies<\/a> . <\/p>\n

Scientists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia participated in the meeting. <\/p>\n

Representatives of the Institute from The Hague, officials of the Assembly of Vojvodina and the State Secretary in the Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Serbia also took part in the meeting.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The meeting was opened by the President of the Assembly of Vojvodina , Sandor Egeresi.<\/b> He announced that the provincial parliament launched a regional initiative aimed at historical reconciliation in the region. That initiative implies the establishment of a consensus on the regional European partnership, as well as the adoption of a declaration on reconciliation<\/b> . <\/p>\n

The President of the Assembly of Vojvodina stated that consultations on this initiative are underway and added that the Assembly of Vojvodina launched it under the auspices of the Assembly of Serbia. He reminded that the Assembly of Vojvodina passed in 2003 Resolution on non-recognition of collective guilt. In this way, the message was sent that the individualization of guilt represents a barrier to the phenomena of manipulation for daily political purposes. <\/p>\n

In this way, the regional initiative of the Vojvodina parliament began to follow the initiative that was presented to it in 2007. presented by Prof. Dr. Elazar Barkan<\/b> from Columbia University and Prof. Dr. Darko Gavrilovi\u0107<\/b><\/a> , director of the Center for History, Democracy and Reconciliation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In the further work of the meeting, the members of the teams presented their works.<\/p>\n

Zoran Jevtovi\u0107<\/b> presented his work on the topic – Anticommunism and Orthodoxy in the media during the 20th century. century, putting an apostrophe on diaspora. <\/p>\n

Adnan Jahi\u0107<\/b> briefly presented the content of his work – Bosniaks and the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n

Filip \u0160kiljan<\/b> from Zagreb dealt with the importance of the congress held on 30 1945. by the Serbian ethnic community in Croatia.<\/p>\n

Vjeran Pavlakovi\u0107<\/b> presented the content of his work on the topic – European diaspora and commemorative culture. Pavlakovi\u0107 spoke about the importance that commemoration has on the formation of the nation, both for Croats and Serbs.<\/p>\n

Vjekoslav Perica<\/b> explained his work on the topic – Church in Croats. The topic of this work is the activity of the Roman Catholic Church in Croatia since the first Catholic Congress in 1900.<\/p>\n

Vesna Ivanovi\u0107<\/b><\/a> dealt with the issue of National Minorities in the European Southeast – similarities and differences. Ivanovic presented the data obtained through demographic surveys of the population according to the representation of peoples and national minorities in multinational communities.<\/p>\n

Sa\u0161a Markovi\u0107<\/b> dealt with the position of Bunjevac between politics and the national project.<\/p>\n

\u0110or\u0111e Stojanovi\u0107<\/b> formulated the question of the necessity of a necessary enemy for the sake of forming a nation from the point of view of Karl Schmidt’s political theory.<\/p>\n

Mile Bjelajac<\/b> spoke about the way of establishing new identities.<\/p>\n

Mira Radojevi\u0107<\/b> explained the question of the causes of the creation and dissolution of Yugoslavia.<\/p>\n

Darko Gavrilovi\u0107<\/b> dealt with the importance of the political activity of Svetozar Pribi\u0107evi\u0107 in the period of creation of the Kingdom of SHS.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Croatian, Serbian and Bosniak national identity and the role of the media in their formation.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ranka Ga\u0161i\u0107<\/b><\/a> gave a conclusion in front of a group that dealt with the issue of Croatian, Serbian and Bosniak national identity and the role of the media in their formation.<\/strong> The notion of collective identity is based on the feeling of belonging to a wider community. Contrary to the indisputable individual perspective of identity, it still retains both its theoretical and methodological plausibility. <\/p>\n

It was pointed out that the concept of historical identity is useful. It contributes to the understanding of conflicts within society as well as conflicts between peoples and nations, torn by multiple historical and cultural affiliations. The importance of this point of view lies primarily in the fact that, in addition to emphasizing the historical dimension, it also points to the possibility of the existence of a divided identity. It is a situation in which groups with an originally unified historical identity can later separate and develop even opposing identities. Some of these identities, regardless of the common timeless dimension, built their identity difference on the concepts of projective identity. The projected identity is based on a projective experience and ideas about a common future, with stronger or weaker historical connotations. <\/p>\n

Another important aspect of identity phenomenology in the area of \u200b\u200bthe former SFRY was pointed out, which is the so-called split identity. It is a situation in which entire groups, families, and especially individuals simultaneously belong to two different cultures or national entities. It can be defined as a type of group identity that should make a conceptual but also an essential difference between group and collective identity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mira Radojevi\u0107<\/b> presented her conclusions in front of the team dealing with the issue of Josip Broz and his attitude towards national identities.<\/strong> Prof. Radojevi\u0107 mentioned the noticeable fact that the collaborators from Serbia, in their previous work, opted for topics that cover the entire Yugoslav space, while the collaborators from Croatia and Bosnia opted for topics that concern the role of Josip Broz in “reckoning” with members of MASPOK in Croatia, and the issues of the national position of Muslims in the Yugoslav state. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In front of the team dealing with the issue of collaboration and resistance – divided identities<\/b> , the conclusions were presented by prof. Dr. Mile Bjelajac<\/b> . The team focused on issues such as: Different determinations of the day of the uprising, major controversies \u2013 Blajburg, Jasenovac, 10. IV 1941 (establishment of the NDH), the Ravnogorski movement, the characters of the occupation by Germany on the one hand and Italy on the other, and the issue of civil authority under occupation, i.e. collaboration with the occupier (Nedi\u0107 and the Ustashas). <\/p>\n

Professor Bjelajac added that the team introduced a new topic in their work that is interesting from a broader point of view, which is the trial of war criminals – the occupiers and their domestic collaborators, after the end of the Second World War. <\/p>\n

Bjelajac added that an analysis will be made that aims to see how other European societies that were under occupation during World War II dealt with similar problems.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Vjeko Perica<\/b> and Darko Gavrilovi\u0107<\/b> pointed out in front of the team “Political myths and the construction of nations in Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav states”<\/strong> that the work on writing a common narrative has made satisfactory progress. The authors took the first steps in marking myths and counter-myths among Croats and Serbs. They are located in common myths about the chosen people and the promised land, but interpreted in different ways, among Bosniaks, Croats, Macedonians, Slovenes and Serbs.<\/p>\n

Vjeko Perica emphasized the importance of diaspora, which is often not a synonym for those who are “outside” but a concept that has its own history. As such, he fits perfectly with the myth of martyrdom and suffering of the people. According to Vjeka Perica, this is the reason why nationalists use the diaspora. And maybe, he added, an inferiority complex – to make us not so small. <\/p>\n

Perica pointed out that the influence of Croats from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the elections has been felt in Croatia for years. They were the ones who gave the upper hand and the final decision on who would be the winner.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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At the end of the meeting , Darko Gavrilovi\u0107<\/b><\/a> and Ljubi\u0161a Despotovi\u0107<\/b><\/a> proposed possible conclusions from the meeting to the gathered scientists. The conclusions came from the presented papers and presentations of the teams within the project “Facing the past – the path to the future”.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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To the extent that we want to achieve progress in the study of the mentioned topic, the gathering of scientists in the region, with the support of the authorities, should pay attention to the following problems and let them serve as guidelines and possible new projects for further work on reconciliation:<\/span>
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