Institute for International Relations

In collaboration with the Culturelink Network, the Department publishes various publications, studies and proceedings in the Culturelink Joint Publications Series, as well as the electronic newsletter C-News.

In addition, Department members continuously actively publish expert and scientific articles, book chapters, studies, strategies, papers and essays, listed in their respective CV profiles.

Culturelink Joint Publications Series

The Culturelink Joint Publications Series publishes books, joint studies and proceedings from conferences organized and coorganized by the Department. It includes:

• Cultural Tourism Goes Virtual: Audience Development in Southeast European Countries, Daniela Angelina Jelinčić (ed.), 2009
• Connecting Croatia - Public, Private and Civil Sector of Culture in the Virtual Sphere (PDF, 1.1 MB) / Connecting Croatia - Javni, privatni i civilni sektor kulture u virtualnom prostoru (PDF, 4.1 MB), Cvjetičanin, Biserka (ed.), Culturelink Network / IMO, Zagreb, 2008
• Digital Culture: The Changing Dynamics, Aleksandra Uzelac and Biserka Cvjetičanin (eds.), 2008
• The Creative City: Crossing Visions and New Realities in the Region, Nada Švob-Đokić (ed.), 2007
• Dynamics of Communication: New Ways and New Actors, Biserka Cvjetičanin (ed.), 2006
• UNESCO's Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions: Making it Work, Nina Obuljen and Joost Smiers (eds.), 2006
• The Emerging Creative Industries in Southeastern Europe, Nada Švob-Đokić (ed.), 2005
• eCulture: The European Perspective - Cultural Policy, Creative Industries, Information Lag, Sanjin Dragojević, Diane Dodd, Biserka Cvjetičanin, Cas Smithuijsen (eds.), 2005
• Cultural Transitions in Southeastern Europe, Nada Švob-Đokić (ed.), 2004
• Culture: A Driving Force for Urban Tourism - Application of Experiences to Countries in Transition, Daniela Angelina Jelinčić (ed.), 2002
• Redefining Cultural Identities: Southeastern Europe, Nada Švob-Đokić (ed.), 2001
• Redefining Cultural Identities: The Multicultural Contexts of the Central European and Mediterranean Regions, Nada Švob-Đokić (ed.), 2000
• The Mediterranean: Cultural Identity and Prospects for Intercultural Dialogue, Biserka Cvjetičanin (ed.), 1997
• Europe of Cultures: The Cultural Identity of Central Europe, Nada Švob-Đokić (ed.), 1996

Culturelink Review

Until the end of 2004, the Culturelink Review was published in English, four times a year, on some 200 pages,providing members of the Network with information on their activities of mutual interest, including networking, current or planned research projects, research results, reports from and announcements of meetings and conferences, reviews of publications and documents.

With a view to speeding up information, this paper edition has been replaced by the monthly electronic newsletter C-News, sent out to over 1300 addresses throughout the world.

Other Publications

In addition to regular issues that provided information on various issues related to cultural cooperation, Special Issues of the Culturelink review were devoted to the study of specific topics, such as:

• Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development (2002/2003)
• Convergence, Creative Industries and Civil Society: The New Cultural Policy (2001)
• Culture and Development vs. Cultural Development (2000)
• Cultural Change and Development in South Africa (1998/1999)
• Culture in Central and Eastern Europe: Institutional and Value Changes (1997)
• Proceedings of the First World Culturelink Conference - Dynamics of Communication and Cultural Change: The Role of Networks (1996)
• Cultural Centres in Central and Eastern Europe (1995)

The following titles, authored by Department members, have been released by other publishers:

• Jelinčić, Daniela Angelina. Abeceda kulturnog turizma. Zagreb:
  Meandarmedia/Meandar, 2008 (2nd edition 2009)
• Švob-Đokić, Nada; Primorac, Jaka; Jurlin, Krešimir. Kultura zaborava. Industrijalizacija kulturnih djelatnosti. Zagreb: Naklada Jesenski i Turk; Hrvatsko sociološko društvo, 2008
• Primorac, Jaka (2007), The Position of Cultural Workers in Creative Industries. The south-eastern European Perspective, Amsterdam: European Cultural Foundation (ECF) (PDF, 427 kB)
• Obuljen, Nina (2006), Why We Need European Cultural Policies, European Cultural Foundation. (PDF, 1.6 MB)
• Cvjetičanin, Biserka and Katunarić Vjeran (eds.) (2003, 2001), Croatia in the 21st Century: Strategy of Cultural Development (Hrvatska u 21. stoljeću: strategija kulturnog razvitka), Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia: Zagreb. (PDF, 10 kB / 688 kB)
• Švob-Đokić, Nada (ed.) (2002), Research and Development Policies in the Southeast European Countries in Transition: Republic of Croatia, Studies and Research Series, IMO, Zagreb.
• Švob-Đokić, Nada (2000), Transition and New European States (Tranzicija i nove europske države), Zagreb : Barbat. (in Croatian)
• Cvjetičanin, Biserka; Katunarić, Vjeran (ed.) (1998), Cultural Policy in Croatia: National Report / La politique culturelle de la Croatie: résumé du rapport national, Strasbourg : Council of Europe.
• Švob-Đokić, Nada (ed.) (1994), International Position of the New European States (Međunarodni položaj novih europskih zemalja), IMO, Zagreb. (in Croatian)