Professional paper
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY Thirtieth Anniversary
Abstract
The Institute of Contemporary History grew out of the Institute of Workers Movement History of Croatia, which was founded in September; 1961 in Zagreb. The new Institute was registered as a scientific institution in April, 1990.
The first section of the article deals with the creation and development of the Institute from 1962 to I 990. The emphasis is on research areas, achieved results, and education of scholarly personnel. The second section deals with future plans of the Institute of Contemporary History. The possibility of research expansion of contemporary history, i. e., from mid-19th cent. to present, as well as the organization of scholarly, work is explored. Today, the Institute has organized its research in six projects: 1. Military Border – documents and studies (from 16th cent. to 1881); 2. Social strata and religious communities 1848-1918; 3. Contradictions of Croat society in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes; 4. Human loss of Croatia during the World War II; 5. Establishment of Party monopoly in Croatia 1945 – 1952; 6. »Croatian Question« in Foreign Policy of new Yugoslavia 1943 – 1948. Twenty nine scholars and a dozen of external contributors are gathered around these projects.
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206695
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Publication date:
2.4.1992.
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