In the first issue, vol. 31, of the journal Društvena istraživanja (Journal of Social Research), a review of the book Ni s kućom ni bez kuće was published. The author of the review is dr. Sc. Rebeka Mesarić Žabčić. The review is available on the webpage of the journal and on the HIT project webpage.
traživanja objavljen je prikaz knjige Ni s kućom ni bez kuće. Autorica prikaza je dr. sc. Rebeka Mesarić Žabčić. Prikaz je dostupan na stranicama časopisa i na poveznici na stranici projekta HIT.
On Wednesday, April 13, 2022, the book Ni s kućom ni bez kuće was presented in Osijek. The book was presented by Dražen Kušen, PhD, Hrvoje Mesić, PhD, Nives Tomašević, PhD and Ivana Hebrang Grgić, one of the authors.
It is a book that first systematically collects many pieces of scattered memory from a special group of Croatian emigrants, and then puts together a mosaic of recognizable figures of Croatian publishing in New Zealand from 1899 in print until 2020 in online environment… On the example of Croats in New Zealand and this valuable study of their publishing activities from the first immigrants to the present day, we can conclude that it is important in the Homeland and abroad to have the identity in heart, preserve identity in the community and affirm the value of identity in politics. None of these three components can survive without mutual synergy. When one of them falls, the identity falls.
Dražen Kušen, PhD
Already the motto at the beginning of the book, an excerpt from a letter from Josip Franic, a Croatian emigrant in New Zealand, in Pučki list in 1895, announces the dual principle of muddy poverty and sublimity of Croatian immigrants – attempts to fly to the stars and falling down into reality. The strength of the spirit is maintained by the solemn vibration of hard life and the permeation of longing for better days and times at the foot of the homeland. The nostalgia of the loss of the Croatian man strengthens the bloodstream for the successful overcoming of darkness and the arrival of bright days – the parallelism of religious hope.
Hrvoje Mesić, PhD
On March 21, 2022, the book Ni s kućom ni bez kuće was presented in Zadar. The presentation was held at the State Archives in Zadar, organized by the Archives, Ljevak Publishing House and the Department of Information Sciences, University of Zadar. The book was presented by Ante Gverić, PhD, Associate Professor Marijana Tomić, Associate Professor Nives Tomašević and one of the authors of the book, Ivana Hebrang Grgić.
Issue 36 of Novi uvez (the New Binding), the bulletin of the Zagreb Library Association, published a review of the book Ni s kućom ni bez kuće. The author of the review is Iva Adžaga Ašperger.
The International Conference Miroslav Tuđman and the Paradigm of Knowledge was held in Zagreb on 31 January and 1 February 2022, at which Ana Barbarić and Ivana Hebrang Grgić had presentation entitled Publications of Croatian Emigrants in Australia and New Zealand: From Bibliography to Bibliometrics. The paper will be published in the Proceedings of the conference.
On Friday, January 21, 2022, Ana Barabarić presented the book Ni s kućom ni bez kuće to high school librarians at the National and University Library in Zagreb.
In Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske (The Croatian Librarians’ Hearald) in issue 2, year 64 for 2021, a review of the book Ni s kućom ni bez kuće was published. The author of the review is Tomislav Ivanjko.
In Hrvatska revija (The Croatian Review) no. 4 of 2021, a review of the book Ni s kućom ni bez kuće was published. The author of the review is Monika Batur.
As part of the Croatian and Linguistic Seminar Linguistic Discussions of the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics, on 16 December 2021, a book Ni s kućom ni bez kuće was presented via the Zoom platform.
As part of the Informative Tuesday of the Zagreb City Libraries, a professional meeting of primary school librarians and children’s departments of public libraries, on 14 December 2021, a presentation of the book Ni s kućom ni bez kuće was held.