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Pula Regional Center

History

The Pula Regional Center was established by the decision of the Institute’s Board of Directors on September 30, 1992 as a regional research unit of the Institute. The aim of establishing the Regional Center was, on the one hand, to research and affirm the Croatian component of Istrian past and present in an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary manner, and on the other hand, to highlight its multiculturalism and multiethnicity. The first head of the Pula Regional Center was Prof. Miroslav Bertoša, PhD, who was later succeeded by Stipan Trogrlić, PhD. Since 2021, the head of the center is Marin Beroš, PhD.

In its more than thirty years of existence, the Pula Regional Center has changed its headquarters several times, and since 2022 it is located in premises in Stankovićeva Street. The current work of the regional center continues the mission of its founders, researching Istrian history and present in a multidisciplinary manner, but also with a strong focus on the future of the peninsula. In this sense, today’s Pula Regional Center covers a range of areas and topics, ranging from sociological, historical, political, pedagogical, and even philosophical.

Activities

The activities of the Pula Regional Center are aligned with the fundamental goal of the Institute’s network structure, which enables balanced social development in all regions of the Republic of Croatia while supporting the fulfillment of local and regional potentials. For this reason, the Pula Regional Center follows the Institute’s Strategy related to the transfer of scientific knowledge, dissemination of scientific research results, and popularization of science at the local level, which, along with project activities related to topics of local and regional importance, positions the Regional Center as an important place in the development of local and regional development policies, thanks to its scientific contribution. However, it is important to note that the activities of the center are not focused only on the local and regional level, they are also aimed towards the national and global levels, and in this sense they explore the encounters and interpenetration of different national, cultural and linguistic entities, as well as the geostrategic and cultural significance of Istria within the wider Mediterranean area.

Projects

Cosmopolitanism on the Border: The Istrian Peninsula as a Case Study / Kozmopolitizam na granici: Istarski poluotok kao studij slučaja (Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar – institutional project NextGenEU programme)
Highlighting European Values in the Educational Thought (European Commission – Erasmus+ project)
Istrian Croats between Repressed Identity and Slow Integration / Istarski Hrvati između potisnutog identiteta i usporene integracije (Ministry of Technology and Science of the Republic of Croatia)

Publications

Marin Beroš, Bruno Ćurko (eds.), EdUcators in the Classroom, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, 2025
Stipan Trogrlić, Katolička crkva u Istri između otpora i potpore talijanskoj vlasti u Istri 1918. – 1943. (The Catholic Church in Istria between Resistance and Support to the Italian Government in Istria 1918 – 1943), State Archives in Pazin – Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Pazin, 2019
Marin Beroš, Kozmopolitizam – Uvod u povijest ideje (Cosmopolitanism – An Introduction to the History of the Idea), The Society of Brothers of the Croatian Dragon, Zagreb, 2018
Stipan Trogrlić, Represija jugoslavenskog komunističkog režima prema Katoličkoj crkvi u Istri 1945-1971 (Repression of the Yugoslav Communist Regime towards the Catholic Church in Istria 1945-1971), State Archives in Pazin, Pazin 2014
Tatjana Tomaić, Mirela Altić, Hrvatsko-slovenska granica na rijeci Dragonji (Croatian-Slovenian Border on the Dragonja River), Matica hrvatska, Rijeka 2013
Stipan Trogrlić, Odnos Katoličke crkve u Istri i jugoslavenske državne vlasti 1945.-1954. (The Relationship between the Catholic Church in Istria and the Yugoslav State Authorities 1945-1954.), Josip Turčinović, Pazin 2008
Stipan Trogrlić, Katolička crkva u Istri: nacionalno-političke i idejne podjele 1882.-1914. (The Catholic Church in Istria: National-political and Ideological Divisions 1882-1914), C.A.S.H., Pula 2006
Identitet Istre – ishodišta i perspektive (The identity of Istria – origins and perspectives), Proceedings – Book 26, Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb 2006
Stipan Trogrlić, Hrvatski i talijanski katolički pokret u Istri 1895.-1914. (Croatian and Italian Catholic Movement in Istria 1895-1914.), Faculty of Croatian Studies University of Zagreb, Zagreb 2000
Istria: specificities and general Croatian context – Društvena istraživanja (Social Research), No. 6-7/1993

Conferences

Mons. Božo Milanović (1890-1980) – Traces of a Vision, Pazin, 2010
Hands to Istria, Heart to God (150th anniversary of the enthronement of Bishop Dobrila and 30th anniversary of the unification of the Istrian Church), Pazin, 2008
Identity of Istria – Origins and Perspectives, Pula 2004