AIDA
BAGIĆ
Anđela
Nuića 6
10000
Zagreb, Croatia
Tel:
01/29 89 537
aidab@zamir.net
EDUCATION:
University
of Massachusetts, Amherst,
USA, Master of Arts in Political Science, September 1996-May 1998
Recipient
of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Ron Brown Fellowship
Relevant
coursework: Feminist Theory and Politics, Proseminar in Feminist Research
Methods, International Relations, International Law, International Institutions,
Conflict Resolution, Contemporary Political Theory.
Research:
Women's Activism and Feminist Theory. Conditionality of the US foreign
assistance. International environmental cooperation on the Danube. Conflict
between Hungary and Slovakia over the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros dam. Politics
of ethnic cleansing in the Balkans.
European
Peace University,
Stadt Schlaining, Austria, September-December 1992
Advanced
program in Peace Studies. Initiator and co-editor of the student newsletter
Pax Schlaining.
University
of Zagreb,
Croatia, Diploma of Bachelor Degree, March 1991
First
major (A): philosophy, second major (A): general linguistics.
Senior
Thesis: Feminist Perspectives in Linguistics.
Johannes
Gutenberg University,
Mainz, Germany, January-August 1989
Exchange
student in philosophy, linguistics and comparative literature.
EMPLOYMENT:
Centre
for Women’s Studies Zagreb, Croatia
January
1999—present
Programme
and Organizational Coordinator
Teaching:
Introduction to Women's Studies (Fall 1998), Autonomous Women's Spaces
(January 2000), Identity Politics (2-day seminar within the Advanced Programme 'Discourses
on Development of Civil Society and National Identities', May 2000); Rooms
of Our Own--women's groups, movements, organizations (Spring 2001)
University
of Massachussets,
Amherst, USA
January-May
1998
Teaching
Assistant for Introduction to Women's Studies. Facilitating discussions,
designing homework, grading.
Office
of Information Technology,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
January
1997-December 1998
Computer
consultant. Supervising computer classrooms, helping students, troubleshooting.
Mali
korak - Center for Culture of Peace and Nonviolence,
Zagreb, Croatia
December
1994-August 1996
Founder
of the Centre and co-ordinator of women's program with focus on conflict
resolution skills for women's groups, social workers and activists.
United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,
Zagreb, Croatia
September
1995-January 1996
Resettlement
caseworker: interviewing refugees from Banja Luka region, writing case
summaries, assessing the eligibility of the applicants for the resettlement
to third countries.
Center
for Women's Studies,
Zagreb, Croatia
February
1995-July 1996
Participated
in setting up the experimental program in Women's Studies, first ever in
Croatia.
Taught
a course on gender and language.
Antiwar
Campaign Croatia
1991-1996
Founding
member, public speaking both in Croatia and abroad, organizing and facilitating
different events (workshops, conferences etc.).
CONSULTANCIES
(selection)
April
2000 Gender Research Specialist for A Multi-Country Assessment of
the Emerging Roles-Country Assessment of the Emerging Roles of Women’s
Organizations in Post Conflict Societies conducted by USAID’s Center
for Development, Information and Evaluation (CDIE)
February
and June 2000 Facilitator at the strategic planning for women's NGOs
in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, organized by Open Society Institute and OSCE Central
Asia Liaison Office in Uzbekistan.
November
1999 Evaluation of the Quaker Peace and Service Sarajevo Programme
(together with Paul Stubbs)
October
1999 Training for Trainers from B.a.B.e.—Women’s Human Rights Group,
Zagreb, Croatia
August
1999 Workshops on women’s organizing, facilitation and leadership skills
at the Fourth Feminist Summer School, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina (organized
by Autonomous Women’s Center Against sexual Violence, Belgrade)
PUBLICATIONS:
Co-author
of a book on education for non-violence and co-operation for teachers in
elementary schools (Uzelac M., Bognar L., Bagic A.: Budimo prijatelji,
Slon, Zagreb 1994).
SPECIAL
SKILLS:
Languages:
Croatian (native), English (fluent), German (fluent), basic knowledge of
major Slavic languages.
Computer
skills: proficient in word processing programs, Internet research, email.