Amir Hodžić
Haulikova 3
10 000 Zagreb
the Republic of Croatia
tel: + 385 (0)1
457 68 68
fax: + 385 (0)1 4577 354
email:
hodzic@policy.hu
www: www.policy.hu/hodzic/
FORMAL
EDUCATION
BA in Sociology,
Department of Sociology, Faculty of
Philosophy, University of Zagreb (1996)
MA in Gender and Culture Studies, Interdisciplinary Postgraduate
Program on Gender and Culture, Central European University, Budapest
(1999)
SELECTED
SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES
* 1993 Intensive
Graduate Program "Democracy and
Diversity", New School for Social Research, New York
* 1997 Seminar
"NeXXt, WhY Not Work Together?",
European Youth Centre Budapest and European Youth Forest Action,
Amsterdam
* 2000
Postgraduate Seminar "Changing Social
Dynamics - Gendered Theories of Power, Control & Exclusion",
InterUniversity Centre, Dubrovnik
* 2000 Research
Workshop on Adolescent Sexual and
Reproductive Health in Europe and Central Asia, World Health
Organization, Geneva
* 2001
Postgraduate Seminar "Women In Contemporary
Cultural Studies: Reading the Body", InterUniversity Centre, Dubrovnik
* 2001 Analysis
Workshop on Adolescent Sexual and
Reproductive Health in Africa, Asia and Europe, World Health
Organization and Mahidol University, Bangkok
* 2002 Kinsey
Summer Graduate Training Institute
"Interventions for High-Risk Sexual Behavior: Design, implementation
and evaluation", The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and
Reproduction, Indiana University, Bloomington
* 2002
International Seminar "Gender, Identity and
Conflict in Post-War Societies of the Former Yugoslavia", Peace
Institute, Ljubljana
* 2003
Interdisciplinary Course "Family Planning and
Reproductive Health / Women's Health Initiative", InterUniversity
Centre, Dubrovnik
* 2004
International Working Conference "Cairo and
Beyond: Reproductive Rights and Culture", the United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA) and the Netherlands Government (Dutch Ministry of Foreign
Affairs / Development Cooperation), Amsterdam
* 2004
International Conference 'Going Dutch' on the
'Dutch Approach' to young people's sexuality, World Population
Foundation (WPF) and Youth Incentives (an international project of the
Rutgers Nisso Group), The Hague
* 2005
International Conference "Transgressing
Gender: Two is not enough for gender (e)quality", Zagreb (organizer),
www.tgenderzagreb.com
* 2005
International Advanced Training Program
"Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Adolescents", SIDA,
RFSU, and IHCAR, Stockholm
* 2006
International Conference on Youth Sexuality
and Sexuality Education in the Context of HIV/AIDS Prevention in
Europe, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, ASTRA, Warsaw
*
2008
Training
course
"Gender
Matters
–
developing
the
competence of trainers to address gender-based
violence affecting young people", Council of Europe’s Directorate of
Youth and
Sport, European Youth Centre Budapest
*
2008
Queer-Feminist
Days,
Vienna
*
2008
Workshop
"Gender
-
Diversity
-
Management
in South-East Europe",
ILE, Heinrich Boell Stiftung, Gunda Werner Institute, Berlin * 2009 International
Discussion "On the Border", Political Laboratory, Ljubljana
*
2009 International Symposium "New
Perspectives:
Migration in the Central and Southeast European Region", Initiative
Minderheiten, Queer Zagreb, Center for Peace Studies and Goethe
Institute
Kroatien, Zagreb (organizer)
* 2010 Peace Fair "Women Preventing War,
Promoting Peace -
Commemorating the 10th anniversary of
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and
Security", The Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, New York
* 2010 Civil Society Dialogue Network "Meeting on Women's Participation
in Peace Processes", European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, Brussels
* 2011 International Seminar "Homophobia in Schools in Eastern Europe",
Peace
Institute, Ljubljana
* 2011 International Conference "Naming and Framing: The Making of
Sexual (In)Equality", International Association for the Study of
Sexuality, Culture and Society, Madrid
* 2011 International Conference "Green Academy 2020: The Crisis of
Political Imagination and Transformative Potential of Green Politics", Heinrich Boell Stiftung
and Green
European Foundation, Vis
WORK EXPERIENCE
From 1997 working
as a trainer with young people,
activists and educators on the issues of gender relations and sexuality
in Croatia (Volunteers' Center Zagreb (VCZ), Center for Education,
Counselling and Research (CESI), Center for Peace Studies, Center for
Women Studies, Center for Educational Development and Research,
Association of Independent Croatian Unions, Education and Teacher
Training Agency, Croatian Medical Students' International Committee,
Women's Room, Queer Zagreb, Lesbian Organization Rijeka (LORI), Zagreb
Pride), Bosnia
and Herzegovina (United Women Banja
Luka, Helsinki Citizens Assembly, Organization Q, Sarajevo Open Centre)
and Serbia
(Postpesimists, Lesbian&Gay Cultural Center 'Deve', Institute for
Educational Research, Autonomous Women’s Center).
RESEARCH
ACTIVITIES
* Researching
Young Men's Gendered Transitions:
Changing Masculinities in the Croatian Educational Paradigm (MA Thesis,
1998 - 1999)
* Urgently
Claiming the Future: Focus on Gender for
Safer Sex Relationship (World Health Organization & CESI, 2001 -
2002)
* Integrating
Sexuality Education and Gender
Equality Perspective in School Curricula in Croatia (International
Policy Fellowship, Center for Policy Studies, Budapest, 2002 - 2003)
* Teen Dating
Violence in the Republic
of Croatia (CESI, 2006 - 2007)
* Oral History of
Homosexuality in Croatia (Queer
Zagreb, 2007)
*
Queer Migration in & out of Croatia (Good
Luck!
Migration Today – Perspectives from Vienna,
Belgrade, Zagreb
and Istanbul, Initiative Minderheiten, Vienna, 2008 –
2010)
* Case Study of School-Based Sexuality Education
in Croatia
(UNESCO, 2009) * Mapping of
expertise, organisations and activities on
gender in the Western Balkans region (Global Partnership for Prevention
of Armed Conflicts, 2010)
* Attitudes towards homosexuality among secondary school students in
Zagreb (Queer Zagreb, 2010 - 2012)
* Mapping of stakeholders, legislative and practice in relation to the
issue of abortion in Croatia (CESI, 2014)
* Neoconservative threats to sexual and reproductive rights in the
European Union (CESI, 2014)
PUBLICATIONS
* Hodžić, A.,
Bijelić, N. & S. Cesar (2000). Sex
and Gender under Magnifying Glass: A Manual about Identities,
Sexuality, and the Process of Socialization. Zagreb: CESI.
* Hodžić, A. et
al. (eds.) (2000). Gender Work
Guide. Zagreb: VCZ.
* Hodžić, A.
(2002). Gender Does Matter: Framing
Risk Sexual Behavior among Croatian Adolescents. Rec 67:
259-271.
* Hodžić, A.
(2002). Gender, Sexual Orientation
and Identity /Lecture given at the Lesbian&Gay Cultural Center
'Deve', Belgrade, November 22, 2002/. URL:
http://www.deve.org.yu/amir.htm
* Hodžić, A.
& A. Štulhofer (2002). Sex
Education at School: Foreign Experiences. Napredak 143(4):
452-461.
* Štulhofer, A.
& A. Hodžić (2002). Sexuality
Education in School: International Experiences. Rec 67:
237-258.
* Cesar, S.,
Bijelić, N. & A. Hodžić (2002). You
Have the Right to Know: Sexuality and Reproductive Health from A to Z.
Zagreb:
CESI.
* Bijelić, N.,
Cesar, S., Lapčević, A. & A.
Hodžić (2002; 2006). SeZaM: Sexuality Education for Youth. URL:
http://www.SeZaMweb.net
* Hodžić, A.
(2003). Systematic Sexuality
Education in Croatian Schools: Recommendations and Proposal for Sexual
Health Education Pilot Program. Zagreb: Author.
* Hodžić, A.
& N. Bijelić (2003). The
Significance of Gender in the Attitudes and Sexual Behavior of Croatian
Adolescents: Report on Findings of the 'Urgently Claiming the Future:
Focus on Gender for Safer Sexual Relationships' Research Project.
Zagreb: CESI.
* Hodžić, A.,
Bijelić, N. & S. Cesar (2003). Sex
and Gender under Magnifying Glass: A Manual about Identities,
Sexuality, and the Process of Socialization /2. enlarged edition/.
Zagreb: CESI.
* Štulhofer, A.
& A. Hodžić (2003). Sex
Education in Schools - What about Croatia? Napredak 144(1):
40-52.
* Cesar, S.,
Bijelić, N., Hoblaj, P. & A. Hodžić
(2003). The Gender / Sexual Education Experimental Program for High
School Students: Report on Implementation, Monitoring, and Evaluation.
Zagreb: CESI.
* Hodžić, A.
(2004). Recommended for Consideration:
Heterosexuality. In Nikolic, T. (ed.) How Do We Orientate
Ourselves? A Study on Sexual Orientation: pp. 33-80. Belgrade:
DEVE.
* Hamprecht, A.,
Hodžić, A. & I. Warriner
(2004). How Do Perceptions of Gender Roles Shape the Sexual
Behaviour of Croatian Adolescents? /Social Science Research Policy
Briefs/. Geneva: World Health Organization - Department of
Reproductive Health and Research. URL:
http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/adolescent/;
http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/gender/
* Cesar, S.,
Bijelić, N., Hodžić A. & V. Kobaš
(2004). Better Safe than Sorry: Prevention of Violence in
Adolescent Relationships: A Manual for Educators. Zagreb: CESI.
* Poštić, J.,
Mamula, M. & A. Hodžić (2005). Sexual
Rights: Future for Equality. Zagreb: Women's Room.
* Hodžić, A.
& J. Poštić (eds.) (2006). Transgressing
Gender: Two is not Enough for Gender (E)quality: The Conference
Collection. Zagreb: CESI & Women's Room.
* Poštić, J.,
Đurković S. & A. Hodžić (2006). Creation
of Sex? Gender?. Zagreb: Women's Room.
* Hodžić, A.
(2007). Violence does not Pass by
Itself: Research Report on Teen Dating Violence in the Republic of
Croatia. Zagreb: CESI.
* Hodžić, A.
(2007). Violence will not pass by
itself: Teen dating violence in the Republic of Croatia. Entre
Nous: The European Magazine for Sexual and Reproductive Health 66:
28-29. URL: http://www.euro.who.int/document/ens/en66.pdf
* Bosanac G.,
Dobrović Z., Bijelić N., Hodžić A.
& K. Ratković (eds.) (2007). Oral History of Homosexuality in
Croatia: Documenting Testimonies about Private and Public Activities of
Sexual and Gender Minorities - Precursor of the LGBT movement in Croatia.
Zagreb:
Domino.
* Poštić, J.,
Đurković S. & A. Hodžić (2008). Creation
of Sex? Gender? /2. enlarged edition/. Zagreb: Women's Room.
*
Hodžić,
A.
(2008).
Gender
and
Sex
–
From
Personal
to
Institutional
and
Legislative.
In
Zenzerović
Šloser,
I.
(ed.) Notes on Social Change – Peace
Studies 1997/8-2007/8: pp. 75–80. Zagreb:
Center
for
Peace
Studies.
* Poštić, J.,
Đurković S. & A. Hodžić (2010). LGBTIQ
Workbook:
About
Sex,
Gender,
Sexual
Orientation
and
Sexuality.
Sarajevo: Organisation Q.
* Hodžić, A. (2010). Waitressing Is an Awful Job When You're Gay in a
Straight Bar: Queer Migration in Croatia. In Bakondy, V. et al. (eds.) Good Luck! Migration Today: Vienna,
Belgrade, Zagreb, Istanbul: pp. 422-429. Vienna: Initiative
Minderheiten.
* Hodžić, A. (2010). Queer Migration in & out of Croatia: Waitressing is an awful
job when you're gay in a straight bar. Anthropology of East Europe Review
28(2): 271-278.
* Hodžić, A. (2011). (Review of the book De-Centering Western Sexualities: Central
and Eastern European Perspectives, by R. Kulpa & J.
Mizielinska (eds.)). Südosteuropa
59(2): 271-273.
* Hodžić, A., J. Budesa, Štulhofer A. & J. Irvine (2012). The
politics of youth sexuality: Civil society and school-based sex
education in Croatia. Sexualities
15(3-4): 494-514.
* Hodžić, A. & N. Bijelić (2012). Survey
on
opinions
and
attitudes
towards
homosexuality
in secondary schools in
Zagreb. Zagreb: Domino.
* Bijelić, N. & A. Hodžić (2012). Educational
program
“TOGETHER!”
against
homophobia
and
violence
in schools.
Zagreb: Domino.
* Hodžić, A. (2012). The Making of:
“Oral History of Homosexuality in Croatia”. URL:
http://lgbtialms2012.blogspot.nl/2012/06/making-of-oral-history-of-homosexuality.html
* Hodžić, A.(2013). The
Constitutional Court Stops Sex Education in Croatia. URL:
http://www.vidc.org/index.php?id=1889
* Bijelić, N. & A. Hodžić (2013). Heteronormativity in Secondary
Schools in Zagreb: Young Men Wearing Make-Up, Kissing and Walking
Proudly. Družboslovne razprave
29(73): 43-60.
* Bijelić, N.
& A. Hodžić (2014). "Grey Area": Abortion
Issue in Croatia. URL:
http://www.cesi.hr/attach/_p/prijelom_pitanje_abortusa_eng.pdf
* Hodžić A. & N. Bijelić (2014). Neo-conservative
Threats to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the European
Union. Zagreb: CESI.
