John Kraljic – Croatian Historical Studies 

John P. Kraljic was born in New York City of Croatian parents from the area of Rijeka.  He holds a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center, a Bachelor’s degree from the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University and a Master of Arts degree in history from the City University of New York. 

Mr. Kraljic is a member and an officer of the Croatian Academy of America and member the Croatian Studies Association.  He is also a contributing editor of the Review of Croatian History, published by the Croatian Institute of History (Hrvatski povijesni institut). 

His scholarly interests include the study of the history of the region around Rijeka, Croatian-American history, the history of the Communist movement among Croats and the World War II era in Croatia and the former Yugoslavia. 

Published Works: 

Translator of English portion of the work by Lujo Margetić, Vinodolski zakon [The Vinodol Law], Rijeka-Novi Vinodolski: Skupština općina Rijeka and others, 1989. 

“The Early History of Vinodol and the Lord of Krk: Recent Works of Nada Klaić and Lujo Margetić,” in Journal of Croatian Studies, vol. 30 (1989), pp. 153-65. 

“Povijest Ledenice do 1871. god.” [The History of Ledenice] in Dometi [publication of Matica Hrvatska-Rijeka], 1995, no. 1-6 (part 1), pp. 55-50, and Dometi, 1995, no. 7-12 (part 2), pp. 27-50. 

“Emigration From Rijeka: An Introduction to the Legal Issues Involved and the Role of the American Consulate in Rijeka,” in Zbornik pravnog fakulteta - Sveučilište u Rijeci [Collected Papers of the Law College of the University of Rijeka], vol. 18, no. 2 (1997), pp. 507-51. 

“American Perceptions of Rijeka Until the 1920s,” in Bernardin Nikola Škrivanić i njegevo vrijeme - Zbornik radova [Bernardin Nikola Škrivanić and His Time - A Collection of Papers], Rijeka: Matica Hrvatska orgranak Rijeke, 1997, pp. 95-112. 

“Thomas A. Edison i Rijeka” [Thomas A. Edison and Rijeka], in Sušačka revija [Sušak Review], vol. 30-31 (2000), p. 112 (co-authored with Željko Bartulović). 

“Jean Genet na Sušaku” [Jean Genet in Sušak], in Sušačka revija [Sušak Review], vol. 32 (2000), pp. 89-92 (co-authored with Željko Bartulović). 

“Rijeka kao iseljenička luka” [Rijeka as an Emigration Port], in Riječka luka: povijest, izgradnja, promet [The Port of Rijeka: History, Construction, Transport], Rijeka: Muzej grada Rijeke, 2001, pp. 233-39, issued in connection with an exhibition of the same name 

“Pregled povijesti istarskih iseljenika u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama između dvaju svijetskih ratova” [An Introduction to the History of Istrian Emigrants in the United States of America Between the Two World Wars], in Talijanska uprava na Hrvatskom prostoru i egzodus Hrvata (1918-1943) - Zbornik radova s Međunarodnog znanstvena skupa [Italian Administration Over Croatian Lands and the Exodus of Croats (1918-1943) – Collection of Papers From an International Scholarly Conference], Zagreb: Hrvatski institut za povijest, 2001, pp. 179-200. 

“Pula Under Anglo-American Administration,” in Journal of Croatian Studies, vol. 43 (2003). 

Translator of the English summary of Željko Bartulović, Sušak 1919.-1947: državnopravni položaj grada [Sušak 1919.-1947: The Constitutional Status of the City], Rijeka: Adamić, Državni arhiv Rijeka and Pravni fakultet (2004). 

(with Ervin Dubrović), “Comments Related to Maritime Ties Between the Eastern Adriatic and the Americas 1780-1840,” in Adamićevo doba : 1780.-1830. : riječki trgovac na početku europske modernizacij [Adamić’s Era: 1780-1830: A Rijeka Merchant at the Commencement of European Modernization], Rijeka: Muzej grada Rijeke (2005), issued in connection with an exhibition of the same name. 

Contributor to Merika – Iseljavanje iz srednje Europe u Ameriku 1880 -1914 – Emigration from Central Europe to America 1880-1914, Rijeka: Muzej grada Rijeke (2008), issued in connection with an exhibition of the same name. 

“The Croatian Section of the Communist Party of the United States and the ‘United Front’: 1934-1939,” in Review of Croatian History (Zagreb), no. 5 (2009), pp. 137-67. 

Book Reviews: 

Review Article, Richard West, Tito and the Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia, in Journal of Croatian Studies, vol. 34-35 (1993-94), pp. 235-51. 

Book Review, Vladimir Goss, Predromanicka arhitektura u Hrvatskoj - Pre-Romanesque Architecture in Croatia, in Journal of Croatian Studies, vol. 36-37 (1995-96), pp. 292-93. 

Symposia (does not include works subsequently published which are listed above): 

“Ledenice u 13-og stoljeća,” [Ledenice in the 13^th Century], delivered at the Scholarly Gathering in Honor of the 700^th Anniversary of the Vinodol Law, the 600^th Anniversary of the Statute of Senj and the 600^th Anniversary of the Statute of Krk, September 1988, Novi Vinodolski, organized by the Yugoslav Academy of Arts and Sciences. 

“The Evolution of Croatian Communist Newspapers in the United States and Canada,” delivered at the American Association for Advancement of Slavic Studies Conference, Boston, December, 2004. 

“Ethnic Relations and Sovereignty in Istria 1941-1947,” delivered at the Association for the Study of Nationalities Annual Conference, Columbia University, New York, April 2005. 

Speaker on a panel entitled: “European Diasporas in the United States: The Impact on U.S. Foreign Policy,” presented at The International Center for Migration, Ethnicity & Citizenship, New School University, New York, May, 2005. 

“The Communist Part of Yugoslavia and King Aleksandar’s Dictatorship – The Tasks of the Party,” delivered at the American Association for Advancement of Slavic Studies Conference, Boston, November, 2009. 

Other: 

Member of the Editorial Board of vol. 34 of Krčki zbornik [Collected Papers of Krk Island], entitled Hrvatsko iseljeništvo u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama i Krčani u New Yorku [Croatian Emigrants in the United States of America and People From Krk in New York], by Anton Bozanić, 1996. 

“New Material on Vladimir Ćopić, Commander of the XVth Brigade,” in The Volunteer – Journal of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Fall 1999, pp. 8-9.