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{{Short description|Scientific conference dedicated to Mijo Mirković}}
'''''Susreti na dragom kamenu''''' ({{lit|Encounters on a Precious Stone}}) is a Croatian scientific conference founded in 1968 in commemoration of Mijo Mirković or [[Mate Balota]]. Mirković's works are studied and discussed at these meetings.<ref name="istr2"/>
==The conference==
The meeting was held for the first time in 1968. It was held in the fall of every year (with the exception of years 1974–77).
In 1990 it started to be held every other year, and it was decided that the location would be changed for every meeting, which has been held in [[Pula]], [[Labin]], [[Umag]], [[Motovun]], [[Buzet]], [[Rovinj]], [[Brijuni]], [[Rakalj]], [[Mali Lošinj]].<ref name="istr2"/>
The organizers of the meeting were the faculties of economics of [[Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb|Zagreb]] and [[University of Rijeka|Rijeka]], the Higher School of Economics of [[University of Pula|Pula]], the [[Matica hrvatska]] branch from Pula and the Cultural and Educational Association of Pula.<ref name="istr2"/>
The gatherings were once focused on the "versatility of Mirković as a writer" and the topics development of Istria, [[flacius|Matija Vlačić-Franković]] (Flacius), industry and tourism, etc. The focus then shifted on the problems dealt with and observed by Mirković in Istria, Croatia and then-Yugoslavia, treating such themes as "agriculture, domestic and foreign trade, maritime economy, small businesses, industrialization and environmental protection, tourism."
Part of the conference was always dedicated to Mirković as an author, but in 1988 (20th anniversary) the whole conference was "thematically dedicated to Mirković's book work."<ref name="istr2"/> After 1990 the topics were updated to present-day problems and themes, such as restructuring and globalization, the problems issuing from the transition period, the European Union, etc.<ref name="istr2"/>
The committee is presided by professors and academicians, and a paper of the proceedings of the meeting ''Zborniku radova znanstvenoga skupa Susreti na dragom kamenu'' ("Proceedings of the scientific conference Encounters on a Precious Stone") is released out of the meeting.<ref name="istr2"/>
The meeting is named after Mirković's 1931 novel of the same name (''[[Dragi kamen]]''), and the known collection of poems of the same name, published for the first time in 1938 in Zagreb and then republished in several editions.<ref name="istr2">{{cite web|title=Susreti na dragom kamenu|url=http://istra.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=2620|publisher=[[Istrian Encyclopedia]]|access-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210322002349/http://istra.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=2620|archive-date=22 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="istr">{{cite web|last=Biletić|first=Boris Domagoj|author-link1=Boris Domagoj Biletić|title=Mirković, Mijo (Miho, pseud. Mate Balota)|url=http://istra.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=1765|publisher=[[Istrian Encyclopedia]]|access-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150927222812/http://istra.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=1765|archive-date=27 September 2015}}</ref><ref name="hrv">{{cite web|title=Mirković, Mijo|url=https://www.enciklopedija.hr/Natuknica.aspx?ID=41145|publisher=[[Croatian Encyclopedia]]|access-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210321210537/https://www.enciklopedija.hr/Natuknica.aspx?ID=41145|archive-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>
In 2018 the meeting celebrated its 50th anniversary.<ref name="glas">{{cite web|title=Mirković, Mijo|url=https://www.glasistre.hr/kultura/obiljezeno-50-godina-znanstvenog-skupa-susreti-na-dragom-kamenu-575629|publisher=[[Glas Istre]]|access-date=23 March 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210323103527/https://www.glasistre.hr/kultura/obiljezeno-50-godina-znanstvenog-skupa-susreti-na-dragom-kamenu-575629|archive-date=23 March 2021}}</ref>
==External links==
* [https://www.istrapedia.hr/hr/natuknice/1098/susreti-na-dragom-kamenu Susreti na dragom kamenu at Istrapedia]
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[[Category:Literary events]]
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