Ninth International Conference SARAJEVO AND THE WORLD

Ninth International Conference

SARAJEVO AND THE WORLD

Sarajevo, 16–19 May 2023

International Forum Bosnia and the International Academy of Sciences and Arts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the support and cooperation of a number of institutions and organisations, will be hosting the 9th International Conference on Sarajevo and the World from the 16th to the 19th of May 2023.

The conference programme includes five components.

16 May (Tuesday)

12.30–13.00 Opening Address

13.30–16.30First Panel: Public Urban Space in a Time of Transition

19.30–21.00 Public Discussion of 250 Years of the Ballad of Hasan Aga's Wife in Global Culture: On Rusmir Mahmutćehajić's The Mystery of Hasan Aga's Wife (Sarajevo: Mladinska knjiga, 2022)

17 May (Wednesday)

15.00–18.15 Second Panel: Defending Bosnian and Herzegovinian Statehood and Society during the War: Perspectives and Accounts from Direct Witnesses

18 May (Thursday)

11.00 – 14.30 Third Panel: On Bosnia and Herzegovina's Energy Future

19 May (Friday)

10.00 – 15.30 Fourth Panel: On the Future of Bosnia and Herzegovina –Different Views

All these events are open to the public and the media. Details on participants and the schedules for the individual events will be provided soon.

The Conference is being held with support from the Sarajevo Canton government, the City of Sarajevo, the municipality of Novo Sarajevo, the University of Sarajevo, the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Bosniak Institute in Sarajevo.

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Green Theology and Ecological Stewardship A Conversation with Lejla Demiri, Rusmir Mahmutćehajić, and Timothy Winter It is our honour to invite members and friends of International Forum Bosnia and the general public to a Conversation on Green Theology and Ecological Stewardship between Professor Lejla Demiri of Tübingen University (Germany), Professor Rusmir Mahmutćehajić of International Forum Bosnia (Sarajevo), and Professor Timothy Winter (Sheik Abdulhakim) of Cambridge University. The Conversation will take place at the premises of International Forum Bosnia in Sarajevo (Sime Milutinovića 10, Centar), on Monday, September 2, to start at 19:00 hrs.

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