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Join us for this special community event, co-organized with the Cliff Cave branch of St. Louis County Library, where we will discuss the importance of preserving and archiving cultural materials as a community.

We’ll bring items from the Center for Bosnian Studies’ collections and stories to share, including student projects using materials from the archives.

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested.

Register: https://www.slcl.org/content/bosnia-memory-project

Bosnian refreshments provided.

Cliff Cave Branch of St. Louis County Library

5430 Telegraph Rd, St. Louis, MO 63129

Recently opened on the Fontbonne University campus, the new Center for Bosnian Studies is establishing an enduring record of the experiences of Bosnian genocide survivors and their families. The Center’s mission is to counter the hate and discrimination that fueled the war in Bosnia and continues to fuel innumerable conflicts worldwide. While the Center is new, the historical and cultural preservation initiative began when the Bosnian Memory Project was founded in 2006. Today, the Center focuses on the estimated 60,000 Bosnian refugees in metropolitan St. Louis, the largest group living outside of Bosnia. Join Director Adna Karamehic-Oates and Senior Researcher Benjamin Moore for a compelling presentation about the Center’s growing collection of digital oral histories of survivors and their families, special rare items, and other unique resources related to Bosnia and its diaspora. This program is part of the Mirowitz Center's "Fighting Bigotry & Hatred" series.

Presentation and conversation with Bosnian St. Louis authors Patrick McCarthy & Akif Cogo.

Reception at 5 pm.

Reading at 5:30 pm followed by a discussion and book signing (copies available for purchase courtesy of Left Bank Books).

Free and open to the public.

The Academy Award–nominated 2020 film Quo vadis, Aida? tells the story of Aida, a translator for the UN in Srebrenica, Bosnia, in 1995, when the Serbian Army laid siege to the small town. Created by filmmaker Jasmila Žbanić, the film has been celebrated for opening a door for survivors of the Bosnian genocide to tell their own stories. The book Voices from Srebrenica: Survivor Narratives of the Bosnian Genocide preserves the personal stories of numerous survivors of the Srebrenica genocide. Join authors Ann Petrila and Hasan Hasanović, along with moderator Elvir Ahmetovic for a conversation inspired by Quo vadis, Aida? and Voices from Srebrenica about the importance of survivor stories and reclaiming the narrative.

Sponsored by

This year marks the 30th Anniversary since Bosnia and Herzegovina regained its independence from Yugoslavia.

You are invited to join us for this joyous occasion.

Speakers
Amb. Sven Alkalaj
Dr. Ben Moore
Patrick McCarthy
Dr. Jasmin Mujanović
Erol Avdović

Purchase tickets HERE. Doors will open at 6:30 pm.

Official Opening
Tuesday, 1 March 2022

5:00 pm Reception, Main lobby of Taylor Library

Accordion music by Amir Saleševic
Bosnian wine provided by Novella Wine Bar
Bosnian pitas and desserts provided by Zlatne Kapi LLC

5:30 pm Welcome and Dedication, Lewis Room (lower level of Taylor Library)

Speakers
Dr. Adna Karamehic-Oates, Director
Center for Bosnian Studies
Dr. Ben Moore, Senior Researcher
Center for Bosnian Studies
Nedim Ramic, Bajric & Ramic LLC
Marsha Benney, Chief Financial Officer
Midwest BankCentre

6:30 pm Visit the Center for Bosnian Studies and its Collections, Center for Bosnian Studies (lower level of Taylor Library)

Radio Bh zajednice na frekvenciji 880am. Urednik i voditelj Zaim Jahic. Pratite nas svake nedelje u terminu od 9am do 12pm.

Zaim Jahic of Radio BH zajednice interviews Adna Karamehić-Oates and Ajla Zigic. Topics covered during their conversation included the Center’s history and mission, its funding, and its future plans and activities.

In Bosnian.

Presentation of the 2021 Civic Courage Award to Elvedin Pašić.

Reception and award ceremony followed by remarks from Pašić. In English.

Taylor Library is located in the horseshoe drive off Wydown. Lot parking is available off Big Bend Boulevard.

The Civic Courage Award was established in 2015 and is awarded for courageous commitment to the civic values of respect, equality, and pluralism that represent the best traditions of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Recipients are presented with the award at a formal ceremony and reception hosted by the Center for Bosnian Studies.

Conference welcome and program overview by Patrick McCarthy, Working Group for Bosnia and Herzegovina

10 am: Ending Genocide Denial & Glorification of War Criminals, David Pettigrew and Adna Karamehic-Oates

11 am: NATO Membership for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sean Turcalo and Azem Dervisevic

12-1 pm: Break

1-2 pm: Euro-Atlantic Integration and EU Membership for B&H, Adnan Cerimagic and Vildana Bijedic

2-3 pm: Election and Constitutional Reform, Almira Delibegovic-Broome and Mead Misic

All times are EST.

ŠTO TE NEMA

Laumeier Sculpture Park Explores Remembrance, Connection, and Strength of Community with Aida Šehović.

This solo exhibition of work by artist Aida Šehović includes the archive of ŠTO TE NEMA, a public monument to the victims of the Srebrenica genocide, which traveled to 15 cities around the world between 2006 and 2020. The community-built archive preserves a collection of more than 8,372 fildžani (small porcelain coffee cups) as well as posters from each exhibition. In addition, a photo installation from Šehović’s related photo installation, Family Album, 2018 will also be on display.

Šehović’s work serves as a learning tool for community organizing, resistance, and healing. ŠTO TE NEMA addresses broad issues surrounding identity, collective remembrance, trauma, and displacement. The series of events during the course of the exhibition includes a gallery talk with the artist, a public lecture at Webster University, and a private gathering for families affected by the Bosnian war and genocide for collective reflection and healing.

Šehović is Laumeier’s 2021 Visiting Artist in Residence. Her engagement with the Bosnian community in St. Louis includes collaboration with Laumeier’s 2021 Cultural Thinker in Residence, community organizer Elvir Mandžukić,

BON 410 / BL01D St. Louis's Bosnian Community: Narrative, Memory, and Identity [Fall 2021]

In this unique course, students will work with their Bosnian neighbors to develop a public exhibit featuring the Center's collection of Bosnia-related materials. There is an opportunity for follow-up internships with the Center during spring 2022.

No prior knowledge of Bosnian history or culture is required.

More information is available here: https://griffinshare.fontbonne.edu/bosnia/academics.html.

2021 Oscar nominee for Best International Feature Film, Quo Vadis, Aida?, recounts and dramatizes the legacy of one of the worst mass murders in European history since the Holocaust: the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. More than 8,000 Bosniak Muslims were murdered by the Bosnian Serb Army of Republika Srpska. Through the eyes of Aida Selmanagic, a translator working at a United Nations base just outside Srebrenica, the film shines a brutally intense light on the toll that suffering, terror, and fighting in Bosnia takes on humanity.

Ida Sefer, President of the Bosnian-American Genocide Institute and Education Center (BAGI), will moderate a discussion centered around several key themes of the film: the international failure that was depicted in the film, ongoing genocide in the country, and acknowledging courage and resolve of the survivors, among other topics.

Panelists include Emir Suljagić, Director of the Srebrenica Memorial Center; Dr. David Pettigrew, Professor of Philosophy, Southern Connecticut State University; Nihad Brankovic, Government Relations Coordinator, Western Balkans Program, International Commission on Missing Persons; and Hasan Hasanović, Srebrenica genocide survivor, curator, and interpreter at the Srebrenica Memorial Center.

Screening and discussion sponsored by the Illinois Holocaust Center.

Community Partners
Bosnian-American Genocide Institute and Education Center (BAGI)
Educators Institute for Human Rights Congress of Bosniaks of North America
Center for Bosnian Studies at Fontbonne University

During the summer of 2021, the St. Louis Bosnian Chamber of Commerce will host bi-weekly social gatherings of younger and older generations of the local community to support the project of preserving Bosnian identity and cultural history.

Sundays, 1-3pm | June 13th, June 27th, July 11, July 25th, August 8th.

Snacks provided.

Join us for an evening with Bosnian author Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, who will talk about her new book, The Cat I Never Named.

Amra Sabic-El-Rayess will be joined by a conversation partner, Elma Salesevic, to discuss her book and talk about the impact of their experiences during the war.

Left Bank Books Presents ONLINE is streamed live on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/LeftBankBooks.STL/.

Working Title: Bosnian Studies – A Reader for an Emerging Field

Editors
Dženeta Karabegović, PhD, University of Salzburg, Austria (dzeneta.karabegovic@sbg.ac.at)
Adna Karamehić-Oates, PhD, Fontbonne University, United States (akaramehicoates@fontbonne.edu)

Deadline: February 1, 2021

The quarter-century that has passed since the end of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina has seen an outpouring of scholarly research into Bosnian history, politics, and culture. Some scholars have sought to redress genocide and human rights violations, many of which have gone unpunished by local and international courts. Others have documented the multiethnic “common life” that characterized Bosnian culture and history prior to the rise of ethno-nationalism in the 1980s. Still others have studied the implications of forced displacement for Bosnians of all ethnicities, many of whom have formed diaspora communities in Europe, Australia, and North America. As scholars have continued these conversations across national and disciplinary boundaries, they have formed a new field of academic inquiry that we call Bosnian studies.

This pre-recorded panel discussion is intended for laypeople and academicians with some prior knowledge about the Bosnian war and genocide. It will consider the ways that scholars in a variety of academic disciplines have contributed to the emerging field of Bosnian studies or deployed scholarship in the pursuit of justice. Of special interest are the contributions of scholars from Bosnia-Herzegovina who now live in diaspora. Also of interest are the ways that scholarship provides an avenue for reckoning with the current vexed cultural and political situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where ethnic tensions persist and where past injustices continue to shape political structures and social institutions.

Moderated by Ben Moore.

This presentation was part of an international two-day virtual symposium: Bosnia, 25 Years After the Dayton Accords.

From November 1-21, 1995, the presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia met at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base outside of Dayton, Ohio, along with high-level officials from the United States, France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom. All were seeking an end to the war in Bosnia that had taken over 100,000 lives over the course of the previous 3+ years.

The peace agreement that resulted – known as the Dayton Accords – did exactly that, but were quickly recognized as flawed and problematic. Now, 25 years later, the costs of peace as spelled out in the Accords have become clearer. We take this opportunity to look back at the Accords and to consider the trajectory of Bosnian politics in the quarter-century that has passed since then.

Hosted by the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University, the Southern Connecticut State University Office of Academic Affairs, and the Southern Connecticut State University Judaic Studies Program.

Free admission is free; registration required.

A panel discussion to mark the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide.

Scholars in the fields of genocide, memory, and archival studies address ongoing revisionist efforts about what happened in Srebrenica and discuss the importance of countering this rhetoric in order to defend the truth.

This online panel discussion was part of the Missouri Historical Society's STL History Live series.

Interview with Nusreta Sivac, recipient of the 2020 Civic Courage Award. In Bosnian.

A complete English-language translation is available through the transcript provided here. Translated by Adna Karamehic-Oates.

The presentation of the award and events planned in March were cancelled due to COVID-19. In their stead, the Center arranged to record an interview that would allow Ms. Sivac to talk about her experiences.

Interviewer: Adna Karamehic-Oates
Interview Date: December 30, 2020

The Civic Courage Award was established in 2015 and is awarded for courageous commitment to the civic values of respect, equality, and pluralism that represent the best traditions of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Recipients are presented with the award at a formal ceremony and reception hosted by the Center for Bosnian Studies.

In Bosnian with English subtitles. Pre-event reception with Bosnian food. Doors open at 6pm. Screening at 7pm.

This event is part of the Bosnian and South Slavic film series co-sponsored by Saint Louis University, Fontbonne University, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

A one-day symposium sponsored by the Harris World Law Institute at Washington University School of Law and the Bosnia Memory Project to reflect on the Role of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in Understanding the War and Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The program will begin with a keynote address by Professor Diane Orentlicher, former Deputy for War Crimes Issues in the U.S. Department of State, and will include three panels focused on legal issues, historical and political considerations and stories and testimonies from survivors. The event also features a book signing of "Some Kind of Justice: The ICTY’s Impact in Bosnia and Serbia" by Professor Diane Orentlicher and will conclude with a film screening of "The Trial of Ratko Mladic," followed by Q & A with Dermot Groome and Elvedin Pasic.

In Bosnian with English subtitles. Pre-event reception with Bosnian food. Doors open at 6pm. Screening at 7pm.

This event is part of the Bosnian and South Slavic film series co-sponsored by Saint Louis University, Fontbonne University, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Midwestern premiere of the documentary followed by a conversation with director Srđan Šarenac.

Public address by Hasan Nuhanović followed by a Q & A session and discussion.

In Bosnian.

Presentation of the 2019 Civic Courage Award to Hasan Hasan Nuhanović.

Reception and award ceremony followed by a public address by Nuhanović. In English.

The Civic Courage Award was established in 2015 and is awarded for courageous commitment to the civic values of respect, equality, and pluralism that represent the best traditions of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Recipients are presented with the award at a formal ceremony and reception hosted by the Center for Bosnian Studies.

A public presentation and book signing by DIane Orentlicher, an internationally renowned scholar on human rights law and war crimes tribunals.

A reception to honor Midwest Bank Centre, which was selected as a national award recipient by the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) for the 2018 National Community Bank Service Awards. The program recognizes outstanding and innovative volunteer efforts by the nation’s community banks. ICBA selected Midwest BankCentre from among more than 100 nominations for its highimpact service and economic empowerment programs that have brought mainstream banking services to more than 1,200 previously “unbanked” or “underbanked” families in the St. Louis metro area. Bank employees contributed more than 4,700 volunteer hours in 2017 to help hundreds of immigrants, minorities and economically disadvantaged citizens gain access to financial services, and spur community redevelopment and reinvestment.

Saturday afternoon events include a cooking demonstration, a panel discussion, and the opening reception for the Crafting Our Cultures exhibition.

1-3 p.m. Bosnian Cooking Workshop

Led by women from the Bosnian community in St. Louis, the workshop features preparation of a variety of traditional Bosnian foods, including Burek (a savory beef pastry with homemade phyllo dough), Potato pita, Spinach pita, and Hurmasice (dessert). Organized in collaboration with the Missouri Botanical Garden.

3-4 p.m. Panel Discussion

Belma Pervan-Kundalic, Aysha Sadikovid, and Maja Sadikovic share their perspectives on the craft traditions that are integral to Bosnian identity. Aysha and Belma have taught Craft Alliance workshops on Bosnian textile techniques and Maja is a board member of St. Louis Bosnians, Inc. Discussion moderated by Ben Moore, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Bosnia Memory Project at Fontbonne University.

4-6 p.m. Exhibition Reception

Designed by students in the Fashion Merchandising program at Fontbonne, this exhibition showcases Bosnian crafts in textiles, metals, and wood. Many members of the Bosnian community in St. Louis have contributed handcrafted objects from their homes for the exhibit. This reception celebrates the culmination of this community project.

Reception and Presentation
April 12, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m in East 101. In English.

Exhibition
April 13, 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

This multimedia exhibit features the work of Hariz Halilovich and Adis Elias Fejzić, Bosnian-born scholars and artists who explore the nuances of human rights, migration, and identity in their research and work. Mjesta Bola – Places of Pain (Recognizing the Pain of Others) uses graphics, photographs, text, documents, drawings, sound, and video to explore the lives, deaths, and memories of people who have been displaced by conflict.

6:00pm: Reception, East Foyer
6:30pm: Lecture, East 101

Presentation of the 2016 Civic Courage Award to Refik Hodžić.

Reception and Award Ceremony | Medaille Hall
Friday, December 9th at 6pm

Public Address | Lewis Room, Taylor Library
Saturday, December 10 at 2pm

The Civic Courage Award was established in 2015 and is awarded for courageous commitment to the civic values of respect, equality, and pluralism that represent the best traditions of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Recipients are presented with the award at a formal ceremony and reception hosted by the Center for Bosnian Studies.

A public address by professor Keith Doubt of Wittenberg University.

In collaboration with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Saint Louis University.

A presentation by author and anthropologist Sebina Sevic-Bryant. Discussion following.

102 Anheuser-Busch Hall

A screening of Avdo Huseinović's documentary film, Operacija Sana 95: Nedovrsena Pobjeda [Operation Sana 95: Unfinished Victory]. Following the screening, Huseinović will discuss the film and take questions from the audience.

In Bosnian.

A public reception for filmmaker and author Senada Pargan-Cvrk, including a signing of her most recent book Tama Srebrene Svjetlosti. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.

In Bosnian. Bosnian refreshments served.

On the twentieth anniversary of the initiating of the Dayton Agreement, members of St. Louis’s survivor community reflect critically on Dayton’s complicated and troubling legacy.

In English.

Ron Klutho and young survivors of the Srebrenica genocide speak about their exhibit, Srebrenica Remembrance: 20 Years after the Genocide.

In English.

Opening Reception for Srebrenica Remembrance 20 Years after the Genocide, an exhibition of text, video, and artifacts on display through January 2016. Originally shown on July 9, 2015 at the Missouri History Museum, this exhibit was developed by Ron Klutho in collaboration with the Association of Survivors of the Srebrenica Genocide in St. Louis and the Young Srebrenicansof St. Louis.

In English; Bosnian refreshments served.

Reception and Award Ceremony

Music provided by Amir Salesevic.

The Civic Courage Award was established in 2015 and is awarded for courageous commitment to the civic values of respect, equality, and pluralism that represent the best traditions of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Recipients are presented with the award at a formal ceremony and reception hosted by the Center for Bosnian Studies.

A reprise collaborative performance with the St. Louis Symphony Chamber Ensemble.

An address by Bosnia’s first ambassador to the United Nations followed by a Q & A with the audience.

2:00pm Reception
3:00pm Lecture

Sponsors
Center for International Studies Department of Sociology and Anthropology Russian and Eastern European Studies Program Boeing Institute of International Business

An evening with Bosnian author and anthropologist Hariz Halilovich. Presentation followed by a discussion.

103 Anheuser-Busch Hall

Public screening of Pretty Village followed by a discussion with filmmaker and activist Kemal Pervanić.

Opening reception at Fontbonne University, including cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and traditional Bosnian music by Amir Salesevic and Edo Sadikovic. Remarks by Dr. Ben Moore – Director of the Bosnia Memory Project, Sejla Holland – Bosnian Born Creator and Curator, and Elma Mujanovic – President of Friends of Bosnia-Herzegovina St. Louis.

This powerful concert weaves personal narrative with Sevdah, the folk music tradition of Bosnia, to tell the stories of our Bosnian neighbors in St. Louis. The concert includes a performance of Albinoni's Adagio in G minor, a piece played by Vedran Smailovic, 'the Cellist of Sarajevo', at multiple sites of destruction during the siege of Sarajevo to honor those who lost their lives.

Doors open at 6:30pm; no tickets required. Post-concert reception with complimentary Divna Sljivivica (plum brandy) and Sarajevo Beer.

A two-day symposium featuring presentations by Esad Boškailo, Amila Buturović, Aleksandar Hemon, Refik Hodžić, and Patrick McCarthy.

A presentation by Edin Ramulić, Refik Hodžić, and Emir Suljagić {Dr. Suljagić will appear via video link) about the Prvi Mart initiative. The presentation and discussion marks the beginning of Prvi Mart activities in North America.

Free and open to the public.

A presentation by Refik Hodžić, Bosnian journalist and filmmaker and Communications Director for the International Center for Transitional Justice, to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the beginnings of the war and genocide in Prijedor, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Free and open to the public.

A lecture and slide presentation by Elsie Roth, RN, MSN, leader of Hadassah's relief effort in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In 1993, 1994, and 1995, Ms. Roth repeatedly visited the besieged city of Sarajevo to deliver relief supplies and meet with Sarajevans in all walks of life.

Rabbi James Stone Goodman weaves music and poetry to tell stories of the lost world of Sarajevo.

Bosnian journalists Sukrija and Ertana Dzidzovic speak about their experiences in Sarajevo during the siege and share Sukrija’s extraordinary wartime photographs.

Presentation followed by a lecture, “Life in Sarajevo Today,” by Dr. Rita Csapó-Sweet.

A benefit concert for the exhibit Survival in Sarajevo: Jews, Muslims, Serbs, and Croats Working Together During the Bosnian War, 1992-1995.

Rabbi James Stone Goodman and the Brothers Lazaroff reveal the hidden secrets of the Sarajevo Hagaddah—“the book that saved a world.”

A reading by Ismet Prcić from his debut novel Shards. Followed by a question-and-answer session with the author.

A pre-broadcast screening of the film followed by a conversation with producer Pamela Hogan.

A live concert by the Bosnian-American guitar-flute duo AlmaNova, Almer Imamovic and Jessica Pierce.

An exhibition of the work of Bosnian-American artist Jesenko Kurbasic.

Edin Ramulić, president of the Bosnian advocacy organization Izvor, and Ed Vulliamy, a noted journalist who covered the Bosnian genocide and who continues to advocate for survivors, address the wartime destruction of Prijedor and its aftermath.

• 5-6 pm, Reception (Anheuser-Busch Hall, north end of second floor hallway)
• 6:30 pm, Presentation by Edin Ramulic and Ed Vulliamy (Lewis Auditorium, lower level of the Jack C. Taylor Library)

The exhibit Prijedor: Lives from the Bosnian Genocide will be on display in the south end of the hall.

A panel discussion featuring Edin Ramulic and Ed Vulliamy. Moderated by Ben Moore.

Special thanks to Amir Karadzic, Patrick McCarthy, Barbara Nwacha, and Lucy Allen.

Two sidebar exhibits in conjunction with Survival in Sarajevo.

A small group discussion with renowned author Aleksandar Hemon followed by a public reading and a book signing hosted by Left Bank Books.

Free and open to the public.

Co-sponsored by the Fontbonne Community Connection and the Fontbonne Writers Reading Series.

A public presentation by filmmaker Edward Serotta with screenings of his Nightline documentary, Searching for which was based on his book, Survival in Sarajevo: How a Jewish Community Came to the Aid of Its City.

A public screening of the documentary film followed by a panel discussion featuring one of the filmmakers (Beth Pike) and two local experts on the Bosnian genocide.

Part of the Dedicated Semester on Immigrant Experiences.

St. Louis premiere screenings of two Bosnia-related films followed by a Q & A with the directors. In Bosnian.

Background

War and genocide in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s revived enduring questions about human responses in times of crisis. Those on the outside watched passively as multi-ethnic communities were violently torn apart. While ordinary Bosnians suffered and died for months that turned to years, opportunities to effectively intervene were squandered by avoidance, evasion, and moral equivalency between aggressors and victims.

Those caught in war zones in Bosnia-Herzegovina faced life and death choices in circumstances over which they had little or no control. Many made the painful decision to seek status as refugees in other countries as the "ethnic cleansing" of their homeland continued unabated for three and a half years. Tens of thousands lost their lives, and more than two million Bosnians -- nearly half the total population -- became refugees. St. Louis, Missouri, is today home to more than 50,000 people from all parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The film screenings are part of a series of programs sponsored by Fontbonne University and the exhibit consortium for Prijedor: Lives from the Bosnian Genocide displayed in the Board Room of the Fontbonne University Library. This exhibit will be open for viewing before and after the events on Saturday and Sunday.

$10.00 admission at the door.

St. Louis premiere screenings of two Bosnia-related films followed by a Q & A with the directors. In English.

Background

War and genocide in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s revived enduring questions about human responses in times of crisis. Those on the outside watched passively as multi-ethnic communities were violently torn apart. While ordinary Bosnians suffered and died for months that turned to years, opportunities to effectively intervene were squandered by avoidance, evasion, and moral equivalency between aggressors and victims.

Those caught in war zones in Bosnia-Herzegovina faced life and death choices in circumstances over which they had little or no control. Many made the painful decision to seek status as refugees in other countries as the "ethnic cleansing" of their homeland continued unabated for three and a half years. Tens of thousands lost their lives, and more than two million Bosnians -- nearly half the total population -- became refugees.

St. Louis, Missouri is today home to more than 50,000 people from all parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina. These film screenings are part of a series of programs sponsored by Fontbonne University and the exhibit consortium for Prijedor: Lives from the Bosnian Genocide on display in the Board Room of the Fontbonne University Library. This exhibit will be open for viewing before and after the events on Saturday and Sunday.

$10.00 admission at the door.

Screening of the documentary film followed by a panel discussion featuring Harriman and former residents of Kozarac and Prijedor.

A performance of traditional Bosnian music by Armin Sevdah with Edo Sadikovic and Albosy Band.

A public presentation by Rezak Hukanović, author of Tenth Circle of Hell: A Memoir of Life in the Death Camps of Bosnia.

A public presentation by Jasmin Odobašić on his experiences working in Prijedor.

A public presentation by British Journalist Ed Vulliamy, author of Seasons in Hell: Understanding Bosnia's War.

Free and open to the public.

The exhibit Prijedor: Lives from the Bosnian Genocide tells the story of genocide in the Bosnian city of Prijedor between 1992 and 1995. The thirty-four display panels that constitute the exhibit combine information from official sources, including the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, with original photographs and compelling testimony from genocide survivors now living in St. Louis who were interviewed as part of Fontbonne University’s Bosnia Memory Project.