Bosnian Studies: Perspectives from an Emerging Field

The history of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been a source of interest for scholars across disciplines for 27 years, with works exploring its origins, consequences, and long-term implications. Diaspora communities have formed in North America, Europe, and Australia, and Bosnian migrant and diaspora scholars are contributing to the development of Bosnian Studies. This volume includes chapters from authors writing from their home bases or returning to Bosnia, covering a range of disciplines and entry points of inquiry.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 310 pages
Publication date: 20 February 2023
Publisher: University of Missouri Press

The volume begins with an overview of the history of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina,including its origins,causes,and consequences. It then moves on to examine the role of Bosnian migrant and diaspora scholars in the development of Bosnian Studies. The authors discuss the challenges they face in conducting research in Bosnia and Herzegovina,as well as the opportunities they have to contribute to the field.
The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina ended 27 years ago, and the conflict's history, consequences, and long-term implications for the politics and lives of its citizens continue to be a source of interest for scholars worldwide. This scholarship has included works by historians and political scientists seeking to explain the wars origins with a view to Bosnias traditional multi-ethnic character and background. The country has been used as a case study in state- and peace-building, as well as to study the implications of ongoing transitional justice processes. Other scholars within the fields of human rights and genocide studies have focused on documenting the war crimes committed against the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the conflict and the mass-scale displacement of people, mostly Bosnian Muslims, from their homes and homelands. International law scholars have carried this work further, tracing the development of courts created in response to war crimes in Bosnia and their effectiveness in generating justice for victims. Diaspora communities have formed in North America (especially in St. Louis), Europe, and Australia due to war and displacement, and have themselves become a considerable topic of study spanning the disciplines of anthropology, migration studies, political science, memory studies, conflict and security studies, psychology, and geography. This volume seeks to illuminate how Bosnian migrant and diaspora scholars are contributing to the development of Bosnian Studies. The authors included in this volume are either writing from their (new) home bases in Australia, Austria, Canada, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, among others, or they have returned to Bosnia after a period. The volume begins with an overview of the history of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including its origins, causes, and consequences. It then moves on to examine the role of Bosnian migrant and diaspora scholars in the development of Bosnian Studies. The authors discuss the challenges they face in conducting research in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the opportunities they have to contribute to the field.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780826222732