Second Bosnian-Herzegovinian Congress in Slavic Studies

(Sarajevo, 28–30 May 2015)

We have the honor to invite you to participate in the Second Bosnian-Herzegovinian Congress in Slavic Studies to be  held  at  theFaculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo, which is a  co-organizer of  the Congress, from 28 to 30 May 2015.  By organizing  this congress,  the Slavic  Committee  intends to continue, in a four-year cycle with the international Slavic gathering in BH, which we started with the First BH Congress in Slavic Studies held  also at  the Faculty of Philosophy  of the University of Sarajevo from 26 to 28 May 2011,  with the participation of  more than 200 Slavicists from 20 countries of the world. 

The  thematic framework  of the Congress  covers  issues  in the field of  linguistics  and issues  in the field  of literary and  cultural studies.  In choosing issues in the field  of literary and  cultural studies, along with  an  appropriate  comprehensiveness  and topicality of all  themes offered, we were also  guided by  the  intention  to appropriately mark anniversaries significant  for the whole of Bosnian-Herzegovinian culture, such as the 120th  anniversary of the  publication of the first  Bosnian-Herzegovinian  novel  Bez nade (1895) by Osman – Aziz, the authorial duo which consisted of Osman Nuri Hadzic (1869–1937)  and  Ivan Milicevic  (1868–1950),  and  the anniversaries of the deaths  of particularly  important  BH  authors,  such as  Musa Cazim  Catic  (1878–1915),  Antun Branko Šimic (1898–1925) and Ivo Andric (1892–1975).

The Congress’ working languages are all Slavic and English.

The subject of paper to be presented at the Congress containing an abstract (up to 1800 characters), in English and one of Slavic languages, should be sent with the filled in application form at the folowing email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The application deadline has been extended to 1 February 2015.

The reviewed papers presented at the Congress shall be additional published in a Book of Proceedings.

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