International Academic Conference Bosnia as a Contact Zone / Međunarodna naučna konferencija Bosnia as a Contact Zon
International Academic Conference Bosnia as a Contact Zone

Summary/Abstract: From 4 to 6 July 2025, the international academic conference Bosnia as a Contact Zone, organized by the Meyli Foundation, was held at the History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. Sarajevo provided an immediate spatial framework for the conference theme. Over the centuries, different political authorities, religious traditions, languages, and cultural practices have encountered one another within the city’s urban layers. The conference examined these encounters as processes that generated cooperation, exchange, adaptation, tension, and conflict. The concept of a contact zone refers to a social space in which cultures enter into direct relationships and, in the process, transform their own perceptions, practices, and ways of understanding the world. Bosnian history offers numerous examples of such relationships, ranging from medieval artistic connections with Dubrovnik and participation in Ottoman intellectual networks to contemporary discussions of memory, religious dialogue, and civic cooperation. The conference therefore brought together history, art history, religious studies, political thought, the study of literary and manuscript cultures, and contemporary approaches to peacebuilding.

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