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Aleksandar Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon
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Aleksandar
Hemon
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Board member, Committee member, Founding member
Executive Committee, Membership Criteria Committee, Membership Committee
Writer/Pisac
Freelancer, Chicago, IL
Chicago
IL
USA
www.aleksandarhemon.com

 

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Curriculum Vitae

 

· Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1964;

· Attended elementary and high school in Sarajevo;

· Graduated from the University of Sarajevo, in 1990, with a degree in General Literature;

· Worked and wrote for Radio-Sarajevo Youth Program; the magazines Valter and Naši Dani; freelanced for other Sarajevo media;

· Published stories and poems all around the former Yugoslavia;

· The story “The Life and Work of Alphonse” (which with additional notes appears in The Question of Bruno) appeared in the anthology “The Best Yugoslav Short Stories 1990,” edited by David Albahari and Mihajlo Pantic.

· The radio play based on “The Life and Work of Alphonse Kauders” won Premios Ondas at the radio festival in Barcelona, Spain 1990;

· Since 1992, lives in Chicago, USA;

· Worked as a waiter (illegally); canvasser (Greenpeace, 1992-1995); bookseller (The Art Institute of Chicago, 1995); teacher of English as the Second Language (Zarem Golde ORT Institute,1995-1997); bike messenger (Dynamex, 1997); supervisor at a literacy center (Loyola Community Literacy Center, 1998-2000)—all in Chicago;

· Attained MA in English Literature from Northwestern University, 1995;

· PhD student in English Literature at Loyola University Chicago, 1997—1999;

· Taught a course in Modernist Poetry at Loyola University, summer 1999;

· Taught a course in Creative Writing and a course in 20th Century Fiction at Northwestern University, Winter Quarter 2002;

· Teaches regularly in the writing program at the School of Continuing Studies—Northwestern University;

· Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, Fall 2004;

· Since 1995, writes fiction in English;

· Published fiction in The New Yorker; Esquire; Granta; McSweeney’s, TriQuarterly; Chicago Review; Ploughshares; The Baffler; Tin House, The Paris Review, etc;

· Stories included in Best American Short Stories 1999, 2000; 2006;

· Published the collection of short stories The Question of Bruno (Nan A. Tales/Doubleday, 2000) to international acclaim (visit www.questionofbruno.com);

· His second book Nowhere Man (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, September 2002) received critical acclaim and was shortlisted for National Book Critics Circle Award and Los Angeles Times Book Award (visit www.aleksandarhemon.com);

· His novel The Lazarus Project (Riverhead) published in 2008;

· The Lazarus Project was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and NBCC Award for fiction;

· Love and Obstacles (Riverhead), a colletion of short stories, published in 2009;

· The Question of Bruno, Nowhere Man, The Lazarus Project and Love and Obstacles have been or will be published in the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Holland, Portugal, Spain (in Castilian and Catalan), Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro, Taiwan, Brazil, Japan, Israel;

· Received an Illinois Literary Award 1997, 1998;

· Received the Chicago Public Library Foundation 21st Century Award, 2000;

· Received 2002 Award for Adult Fiction for Nowhere Man from The Society of Midland Authors, and 2009 Award for The Lazarus Project;

· Received a John S. Guggenheim Fellowship 2003;

· Received a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship 2004;

· Received The Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Prize in 2008;

· Has written book reviews and various articles for the Chicago Tribune, the Village Voice, the Wall Street Journal, Playboy, the New Yorker, the New York Times, MSN Slate on-line magazine etc;

· Writes the regular bi-weekly column Hemonwood, in Bosnian, for the Sarajevo magazine BH Dani;

· Lives in Chicago with his wife and daughters.

 

 

Sponsors
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Founding Members

Andi Arnautović MD
Family Medicine
Chicago, IL

Kenan Arnautović, MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS
Neurosurgery
Memphis, TN

Almasa Bass, PharmD
Clinical Research and Drug Development
Chapel Hill, NC

Sead Beganović, MD, PhD
Oncology
Indianapolis, IN

Lejla Hadzikadić, MD, MSc
General Surgery
Boston, MA

Mirsad Hadzikadić, PhD
Computing and Informatics
Charlotte, NC

Zlatko Haverić, MD
Hospitalist
Joliet, IL

Aleksandar Hemon
Literature
Chicago, IL

Emir Hodzić, DVM, PhD
Research
Davis, CA

Migdat Hodzić, PhD
Technology
Santa Clara, California

Eldin E. Karaiković, MD, PhD
Orthopaedics
Chicago, IL

Djenita Pašić, Esq., JD
Law
Louisville, KY

Rešad Pašić, MD, PhD
Obstetric and Gynecology
Louisville, KY

Adnan Šarčević, MD, MSc
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
New York

Guests

Jasna Beganović
Civil engineering
Indianapolis, IN

Faris Gavrankapetanović, MD, PhD
Clinical Center/Klinički centar
Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina

Mirzeta Hadzikadić, MSc
Technology
Charlotte, NC

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Board of Directors

Djenita Pasic, Esq., JD (President)
Law
Louisville, KY

Andi Arnautovic MD (First Vice President)
Family Medicine
Chicago, IL

Ognjen Gajic, MD (Second Vice President)
Critical Care Medicine
Rochester, MN

Emir Festic, MD, FCCP (Secretary )
Critical Care Medicine
Jacksonville, FL

Almer Imamovic (Treasurer)
Music
Pasadena, CA

Kenan Arnautovic, MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS (Former President)
Neurosurgery
Memphis, TN

Adnan Atic, MSc
Software Architecture
Memphis, TN

Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic, MD, MSc
Pediatric Genetics
Rochester, MN

Esad Boskailo, MD
Psychiatry
Phoenix, AZ

Amila Buturovic, PhD
Oriental Studies and Sociology
Toronto, Canada

Igor Lemajic, MBA
Finance
Memphis, TN

Namik Haveric, MD
Radiology
Washington, DC

Aida Hozic, PhD, MSc
Political Sciences
Gainesville, FL

Patrick McCarthy, MSc
Education
Saint Louis, MO

Gordan Srkalovic, MD, PhD
Hematology/Oncology
Lansing, MI

Azra Terzic, PhD
JCPS
Louisville, KY

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Committees

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Djenita Pasic (President)
Andi Arnautovic (First Vice President)
Ognjen Gajic (Second Vice President)
Almer Imamovic (Treasurer)
Emir Festic (Secretary)
Indira Arnautovic (Technical Secretary)
Kenan Arnautovic (Former President)

WEB PAGE COMMITTEE
Ognjen Gajic (President)
Adnan Atic (Member)
Emir Festic (Member)

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Djenita Pasic (President)
Amila Buturovic (Member)
Emir Festic (Member)

FINANCIAL AND STATUTORY COMMITTEE
Djenita Pašic (President)
Dino Kujundzic (Member)

SPOKESPERSON
Djenita Pasic

HISTORIAN
Enes Kanlic

SECTIONS
Emir Hodzic (Sciences and Sections Coordinator)
Eldin Karaikovic (Medicine)
Mirsad Hadzikadic (Technology)
Almer Imamovic (Arts)
Snjezana Buzov (Social Sciences)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
(Annual Meeting in St. Louis: September 16-18, 2011)
Kenan Arnautovic (President)
Djenita Pasic (Vice President)
Andi Arnautovic (President - Medical Sciences)
Patrick McCarthy and Ajlina Karamehic (Hosts in St. Louis)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
(Days of BHAAAS in Zenica: October 12-14, 2011)
Kenan Arnautovic (President)
Djenita Pasic (Vice President)
Mirsad Hadzikadic (President - Non Medical Sciences)
Eldin Karaikovic (President - Medical Sciences)
Almer Imamovic (President - Arts)
Belma Pojskic (Host in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Adnan Karaikovic (Technical Secretary in Bosnia and Herzegovina)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
(Days of BHAAAS in Sarajevo 2012)
- Djenita Pasic (Social Sciences)
- Ognjen Gajic, Amer Ovcina, Nirvana Pistoljevic, Ismet Gavrankapetanovic (Medicine)
- Midgat Hodzic (Technical Sciences)
- Emir Hodzic (Natural Sciences)
- Almer Imamovic (Art)
- Adnan Karaikovic (BHAAAS Executive Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina)

 

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
(Meeting in Jacksonville, Florida: 19-21 October, 2012, 2011)

Djenita Pasic,
Emir Festic,
Nura Festic,
Aida Hozic,
Andi Arnautovic

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Criteria for Membership/ Membership Fees

Sve kategorije clanstva moraju ispunjavati sljedece uslove:

  1. Bosanskohercegovacko porijeklo.
  2. Drzavljanstvo ili stalni boravak u USA ili Kanadi;
  3. Visoka strucna sprema/graduate degree, sa izuzetkom kandidata iz nenaucnih oblasti;
  4. Odanost nacelima BHAAAS;
  5. Odanost ideji visenacionalne, demokratske Bosne i Hercegovine;
  6. Postovanje najvisih etickih i moralnih standarda, ukljucujuci i nacela vezana za slobodnu razmjenu ideja i misljenja;

Kriteriji za prijem:


1. Redovni clan (Active member):

  • Doktorat ili ekvivalent, sa izuzetkom kadidata iz oblasti kulture, umjetnosti, novinarstva i drugih nenaucnih oblasti;
  • Istaknuto profesionalno prisustvo (objavljene knjige, clanci, naucni i strucni radovi, odrzani koncerti, izlozbe, patenti, kriticka priznanja etc) u vlastitoj oblasti;
  • Zapazena aktivnost u okviru bosanskohercegovacke zajednice;

2. Pridruzeni clan (Associate Member):

  • Magisterij ili ekvivalent, sa izuzetkom kandidata iz oblasti kulture, umjetnosti, novinarstva i drugih nenaucnih oblasti;
  • Istaknuta aktivnost, kao i duzina prisustva, u svojoj profesionalnoj oblasti;
  • Znacajna aktivnost u okviru bosanskohercegovacke zajednice;

3. Dopisni clan (Corresponding Member):

  • Phd/ekvivalent ili magisterij/ekvivalent, sa izuzetkom kadidata iz oblasti  kulture, umjetnosti, novinarstva i drugih nenaucnih oblasti;
  • Kandidati ne ispunjavaju uslov stalnog boravka u USA/Kanadi, ali ispunjavaju uslov bosanskohercegovackog porijekla;
  • Zapazen doprinos bosanskohercegovackoj zajednici, nauci i kulturi;

4. Medjunarodni clan (International Member):

  • Kandidat ispunjava uslove i kriterije za Redovno ili Pridruzeno, osim sto ne zivi u Sjevernoj Americi, niti je bosanskohercegovackog porijekla;
  • Kandidat se istice aktivnostima vezanim za dobrobit bosanskohercegovacke zajednice, kako u zemlji, tako i u inostranstvu;

5. Pocasni clan (Honorary Member):

  • Kandidati ne ispunjavaju uslove i kriterije za ostale kategorije clanstva, ali su se istakli dosadasnjim radom vezanim za dobrobit bosanskohercegovacke zajednice u Sjevernoj Americi;

6. Kandidat (Candidate Member):

  • Kandidati su u procesu viseg stepena obrazovanja u USA ili Kanadi, a kompletiranjem procesa ce ispuniti uslove I krtierije za redovno ili pridruzno clanstvo; (vremenski limit za kategoriju kandidata je minimum jedna (1) a maksimum sedam (7) godina);
  • Kandidat ima fakultetsku diplomu;

 

 

Active members
$150.00 annually

Associate members
$75.00 annually

Corresponding members
$75.00 annually

Candidate members
$25.00 annually

International members
N/A

Honorary members
N/A

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