BHAAAS is announcing a public symposium

(Višegrad, Mehmed Paše Sokolovića Most) BHAAAS is announcing a public symposium on Being Bosnian: Identities after the War A series of presentations and discussions co-hosted by the Bosnia Memory Project and the Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13, 2013 Fontbonne University 6800 Wydown Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63105 Featuring

  • Dr. Esad Boskailo, co-author of Wounded I am More Awake: Finding Meaning after Terror
  • Dr. Amila Buturovic, author of Stone Speakers: Medieval Tombs, Landscape, and Nationhood in the Poetry of Mak Dizdar
  • Aleksandar Hemon, author of The Book of My Lives and other books
  • Patrick McCarthy, author of After the Fall: Srebrenica Survivors in St. Louis

This event is free and open to the public. Due to limited seating, advance notice of attendance is strongly encouraged. Reservation requests can be sent by e-mail ( [email protected] ) or by phone message (314-889-4553). Books will be made available for purchase at the symposium by Left Bank Books, an independent bookstore in St. Louis. Hotel accommodations can be made at the nearby Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel for a special symposium rate of $104.00 (plus tax) with free parking and internet access.  Call 888-337-1395 or send an email [email protected] and mention the Bosnia Memory Project at Fontbonne University. Online hotel reservations can be made HERE Please, see attachments for more... ATTACHMENTS: