Past Events
BAGI Exhibition: Traveling Memorials: Crime Against Children during Aggression Against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Genocide Against Bosniaks 1992-1992
Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013 to Monday, April 22, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: Aspira Haugan Middle School, 3729 W. Leland Street, Chicago, IL
T7-8 grade teachers guide students through ten unique activities to bring the stories of children from the genocide to life. Students read primary documents, studied maps, listened to songs, read firsthand accounts, and examined photos from the Bosnian Genocide. Students recorded their observations and connections in letters and pictures.
(To see more, click here to watch video).
Location: Aspira Haugan Middle School, 3729 W. Leland Street, Chicago, IL
T7-8 grade teachers guide students through ten unique activities to bring the stories of children from the genocide to life. Students read primary documents, studied maps, listened to songs, read firsthand accounts, and examined photos from the Bosnian Genocide. Students recorded their observations and connections in letters and pictures.
(To see more, click here to watch video).
Can We Stop Genocide?
Date: Friday, April 5th at 4 p.m.
Location: Room G02, Annenberg Hall, 2120 Campus Drive, Evanston
Please Join Us!
Genocide survivors, activists and scholars from the fields of philosophy, sociology, mental health and education will discuss the
challenges faced by the global community in preventing future atrocities and helping post-genocidal societies heal.
Want to check out how the event went? Click here to see a video.
(To learn more, please download attached flyer).
Location: Room G02, Annenberg Hall, 2120 Campus Drive, Evanston
Please Join Us!
Genocide survivors, activists and scholars from the fields of philosophy, sociology, mental health and education will discuss the
challenges faced by the global community in preventing future atrocities and helping post-genocidal societies heal.
Want to check out how the event went? Click here to see a video.
(To learn more, please download attached flyer).
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In Recognition of Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month & In Remembrance of 20 years since the Beginning of the Siege of Sarajevo
In remembrance of 20 years since the beginning of the siege of Sarajevo, we invite you to the opening of the BAGI exhibition: “Traveling Memorials: Crimes Against Children During Aggression Against B&H and Genocide Against Bosniaks 1992-1995”
Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013 to Monday, April 22, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: Aspira Haugan Middle School, 3729 W. Leland Street, Chicago, IL
A valuable lesson in sensitivity!
Teachers guide students through ten unique activities to bring the stories of children from the genocide to life. Students read primary documents, studied maps, listened to songs, read firsthand accounts, and examined photos from the Bosnian Genocide. Students recorded their observations and connections in letters and pictures.
(To learn more, please download attachments.)
Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013 to Monday, April 22, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: Aspira Haugan Middle School, 3729 W. Leland Street, Chicago, IL
A valuable lesson in sensitivity!
Teachers guide students through ten unique activities to bring the stories of children from the genocide to life. Students read primary documents, studied maps, listened to songs, read firsthand accounts, and examined photos from the Bosnian Genocide. Students recorded their observations and connections in letters and pictures.
(To learn more, please download attachments.)
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In Recognition of the International Day of Holocaust Remembrance
I’m Not Leaving: The Power of Presence, Our Most Valuable Weapon
Sunday, January 27, 2013 | 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
At the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL 60077
Presented by the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in partnership with the Illinois Holocaust & Genocide Commission to mark the 68th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we present renowned activist and humanitarian Carl Wilkens. He will share the choice that he and his wife made that resulted in Carl being the only American to remain in Kigali throughout the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Book signing will follow the program.
Program is free with Museum admission
Reservations required: reservations@ilhmec.org
At the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL 60077
Presented by the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in partnership with the Illinois Holocaust & Genocide Commission to mark the 68th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we present renowned activist and humanitarian Carl Wilkens. He will share the choice that he and his wife made that resulted in Carl being the only American to remain in Kigali throughout the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Book signing will follow the program.
Program is free with Museum admission
Reservations required: reservations@ilhmec.org
Chicagoland Jewish Highschool
1095 Lake Road, Deerfield, IL
The STAND/Sleep-In
December 1, 2012
9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992-1995
Sanja Seferovic Drnovsek, Director
Bosnian American Genocide Institute and Education Center (BAGI)
Testimony: Srebrenica genocide
Zuhra Osmanovic, genocide survivor
Children's Poems, Essays, and Diaries
Ana Cabrera, student from Mather Highschool
The BAGI Exhibition: „ Traveling Memorials: Crimes Against Children During Agression Against Bosnia and Hercegovinia and Genocide Against Bosniaks 1992-1995, Author: Sanja Seferovic Drnovsek.
December 1, 2012
9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992-1995
Sanja Seferovic Drnovsek, Director
Bosnian American Genocide Institute and Education Center (BAGI)
Testimony: Srebrenica genocide
Zuhra Osmanovic, genocide survivor
Children's Poems, Essays, and Diaries
Ana Cabrera, student from Mather Highschool
The BAGI Exhibition: „ Traveling Memorials: Crimes Against Children During Agression Against Bosnia and Hercegovinia and Genocide Against Bosniaks 1992-1995, Author: Sanja Seferovic Drnovsek.
Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992-1995
It is especially essential to have gatherings of young people on a theme of Bosnia and Herzegovina, multicultural, multireligious and multiethnic society, as a notion of tolerance, it has a universal and world dimension which goes beyond geographic frames. Srebrenica, an undisputable example of discrimination and genocide of the Bosniak nation, is a reminder to young generations about the destructive impact of prejudice thoughts and actions. Genocide means the criminal act with intent to destroy one group of people because of their identity ( Bosniaks) and at the same time the multiethnic , multicultural and multireligious society...
(To read more, please download attachment)
(To read more, please download attachment)
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Children’s Testimonies about the War
Children’s poems, essays, dairies, and drawings from the war represent one of the strongest testimonies about genocide and other crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and children’s strong spirit.
(To learn more, please download attachment).
(To learn more, please download attachment).
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BAGI Exhibition „ Traveling Memorials: Crimes Against Children During Agression Against Bosnia and Hercegovinia and Genocide Against Bosniaks 1992-1995
The “Traveling Memorials”, are dedicated to the children of Sarajevo, Srebrenica and Bosanska Krajina; include the pictures and information about their life and death.
(To learn more, please download attachments).
(To learn more, please download attachments).
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The Bosnian American Genocide Institute and Education Center (BAGI) and The Bosnian American Cultural Association (BACA)
Invite you to:
The 17th Annual Commemoration of the Genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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One of the most important ways to remember the genocide in Srebrenica and all of Bosnia from 1992 to 1995 is to commemorate the atrocities every July 11, and to pay deepest tribute to the innocent lives who were victims of genocide.
(To learn more, please download attachment).
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Traveling Memorials: Crime Against Children during Aggression Against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Genocide Against Bosniaks 1992-1992
Aspira Haugan Middle School, 3729 W. Leland Street , Chicago, IL
Monday, June 4, 2011, 10 a.m to 3:30 p.m.
Two Hundred Aspira Haugan Middle School students attended the exhibition. Ms. Drnovsek, Ms. Gross, Ms. Seferovic, and Ms. Felton guided students through ten unique activities to bring the stories of children from the genocide to life. Students read primary documents, studied maps, listened to songs, read firsthand accounts, and examined photos from the Bosnian Genocide. Students recorded their observations and connections in letters and pictures. The exhibition taught everyone in attendance—both student and teacher—a valuable lesson in sensitivity.
Monday, June 4, 2011, 10 a.m to 3:30 p.m.
Two Hundred Aspira Haugan Middle School students attended the exhibition. Ms. Drnovsek, Ms. Gross, Ms. Seferovic, and Ms. Felton guided students through ten unique activities to bring the stories of children from the genocide to life. Students read primary documents, studied maps, listened to songs, read firsthand accounts, and examined photos from the Bosnian Genocide. Students recorded their observations and connections in letters and pictures. The exhibition taught everyone in attendance—both student and teacher—a valuable lesson in sensitivity.
In Recognition of Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month & In Remembrance of 20 years since the Beginning of the Siege of Sarajevo
In remembrance of 20 years since the beginning of the siege of Sarajevo, we invite you to the opening of the BAGI exhibition: “Traveling Memorials: Crimes Against Children During Aggression Against B&H and Genocide Against Bosniaks 1992-1995”
More information attached below.
More information attached below.
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Relevance of the Defense of Sarajevo
Scientific Conference
"Political & Military Relevance of the Defense of Sarajevo 1992-1995"
Sarajevo, February 29 – March 1, 2012
Abstract for a paper presentation
“Genocide and International Intervention: The Problematic Legacy of the Dayton Peace Accords 1995-2012.”
David Pettigrew, PhD
Professor of Philosophy
Southern CT State University
"Political & Military Relevance of the Defense of Sarajevo 1992-1995"
Sarajevo, February 29 – March 1, 2012
Abstract for a paper presentation
“Genocide and International Intervention: The Problematic Legacy of the Dayton Peace Accords 1995-2012.”
David Pettigrew, PhD
Professor of Philosophy
Southern CT State University
- "Genocide and International Intervention: The Problematic Legacy of the Dayton Peace Accords 1995-2012," click here
- "Political and Military Relevance of the Defense of Sarajevo 1992-1995," click here
In Recognition of the International Day of Holocaust Remembrance: Memorialization and Memory
Thursday, January 27, 6:30 pm
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, Illinois 60077
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, Illinois 60077
In partnership with the Illinois Holocaust & Genocide Commission, the Museum presents two leaders in the field of memorialization, James Young and Cliff Chanin. Young, Professor of English and Judaic Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, served as a World Trade Center Site Memorial jury member. Chanin, the curator of IHMEC’s Legacy of Absence Gallery, is 9/11 Memorial Museum Education Director.Reservations required: 847-967-4889.
http://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/pages/community_programs/42.php
On January 27 each year, the United Nations (UN) remembers the Holocaust that affected many people of Jewish origin during World War II. We commemorate the millions of victims of Nazi persecution. The day also commemorates when the Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland on January 27, 1945. It is hoped that through remembering these events, people will remember the Holocaust and prevent genocide.
http://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/pages/community_programs/42.php
On January 27 each year, the United Nations (UN) remembers the Holocaust that affected many people of Jewish origin during World War II. We commemorate the millions of victims of Nazi persecution. The day also commemorates when the Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland on January 27, 1945. It is hoped that through remembering these events, people will remember the Holocaust and prevent genocide.
The celebration of the 25th November - Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina Statehood
Friday, November 25, 2011
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Bosnian-American Institute and Education
6219 N. Sheridan Rd.
Chicago, IL 60626
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Bosnian-American Institute and Education
6219 N. Sheridan Rd.
Chicago, IL 60626
(For event invite, please download attachment)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina - Historic Facts
This paper is intended to give contribution to the celebration of the 25th November – Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina statehood and, in this regard, it represents the objective scientific findings related to the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which confirms that Bosnia and Herzegovina is a permanent political, social, and historic category. Within the framework of the selected topic and the space, we shall present four major issues – social and scientific findings, such as: ZAVNOBiH (Anti-fascistic Council of the National Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and its historic relevance, Communists and the issue of Bosniac ethnicity, Restoration and the escalation of the Great Serbian movement, and Planning of crimes and defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(To read more, please download attachment)
(To read more, please download attachment)
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