The City of Sarajevo and its surrounding region provides a unique case study in how groups with different identities coexist. It is one of just a few truly “multiconfessional” cities in the world, but it also has one of the bloodiest and most tumultuous recent histories of any country in Europe.
The Sarajevo Fellowship delves into nuanced discussion of transitional justice, post-conflict identity politics, peace-building and socioeconomic transformation in marginalized local communities.
Academically well-rounded, the program adds diversity to the educational experiences and broadens the Humanity in Action program scope beyond Western Europe and the United States. It provides Fellows with an intellectual framework that connects issues in Bosnia and Herzegovina to both past and current global issues. It includes insightful lecture-style sessions with high level speakers and workshop-based learning units, which focuses more on discussions and Fellow interactions.
By challenging Fellows’ perspectives on human rights issues, the program aims to interrogate their own assumptions and encouraged them to question their scope and depth of knowledge of multiculturalism; economic inequality; interfaith dialogue; post-conflict social apathy, social unrests, divided communities and social exclusions; minority experiences and representations; progressive grassroots movements; the role of media and culture in a post-conflict setting; and civic resistance to various forms of institutionalized human rights violations.