Monday, 24 July 2023, 1:00-2:30PM EST / 7:00-8:30PM CEST / 8:00-9:30PM GMT+3 / Tuesday, 25 July 2023, 3:00-4:30AM AEST
This International Center for the Study, Prevention and Treatment of Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma webinar is held in remembrance of the siege of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Acknowledged as the longest military siege in modern history, the siege of Sarajevo continued for 1,425 days and 11,541 people, including 1,601 children, were killed in daily shelling and snipering by Bosnian Serb forces. Participants will discuss childhood and inter/multigenerational legacies of the siege of Sarajevo from both the personal and the multidimensional, multiple professional perspectives.
Speakers:
Merima Ražanica
An Educational Activities Coordinator at War Childhood Museum. She (co)developed new educational materials for the Museum’s peace education program, facilitates discussions and teaches about war, childhood, tolerance, and acceptance. She has created interactive museum guides for children and adults that aim at fostering healthy and open intergenerational dialogue. Because her childhood was also affected by the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, she is intrinsically motivated to explore interactive and participatory forms of remembrance that go beyond traditional memory practices.
Amina Hadžiomerović
A Ph.D. student in the School of Global, Urban, and Social Studies at RMIT University. She is currently finishing her dissertation on the sociocultural impact of the unresolved issue of the missing persons from the Bosnian genocide on everyday lives, social identities, memories, and migration patterns of the surviving families in the diaspora.
Džemil Hodžić
A Senior Video Editor at Al Jazeera English. He has more than 20 years of experience in media and television. He was only nine years old when the Siege of Sarajevo started. Being a war survivor, his experiences inspired him to launch the Sniper Alley Project in 2019. The project’s mission is to find photos of Džemil’s older brother who was killed by a Serb sniper when Džemil was only 12.
Amina Duraković
A Bosniak psychologist, researcher, psychotherapist in training, and member of the ICMGLT Advisory Council who is currently working as a school psychologist. She was born in 1995 and is a descendant of Bosnian war survivors. Her research is focused on multigenerational trauma, collective identities, and memories. So far she coauthored two books and numerous scientific and popular articles.
Moderator:
Dr. Yael Danieli, Founder and Executive Director, International Center for the study, prevention and treatment of MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma; Director, Group Project for Holocaust Survivors and their Children; Past-President, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
