Reconciliation Work in Bosnia Today: A Conversation with the Center for Peacebuilding
This webinar will focus on peacebuilding and reconciliation efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina following the Bosnian Genocide that occurred from 1992-1995. Guest speakers, Vahidin Omanovic and Mevludin Rahmanovic, co-founders of the Center for Peacebuilding, will explore how communities continue to navigate legacies of mass violence, trauma, and division. Drawing on their extensive experience working across ethic, religious, and political lines, they will discuss practical strategies for rebuilding trust and fostering dialogue in a post-conflict society. Situating Bosnia and Herzegovina within a broader global framework, the discussion will consider how lessons from their work can inform peacebuilding and reconciliation efforts in other regions affected by violent conflict.
This offering is free and open to everyone. Advanced registration is required.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Vahidin Omanovic is co-founder and co-director of the Center for Peacebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Before founding the Center in 2004, Mr. Omanovic received a Master’s degree at the School for International Training (SIT) in Brattleboro, Vermont, in International Relations with a concentration in Conflict Transformation. He served as a Teaching Assistant in SIT’s Conflict Transformation Across Culture program, where he taught classes on forgiveness and conflict transformation. In 2011, he was awarded the title of “Unknown Peace Worker” by receiving the 5th International Breman Peace Award from the Threshold Foundation.
Mevludin Rahmanovic is co-founder and co-director of the Center for Peacebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mr. Rahmanovic is a certified Trainer of Trainers in dialogue and nonviolent communication and holds a diploma from the Theological School in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Prior to founding the Center, he worked as a teacher and served as an imam in Prijedor for ten years.
This event is part of a series about Bosnia and Herzegovina that the Cohen Institute is facilitating during the spring semester leading up to the2026 Genocide Awareness Lecture. Events in this series are meant to examine the history, cultures, and traditions of Bosnia and Herzegovina through a variety of vantage points. The views expressed by speakers in this series and in the film should not be taken as representative of the Cohen Institute or Keene State College as a whole.
This event is part of the Cohen Institute calendar.
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