Thirty years after the genocide in Srebrenica – and more generally in Bosnia and Herzegovina – many questions and challenges remain. For the survivors and the families of the victims in the first place, but also for the current state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as for Europe as a whole.

• Why is it important to commemorate this genocide, and how should we do it?
• How can a society be rebuilt after such a devastating event?
• How can we prevent that it takes place again?

These questions will be approached from very different angles in a roundtable on 30 June 2025. This event is organised by the Faculty of Arts, under the Patronage of H.E. Erol Avdović, Ambassador of Bosnia & Herzegovina to Belgium and Luxembourg.

Roundtable details

Monday 30 June 2025, 5-7 p.m.

UAntwerpen Stadscampus, room R.008
Rodestraat 14 2000 Antwerpen

For more information, please contact Marnix Beyen: marnix.beyen@uantwerpen.be.

Roundtable participants

• H.E. Erol Avdović, Ambassador of Bosnia & Herzegovina to Belgium and Luxembourg
• Mr. Azir Osmanović, genocide survivor and curator of the Srebrenica Memorial Centre
• Prof. David Pettigrew, Philosophy, Southern Connecticut State University (online)
• Mr. dr. Maja Sahadžić, Assistant professor Constitutional Law (University of Utrecht)
• Dr. Guido Snel, Assistant professor European Literatures (University of Amsterdam)
• A representative of the master students in history who participated in the excursion to Bosnia and Herzegovina, April 2025.