Armenian Community in Bosnia?
Is there such a thing? I'm trying to find out because I will be going there in January for several months to do an internship with the OSCE press and media office. Yep, that's right... I'm going to Bosnia.
I'm feeling a mixture of apprehension and total excitement. I had applied for an internship with OSCE a while back, when I needed to find one in order to complete my last semester of my masters. Now, I am already committed to another internship here in Yerevan which will end shortly at the same time I finish my degree, but I still can't pass up this opportunity to work with OSCE in Sarajevo.
I'm apparently turning into quite the jet-setter... I'll be going home to California for the holidays, then coming back to Armenia in the middle of January for the AIPRG conference at which I will be presenting a paper, and then off to Bosnia right after the conference. How exciting! I'm hoping to be back in Yerevan by the summer but who knows what could happen... right now I'm enjoying the idea that the future is wide open and my "career" path could go anywhere from here. I look forward to the day when I don't need to put quotes around the word career, haha.
So for all you Armenians reading this, please let me know if you have any Armenian contacts in Bosnia or even the rest of the Balkans. I'd love to try and meet them when I am in the area. And any other suggestions on traveling to this part of the world will be welcome too...
For Christmas, I hope all your own travel wishes come true :)
I'm feeling a mixture of apprehension and total excitement. I had applied for an internship with OSCE a while back, when I needed to find one in order to complete my last semester of my masters. Now, I am already committed to another internship here in Yerevan which will end shortly at the same time I finish my degree, but I still can't pass up this opportunity to work with OSCE in Sarajevo.
I'm apparently turning into quite the jet-setter... I'll be going home to California for the holidays, then coming back to Armenia in the middle of January for the AIPRG conference at which I will be presenting a paper, and then off to Bosnia right after the conference. How exciting! I'm hoping to be back in Yerevan by the summer but who knows what could happen... right now I'm enjoying the idea that the future is wide open and my "career" path could go anywhere from here. I look forward to the day when I don't need to put quotes around the word career, haha.
So for all you Armenians reading this, please let me know if you have any Armenian contacts in Bosnia or even the rest of the Balkans. I'd love to try and meet them when I am in the area. And any other suggestions on traveling to this part of the world will be welcome too...
For Christmas, I hope all your own travel wishes come true :)
posted by Tamar at 12:18 PM
4 Comments:
I don't know if there is modern community in Bosnia but there is a historic one. The Bogomils, which were one of the groups that assimilated to become "Bosnians", were moved there centuries ago and were adherents to Armenian Paulicianism. headed by an ethnic Armenian named Samuel.
For more info, visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogomils
Or:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Paulicia.html
To the best of my knowledge, there are no Armenians in Bosnia. In any case, you are very welcome to Bosnia.
Armenians are everywhere. Unlike some other countries in the region (e.g. Bulgaria, Romania) Bosnia doesn't have a full-fledged Armenian community with its own institutions, but it is not true that there are no Armenians in Bosnia.
The most prominent Armenian in Bosnia is Dr Raffi Gregorian, who serves as the Principal Deputy High Representative of the international community in Bosnia and as Supervisor for the Brcko District. He is the son of Dr Vartan Gregorian, the former president of the New York Public Library, who currently serves as president of the Carnegie Corporation.
Look him up while you're in Sarajevo - a great city.
Since you asked about Armenian Communities in the Balkans, I would like to mention to you about a well organized community in Romania.
You can watch their site :Araratonline.com
The Armenian Church, the school and the cultural center is loctaed in the Center of Bucharest
Best of Luck to you
Krikor from NY
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