Book by Prof. Dr. Denis Bećirović Territorial Expansionism of Serbia towards Bosnia and Herzegovina (1804-2020) Promoted
On 14 October, the book “Territorial Expansionism of Serbia towards Bosnia and Herzegovina (1804-2020)” by Prof. Dr. Denis Bećirović. The work was published by the Institute for Research of Crimes against Humanity and International Law, University of Sarajevo.
The book promoters were: academician Prof. Dr. Mirko Pejanović, Prof. Dr. Rasim Muratović, Prof. Dr. Tomislav Išek, Prof. Dr. Senadin Lavić, Prof. Dr. Husnija Kamberović, Doz. Dr. Benjamina Karić and Dr. Muamer Džananović.
The book is structured in four chapters which thoroughly deal with the territorial expansionist policy of Serbia towards Bosnia and Herzegovina from the beginning of the 19th century until today.
In his address, Prof. Dr. Rasim Muratović, director of the Institute for Research of Crimes against Humanity and International Law at the University of Sarajevo, pointed out that the book: With its topicality, the book can help, especially the younger generations, to get acquainted in detail with the important contemporary political processes, historical events and temptations that Bosnia and Herzegovina has gone through in the last two centuries. “
Prof. Dr. Tomislav Išek said that in the book, Bećirović showed and proved the absolute validity of his theses on the territorial expansionism of Serbia towards Bosnia and Herzegovina. “For the first time in historiographical production, the continuity of Serbia's great-power pretensions towards Bosnia and Herzegovina through three centuries has been successfully presented and proven,” said Išek.
Dr. Muamer Džananović, among other things, pointed out that “a very important part of the book in which prof. Bećirović emphasizes that the advocates of the disappearance of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina know that lulling, desubstantiating and disintegrating pro-Bosnian forces is in their favor, and Bećirović calls for recognizing where Bosnia and Herzegovina is most in danger and insists on efficient organization, thorough change in attitude towards the great power - Ultimately, all with the aim of democratic advocacy for the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina of equal citizens and peoples, which is perhaps the most important message of this work. “
Doz. Dr. Benjamina Karić pointed out that “the book makes a great contribution to the study of the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but especially to the various expansionist intentions that were often directed towards our Bosnia and Herzegovina. This book provides answers to many questions and it is a pioneering endeavor because we have not had the opportunity to see a book like this on our market so far. “
In his presentation Prof. Dr. Kamberović emphasized the importance of numerous segments of the work, especially those in which the author approached from the position of historical science, and emphasized that in the final parts it has a political science approach.
Prof. Dr. Senadin Lavić, thanking the author for having the strength to write such a work, said that Denis Bećirović was politically on the line of Nijaz Duraković and Esad Zgodić. He especially emphasized the importance of this work for many scientific fields, and especially students of humanities and social sciences.
Prof. Dr. Denis Bećirović is a doctor of historical sciences and a university professor. He teaches at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Tuzla as an associate professor. He is a member of the Committee for Historical Sciences of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the author of 4 books and more than 40 scientific and professional papers published in reference journals in the country and abroad. He is engaged in scientific research of the contemporary history of Southeast Europe and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the relations between the state and religious communities in the 20th century.
