Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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The Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian
and Croatian
: Akademija nauka i umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine Serbian
: Академија Наука и Умјетности Босне и Херцеговине) is the national academy
of Bosnia and Herzegovina
.
Bosnian language
Bosnian is a South Slavic language, spoken by Bosniaks. As a standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect, it is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina....
and Croatian
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
: Akademija nauka i umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine Serbian
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
: Академија Наука и Умјетности Босне и Херцеговине) is the national academy
National academy
A national academy is an organizational body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates scholarly research activities and standards for academic disciplines, most frequently in the sciences but also the humanities. Typically the country's learned societies in...
of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
.
History
The Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina arose out of the Scientific Society, founded in 1951, by the decision of the Assembly of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest state authority in the country, on the formation of the Scientific Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Scientific Society continued to operate as the highest-level institution concerned with science until the Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina passed a Law on the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1966. The Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina is charged, pursuant to this Law, with responsibility for the overall development of science and the arts, with organizing scientific research and arts-related events, with publishing papers written by its members and associates, and in general with the state of science and the arts and their development in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Academy is a wholly independent body, governed solely by the principles and interests of science and the independent convictions of its members. The Academy's Statute governs all aspects of its organization, management and operations in all the fields in which it is active.Departments
The Academy is made up of six departments:- Social sciences
- Medicine sciences
- Technical sciences
- Natural sciences and mathematics
- Literature
- Arts
Committees
Committees include:- Library and documentation
- Council for international cooperation
- Publication council
- Scientific, technological and social development
Presidents
- Vaso Butozan (1966–1968)
- Branislav Đurđev (1968–1971)
- Edhem Čamo (1971–1977)
- Alojz Benac (1977–1981)
- Svetozar Zimonjić (1981–1990)
- Seid Huković (1990–1999)
- Božidar Matić (1999–present)
Honorary members
- Josip Broz TitoJosip Broz TitoMarshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...
elected 19 November 1969 - Ivo AndrićIvo AndricIvan "Ivo" Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under the Ottoman Empire...
elected 23 December 1969 - Rodoljub ČolakovićRodoljub ColakovicRodoljub Čolaković was a Bosnian Serb and Yugoslav politician.A native of Bijeljina, Rodoljub Čolaković joined Socialist Party of Bosnia-Herzegovina in March 1919 as a student. Later he joined Crvena pravda, left-wing terrorist organisation in assassination of Yugoslav interior minister Milorad...
elected 23 December 1969 - Edvard KardeljEdvard KardeljEdvard Kardelj also known under the pseudonyms Sperans and Krištof was a Yugoslav communist political leader, economist, partisan, publicist, and full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts...
elected 29 April 1971 - Vladimir BakarićVladimir BakaricDr. Vladimir Bakarić was a Croatian communist and a politician in Socialist Yugoslavia.Bakarić helped organize Partisan resistance in Croatia during World War II. From 1948 to 1969 he was the chairman of the Croatian League of Communists, and as such was a close collaborator of President Josip...
elected 18 April 1974 - Ivan SupekIvan SupekIvan Supek was a Croatian physicist, philosopher, writer, playwright, peace activist and humanist.-Early years and education:Supek was born on April 8, 1915 in Zagreb, Croatia...
elected 14 May 2002 - Bogdan BogdanovićBogdan BogdanovićBogdan Bogdanović was a Serbian architect, urbanist and essayist. He taught architecture at the University of Belgrade, where he also served as dean...
elected 14 May 2002 - Adil ZulfikarpašićAdil ZulfikarpašicAdil Zulfikarpašić was a prominent Bosniak politician and intellectual.-Biography:Adil Zulfikarpašić was born in Foča, a town along the River Drina in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ....
elected 14 May 2002