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In the framework of the established cooperation, IUS has, for the first time in the history of the University, enabled one student of master studies from the prestigious Institute of Political Sciences in Paris, Sciences Po, Miss Julie Biez to perform during 2016 one-semester internship at IUS. For the next 4 months she will work

on the regular activities in the International Relations Office. Sciences Po is an elite French higher education institution which is extremely open to the world, which in 2015 ranked fifth in the world in the field of political and international studies, and as the first in continental Europe. The Institute was founded in 1872.

Ambassadors of Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and poland held a lecture at IUS

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Prof. Dr. lászló Balogh, head of the Institute for Political and International Studies at Eötvös loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest (Hungary), visited IUS, on Tuesday, October 27, 2015. Members of the University Management along with teaching staff of Social and Political Sciences and International Relations Program welcomed Prof. Dr. Balogh to IUS. At the meeting, they discussed the possibilities of cooperation in the area of social and political sciences and international relations, and the signing of the Erasmus+ inter-institutional agreement between the IUS and the ELTE University.

At International University of Sarajevo (IUS), 16th session of ‘’ambassador

Talk’’ was held with the attendance of H.E. Jakub Skalnik, Ambassador of Czech Republic in B&H, H.E. andrzej Krawczyk, Ambassador of Poland in B&H, H.E. Jozsef negyesi, ambassador of Hungary in B&H, H.E. Jan psenica, Ambassador Slovak Republic in B&H. The topic was “ Visegrad Group regional cooperation, EU integration and its importance for the Western Balkans”.

Ambassador of Italy to Bosnia and Herzegovina, H.E. Ruggero Corrias, gave a lecture, on May 12, 2015, titled “Bilateral relations between Italy and BiH in the framework of the EU integration process”.

Selma Harrington, lecturer and coordinator

of the master’s program of design and interior architecture at Griffith College Dublin, gave a lecture to architecture students of the IUS titled “Sustainable diversity: a role of architect in contemporary society” on Monday, October 19, 2015. Representatives of the

university management and professors from the architecture program welcomed this distinguished guest from Ireland. She presented the current activities of professional networks on the European and global level and the interconnection between practice and education.

International University of Sarajevo (IUS) signed an Erasmus+ inter-institutional agreement with the German ludwigshafen University of applied Sciences in Ludwigshafen, on Friday, November 13, 2015.

This bilateral agreement enables the mobility of students, administrative and academic staff within Erasmus+ program in the area of economics, management and leadership, international

business and finance. Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences is a public university founded in 1965. It offers Bachelor and Master studies in various fields of business administration and social services.

On Wednesday, December 16, 2015, German Ambassador, H.E. Christian Hellbach gave a lecture at IUS, where he spoke about the ‘’German-British Joint Initiative on Bosnia and Herzegovina” and the prospects and challenges of the BiH political future.The lecture was held in the main amphitheater where professors and students eagerly awaited the ambassador’s interesting lecture on the above-mentioned topic. Ambassador Hellbach stressed the importance of adaptation of political stability, the purpose of unblocking the reform process and expressed his enthusiasm for the submission of BiH’s application for EU membership during 2016.

Professors Meissa Kinnear, peter newton and alex Towler from Architecture program of the Oxford Brooks University in Oxford (UK), along with 25 students, visited the International University of Sarajevo (IUS) on Friday October 30, 2015. This visit was organized at the initiative of assistant from Architecture program of IUS, Lejla Dizdarević, in coordination with the International Relations Office.

On Thursday, November 12, 2015, 14th Ambassador talk session was held at IUS. H.E. Claire Bodonyi, Ambassador of France to BiH, gave a lecture about the International Conference on Climate Change, COP21, held in Paris from 30 November to 11 December 2015. The objective of COP21 Conference was the signing of an international agreement that would be considered a global,

fair and legally binding climate solution that would eventually contribute to keeping the global warming below the two degrees. ‘’Everything we do today for ecology and the planet is not for our children and our grandchildren but it is for us. We should act immediately because the situation is alarming’’ - said Ambassador Bodonyi.

French ambassador gave a lecture on climate change

Selma Harrington from Griffith College Dublin visited IUS

Bilateral relations between Italy and BiH

IUS cooperation with the ElTE university in Hungary

Cooperation with ludwigshafen University

Visegrad Group countries

Professors and students from oxford Brooks University visited IUS

15th ambassador Talk session held at IUS

A student from the elite Sciences po Institute in Paris at internship at IUS

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MoBIlITy

Erasmus +

nejra: There is no single person that didn’t ask me „why lithuania?“ and I would say „why not?“ I’m the first student from Bosnia and Herzegovina to go on Erasmus to Vilnius. I can honestly say that this was one of the best decisions in my life so far. Going by yourself into the unknown and being independent, sharing your life with people from all around the world is an amazing feeling. I would recommend everybody to apply for Erasmus, to go out of their comfort zone and experience something new, something they will never forget.

alija: I definitely did not regret for a second that I accepted to go on this exchange and I’m in Istanbul. I say to my friends who are afraid to leave their parents and come here that there is a system in place for their protection and comfort. Professors and academic staff are super friendly. and this is a once in a lifetime experience. Do not hesitate to knock on the door of the International Relations Office - you have nothing to lose.

ajša:I’ve always had a desire to know other cultures. Travel is the best way to do that, but a trip is not enough to learn and understand the customs, culture, tradition and even the cuisine of a particular country. It takes a lot more time for that. This is the reason why I immediately decided on this adventure. Every day in this country offers something new, every day brings a new story, new people. I’m sure that this opportunity you have given us through IUS and ERaSMUS+ will be one of the most beautiful stories of our lives. From this land we will take countless memories and a great experience.

Emina: It’s hard to describe in words this experience, because it must be experienced. I’m glad to be a part of this, part of the city on two continents and one of the 14 million people in Istanbul. overcome all obstacles, breaks all stereotypes and sign up as soon as possible!

In the past two years, through the International Relations Office, IUS increased its international recognition and attractiveness of new forms of mobility. The Office progressively carried out negotiations to sign Erasmus+ and Mevlana exchange agreements in various fields of study with prominent universities from different regions of Europe and Turkey. By signing these bilateral agreements, IUS gained

rights to mobility of students as well as academic and administrative staff working in different scientific areas. For the first time in the history of the University, the

mobility of administrative staff and their professional development is provided.

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International University of Sarajevo (IUS) received an Erasmus+ grant for exchange of students and professors with Anadolu University in Eskisehir (Turkey). Cooperation with Anadolu University refers to the following areas of study: Visual Arts and

Visual Communication Design, Economics and Management, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, English, Law, Sociology and International Relations. 4 students and 2 academics got right to benefit from this grant.

It will be a great pleasure and good opportunity to represent IUS at „Staff Training week“ at West University of Timisoara next month.

IUS received an Erasmus+ grant for exchange with anadolu University

Mirnes Baltić from Students’ Affairs Office at Erasmus+ administrative staff exchange in west University of Timisoara in Romania

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Recai aydın and Senior Assist. azra Bičo from Economics program of the Faculty of Business and administration (FBA) of IUS visited the University of Economics in Varna (Bulgaria), in the academic 2015/16. They were selected as representatives of the IUS for academic exchange through Erasmus+ grant that IUS received by signing the Erasmus+ inter-

institutional agreement in February 2015. During their stay, IUS professors gave lectures for students of Economics and Management program, attended by many Bulgarian students, students from Europe and other parts of the world. The University of Economics in Varna was founded in 1920 and is one of the best Bulgarian universities in the field of economy.

professor Recai aydın and Senior Assistant azra Bičo participated in Erasmus+ exchange program in Bulgaria

Due to great interest in Erasmus exchange programs and new calls offered, International Relations Office of IUS organized a lecture for students and academic staff of the university on December 24, 2015. The guest speaker was Ismail Šehić, leader of the coordination team of European programs for youth as well as a student at the University of Sarajevo and activist of Erasmus+ program and training. Ismail Šehić, along with

International Relations Office (IRO) assistant Emina Bašić, presented four new projects of Erasmus Mundus, through which students and staff have opportunities for exchange at 32 universities from 12 EU member states. Ismail Šehić participated over the past few years in more than 50 projects, trainings and exchange programs within Erasmus+ program, and shared his experience with the audience.

Ismail Šehić gave a lecture on Erasmus+ program

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Cooperation with Istanbul Ticaret University (ITU) through Erasmus + and Mevlana programs

Assist. Prof. Dr. Goran Šimić:“It was a great opportunity to arrange some common aca-demic activities including joint research, scientific papers and conferences. Also, it was a great pleasure to give a lecture to foreign students about issues of B&H Criminal Law”.

IUS Professors Šimić and Sudžuka from IUS Faculty of law in Erasmus+ exchange Program at ITU

Assist. Prof. Dr. Emir Sudžuka:“Participating in Erasmus + exchange Programme and visit-ing Istanbul Commerce University was a great opportunity to experience the international practice of teaching at this renowned Institution, as well as to exchange experiences with colleagues, professors teaching at this University about the higher education system in different countries and about our scientific area and field of expertise”.

“This exchange was a great learning experi-ence because I picked up some Turkish and learned about Turkish culture as well”.

Iman Hasanbegović

Prof. Dr. Hasan Basri yalçın,professor from Istanbul Ticaret University on Erasmus+ exchange at IUS

Prof. Dr. Hasan Basri yalçın with IUS Rector, Prof. Dr. yücel oğurlu

IUS professors at exchange

By the end of 2015, IUS started to collaborate

with ICU under Erasmus+ Exchange program for diver-sity of partnerships and also strengthening already existing cooperation.

Also, this cooperative ef-fort was a great opportu-

nity to increase our student and staff mobility. Thanks to this agreement, IUS qualifies for funding students, academic and administrative staff in scien-tific fields such as economics, management, law, electrical engineering and architecture.

IUS Mevlana exchange student:

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Exchange at IUSOur students have the opportunity to achieve success in other countries, and spread the IUS name beyond the borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In their opinion, the biggest advantage of student exchange is the discovery of new horizons, making contacts and learning other methods, as well as training in the field of their selected studies.

All interested students and employees of IUS can submit their applications to the International Relations office of the IUS and get detailed information about student and staff exchange.

thanks to the signed exchange agreements, a record number of applicants

Current students from different countries managed to adapt quickly to the new

international environment and took part in various student activities together with

other IUS students.

Lituania

Bulgaria

80 people

participated in exchange through

and other exchange programs in the 2015/16 academic year.

57 students

Foreign exchange students at IUS

IUS students around the world

and administrative staff

(in and out)

and 23 academic

Erasmus+, Mevlana

International Relations office,

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Turkey

Turkey

Macedonia

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Since I started to study at IUS I wanted to go on exchange and live abroad in order to learn about other culture and meet different people. One day I saw that I can apply to Mevlana exchange program to go somewhere in Turkey and I decided to grab the chance. I studied at Akdeniz University, which has approximately 60,000 students. During my exchange semester I met a lot of local people, foreign students and students who were also on exchange from many African, Asian and Euro-pean countries. I became friends with many of the exchange students and often traveled together with them to other parts of Turkey. It was an amazing experience.

In early February 2016, Inter-national University of Sarajevo

(IUS) signed an agreement on cooperation in the framework of the Erasmus + and Mevlana

exchange program, with the renowned Yildiz Technical Univer-sity in Istanbul. The signed agreements will al-low for the exchange of students

and academic staff of IUS in the next academic year. This activ-ity is only one of many activities already initiated to establish cooperation with this prominent Turkish university. So far the cooperation referred to organiza-tion and mobilizing of mutual re-search projects, exchange of best ideas, experiences and practices.

In November 2015, IUS English Language and Lit-erature (ELIT) Professors, Assist. Prof. Dr. almasa Mulalić and Assist. Prof. Dr. nudžejma obralić taught at the prestigious Marmara University in Istanbul (Turkey), as visiting professors through Mevlana exchange program. During their stay, they held a seminar in applied linguistics and gave lectures to students of English Language and Literature Department (Education Depart-ment). Head of Department Assist. Prof. Dr. Zeynep Cumhur Çamlibel-acar and Assist. Prof. Dr. Dilek Uygun-Gökmen hosted distinguished professors in Turkey.

Professors exchanged experiences and discussed possibilities of working on new projects and research and achieved cooperation between the two English Language and Literature depart-ments. It is also important to emphasize that IUS professors find this academic staff exchange a very important and valuable experience.

TayFUn:

When I applied for the exchange I didn’t know any-thing about Sara-jevo. What I like most is friendliness of the people and, of course, burek. At IUS, the environ-ment is truly inter-national, and it’s a great advantage to study in English.

MUSTaFa:

This is my first time in Sarajevo and I fell in love with its nature, architecture, history, and art. The culture is really similar to Turkish culture, especially the cuisine. Bosnian people are very friendly, especially at the university. The most important part of this experience for me is that it provided me with self-confi-dence in my education.

For foreign students at IUS, it was a great oportunity for research and exploration of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region.

exchange program

Cooperation of IUS with yildiz Technical University

IUS professors on academic staff exchange in Turkey

Assist. Prof. Dr. Lejla Miller from IUS at Uludağ University

Montenegro

Mostar, BiH

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last year, I entered Sciences po paris to begin my

master’s degree in European affairs. The atmosphere of the school was radically different from my previous year at the university Paris Sorbonne and it was really new for me. Sciences Po allowed a lot of scholar opportunities and among them the opportunity to do a gap-year, it means to do internships wherever you want during one year, between your first and your second year. This is exactly what I am doing currently at IUS.

The first time I went to Sarajevo, I was eight years old, visting my mother’s family all around BiH. It was five years after the war. At the entrance of the city, I saw this house totally ruined, the walls were riddled with bullets. I felt fascinated, more than words can say. I kept this mental picture until now, it never went away. And I don’t know how to explain but I think this experience guided me to work on the social traumas in post-war societies and especially in the ones which are linked to the European Union by the

European Neighbourhood Policy. I wanted to deal with the bonds between European Union and two countries, Lebanon and Bosnia and Herzegovina, to analyze the European implication in the cultural reconstruction process through topics as memory and grieving.In August 2015, I arrived in Beirut. I began my internship at L’Agenda Culturel (Cultural Agenda). I was charged with covering cultural events, writing articles and interviewing Lebanese cultural actors in order to make an overview

of the cultural situation in the country, which is quite catastrophic. It helped me to understand a lot about the Lebanese society. My vision was not to understand everything around me – six months are not enough – but these many interviews I did provided me different ways to think and consider the society I lived in. My approach was much more anthropological : hanging out with people, talking with them about everyday life topics… I remember once when I was at home with a friend - we were talking and suddenly we heard a huge noise of explosion. Our reactions were totally different: for him, it was a bombing and for me, it was something like a car crash. Because he lived the war and because I did not, we interpreted this explosion according to our experiences and memories. It was exactly this kind of moments that I liked to share because it revealed me much more things about the Lebanese society than studying by books.

I started to say to myself that I wanted to make a comparison

between Beirut and Sarajevo. I have been more often in Bosnia than Lebanon but when I arrived in Beirut, I did not feel like a stranger, as if this city sounded familiar for me. The energy of the people, the walls, the wealth of bars, cafés like suspended space-time, this way from people to laugh about everything, to feel light…

The representation of these two cities cannot be summarised by physical scars, ruins or walls riddled with bullets. It projects on the inhabitants’ faces, impacts on the souls. Finally, when I arrived here in Sarajevo, I found these similar messages: without being the same, of course, they keep this violence

in their expressions, use a kind of vandalism to be expressed and formulated.

Elias Khoury, Lebanese playwriting, novelist and critic, told once: « Participating in a projection of the last movie by Theo Angelopoulos, «Ulysses’ gaze», I thought I was traveling with the Greek director, in this region of the Balkans unknown for me, when suddenly the camera set down a familiar place: it was Beirut. I saw the camera walking in the destroyed streets of Beirut, I saw places that I knew like I knew their death smell. Then I discovered with the camera that it was not Beirut. The Beirut of the movie was Sarajevo. »

I have been much more in Bosnia than Lebanon but when I arrived in Beirut, I did not feel like a stranger, as if the city sounded familiar for me

My impressions about Beirut and Sarajevo

Julie Biez Aleric

Student’s internship at International Relations office

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internationaL guests

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alexandra Klinnik and Edouard Si-mon are students in a prestigious school of journalism in France, at ESJ Lille (École Supérieure de Journalisme de Lille). As part of a school project about « Walls and Borders », they chose to come in Bosna and Herzegovina with the intention of producing a feature on this topic. In order to do interviews with professionals, they turned to IUS. Why? Because it is an international university where the working language is English, which contributes to convergence and better understanding of people from all around the world and provides oppor-tunities to exchange views on important issues in a common language.

what does the topic « walls and Bor-ders» represent for you?

It is a very topical subject in the Euro-pean media and especially in light of the current migration with the refugees cri-sis. Some European countries are cam-paigning for the return of borders, some of them are closing to the migrants, the extreme right wing parties are increas-ing… All these facts provide and feed an atmosphere of tension. We have col-leagues who chose to go to the border between Slovenia and Croatia, between Israel and Palestine… We are trying to cover many different situations in all over the world to deal with this topic.

Have you ever traveled in Bosnia and Herzegovina before? If not, did you have some mental images about this country before coming here? what were they?

Edouard Simon: Never, it’s my first time here in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I have to confess that all my imagination was linked to the war between 1992-1995: bombings, bullet holes, divisions… And I’m quite surprised to see that people from different backgrounds are finally living today altogether, at least, in Sara-jevo.

alexandra Klinnik: I’m not totally sur-prised about the mentality, the coun-tryside, the cities, because my mother is from Croatia and lived here in Bosnia and Herzegovina, so she told me sto-ries, experiences... I could not say that it is the same atmosphere as in Croatia, of course, but I feel this place familiar. It is really important for me to be here because it would help me to understand my family history.

why Bosnia and Herzegovina could il-lustrate your topic?

Actually, our main question is to answer to « Who benefits from the walls?» and BiH sounded like evidence to deal with

our topic, above all in light of the Dayton Agreements which formalized the sepa-ration between communities, especially for the Bosnian Republika Srpska. More over, the Balkans are invisible in the western media, so we wanted to be in the field to confirm our representation of the country.

Finally, what have you noticed in Bos-nia and Herzegovina and what struck you the most regarding your analysis?

Even if the war is hopefully over, we can notice still stigmas and not only physi-cally. Young people seem to be really disenchanted and not interested in pol-ity. But this phenomenom is present not only in Bosnia and Herzegovina, we mean it is a general sense of resigna-tion, even in France. However, for Bosnia and Herzegovina, the question is more sensitive because of the nation-building accomplishments over the civil war and that is why we would like to focus our study on the political parties, Dayton agreements, clientelism and emphasize on all stratas of the society.

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“walls and Borders”

Assist. Professor Dr. Kotra Krishna Mohan, Ph.D., is a visiting profes-sor who taught on 4 continents, all around the world and today he is at IUS. In 22 years of international teaching, research, training and project experience, he worked in India, Europe, Latin America,

South East Asia, and Africa. He also established the School of Mental Health at Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (VIMHANS) in New Delhi, INDIA. Dr. Krishna is also the founder and director of PsychGuru Mental Health Services Institute in India.

interview by Julie BiezGuests from France at IUS

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IUS Campusdodatni textovi

IRO activities especially focus on encouraging the international exchange of students, academics, non-academic staff and re-searchers. IUS and the International Relations Office work hard to provide students with all that is needed for their comfort and well-being in Sarajevo.

IUS, as one of the largest educational projects and the first in-ternational university in Bosnia and Herzegovina in a place that

IUS campus

The University Campus of IUS is located in Sarajevo, in Ilidža, near Vrelo Bosne. It has 72,000 m2 of usable space. It is equipped with the most modern equipment and offers students high-quality and unique conditions for studying. The University offers comfortable oncampus housing opportunities for its students. There are two dormitories (male and female) with the capacity of 500 beds.

Scolarships

IUS offered thousands of scolarships to successful students.

Restaurant

The campus has a restaurant and a cafeteria, where students have a diverse and affordable selection of food in a clean and pleasant environment.

Equipment

IUS is equipped with the most modern equipment and offers students high-quality and unique conditions for studying.

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The official bulletin of the International Relations office of the International University of Sarajevo, no. 3,

July 2015-February 2016

Published by: International Relations office Editorial Board: Assist. Prof. Dr. Muhamed ali,

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Design Concept & DTP: Emir Isović Photo: Halid Kasapović, yunus Demirbaş, IRo archive

Profreading: Zoe Güvener

IRo Bulletin

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International Relations Office is the official department of

the International University of Sarajevo primarily in charge of promoting the University abroad

and implementing the internationalization policy of IUS.

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