Amila Buturovic, PhD, Assistant Professor of Religion, Division of Humanities, 222 Vanier College, York University, 4700 Keele St. North York, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada. Phone: 416-736-5158 ex. 77054. A native of Sarajevo, Professor Buturovic is a scholar of Arabic literature, Islamic civilization, and Bosnian literature and civilization.
Laurie Hart, Phd, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 19041-1392. Phone 610-896-1487. Fax: 610-896-1224. Research interest in ethnicity and ethnic conflict in the Balkans, with a speciality on Macedonia.
Janet Marcus, Phd, Certified School Psychologist. 8 College Lane, Haverford, PA. Phone: 610-649-6523. Expert of childhood development and education, with special emphasis on the relationship of families and family dynamic to the educational process. Secretary of the community of Bosnia.
Andras Riedlmayer, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architercture, Fine Arts Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. Phone: 617 495-3372 // or 3373. Fax: 617-496-4889. (Expert on Islamic architecture, Bosnian cultural history--Serb, Croat, and Muslim--and the libraries and manuscripts of Bosnia).
Michael Sells, Associate Professor and Chairperson, Department of Religion, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 19041-1392. Phone: 610-896-1027. Fax: 610-896-1224. E-mail: msells@haverford.edu. Research interests in Arabic and Islamic Studies and Comparative Mysticism (Greek, Christian, Islamic). President of the Community of Bosnia.
Board of Advisers (all uncompensated):
Mark Auslander, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Haverford College, Haverford PA 19041-1392. Phone 610 896-4962. Fax 610 896-1224. Treasurer of the Community of Bosnia.
Roy Gutman, European Bureau Chief, New York Newsday, Pulitizer Prize Winner of 1993 for reporting on Bosnia, author of Witness to Genocide (Macmillan, 1994). Newsday European Bureau, Zukunfsweg 37, 5307 Wachtberg-Villiprott, Germany. (49) 228 322-085. (49) 228 327-053 (FAX). 516-843-3040 (G at Newsday). 516-843-2873 (Fax at Newsday).
Ann Lesch, Phd, Professor of Political Science, Villanova University, Director, Middle East Studies Association. Fax: 610 519-7249. Phone 610 519-7712
Lucius Outlaw, PhD, Professor of Philosophy, Haverford College, Haverford PA, 19041-1392. Phone. 610-896-1070.
David Pincus, Businessman, Member of the Board of Directors, CARE, 1319 Remington Rd, Wynnwood, PA 19096. Phone (H): 610 649-9833. W: 610 922-4900
Irwin Schick, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. E-mail: schick@lids.mit.edu.
Barbara Wall, PhD, Director, Peace and Justice Center, Solomon Hall, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085-1699. Phone: 610 519-4483.
John Whitehead, Chairman, International Rescue Committee, Former Undersecretary of State. International Rescue Committee, 122 E. 42nd St. 12th Floor , New York, NY 10168.
Supporters and Coooperating Groups:
Helen Morgan, Coordinator, Jerrahi/FOR Bosnian Student Program. Phone: 914-356-0588.
Doug Hostetter, Director, Fellowship of Reconciliation Bosnia Student Program, Box 271, North Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960. Phone: 914 358-4601. Fax: 914 358-4924.
Rev. Rudi Gelsey and Gertrud Gelsey, Sponsors of the Bosnian Student Ismir Tufekcic, 1 Deer Run, Ganserwort, NY 12831. 518 584-8962.
Pam Crocker-Davies, Supporter of Bosnian Students in the Pacific Northwest, 5242 Rumac St. SE, Lacey, WA 98513-4569. Phone: 206-459-5340. E-mail: PAMELACD@aol.com
Lawrence Davidson, supporter of Bosnian Student Suljo Linic, Asst. Professor, Department of History, West Chester, PA 19383 (h) 215 692-9316 (w) 215 436-2997.
______ Bibliography of Readings on Bosnia. Many publishers have rushed poorly prepared books on Bosnia into publication. Only a few good books are available. Among them are:
Malcolm, Noel. Bosnia: A Short History. -- London: Macmillan ; New York: NYU Press, 1994. xxiv, 340 pp. : maps. ISBN 0333616774 (U.K.); 03336167872 (U.K. pbk.); 0814755208 (U.S.) This very readable and scholarly work covers Bosnian history from medieval times to the present; the best single book on the subject available in English.
Why Bosnia? Writings on the Balkan War. Ed. by Rabia Ali & Lawrence Lifschultz. -- Stony Creek, Ct.: Pamphleteer's Press, 1993. lix, 353 pp. : maps, statistical tables ISBN 0963058789 (hdbk.); 0963058797 (pbk.) A portion of the proceeds from this informative collection of essays will go to a fund for the rebuilding of Sarajevo's National Library. A superb collection.
Gutman, Roy. A Witness to Genocide: The 1993 Pulitzer Prize-winning Dispatches on the "Ethnic Cleansing" of Bosnia. -- New York: Macmillan; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada, 1993. xlii, 180 pp + 16 pp. of plates, maps. ISBN 0025467506 (hdbk.) ; 0020329954 (pbk.) A crucial reminder of what this war is about, lest anyone forget.
Norris, H.T. Islam in the Balkans: Religion and Society between Europe and the Arab world. -- London: Hurst ; Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1993. xxii, 304 pp. : ill., maps. ISBN 1850651671 (U.K.) ; 0872499774 (U.S.) Points out the deep historical roots of Islamic culture among Balkan peoples, its originality and creativity, which made it far more than merely a provincial version of Ottoman culture; covers the history of Islam in the region from the pre-Ottoman period to the present.
The Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina: Their Historic Development from the Middle Ages to the Dissolution of Yugoslavia. Ed. by Mark Pinson. -- Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994. xiii, 187 pp. ISBN 0932885098 (pbk.) Based on a conference held last year at HarvardUniv; incl. essays by John V.A. Fine, Colin Heywood, Justin McCarthy, M. Pinson, Ivo Banac.
Forging War: The Media in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina. Ed. by Mark Thompson (et al.) -- London: Article 19, 1994. xii, 271 pp. : maps. ISBN 1870798228 (pbk.) ; 1870798228 (hdbk.) Available through booksellers or directly from Article 19, International Centre Against Censorship; 90 Borough High St.; London SE1 1LL; England; tel.: (071) 403-4822; fax: (071) 403-1943.