Historiography in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Between Academic Discipline and Political Activism

The wars of Yugoslav succession in the 1990s dramatically stimulated interest history Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). To satisfy this from outside world, many historical publications offered up various explanations for outbreak wars. 1 Yet prior, perhaps more significant, development occurred on eve war, when historians – although to a considerably lesser extent than Serbia Croatia made an important contribution national(ist) mobilisation creation belligerent atmosphere by sensationally broaching traumatic topics linked Second World War. 2 war left behind devastated divided country created deep social divisions which have also affected role status nation's historiography. Many today accept claim that is there exist three views history, only partly true, because far ‘three history’ exist. In practice, thesis national historiographies (Serbian, Croatian, Bosniak) 3 turns out be completely erroneous, existence ‘national historiographies’ would presume clearly defined thematic methodological approaches research, not case with historiography Herzegovina. Hence, it precise speak scholarly exists alongside ideologically or politically motivated ‘parahistoriography’, meant ‘dealing . different way studying history’. 4