Since its establishment in 2019, the Center for Peace Education (Peace Education Hub) at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo has been dedicated to the mission of promoting a culture of peace through educational initiatives and research in peace pedagogy, as well as the education of students and teachers, to build peace and non-violence in classrooms, schools, and education in general. In line with our mission, we aim to contribute to the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide by organizing a series of activities, including an exhibition, a workshop for students and teachers from the University of Sarajevo’s teacher education programs, and a webinar with international participation. We are organizing these activities to remind everyone of the importance of teaching about genocide and honoring all victims, and to send a message of peace on the International Day of Peace, which is globally marked on September 21st.

A workshop on the topic “History of the Nineties and Peace Learning: Teaching about the Srebrenica Genocide” for students of teacher education programs at the University of Sarajevo and teachers of elementary and high schools will be held at the Faculty of Philosophy on Friday, September 19, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM. The workshop will be led by Associate Professor Larisa Kasumagić Kafedžić and Assistant Professor Melisa Forić Plasto.

Alongside the workshop, the exhibition “The 1990s, Years of Transition: South Africa, Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina” from the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre will be on displayat the Faculty of Philosophy. The opening of the exhibition is scheduled for 6:00 PM. The exhibition will be open to the public until October 10, 2025.

Those interested in participating in the workshop can register via the link: https://forms.gle/fRb61fcCeKnGzxxj7

On Monday, September 22, 2025, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM, a webinar “Remembrance at the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre: A Reflection on Genocide Education and the Fragility of Peace” with international participation will be held. The presenters in the webinar will be education experts Catherine Boyd and Cathy Wilson. During the webinar, the educational program for teachers, from the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (Republic of South Africa), which is based on historical knowledge, human rights education, social activism, and peace learning, will be presented. The webinar will bring together international and local experts, students from teacher training programs, to discuss their experiences of teaching about the Holocaust and genocide through various methods, approaches, and strategies in different subject areas (history, language, literature, art).

Those interested in participating in the webinar can register via the link: https://forms.gle/TSL9eZUsvx5DF79Q6

All registered participants will receive a link to access the webinar.

This event is hosted by the Peace Education Hub at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo. The partner organizations for this event are: Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (South Africa) and Pro Peace (formerly Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst e.V.| forumZFD) (Bosnia and Herzegovina).