Last week, during the program organized for the International Museum Day, the War Childhood Museum announced the recipient of the 2025 “Lejla Hairlahović-Hušić” Scholarship.
This year’s scholarship was awarded to Amer Maslo, a PhD candidate at the University of Sarajevo – Faculty of Philosophy, Department of History, for his project “Childhood in Armed Conflict: The Case of the Uprising in Herzegovina and Bosnia (1875–1878).” The scholarship was presented by Amina Krvavac, Director of the War Childhood Museum in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Childhood During the 1875–1878 Uprising in Herzegovina and Bosnia
The project explores childhood during the 1875–1878 uprising in Herzegovina and Bosnia, with a focus on collecting archival material and analyzing the impact of war on children’s lives. It will result in a scholarly article and a public lecture comparing children’s experiences across four major wars in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Through this comparative analysis, the project seeks to understand how different conflicts shaped children’s daily lives, and to identify key similarities and differences across historical contexts.
The “Lejla Hairlahović-Hušić” Scholarship is named in memory of a beloved and prematurely lost War Childhood Museum researcher. It is awarded to PhD candidates conducting research in the social sciences and is now in its fourth year. The scholarship has been awarded in collaboration with the “Lejla Hairlahović-Hušić” Foundation since 2022. You can view previous recipients here.
