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Smail Balić, born in 1920 in Mostar, embarked on an academic journey from Islamic theology in Sarajevo to a doctorate in Vienna in 1945.

Smail Balić was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1920.

Smail Balić (26 August 1920 – 14 March 2002) was a Bosnian-Austrian historian, culturologist and scholar.

-On August 26, 1920, Balic was born to a Muslim-Bosniak family in Mostar, Yugoslavia.

Smail Balić was a Bosnian-Austrian historian, culturologist and scholar.

Smail Balić (26 August 1920 – 14 March 2002) was a Bosnian-Austrian historian, culturologist and scholar....

AKADEMIK SMAIL BALIĆ BOŠNJAK, HUMANISTA, ORIJENTALISTA, EVROPLJANIN / ACADEMIC SMAIL BALIĆ BOSNIAK, HUMANIST, ORIENTALIST, EUROPEAN

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48052/19865244.2023.1.2.129

Keywords:

research interests, scientific results, contribution to the science of Bosnia and Herzegovina, establishment of the Islamic community Austria, Smail Balić

Abstract

In March 2022, twenty years have passed since the death of academician Smail Balić.

He was an erudite, an exceptionally skilled Orientalist, a translator, a versatile researcher of cultural and intellectual history, an advocate of dialogue between religions and, most importantly, a humanist. With his work on sources and materials, he left an indelible and deep mark in the study and interpretation of historical and cultural facts from the past of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the wider region.