Today, in the large amphitheater of ANUBiH, the promotion of the monograph \u201cMe, a Native Son\u201d about Vejsil \u0106ur\u010di\u0107 \u2014 a pioneer of archaeology in Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2014 was held. The monograph was written by the esteemed Prof. Dr. Adnan Kaljanac, professor of archaeology at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The book was published by ANUBiH, and the entire event \u2014 including the promotion, exhibition, and opening of the Vejsil \u0106ur\u010di\u0107 Memorial Room \u2014 is jointly organized by ANUBiH, the Faculty of Philosophy, and the Museum of Sarajevo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the Museum of Sarajevo, Brusa Bezistan, on Friday, April 3, 2026, at 2 p.m., the opening of the exhibition and the Memorial Room dedicated to this great figure of our history will take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE FORGOTTEN PIONEER OF BOSNIAN-HERZEGOVINIAN ARCHAEOLOGY: Vejsil \u0106ur\u010di\u0107 returns to the focus of the scientific public<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cVejsil \u0106ur\u010di\u0107 is the first Sarajevan, Bosnian, and Herzegovinian to have completed studies in archaeology in Vienna and obtained the title of archaeologist. In addition, he was the first to introduce photographic documentation into archaeological science in our country, thereby laying the foundations of modern research methodology, and he was also the first to write a monograph on ste\u0107ci. Unfortunately, he was unjustly overshadowed by other, less significant researchers for decades,\u201d emphasized the author, Prof. Dr. Adnan Kaljanac, at today\u2019s promotion of the monograph \u201cMe, a Native Son \u2013 Vejsil \u0106ur\u010di\u0107, the First Bosnian-Herzegovinian Archaeologist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The promotion of the monograph was organized by the Center for Balkanological Studies of ANUBiH, the University of Sarajevo \u2013 Faculty of Philosophy, and the Museum of Sarajevo, with the presence of a large number of pupils, students, and distinguished representatives of the academic and scientific community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The promotion was opened by academician Muris \u010ci\u010di\u0107, President of ANUBiH, who stated that \u201cthe monograph represents the third and final book of the trilogy by author Adnan Kaljanac, and this work is unique in the history of our science in terms of its scope and documentation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The moderator of the promotion, corresponding member of the Academy Blagoje Govedarica, Director of the Center for Balkanological Studies of ANUBiH, pointed out that \u201cthis work not only contributes to our academic community but also pushes the boundaries in understanding the origins and development of archaeological science in Bosnia and Herzegovina.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite all the mentioned contributions, \u0106ur\u010di\u0107\u2019s name has remained marginalized in scientific literature, as emphasized several times by the promoters of the monograph, Prof. Dr. Amra \u0160a\u010di\u0107 Be\u0107a and Prof. Dr. Adnan Busulad\u017ei\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The promotion was also attended by Vejsil \u0106ur\u010di\u0107\u2019s grandson, Danimir Darko \u0106ur\u010di\u0107, who recalled that, as a boy, he used to walk with his grandfather through the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also noted that he first shared the story about his grandfather with journalist Edina Kamenica, thanks to whom the wider public became acquainted with his grandfather\u2019s significance and work. He also recalled the title of that article, which read: \u201cAlways Second, Never First.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Danas je u velikom amfiteatru ANUBiH odr\u017eana promocija monografije \u201cMene, doma\u0107eg sina\u201d o Vejsilu \u0106ur\u010di\u0107u – pioniru bh. arheologije koju je napisao uva\u017eeni prof.dr. Adnan Kaljanac, profesor arheologije na Filozofskom fakultetu u Sarajevu. Knjiiga je iza\u0161la u izdanju ANUBiH, a cjelokupna manifestacija koja uklju\u010duje promociju, izlo\u017ebu i otvorenje spomen-sobe Vejsila \u0106ur\u010di\u0107a zajedni\u010dki organiziraju ANUBiH, Filozofski […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5412,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410\/revisions\/5412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}