Imagining Bosnian Muslims in Central Europe - Representations, Transfers and Exchanges

As a Slavic-speaking religious and ethnic "Other" living just a stone's throw from the symbolic heart of the continent, the Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina have long occupied a liminal space in the European imagination. To a significant degree, the wider representations and perceptions of this population can be traced to the reports of Central European--and especially Habsburg--diplomats, scholars, journalists, tourists, and other observers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This volume assembles contributions from historians, anthropologists, political scientists, and literary scholars to examine the political, social, and discursive dimensions of Bosnian Muslims' encounters with the West since the nineteenth century.

About the author

František Šístek is a Research Fellow at the Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague.

Product details

• Authors: Frantisek Sistek
• Assisted by: František Šístek (Editor)
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.02.2026
• EAN: 9781836953937
• ISBN: 978-1-83695-393-7
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Eastern Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Islamic, History (General); Anthropology of Religion