Berkley Center

Zilka Spahic-Siljak was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she lives and works as a deputy director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies of the University of Sarajevo and teaches Gender and Religious studies. She is a research scholar and public intellectual addressing cutting edge issues involving human rights, religion, politics, education and gender, and peace-building with more than ten years’ experience in academic teaching, and work in non-governmental sectors. She holds a PhD in Gender Studies and a MA in Human Rights. She has been a visiting scholar and guest lecturer at several universities, including Arizona State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Oslo, University of Copenhagen, University of Vienna, University of Belgrade, and University of Novi Sad. Her current research projects are Feminisms in Post-socialist Muslims Contexts in BiH and Kosovo, and Women and Peace-Building Reconciliation in BiH.