Academic Professor Dr Mehmed Begović in the light of unpublished archive documents

Abstract

UDK: 929Begović M.

This article presents the life and academic pursuit of Dr.  Mehmed Begović, one of the most eminent and most engaged Bosniak intellectuals of the 20^th century. The aim of this article is to, based on so far unpublished archive documents, present a biography of Dr. Begović with a focus on his impressive academic career in particular. The first part of the article presents details of his schooling in Lastva, Sarajevo, Mostar, Belgrade and Algeria.  His extraordinary fifty-year-long career as a university professor at the Law Faculty in Belgrade is brought here in the second part of this article. It also presents the largest number of unpublished documents that are today preserved at the Archive of Law Faculty at Belgrade University. The most significant contribution made by Dr Begović is his achievements in cooperation with the Faculty of Islamic Studies which brought about the developments in this faculty as the third part of this article shows. The final part of this article presents some aspects of his biography, lesser-known details of his life, like memories of his colleagues, friends and associates.