Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republika Srpska

Academy of Sciences and Arts of Republika Srpska
(Академија наука и умјетности Републике Српске)

Building of the Academy.
Abbreviation	АНУРС ANURS
Formation	1996 in Banja Luka
Type	National academy
Purpose	Science, arts, academics
Headquarters	Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location	Trg Srpskih Vladara II (Square of Serb Rulers II) Coordinates: 44°46'20"N 17°11'37"E
President	Rajko Kuzmanović
Main organ	Presidency of the Academy
Website	www.anurs.org

The Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republika Srpska (Serbian: Академија наука и умјетности Републике Српске, АНУРС, Bosnian and Croatian Akademija nauka i umjetnosti Republike Srpske, ANURS) is highest representative institution in the Republika Srpska of science and art founded in 1996. It has four departments – Department of Social Sciences, Department of Literature and Arts, Department of Natural, Mathematical and Technical Sciences and the Department of Medical Sciences. It is based in Banja Luka.

List of presidents

Name	Period
Petar Mandić	1996–1999
Slavko Leovac	2000
Veselin Perić	2000–2003
Milan Vasić	2003
Rajko Kuzmanović	2004–Present

Members

Film director and writer Emir Kusturica, member of the Academy, since 2011

Writer Peter Handke, member of the Academy, since 2008

Some prominent members of the Academy are:

• Aleksa Buha
• Gojko Đogo
• Milorad Ekmečić
• Elena Guskova
• Peter Handke
• Momo Kapor
• Svetozar Koljević
• Desanka Kovačević-Kojić
• Emir Kusturica
• Rade Mihaljčić
• Rajko Petrov Nogo
• Darko Tanasković
• Milan Vasić

See also

• Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bosniak Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Culture of Republika Srpska
• Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

External links

• The official web site of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republika Srpska
• International Science Council: Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republika Srpska