András Riedlmayer

András J. Riedlmayer (1947 – 9 February 2026) was an American art historian and librarian.

Life and career

Riedlmayer was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1947. He studied at the University of Chicago and at Princeton University, where he lectured in Ottoman history and Near Eastern Studies. He served as president of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association and as a member of the board of the Islamic Manuscript Association. He was director of the Documentation Center for Islamic Architecture of the Aga Khan Program at Harvard University's Fine Arts Library.[1]

He was expert witness for the Prosecution on the systematic destruction of cultural heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992 and 1996, and destruction of cultural heritage of Kosovo in 1999, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the trials of Slobodan Milošević, Vojislav Šešelj, and Radovan Karadžić.[2][3][4][5][6] He was a founding member of the Bosnian Manuscript Ingathering Project, which worked to preserve the damaged materials at the Oriental Institute in Sarajevo.[7]

Riedlmayer was interviewed as an expert in Tim Slade's 2016 documentary Destruction of Memory.[8]

Riedlmayer died on 9 February 2026, at the age of 79.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ Riou, Danielle (19 April 2004). "Andras Riedlmayer". Human Rights Project. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  2. ^ Khanna, Leela (4 February 2011). "Human Rights Project's Forensics Workshop". Human Rights Project. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  3. ^ Tahirović, Senada (17 July 2020). "Riedlmayer: Borba protiv poricanja Genocida se mora nastaviti". www.preporod.com (in Bosnian). Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  4. ^ "András Riedlmayer". Orient-Institut Istanbul (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  5. ^ E. Sk. (23 February 2020). "Ovo je priča o Andrasu Riedlmayeru koji je svijetu predstavio razaranja u BiH i na Balkanu". www.klix.ba (in Croatian). Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  6. ^ Riedlmayer, s J. (2008). "The Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1992-1996: A Post-War Survey of Selected Municipalities". Forum Bosnae (46): 146–173. ISSN 1512-5122. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  7. ^ syzejna (11 February 2026). "András Riedlmayer, Voice of Bosnia's Destroyed Libraries at The Hague, Has Passed Away". Sarajevo Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  8. ^ Slade, Tim (2018). "The Destruction of Memory". Journal of Architectural Education (1984-). 72 (2): 208–211. ISSN 1046-4883.
  9. ^ Email from Nasser Rabbat, 9 February 2026 at the age of 79.
  10. ^ Preminuo je András Riedlmayer, veliki prijatelj Bosne i Hercegovine i glas istine o razaranju njenog naslijeđa (in Croatian)
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