This study examines the national division of history teaching in Bosnia and Herzegovina in
the war and post-war period. The process of division of schooling into three curricula (Bosnian
Serb, Bosnian Croat, and Bosniak) is presented. Representations of other national groups are
central in 8th-grade history textbooks used by the three national communities. 'The others', the
members of other national groups of the country, are typically presented through enemy
images. This study discusses the strength and influence of hetero-stereotypes of history
textbooks and their consequences for reconciliation and reconstruction of a multicultural
society
