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Dr Svetlana Broz was born in Belgrade in 1955 as the youngest child of Zarko Broz (eldest son of Josip Broz Tito) and Dr Zlata Jelinek - Broz.
1970 - 1975 Free-lance journalist: many articles and interviews published in newspapers and magazines.
1980 - graduated with high marks at the School of Medicine, University of Belgrade.
1981 - 1999 Physician and specialist in Cardiology at the Military Medical Academy.
1992 - at the outbreak of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina Dr Svetlana Broz volunteered as a cardiologist. In January 1993 began interviewing for the book that describes human experiences during the Bosnian War. This was published in 1999 as Dobri ljudi u vremenu zla (Good People in an Evil Time) by Media Centar Prelom, Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Started work on a new book on interethnic marriages entered into during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in 2000 moved to Sarajevo.
She is a member of various NGOs in Sarajevo including the International Multi-religious and Inter-cultural Center, the Association of Independent Intellectuals CIRCLE 99, The B&H Society of Victimologists, Education Builds B&H and International Center for Children and Youth Novo Sarajevo.
In 2001 she became President of the Board of The First Children's Embassy in the World, the Director of the Sarajevo office of the NGO Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide and President of the Sarajevo City Govrenment's Steering Committee for the Garden of the Righteous.
Since 2001 became International advisor of Conflict Management Group, Cambridge, MA, USA.
2002 – City Government of Milan (Italy) opened the Garden of the Righteous Worldwide in which they planted tree in honor of Svetlana Broz for righteous who opposed ethnic cleansing in B&H.
2003 – Member of the International Advisory Board of Center for Macro Projects and Diplomacy, Roger Williams U., Rode Island, MA, USA
2003 – Published an essay in the book The Iraq War and Its Consequences - Thoughts of Nobel Peace Laureates and Eminent Scholars (www.worldscientific.com.sg)
2004 – Good People in an Evil Time translated by Ellen Elias Bursac is published by Other Press, NY, USA (www.goodpeopleeviltime.com)
2005 – Published a new book Imam petlju (What it Takes), Sarajevo
2006 - Member of Editorial Board of Magazine Duh Bosne /Spirit of Bosnia - An International, Interdisciplinary, Bilingual, Online Journal (www.spiritofbosnia.org)
2006 - Published the book Having What It Takes: Essays on Civil Courage, GARIWO Sarajevo 2005 – 2008 - delivered over 700 public lectures and media events in B&H and abroad 2007 – Honorary member of the board of Eastern European Service Agency (EESA), San Jose, California 2008 – I giusti nel tempo del male translated by Ognjen Tomic is published by Erikson, Italy 2008 - Founded Foundation Imam petlju Gariwo 2008 - Institute Adviser at Institute for Global Leadership, Tufts University, MA, USA 2009 - Member of the Board of NGO Builders of Peace, Cambridge, MA, USA
2010 - Member of the Scientific Committee of the review “Educazione interculturale”, Ericson, Italy. Over the past years she has been lecturing at various universities in the USA - American University Washington D.C.; Antioch College; Berkeley University; Graduate Theological Union; Boston College; Boston University; College of the Holy Cross; Dartmouth College; Dickey Center at Dartmouth; Gustavus Adolfus College; Hampshire College; Harvard School of Public Health; Harvard University Hunt Alternatives; Harvard University Kennedy School of Government; Harvard University Lowell House; Harvard University Social Studies; Haverford College; Hope College; Illinois University; Indiana College; Institute for World Religions Berkeley Buddhist Monastery; Middlebury College; Montclair State University; Monterey Inst. of International Studies; New Haven University; North Carolina University; Roger Williams University; Rosemont College; Saint John's University; San Francisco State University; San Jose State University; Santa Clara University; Seattle University School of Law; Sonoma State University; St. Michael's College; Stanford University; Tufts University; University of California Berkeley; UCLA University of California; University of California Santa Barbara; University of Virginia; University of Washington REECAS; University of Wisconsin; UC Berkeley Law School; Webster University; Wellesley College; Wesleyan University, Middletown; Wittenberg University, Wright State University; Yale University - as well as at the International Institute of Boston; Boston Research Center for 21st Century; World Affairs Council of Greater Cincinnati; Facing History and Ourselves, Boston, MA; USC Shoah Foundation Institute; Eastern European Service Agency St. Jose, CA; Seeds of Peace, The Medical Network For Social Reconstruction, Cambridge, MA; Global Youth Connect; Global Youth Initiative; Builders of Peace; Center for Transitions to Democracy, New York; Bosnian Women's Network, Minneapolis; The Society of Living traditions, Edinburgh - San Francisco; Conflict Management Group, Cambridge, MA; Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto CA, Monmouth U. Also, Dr. Broz has been lecturing at various universities in Europe - Gothenburg University, Sweden; University Paul Cezanne, Marseille France; University College of Nord-Trondelag, Norway; Milan University, Milan, Italy; Bologna University, Bologna, Italy; Facolta di Scienze della Formazione, Rimini, Italy; Karl University, Prague, Czech Republic; Philosophy Faculty, Niksic, Montenegro; Economy Faculty, Bijelo Polje, Montenegro – as well as at the Nansen Dialog Academy, Norway; Nansenskolen, Lillehammer, Norway; Norwegian Helsinki Committee; Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights; Academy of Democracy Stockholm; NGO Miris, Orebro, Sweden; NGO Udruzenje BiH, Norrkoping, Sweden; OIC Kulturaliansen and Lars Wivalius School, Orebro, Sweden; NGO Mushroom Project for Peace, Orebro, Sweden; International Cultural Center Orebro, Sweden; NGO Udruzenje Bosanska Krajina, Molme, Sweden; NGO Udruzenje bosanskih zena, Vernamo, Sweden; Students Associacion Avancez Bosniae, Goteborg; NGO Omega Graz, Austria; Bosnian Cultural Center, Wienna; The Bosnian Institute, London; Sudost, Berlin, Germany; NGO Appartenances Geneva and Lausanne, Swiss; Multi-Cultural Center Prague, Czech Republic; NGO Studio Production SAGA, Prague, Czech Republic; NGO Gender Studies Center, Prague, Czech Republic; Goethe Institut, Milan, Italy; College G. Berchet, Milan, Italy; Student's Association "Cactus" at Forli University; Florence Volunteer Association; Alexander Langer Foundation, Bolzano,Italy; Sprofondo, Italy; AGESCI - L'Associazione Guide e Scouts Cattolici Italiani; Le Esperance Marseille, Marseille, France; Center for International Affairs, Paris; Corriere des Balkans, Paris; Fund for Central and East European Book Projects, Amsterdam; CDRSEE, Thessaloniki, Greece; NVO Republican Club, Pristina, Kosovo; European Initiative of Kosovo, Pristina; Norwegian Church Aid Kosovo.
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