The Chair of Archaeology was established at the Department of History at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo during the 2008/09 academic year as an expression of the growing need in Bosnian-Herzegovinian society for this discipline—a discipline that in the previous decades had for the most part been the domain of associates from the Department of History, primarily Esad Pašalić, Alojz Benac and Borivoje Čović. Beginning with its first academic year, Dr. Enver Imamović, as the local faculty member, played a key role in the implementation of the teaching process, while some subjects were taught by outside associates—Dr. Boris Kavur (Palaeolithic), Dr. Tihomila Težak-Gregl (Neolithic) and Dr. Boško Marijan (Bronze and Iron Age). Dr. Salmedin Mesihović, at that time a young assistant professor, served as the first head of the Chair. During the 2009/10 academic year, Adnan Kaljanac was employed as the first teaching assistant at the Chair of Archaeology and he took on the task of stabilising the infrastructure of the Chair and developing it as a self-sustainable unit. Also during this academic year, Dr. Ivor Karavanić took over Dr. Boris Kavur’s position. As Dr. Boško Marijan could no longer work as a visiting professor at the Chair, his role was taken over by Dr. Hrvoje Potrebica. Dr. Adnan Busuladžić took over the area of classical archaeology, initially as a visiting lecturer and later as the second faculty member at the Chair. Finally, Dr. Krešimir Filipec took on some of the courses in medieval archaeology, while other medieval archaeology courses were taken on by Dr. Dubravko Lovrenović. In the Fall of 2013, Dr. Adnan Busuladžić became the second full-time employee at the Chair, while Adnan Kaljanac, already a teaching assistant, was employed as an assistant professor after completing his doctoral studies. A few months later, Edin Bujak MA was employed as a teaching assistant and the next year, Dr. Aiša Softić was employed as an assistant professor. In the Fall of 2015, Jesenko Hadžihasanović MA became the final full-time employee at the Chair as a teaching assistant. Over the years, the following individuals have worked at the Chair as visiting associates: Dr. Mirza Hasan Ćeman, Dr. Ćazim Hadžimejlić, Dr. Nermin Sarajlić (Faculty of Medicine of the University of Sarajevo), Dr. Asja Mandić, and Dr. Mevlida Operta (Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Sarajevo).