This is the application for "Deliberative Democracy and Civic Life: A Civic Studies Conference," to be held in Sarajevo/Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 8-10 October 2021. It is sponsored by Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life and the association “i-dijaspora,” Switzerland. The co-organizers are Peter Levine, Tufts University, and Nenad Stojanović, University of Geneva, in collaboration with universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We seek about 20 participants, selected for the strength and diversity of backgrounds and interest in the conference topic.