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George Castriota Skanderbeg-His Lifetime

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The conference discusses George Castriota Skanderbeg's life, legacy, and mythologization in history through various presentations and panels.

The conference discusses new sources on Skanderbeg, his role as a protagonist and myth in history, and his portrayal in literature.

The second session on the first day discusses Skanderbeg as a protagonist and myth of history, with presentations on how his figure has been debated and constructed over time in different contexts.

GEORGE CASTRIOTA SKANDERBEG, HIS LIFETIME

AND HIS LEGACY IN HISTORY

International Albanologic Conference


Tirana, 1-2 November 2018

On the ocasion of
The Pan-National Year of George Castriota Skanderbeg

Frist Day, 1st November 2018

8.30 – Registration

First session, 9.00-11.00


New sources on George Castriota Skanderbeg
Moderators: prof. dr. Pëllumb Xhufi, prof. asoc. dr. Eva Tafili
Hyskaj

1. Nikolla Pano (Chicago): Skanderbeg in the United States;

2. Boban Petrovski (Skopje): The appropriation of Skenderbey by Balkan


historiographies - the (mis)use of historical sources;

3. Irakli Koçollari (Tirana): Secret Service of George Castriota Skanderbeg;

4. Machi Paizi Apostolopoulou (Athens): George Kastriota Skanderbeg: an


unknown biography in greek language (middle of XVIIIth century);

5. Anila Bitri (Tirana): Skanderbeg and his era in the 14th to 16th century
Iberian peninsula;
6. David Hosaflook (Tirana): Zachary Jones’s presentation of Scanderbeg
to an English Readership;

7. Anton Berishaj (Prishtina): "Gjergj Kastrioti - Skanderbeg according to


some published Yugoslav sources”.

Second session, 11.30-13.30

George Castriota Skanderbeg,


Protagonist and myth of history
Moderators: akad. Jusuf Bajraktari, prof. dr. Ke Jing

1. Floresha Dado (Tirana): "Debate: Scanderbeg between history,


historical and literary myth”;

2. Paskal Milo (Tirana): Scanderbeg and European civilization;

3. Agata Rogoś (Berlin): Skanderbeg’s figure in war remembrance of


Albanian identity discourse;

4. Konstantinos Giakoumis (Tirana): the figure of George Castriota


Scanderbegin post world war II school texts;

5. Eva Tafili-Hyskaj (Tirana): The shift of a national hero, from myth to a


historical reality;

6. Petrika Thëngjilli (Tirana): Who made Scanderbeg a myth?

Third session, 15.30-17.30

The figure of George Castriota Skanderbeg in literature


Moderators: akad. Floresha Dado, prof. dr. Liman Varoshi

1. Ke Jing (Beijing): George Castriota - Scanderbeg and the Albanian


identity construction in “The Castle” / “The Siege”;

2. Kujtim Shala (Prishtina): Scanderbeg in literature;


3. Xhevat Lloshi (Tirana): Scanderbeg in nordic literature;

4. Evalda Paci (Tirana): The perception of Skanderbeg's story in some


fundamental works of Albanian literature;

5. Klara Kodra (Tirana): Fantasy and loyalty in reflecting Skanderbeg era


and figure in Arbëresh Literature;

6. Kastriot Gjika (Tirana): Literary profile of the historical figure of Gjergj


Kastrioti in the Albanian literature of the first Half of the XX century;

7. Erenestina Halili (Tirana): “Gjergj Kastrioti- Skanderbeg- dramaticus


heros! The discovery of a new theatrical play on the return of Scanderbeg
in Kruja.

Discussions, 18.00-19.00

Modeartors: prof. dr. Pëllumb Xhufi, akad. Jusuf Bajraktari and


akad. Floresha Dado
Second Day, 2nd November 2018

08.30 – Registration

First session, 9.00-11.00

George Castriota Skanderbeg


and Europe during humanism
Moderators: prof. dr. Ferit Duka, prof. asoc. dr. Ermal Baze

1. Italo Sarro (Rome): National and European dimension of the Albanian


resistance in the time of George Castriota Scanderbeg;

2. Edmond Malaj (Tirana): Two unknown German monographs of the first


half of the 19th century about Skanderbeg;

3. Andrea di Giuseppe (Rome): Velaria Picta Albanica: A velary with a


two headed eagle, horseman, herons at Shën Andoni, Kepi i Rodonit

4. Ermal Baze (Tirana): The social status of the woman in Albania of the
XIV-XV centuries;

5. Ardian Muhaj (Tirana): The economy of Albanian territories during


Scanderbeg’s century and the European economic crisis of the later
Middle Ages;

6. Dritan Egro (Tirana): The kingom of Arbër of George Castriota


Scanderbeg and the geopolitical clash on the XV Century Balkans;

Second session, 11.30-13.30

George Castriota Skanderbeg:


new questions of historiography
Part I
Moderators: prof. dr. Shaban Sinani, prof. dr. Aleksander Novik
1. Toni Filiposki (Skopje): Ethnonyms of “Epirotes”, “Triballians” and
“Illyrians” in the biography of Skаnderbeg from Marinus Barletius;

2. Aleksander Novik (St. Petersburg): Migration of the Albanians to the


East Balkans as a Result of Skanderbeg’s Struggle against the Ottoman
Empire: Albanian Settlements in Bujak and Azov Sea region;

3. Gëzim Hoxha (Tirana): New Archaeological Data on Scanderbeg's


Burial Ground

4. Gjon Berisha (Prishtina): The stance of the Republic of Ragusa on the


Anti –Otoman war of George Castriota Scanderbeg;

5. Liman Varoshi (Elbasan): The battle of Fushë-Kosovo as a prologue of


the organized anti-ottoman resistance of the whole Balkans region in the
collection of Lef Nosi;

6. Teuta Shala (Prishtina): The relationship of George Castriota


Scanderbeg with the well-known families of Drishti;

7. Adem Bunguri (Tirana): New archaeological data about some


fortifications of Skanderbeg’s period in Dibra region.

Third session, 15.00-17.00

George Castriota Skanderbeg:


new questions of historiography
Part II
Moderators: prof. dr. Lulëzim Lajçi, Muzafer Bislimi
1. Nikë Ukgjini (Shkodra): George Castriota Scanderbeg and his era
according to the albanologist Giuseppe Valentini.

2. Lulëzim Lajçi (Prishtina): Natonal – Arbëror and constituent dimension


of George Castriota Scanderbeg

3. Andi Rëmbeci (Tirana): Historic and cultural aspects of Berat during the
14th-15th centuries as seen in historical notes contained in manuscripts of
the British Library of London and Magdalen College of Oxford;

4. Bedri Muhadri (Prishtina): Historical aspects of Scanderbeg’s relations


with Zeta during XV century;
5. Skënder Muçaj (Tirana): Medieval castles in the territory of arbër,
dating problems and the relations with the local nobility in the XII- XV
centuries.

6. Ledia Dushku (Tirana): Perception on the Ottoman Turks and the figure of
George Castriota Scanderbeg under the discourse of the provisional
government of Vlora;

7. Muzafer Bislimi (Skopje): Scanderbeg in the collective memory of the


Albanians of the eastern parts;

Discussions, 18.00-19.00

Moderators: prof. dr. Ferit Duka, prof. dr. Shaban Sinani and prof.
dr. Lulëzim Lajçi

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