Spotlight on… Albanian

One of PROLang’s main goals is to provide a forum for postgraduates, who are working on research topics involving language and society, in the broadest sense, to present and receive feedback on their work in progress. Following on from last year’s event, the theme of this seminar will be researching Albanology. We look forward to you joining us here at SSEES, to participate in what is sure to be a series of fascinating and intellectually stimulating discussions.

This even will take place in person and will also be livestreamed online.

Moderator and discussant: Mirela Xhaferraj (UCL SSEES)

Presentations

Sidorela Doli (Charles University, Institute of Ethnology and Central European and Balkan Studies, Prague, Czech Republic): The phenomenon of Albanian Sworn Virgins (Burrneshat) in the literary aspect

Ledio Hala (University of Regensburg, Germany): The Process of Standardization of Albanian: A Corpus-Based Perspective

Maria Peeva (University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria): The motif of the Eternal Return in postmodern Albanian literature.

Joe Ruffell (Open University, UK): Narrating the totalitarian party-state: The role of ideology and history in Communist Albania

Anxhela Lepuri: (University of Tirana, Department of Albanian Language, Albania) Behavioural patterns of parents in supporting heritage language maintenance

Federica De Bastiani (University of Calabria, Italy): Martin Camaj, the Arbëresh World, and the Short Story Shkundullima

Anna Kapitanova-Krasteva (University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria) Adjectival modifiers in the nominal projection in Albanian and Bulgarian