Every anniversary of events or of big national personalities is always a good impetus to further reflect and deepen more in their study, to extract new point-of views in their less illuminated sides.The 550 anniversary of Gjergj Kastrioti's death is such a great motive. Scanderbeg's war against the …

This year in Albania and abroad marks the celebration of the 600- birth anniversary of Gjergj Kastrioti-Scanderbeg. His place and role in the Albanian and European history are of an extraordinary importance. He organized and led for circa a quarter a century the Albanian people war against the Ottom…

Political events contribute a small part of the historical context when describing and analyzing the political history of any period. The science of history is a set of specified relationships encompassing different historic matters that focus and organize inquiry to describe, explain, and predict d…

The chronology of the written Albanian literature is above all related to the patchy texts and unique works from the content point-of-view, as each initial definition and of the presence in them of some textual elements defining the particularity and also the common thematic that makes possible a ge…

I was suggested to participate in the second session of the International Albanological Conference in the format lectio magistralis. For some days and weeks, I was somewhat undecided whether to hold this presentation, or another one.Decades ago, since my dissertation on the Albanian heroic legendary…

"Gjergj Kastrioti-Scanderbeg (1405-17.01.1468) is the most important national hero and the greatest strategist and statesman of Albanians who led the war for freedom against the Ottoman occupation for the political-national union of the Albanians.2The many frequent military victories glorified Scand…

I take the title of this essay from the poem by Padraic Colum, entitled “Scanderbeg”, which I will be quoting in its entirety at its conclusion. Judged at least from a strictly grammatical perspective, the phrase “battling at the name of Scanderbeg” might perhaps appear to be a somewhat dubious one,…

The History of the Life and Deeds of Scanderbeg, Prince of the Epirotes (Historia De Vita Et Gestis Scanderbegi Epirotarvm Principis) by Marin Barleti (Marinus Barletius Scodrensis), was published in Rome in 1508. This basic work was translated from Latin into a number of European languages. Barleti…

There is a commonly held view that African nationalism took shape out of contacts of African intellectuals with twentieth-century Pan-African leaders. Yet, this interpretation lacked concrete evidence, as many of these intellectuals owed their ideological formulation to Nineteenth-century teachings …

Me Paqen e Karllovcit, të vitit 1699, si dhe me Traktatin e Kyçyk Kainarxhisë, të vitit 1774, kishte përfunduar epoka e ekspansionit territorial të Perandorisë Osmane dhe kishte filluar periudha e ndërhyrjes së vendeve evropiane për caktimin e fatit të mëtejmë të saj, në rend të parë të Perandorisë …

Më 1836, pra, vetëm në moshën njëzetedyvjeçare, Jeronim De Rada do të nxirrte në dritë veprën e vet të parë, “Këngët e Milosaos”, birit të despotit të Shkodrës1. Ky krijim poetik është një kryevepër e letërsisë arbëreshe dhe, në një rrafsh më të gjerë, e letërsisë shqiptare. Njëkohësisht, ndonëse nu…

Objektivi: Objektivi i këtij punimi është të trajtojë në mënyrë më të detajuar përdorimin e teknikave të posaçme të hetimit si një nevojë e shteteve në luftën kundër krimit të organizuar. Gjithashtu të trajtojë raportin mes përdorimit të këtyre teknikave të posaçme të hetimit dhe neninit 8 të Konven…