If the history of a particular figure is not recounted across multiple languages, then that figure is destined to remain obscure beyond the geographical boundaries of his or her own ethnic group. In 1968, at the Second Albannological Conference dedicated to George Castriot Scanderbeg, on the 500th a…

The present paper informs about two monographs on Scanderbeg, which belong to the German historiography. The first monograph is titled Georg Skanderbeg, glücklicher Vorgänger des Ali Pascha in Janina (Gjergj Scanderbeg lucky predecessor of Ali Pasha of Ioannina), and the second monograph is titled G…

This paper investigates the appropriation of the legendary figure of George Castriota Scanderbeg by Enver Hoxha since the earliest days of Albania’s communist regime. To this end, I am analyzing from an iconological perspective the juxtaposition of Enver Hoxha and George Castriota Scanderbeg’s image…

The reason I have been invited to this symposium dedicated by Albania to the important personality of George Kastriotis the so-called Scanderbeg is a recent discovery I made, an unknown biography in Greek, half a century older than the one known until now as “the first Greek biography of Kastriotis”…

"The use and mеаning of ethnonyms in late medieval texts is a complex scholarly issue. In this paper we try to analyze and clarify the reasons why the mentioned ancient/archaic ethnonyms and geographic names are used for naming certain late medieval Balkan inhabitants and territories in the 15th cen…

Thanks to the political individual and social system of Albania in the past, as well as the rooted habits of the lonely woman in independent provinces, women's clothing represents a great variation of shapes. There is no doubt that the oldest dress is that of the Highlands of Northern Albania, which…

Since decades, most certainly centuries, Albania and France are close to each other and this paper gives us the opportunity to recall the proximity of these two countries. At the end of the 19th century, two of the most important figures of both Greek paleography and Biblical studies, Anthimos Alexo…

Sfida kryesore e rrjetit arkivor në cilindo vend është përmbushja e misionit bazë të tij, ruajtjes së memories kolektive kombëtare. Në këtë kuptim, sfida e përpunimit dhe dorëzimit të rregullt të dokumentacionit arkivor duhet të vlerësohet si çështja më e rëndësishme, pasi pa bazën e vetë, lëndën ar…

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 …

Profitability expresses the ability to make a profit from all the business activities of the company. It shows how efficiently management generates profit by utilizing all available resources. This paper examined the effects of specific company factors, namely independent variables such as: liquidit…

In such a complex and uncertain world, it may help to think like a Hindu, and accept contradiction as more in keeping with social and political reality than is finding a right answer to complex policy puzzles. What is almost impossible for those trained within Western frames of refere…

The article analyses the strategies for reducing the phenomena of domestic violence, focusing on the legal preventive measures. It highlights the historical aspects of the problem, by referring to the legal framework, in trying to overcome it. By introducing the causes and the nature of the domestic…