Anglo-Albanian Gazette Issue 23, Summer 2023

Anglo-Albanian Gazette Issue 23, Summer 2023

Celebrating the Coronation in Tirana - Carolyn Perry was at the British Residence for the Royal Garden Party celebrating the coronation of King Charles III.

Pride and Shame - Luke Dowding looks forward to a time when Albania’s LGBTQ+ community can take pride in their identities.

Dealing with Shocks at the Gates of the EU - John Watkins reports on a talk a the LSE given by Mr Gent Sejko, Governor the Bank of Albania. Mr Sejko outlined the steps Albania was taking to prepare its economy for financial convergence with the EU.

Book review - Antonia Young reviews Mud Sweeter than Honey: Voices of Communist Albania by Margo Rejmer.

Albania’s industrial past and its potential present - Nash Fellow Dimitra Gkitsa asks whether Albania’s industrial heritage can be transformed into an entry point for collective memory and practices.

Scanderbeg in Boston - Juliana Goga-Cooke travels to Boston with Tishy Nugee for an exhibition of Ms Nugee’s antiquarian books about Scanderbeg.

Butrint Through Artists’ Eyes, Part 2 - Professor Ferid Hudhri looks at how more recent artists have portrayed Butrint. Contemporary Albanian artists like Pashk Përvathi and Zhaneta Kadillari continue to find inspiration in its ruins.     

Albanians in the Venetian Republic - Adam Yamey finds reminders of the Albanian community who settled in Venice in the fifteenth century.

Letter from the Albanian lands - “Nevinson”.

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