Anglo-Albanian Gazette Issue 8, January 2018
Anglo-Albanian Gazette Issue 8, January 2018
Tribute - Sir Noel Malcolm remembers the life and work of Robert Elsie, translator, interpreter and specialist in Albanian studies, who died on 2nd October 2017.
Tribute - Michael Gunn offers his personal tribute to Robert Elsie.
Exhibition review - Adam Yamey reviews an exhibition at Bradford’s National Science and Media Museum marking the centenary of Musine Kokalari’s birth in 1917. The exhibition was curated by Dr Agata Fijalkowski.
Musine Kokalari: A Hundred Hidden Years - an appreciation by Robert Wilton.
An Unsung Hero: Musine Kokalari - transcript of a film script based on Musine Kokolari’s trial in January 1946, translated by Dr Agata Fijalkowski.
Music review - Adam Yamey reviews a concert at St Stephen’s Church by the London City Philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Olsi Qinami.
Prof Marc Weller speaks at the Kosovo Embassy - John Hodgson reports on a discussion, “Kosovo and International Law”, led by Marc Weller, Professor of International Law and International Constitutional Studies at the University of Cambridge.
Film review - John Watkins reviews Viktor Gjika’s Nëntori i Dytë (The Second November) (1982), a historical drama that reimagines events leading up to Albania’s Declaration of Independence in November 1912.
Paget’s Clock Tower - Rodney Oliver describes the nineteenth century Clock Tower in the centre of Shkodër.
Tirana’s Changing Face - Antonia Young looks at how Scanderbeg Square has changed since the toppling of Enver Hoxha’s statue in February 1991.
A Visit to Albania’s Central State Film Archive - John Watkins is given a tour of Arkivi Qendror Shtetëror i Filmit by archivist Eriona Vyshka.
Letter from Tirana - “Nevinson”
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