The Albanian Student Movement And Political Change in Albania, 1990-1991
La direttrice scientifica di OBC Luisa Chiodi interviene alla conferenza internazionale sul movimento studentesco e i cambiamenti politici avvenuti in Albania agli inizi degli anni Novanta
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
8:15 - Welcoming Remarks
Prof. Dr. Akli Fundo, Vice Rector, Polytechnic University of Tirana
8:30 - 9:45 PANEL A: The Albanian Student Movement And Its Contribution to Regime Change in Albania
Chair: Grid Rroji
Discussant: Prof. Afrim Krasniqi
Prof. Mirela Bogdani, University of Tirana
Contributing Actors To the Regime Change in Albania: The First Stage of Transition and The Role of The Albanian Student Movement
Fred C. Abrahams, Human Rights Watch
Out of the Dark: The Albanian Student Movement And Its Contribution to The Founding of the Opposition
Dr. Valbona Karanxha, SCSU and Yale University
The Role of the Albanian Student Movement During the First Stage of the Transition
9:50 - 11:20 PANEL B: Visions of the Future: The Albanian Student Movement and the Ruling Caste
Chair: Prof. Mirela Bogdani, University of Tirana
Discussant: Grid Rroji, CUNY and New York University
Prof. James Pettifer, Oxford University, UK
Competing Visions of the Future: The Albanian Student Movement and the Political Elites
Prof. Dr. Afrim Krasniqi, Alexander Moisiu University and Institute for Political Studies
What Kind of Democracy? Which Kind of Pluralism? Comparing President Alia’s August 12th Meeting with Intellectuals with the December 11th Meeting with the Student Representation
Grid Rroji, City University of New York and NYU
Fighting for the Nation-State: the Albanian Student Movement and Albanian Nationalism
Dr. Luisa Chiodi, Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso
The Student Movement and the Emergent Civil Society During the First Phase of Transition in Albania
11:25 - 12:40 PANEL C: Situating The Albanian Student Movement: Comparative Perspectives
Chair: Dr. Valbona Karanxha, SCSU and Yale University
Discussant: Prof. Mirela Bogdani, University of Tirana
Miranda Vickers, International Crisis Group
Making Sense of Albanian Events: International Interpretations and Responses
Dr. Llukman Halili, The Helvetian Institute for Southestern European Studies
Comparing the Albanian Student Movement to the European Student Movements: Similarities and Differences
Dr. Martin Berisha, University of Ljubjana, Sllovenia
What was Different? The Albanian Student Movement and the Albanian Student Movements of 1968, 1981, and 1997 in the former Yugoslavia
12:45 - 14:20 ROUNDTABLE: Comparing Albanian Student Movements
Prof. Sami Repishti, “The Albanian University and Student Movement, 1943-1944”
Adil Pireva, “The Albanian Student Movement of 1968”
Prof. Bajram Kosumi, “The Albanian Student Movement and Protests of 1981”
Prof. Shinasi Rama, “The Albanian Student Movement of 1990”
Prof. Bujar Dugolli, “The Albanian Student Movement of 1997”
Moderated by Prof. Dr. Afrim Krasniqi, “Alexander Moisiu” University and the Institute for Political Studies
14:20 - CONCLUDING REMARKS
Prof. Shinasi Rama, New York University
INFO:
Shinasi A Rama
New York University
shinasi.rama@nyu.edu
