JEWS IN ALBANIA: CROSSED PERSPECTIVES
Conference & Workshop
Conference languages: Albanian/English
Conference venue:
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Aleks Buda Hall Address: Murat Toptani Street, Tirana, Albania
Tirana, 27 January 2017
Contact: The Institute for Democracy, Media & Culture (IDMC) Tel: +355 44521899, [email protected] Elbasani Street, Building Edil Alit, 2nd Floor, 213/1, Tirana www.idmc.al/en
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PROGRAM 09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 09:45 Opening Remarks
Prof. as. Lili Sula, Head of Department of Literature, UT Dr. Jonila Godole, Executive Director, IDMC Dr. Andrea Ungari, Scientific Head of the REMSHOA project
09:45 – 10:00 Keynote Speaker Prof.dr. Valentina Duka: “Jews in the Albanian historiography”
10:00 – 10:45 Panel I: Salvation of Jews in Albania in Historical Context
Moderator: Dr. Edmond Çali, University of Napoli, Italia
Panellists: Prof.dr. Shaban Sinani: “Sorvegliare, non punire: The position of fascist military high command towards massive migration of Jewish people to Albania”
Prof.as. Anila Mullahi: “The contribution of Jews in the Albanian society and their integration”
PhD (c) Lindita Xhillari, Msc. Juliana Cici: “The rights of Jews in Albania”
10:45 – 11:00 Discussion: Q & A
11:00 – 11:10 Musical Reception Spartak Sinamati & Arbër Çerri: Maurice Ravel: “Kaddish” from “Deux mélodies hébraïques”
11:10 – 11:30 Coffee Break
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11:30 – 11:45 Keynote Speaker Prof.as. Lili Sula: “Jehoshua in folk epics”
11:45 – 12:30 Panel II: Albanian-Jews Relations in Culture and Literature
Moderator: Prof.dr. Valentina Duka, Dean of the Faculty of History and Philology, UT
Panellists: Prof. as. Viola Isufaj: Violence to call existence: (“The Yatir evening express” by Yehoshua and “Spring flowers, spring frost” by Kadare) Dr. Edmond Çali: “Jozefi në shtëpinë time” by Arta Marku and the poetry of Viktor Marko Solomon Dr. Jorina Kryeziu: “Translation of literary works: Albanian writers translated in Hebrew language”
12:30 – 12:45 Discussion: Q & A
12:45 – 13:00 Musical Reception Spartak Sinamati & Arbër Çerri: John Williams: “Theme from Schindler’s List”
13:00 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:00 Workshop Part I: Jews in the Albanian Media and Oral History
Referents Prof. as. Bashkim Gjergji: “Israel in the optics of the communist ideology”
“Jewish story in Albania” Journalism & Multimedia students present their productions 16:00 – 16:15 Discussion: Q & A
16:15 – 16:45 Part II: The Perception of the Other in the Albanian Society Fatos Qoqja, Apollon Ruben Zenuni: Representative of Albania-Israel Friendly Association
Ben Andoni: “Beyond Shoah” - Critical discussion about relations between Jews and
Albanians from the World War II until today 16:45 – 17:00 Discussion and Conclusions
19:00 – 20:00 Optional* Movie Screening The final victory at Academia of Fim & Multimedia Marubi (Address: Aleksander Moisiu Street, Kinostudio, Tirana)
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