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 Partners: 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 Partners: 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) Partners: .