"Albanian Studies Symposium: Exploring the Future of Interdisciplinary Research“
"Simpoziumi për Studimet Shqiptare: Qasje hulumtuese për të ardhmen e kërkimit shkencor"
7 June, Institut für Slavistik, Universität Regensburg / 7 qershor, Instituti i Sllavistikës Universiteti i Regensburgut
Location Vielberth-Gebäude VG 1.30
Description
Albania is currently undergoing a dynamic development and is high on Germany's foreign policy agenda. The international symposium aims to discuss new perspectives on Albanian Studies at the University of Regensburg (UR) and beyond. It comprises the three thematic areas Linguistics, Literature and Culture. The symposium is integrated into the area studies activities at UR.
The overarching topic of the symposium is “The replication of concepts across language barriers (Travelling concepts)”. Replicated or travelling concepts are ideas or cultural constructs that traverse linguistic and cultural barriers, transforming as they are rendered into different languages. Through translation, these concepts adapt to new contexts, acquiring nuances and interpretations specific to each language and culture because the basis for this replication is a creative process of ‘interlingual identification of linguistic subsystems’. The replication of concepts facilitates the dissemination of knowledge and fosters cross-cultural understanding by bridging linguistic divides. However, it also poses challenges, as nuances, cultural connotations, and context can be lost or altered in this process. One such example could be the notion of ‘corruption’ which first appeared in Albanian dictionaries in the 50ies. However, the meaning of the Albanian lexeme korrupsion is not identical to the corresponding lexemes in West European languages. As a second example we might refer to Realizmi socialist which is a replication of the Russian term sociаlističeskij realizm/socrealizm. Both in art and in literature Realizmi socialist developed its features specific to the Albanian context.
Leading experts from the universities of Tirana, Prishtina, LMU, HU Berlin and Charles University will present their research related to travelling concepts.
The symposium is organised by the Institute of Slavonic Studies in collaboration with the SeeFfield Project (https://seeffield.app.uni-regensburg.de/(externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster) (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)). The language of the event is English (with some translations into Albanian).
Ne ftojmë të gjithë të interesuarit! We cordially invite everybody interested in Albanian Studies!
Programme
| 8.30-9.00 | Welcome / Përshëndetje | Björn Hansen & Ledio Hala Frau Gentiana Mburimi, Generalkonsulin der Republik Albanien in München |
| 9.00-9.30 | “A Dictionary of Anglicisms in Albanian- theoretical assumptions, sources and structure” | Kristina Jorgaqi (Universiteti i Tiranës) |
| 9.30-10.00 | To be announced | Barbara Sonnenhauser (LMU München) |
| 10.00-10.30 | “The language of corruption in Albanian” | Björn Hansen (Universität Regensburg) & Elsa Skënderi Rakipllari (Universiteti i Tiranës) |
| 10.30-11.00 | “The fall of the rise-fall in Northern Tosk: Prosody in contact” | Enkeleida Kapia & Felicitas Kleber (LMU München) |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee break | |
| 11.30-12.00 | “Between Words and Worlds: Language and Cultural Ideologies Among Albanian Heritage Speakers” | Ledio Hala (Uni Regensburg/ LMU München) |
| 12.00-12.30 | “A Special Language and Cultural Transfer: German Bread Goods and Names in Kosovo” | Vjosa Hamiti (Universiteti i Prishtinës) & Lumnije Jusufi (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) |
| 12.30-14.00 | Lunch / Drekë | |
| 14.00-14.30 | To be announced | Lidija Cvikić (Croaticum, Universität Regensburg) | |
| 14.30-15.00 | “Albanian Studies at Charles: A Neverending Quest” | Orkida Backus Borshi (Ústav etnologie a středoevropských a balkánských studií, Univerzita Karlova) | |
| 15.00-15.30 | “One trunk, many branches. The unity of Albanian Literature in the face of Geopolitical and Social Particularities in the Areas Where It Developed” | Viola Isufaj (Universiteti i Tiranës) | |
| 15.30-16.00 | “The Internal Vector of Arbëresh Literature (Italy) in the Formation of Modern Albanian Literature” | Lili Sula (Universiteti i Tiranës) | |
| 16.00-16.15 | Coffee break | ||
| 16.15-16.45 | PhD session: “Demographic changes in Albania in the 1980s and 1990s” “A transformation from below. Understanding workers' lives in the Trepça industrial complex during 1960-1980” | Andi Balla (IOS) Fatos Hoxha (GS OSES) | |
| 17.00-18.00 | Final discussion: the relevance of replicated concepts for Albanian Studies | ||
