32.3128, Confs: Sociolinguistics/Germany

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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2021 18:23:48
From: Lumnije Jusufi [albanologie at gmail.com]
Subject: Innovation Paths in Albanology - International Online Conference for Young Researchers

 
Innovation Paths in Albanology - International Online Conference for Young Researchers 

Date: 14-Oct-2021 - 15-Oct-2021 
Location: Online, Germany 
Contact: Lumnije Jusufi 
Contact Email: albanologie at gmail.com 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

The conference is a cooperation between Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, with the sponsorship of the Southeast
Europe Association. The conference is planned to be an event for young
researchers (doctoral candidates, post-docs, and junior professors) in the
field of international Albanian Studies. 

In Germany, Albanian Studies have a long tradition dating back to the 19th
century. Since the 1970s, there has been a chair for Albanology at the
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. In addition to Munich, research
projects, events and lectures on Albanian language, literature and culture has
taken place even at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität in Jena. In Germany, Albanian Studies are
considered as a Small Subject by the Portal of Small Subjects in Mainz. 

In Berlin, we define Albanian Studies as a foreign discipline, i.e. a
discipline which refers from abroad to countries where Albanian is spoken.
Therefore, Albanian Studies has a broader research spectrum and a high degree
of interdisciplinary. At the core of this pioneering achievement, there are
other approaches such as sociolinguistics and area studies, especially by
focusing on the former Yugoslavian region. Besides traditional linguistics and
literary studies, we include gender studies and cultural studies as well as
special topics such as research of border areas and migration. Our idea covers
a broad spectrum of Albanian studies including all German and European places
where research on Albanian is conducted or where junior researchers are
investigating Albanian issues. With the selection of topics, we strive for
innovative project ideas in order to show that Albanian Studies as a small
subject today is by no means traditional and isolated. 

The panels focus on approaches that are not traditionally considered in
Albanian Studies, but are becoming extremely widespread – especially abroad.
Among these approaches are: 

Language Contact Studies
Language Technology and Digitisation 
Gender Studies
Migration Studies and broader Cultural Studies.

Supposedly traditional topics, especially from Tirana and Prishtina, are also
included at the conference because of their outstanding methodological
approaches. Our conference is the result of the intensive cooperation between
Berlin and Jena that is supported by the participation of two colleagues, Dr.
Evelyn Reuter and Dr. Christoph Giesel. Furthermore, there has been a
predecessor conference in Jena on 1 and 2 October 2021 dedicated to the (East)
German Albanologist Prof. Dr. Wilfried Fiedler, who gave Albanian lectures
during his retirement until his death in 2019.
 

Program:

DAY 1: (Thursday, 14.10.2021) 

Welcome: Christian Voß, Lumnije Jusufi and Evelyn Reuter 9:00-9:15 
Meet-and-greet session 9:15-10:00 

Coffee break: 10:00-10:15 

Keynote: Christian Voß: Re-Inventing Albanian and South-Slavic Studies
10:15-11:00 

Block I: Innovation Paths through Language Studies 
Panel 1: Sociolinguistics, Chair: Lumnije Jusufi (Berlin) 11:00-12:30 
1. Elona Gjata (Tirana): The Language Situation of the Macedonian Minority in
Albania 
2. Bora Shpuza Kasapolli (Zagreb): The Linguistic Dependence of an Independent
Country – State of the Language and the Linguistic Fluidity of Kosovo
Albanians 
3. Delina Binaj (Berlin): The Visibility of Gender Identities and Linguistic
Practices for Naming People in Albanian 

Lunch: 12:30-13:30 

Panel 2: Quo Vadis Linguistic Tradition? Chair: Bardh Rugova (Prishtina)
13:30-15:00 
1. Albana Muco (Milan): Phraseological Units with Colour Naming: A Contrastive
Analysis of Albanian and German 
2. Kadire Binaj (Prishtina): Structural Sentence Patterns in Albanian Language
– The Semantic Roles of Complements in Sentences with Bivalent Monotransitive
Verbs 
3. Philipp Wasserscheidt (Berlin): Digital Language Corpora of Albanian 

Coffee break: 15:00-15:15

Block II: Innovation Paths Innovation through Interdisciplinary Studies 
Panel 1: Migration Studies, Chair: Christian Voß (Berlin) 15:15-16:45 
1. Blerta Ismajli (Prishtina): “Kadale, kadale, wie war noch mal dein Name?” –
Bilingual Linguistic Features in Albanian Pop Music Lyrics 
2. Blerina Kelmendi (München): Language-mixing in Albanian-German Bilingual
Families 
3. Agata Rogoś (Berlin): Patterns of Albanian Occupation of Space in Neukölln
(Berlin) and Bronx (NYC) 

Dinner break: 16:45-18:00 
Socializing and Networking 18:00 (open end)

DAY 2 (Friday, 15.10.2021) 

Block III: Innovation Paths Through Literary Studies 
Panel 1: Quo Vadis Literary Tradition? Chair: Bardh Rugova (Prishtina)
9:00-10:30 
1. Belfjore Zifla (Qose) (Tirana): Issues Emerging from Albanian Transnational
Literature 
2. Abdulla Rexhepi (Prishtina): A Review to the Literary Work of Naim Frashëri
3. Eljon Doçe (Tirana): Discovering a New Migjeni, Under the Light of Textual
Reading 

Coffee break: 10:30-10:45 

Block IV: Innovation Paths Through Cultural Studies
Panel 1: Print Culture, Chair: Christoph Giesel (Jena) 10:45-11:45 
1. Ervina Halili (Berlin): The Publishing House Rilindja and the Formation of
a Codified Language 
2. Yll Rugova (Prishtina): Punchcutting of Two Original Albanian Alphabets
from the 18th and 19th Century 

Coffee break: 11:45-12:00 

Panel 2: Culture in the Media, Chair: Evelyn Reuter (Jena) 12:00-13:30 
1. Zsófia Turóczy (Leipzig): From Rilindja to Pop Culture: The Poem “O moj
Shqypni” as an Albanian Memory Side 
2. Jeta Abazi (Leipzig): Secularity from the Lenses of the Online Media
(2009–2019). Kosovo and Albania 
3. Ferdi Kamberi (Prishtina): Religious Fundamentalism in Kosovo and the
Impact of Media 

Lunch: 13:30-14:30 

Final Discussion and Outlook: All Speakers and Panel Leaders 14:30-15:30 
Conclusion: Christian Voß, Lumnije Jusufi, Evelyn Reuter 15:30-16:00 

End: 16:00





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