{"id":39377,"date":"2024-01-29T19:41:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T19:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=39377"},"modified":"2024-01-29T19:41:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T19:41:33","slug":"albanian-studies-in-the-global-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=39377","title":{"rendered":"Albanian Studies in the Global Context"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>30 January 2024, 3:00 pm\u20137:00 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UCL SSEES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>You are cordially invited to the first PROLang event on Albanian language and studies, where we discuss the situation of Albanology around the world, with its successes and its challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event has been co-organised with the successful seeFField project from University of Regensburg.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The moderators of this event are Albanian language lecturers, Dr Mirela Xhaferraj (SSEES, UCL) and Lecturer Ledio Hala (Institute for Slavonic Studies, Seeffield Project, UR), together with Ramona Gonczol (SSEES, UCL), Associate Professor Romanian and convener of PROLang.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first part of the event will bring together several academics discussing the teaching Albanian language as a foreign or heritage language, in several prestigious universities around the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second part will feature academics teaching and researching on topics linked to Albanian studies in a wider sense, around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is hybrid and will be recorded.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will be followed by a small reception and networking.<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Opening remarks: Associate Professor Ramona Gonczol (UCL SSEES),&nbsp;Convener of the PROLang Group.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 1- TEACHING ALBANIAN AS A FOREIGN\/SECOND LANGUAGE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Mirela Xhaferraj (UCL SSEES) Teaching Albanian as a foreign\/second language in the UK,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Ledio Hala (Institute for Slavonic Studies, Seeffield Project, UR) Albanian Language Teaching and Studies in German Universities: Navigating Challenges, Celebrating Successes, and Sharing Best Practices.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Linda M\u00ebniku (University of Tirana, Albania \/ Arizona State University, CLI) Textbooks for teaching Albanian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Jin Qiao (Beijing Foreign Studies University), Policy Communication and Talent Cultivation in the Field of Higher Education between China and Albania, &nbsp;<br>5.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Flora Koleci (University of Salento, Italy) The teaching of Albanian as a second language in the Italian context.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Lumnije Jusufi (Humboldt University of Berlin) Integration of vertical and horizontal varieties in the teaching of Albanian as a foreign language.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Aljula Jubani (Institute for European Studies, University of Tirana, Albania), Optimizing Albanian language learning by applying the CEFR framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Bardh Rugova (Universiteti i Prishtin\u00ebs), Teaching Albanian as a Foreign and Heritage Language: Exploring Educational Approaches at the International Seminar on Albanian Language, Literature, and Culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Maria Morozova (Russian Academy of Sciences) Alexander Rusakov (Academy of Sciences of Albania), Teaching and learning Albanian studies in Saint Petersburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Part 2- ALBANIAN STUDIES ABROAD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.Eda Derhemi (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), The faint presence of Albanian studies in the US.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. 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