The trajectory of the Albanian historiography : between the Austrian Albanologie (Volkskunde) and the Communist Albanologie (National-Stalinism/Etnographiya)

Bezha Anastas: The trajectory of the Albanian historiography : between the Austrian Albanologie (Volkskunde) and the Communist Albanologie (National-Stalinism/Etnographiya). In: Mediterrán tanulmányok, (31). pp. 117-139. (2021)

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Abstract

The focus of this paper is to analyze the trajectory of the Albanian historiography before and during communism. After the fall of the communist regime in 1991, the related studies on this subject were focused on the main narratives proposed by this historiography, with a critical eye by the German-speaking community of researchers. In this regard, little effort has been put to analyze the context – scientific and political – how these two closely resembling narratives were created. The paper tries to show a clear evolutionary path of the Albanian Historiography initiated by the actions of the Ballhausplatz in the last decade of the century XIX, as part of the literary propaganda towards the Albanians, up to the adoptions and distortions of the same teachings by the communist historians half a century later. Such evolution passed through two major steps: the transition from the scientific tradition of Volkskunde als Volksgeschichte to its sibling version of Soviet Etnographiya; and further on to the implementation of the historiographic archetype work of the Hungarian historian Lajos Thallóczy in the new textbooks by the Albanian communist historians.

Item Type:	Article
Journal or Publication Title:	Mediterrán tanulmányok
Date:	2021
Volume:	31
ISSN:	0238-8308
Page Range:	pp. 117-139
Language:	English
Publisher:	Szegedi Tudományegyetem Újkori Egyetemes Történeti és Mediterrán Tanulmányok Tanszék
Place of Publication:	Szeged
Related URLs:	http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/74678/
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Történetírás - albán, Albánia története - 19. sz.
Additional Information:	Bibliogr. a lábjegyzetekben ; összefoglalás angol nyelven
Subjects:	06. Humanities 06. Humanities > 06.01. History and archaeology
Date Deposited:	2022. Apr. 01. 10:33
Last Modified:	2022. Apr. 01. 10:33
URI:	http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/74819

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