Balkan Studies Congress Successfully Finished

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1st Balkan Studies Congress took place between 17-19 September, in Skopje, North Macedonia. In the Congress participated 32 participants from 7 different countries, including, North Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Poland and Azerbaijan. Participants presented papers from 10 different disciplines as History, Architecture and Urban Studies, Media and Communication Studies, Politics, International Relations, Economics, Law, and Islamic Studies.

Presentations

First Session

Moderator: Dr. Ahmet Köroğlu

  1. Mustafa S. Öztürk – Mehmed Cavid Bey’in Selanik Günleri (1902-1908) (Turkey)
  2. Isra Sheh – İttihat ve Terakki ile Ohrili Sabri Bey (1905-1910) (North Macedonia)
  3. Besnik Emini – The efforts of Ottoman Empire to build railways in the Balkan (North Macedonia)

Second Session

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Shener Bilal

  1. Faton Pllana – Kosovo The Causes Holding of Congress of Berlin from dhe Viewpoint of the Anglophone Historiography (Kosovo) 5.. Oktaj Hasani – The character of the Albanan uprisings of 1830 – 1849, against the reformation of the Ottoman Empire (Kosovo)
  2. Esra Yoğurtçu – Terüman-ı Hakikat Gazetesi’ne Göre Bosna Hersek’te İşgal Sürecinin Bir Analizi (Turkey)
  3. Fatih Fırat – Balkan Harbi’nin Meydana Gelmesinde Koçana Vak’ası’nın Etkisi (Turkey)

Third Session

Moderator: Dr. Murat Aliu

  1. Cengiz Destan Kolektif Mekansal Belleğin Yeniden İnşası: Üsküp Meydanı Örneği (North Macedonia)
  2. Rümeysa Sena Şeker – Investigation of Urban Destruction in the Context of Urbicide in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Turkey)
  3. Remzi Soytürk – İvo Andriç’in Drina Köprüsü Romanında Kronotop (Zaman-Uzam) (Turkey)
  4. Brunilda Basha – Observation of Ottoman Religious Heritage Legacy on Elbasan City than and now (Albania)
  5. Gremina Elmazi – Collective Memory and Spatial Layering on the Post-Communist Cities in the Balkan Peninsula (North Macedonia)

Fourth Session

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Ali Pajaziti

  1. Omer Merzic – Representation of the ‘Turk’ in Yugoslav films (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  2. Denada Dosti – Representation of Muslim Woman in the Balkan Media (Albania)
  3. Festim Rizanaj – Analizë semiologjike e karikaturave të publikuara në gazeta: Zgjedhjet e 14 shkurt në Kosovë (Kosovo)

Fifth Session

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Mevludin Ibishi

  1. Arxhend Blakçori – Politics is Metaphysical? Yes and No (Kosovo)
  2. Katarzyna Wasiak – Post(memory). How the next generation “remembers” the war (Poland)
  3. Nikola Lero – Slipping into failure – Bosnian Multiculturalism since Yugoslavia, Through Sejdić and Finci, until Žižek (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Sixth Session

Moderator: Dr. Deniz Memedi

  1. Hatice Demirci – Kuşak – Yol Projesi Bağlamında Çin Halk Cumhuriyeti ve Sırbistan İlişkileri (Turkey)
  2. Dolunay Yusuf Baltürk – Turkey’s Balkans Policy in the Context of Soft POWER (Turkey)
  3. Dilek Kütük – The changing Political Climate in the Balkans and the Transformative Power of the EU (Turkey)

Seventh Session

Moderator: Doc. Dr. Bujamin Bela

  1. Ebubekir Mollaahmetoğlu – A review of the Financial Development – Capital Flows nexus in Balkan Countries (Turkey)
  2. Loreta Isaraj & Rikela Fusha – Albania’s case: The Covid-19 economic and health impact of disease (Albania)
  3. Ecenur Pekçetin – Arnavutluk’ta Vehhabi/Selefi Zihniyetin Yayılmasında Nasruddin el-Albani’nin ve Suudi Vakıfların Etkisi (Turkey)
  4. Aynur Huseynova – Soya Dönüş (Asimilasyon Siyaseti) Siyaseti Kapsamında Bulgaristan Türkleri ve Naim Süleymanoğlu (1984 – 1989) (Azerbaijan)

Eighth Session

Moderator: Dr. Ahmet Köroğlu

  1. Ardita Ilazi & Emir Kurtishi – The Future of the Justice System in the Digital World of GPT-3 AND Artificial Intelligence – Republic of North Macedonia (North Macedonia)
  2. Tringa Dreshaj – Transitional Justice and Reconciliation Process: Case Study Kosovo (Kosovo)
  3. Furkan Düzenli – Dijital Yerliler ve Manipülasyonla Gelen Değişim (Turkey)
  4. İsmail Yazıcı – The Concept of Order in Hasan Kafi Akhisari’s Thought (Turkey)
  5. Laureta Rexha – An Analysis of Time in Virginia Wolf’s novels in Light of the Quranic Chapter Asr (Kosovo)

SPECIAL SESSION | ACADEMIA SKOPJE

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Musa Musai

  1. Anila Murati – Analizë e përzgjedhjes së stilit të lidershipit në zhvillimin e bizneseve në Republikën e Maqedonisë së Veriut (North Macedonia)
  2. Besar Rufati – Revolucionarizimi mjekësor i trajtimit të sëmundjeve të pashërueshme nëpërmjet inxhinieringut gjenetik (CRISPR-Cas9 dhe kanceri) (North Macedonia)
  3. Hanife Etem – Bilişim Hukukunda Robotların Konumu ve Yapay Zekanın Ceza Muhakemesinde ki Rolü (North Macedonia)
  4. Liber Emini – Analizë e gjendjes psikologjike të të burgosurve në burgjet e Republikës së Maqedonisë së Veriut (Idrizovë), në periudhën 2015-2021 (North Macedonia)
  5. Zehra Abdula – Osmanlı’dan Cumhuriyete Üç Matematikçi: Hüseyin Tevfik Paşa, Salih Zeki bey ve Kerim Emin (North Macedonia)
  6. Mersie Ramadani – Divorcet gjatë periudhës së pandemisë Covid-19 në rajonin e Shkupit (North Macedonia)

On the third day of the Congress, together with the participants was realised a trip to Ohrid.

We thank the participants, moderators of the sessions, institutions and all those who were part of this Congress, wishing them success and prosperity.