Idrit Idrizi
Biographic Data
| ID | 811249 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Idrit Idrizi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Idrit |
| FAMILY NAME | Idrizi |
| SIGNATURE | IDRIZI I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8500-2037 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reframing Anti-Soviet Defiance
The article reframes Albania’s and Romania’s defiance of the Soviet Union by situating it within global debates about sovereignty. We use the latter as an umbrella term that encompasses concepts such as equality in international relations, economic self-reliance and self-determination against hegemony. During the 1950s and 1960s, these notions gained popularity across the globe because of decolonisation, non-alignment and the dynamics of dissent …
Afrim Krasniqi
Albania constitutes an interesting case for scholars of political transitions.At the end of 1989, while communism had collapsed everywhere else in Eastern Europe, the Stalinist regime in Tirana seemed to be firmly in control.It had no real opposition.The year 1990, however, would see the eruption of popular unrest.The police shot dead and wounded a number of people, but refrained from committing mass bloodshed.At the end of that year, the communi…
Enver Hoxha’s Last Purge
This article examines some unprecedented political events in post-Stalin Europe which have been the subject of much mystery and speculation but no proper scholarly analysis. Based on archive documents, the study explores the purge of several of the highest-ranking political officials in communist Albania from 1981 to 1983, including the ministers of the interior, health, foreign affairs, and defence. Analysing how and under which conditions this …
Between Subordination and Symbiosis
Studies on Albanian historiography during communism have so far focused primarily on its main narratives. This paper shifts the research focus towards the actual conditions under which historiography was produced, paying particular attention to historians’ relationship with political power. It shows that Albanian historiography went through five stages, each of which substantially shaped historians’ positions, and that the relationship between th…
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Between Subordination and Symbiosis
Studies on Albanian historiography during communism have so far focused primarily on its main narratives. This paper shifts the research focus towards the actual conditions under which historiography was produced, paying particular attention to historians’ relationship with political power. It shows that Albanian historiography went through five stages, each of which substantially shaped historians’ positions, and that the relationship between th…
Enver Hoxha’s Last Purge
This article examines some unprecedented political events in post-Stalin Europe which have been the subject of much mystery and speculation but no proper scholarly analysis. Based on archive documents, the study explores the purge of several of the highest-ranking political officials in communist Albania from 1981 to 1983, including the ministers of the interior, health, foreign affairs, and defence. Analysing how and under which conditions this …
Afrim Krasniqi
Albania constitutes an interesting case for scholars of political transitions.At the end of 1989, while communism had collapsed everywhere else in Eastern Europe, the Stalinist regime in Tirana seemed to be firmly in control.It had no real opposition.The year 1990, however, would see the eruption of popular unrest.The police shot dead and wounded a number of people, but refrained from committing mass bloodshed.At the end of that year, the communi…
Reframing Anti-Soviet Defiance
The article reframes Albania’s and Romania’s defiance of the Soviet Union by situating it within global debates about sovereignty. We use the latter as an umbrella term that encompasses concepts such as equality in international relations, economic self-reliance and self-determination against hegemony. During the 1950s and 1960s, these notions gained popularity across the globe because of decolonisation, non-alignment and the dynamics of dissent …
Balkans: History, Politics, Society (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Communism (2 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (2 works) · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)