Robert Elsie

Writer, translator, interpreter, specialist in Albanian studies

Scholarly articles and other publications

Artikel und sonstige Veröffentlichungen
Articles et d'autres publications
Artikuj shkencore dhe botime të tjera

— 1989

1990 - 1999

2000 - 2009

1999	Die Herkunft albanischer Baumbezeichnungen. Lecture held on 12 July 1999 at the University of Munich. Download full text, 129 KB, PDF article Religionsgemeinschaften unter den Albanern. Lecture held at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, on 23 June 1999, unpublished. / Vortrag gehalten am 23. Juni 1999 an der Universität von Freiburg/Schweiz, unveröffentlicht. Download full text, 119 KB, PDF article The Viennese scholar who almost became King of Albania: Baron Franz Nopcsa and his contribution to Albanian studies. in: East European quarterly, Boulder, 33, 3 (1999), p. 327-345. Download full text, 222 KB, PDF article Introduction. in: The truth on Albania and the Albanians. Historical and critical issues by Wassa Effendi. Introduction by Robert Elsie (Centre for Albanian Studies, London 1999), ISBN 1-873928-63-7, p. i-iii. Download full text, 72 KB, PDF press article Gone but not forgotten. Tribute to the sensitivity and resolve of the Albanian writers murdered in Kosovo this week. in: The Guardian, Saturday Review, 3.4.1999, p. 3. Download full text, 77 KB, PDF article Camaj, Martin. in: Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th century. Third Edition. Vol. 1: A-D. General Editor Steven R. Serafin (St. James Press, Farmington Hills MI 1999), p. 403-404. Download full text, 43 KB, PDF article Agolli, Dritëro. in: Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th century. Third Edition. Vol. 1: A-D. General Editor Steven R. Serafin (St. James Press, Farmington Hills MI 1999), p. 21. Download full text, 41 KB, PDF article Albanian literature since the Second World War. in: Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th century. Third Edition. Vol. 1: A-D. General Editor Steven R. Serafin (St. James Press, Farmington Hills MI 1999), p. 35-36. Download full text, 48 KB, PDF
1998	article Der Islam und die Derwisch-Sekten Albaniens: Anmerkungen zu ihrer Geschichte, Verbreitung und zur derzeitigen Lage. unpublished / unveröffentlicht Download full text, 256 KB, PDF article Prolegomena zu einer Heiligengeschichte Albaniens. Lecture held in Arbon, Switzerland, on 5 September 1998 at the international conference on "2000 Years of Christianity among the Albanians," unpublished. / Vortrag gehalten am 5. September 1998 in Arbon, Schweiz, beim Symposium "2000 Jahre Christentum bei den Albanern," unveröffentlicht. Download full text, 92 KB, PDF article Neues zu dem Wiener Gelehrten, der beinahe König von Albanien wurde: Franz Baron Nopcsa und sein Beitrag zur wissenschaftlichen Albanienforschung. Lecture held at the University of Bonn on 26 November 1998, unpublished. / Vortrag gehalten am 26. November 1998 an der Universität Bonn, unveröffentlicht. Download full text, 199 KB, PDF article Das albanische Lexikon des Evliya Çelebi (1662), und was ein Derwisch auf der Durchreise alles wissen muß. in: Südost-Forschungen, Munich, 57 (1998), p. 95-102. Download full text, 142 KB, PDF article Islam and the dervish sects of Albania. An introduction to their history, development and current situation. in: The Islamic quarterly, London, 42.4 (1998), p. 266-289. Download full text, 258 KB, PDF articles Bukoshi, Bujar (p. 32); Cubrilovic, Vaso (p. 65-66); Demaçi, Adem (p. 71-72); Democratic League of Kosovo (p. 72); Kaçanik, Constitution of (p. 139); Kosovo (p. 145-147); Krasniqi, Mark (p. 150); Qosja, Rexhep (p. 231); Rugova, Ibrahim (p. 248). in: John B. Allcock, Marko Milivojevic & John J. Horton (eds.), Conflict in the former Yugoslavia. An encyclopedia. Roots of modern conflict. Foreword by Martin Bell (ABC-Clio, Denver, Santa Barbara, Oxford 1998), ISBN 0-87436-935-5, xxxiv + 410 pp. Download full text, 105 KB, PDF article Dendronymica Albanica. A survey of Albanian tree and shrub names. in: Zeitschrift für Balkanologie, Wiesbaden, 34, 2 (1998), p. 163-200. Download full text, 245 KB, PDF
1997	article Seksi dhe fillimet e të shkruarit në gjuhën shqipe. in: Bahri Beci, Zejnullah Rrahmani & Xhelal Ylli (eds.), Seminari XVII ndërkombëtar për gjuhën, letërsinë dhe kulturën shqiptare. Përmbledhje e ligjëratave, referimeve, kumtesave dhe e diskutimeve. Tiranë 16-31 gusht 1995. Akademia e Shkencave, Instituti i Gjuhësisë dhe Letërsisë. Universiteti i Prishtinës, Fakulteti i Filologjisë (Eurorilindja, Tirana 1997), p. 511-515. reprint in: Bota shqiptare, Rome, 5-12 September 2002, No. 68, p. 8-9. Download full text, 65 KB, PDF article Leksiku shqip i Evlija Çelebiut i vitit 1662 dhe ç'duhet të dijë dervishi shtegtar. in: Studime, Prishtina, 4 (1997), p. 239-249. reprint in: Bota shqiptare, Rome, August 2002, No. 67, p. 10-11. Download full text, 117 KB, PDF article The Albanian lexicon of Evliya Çelebi, 1662 A.D., and what a travelling dervish should know. unpublished. Download full text, 141 KB, PDF article The last Albanian waiter. in: Ruth Petrie (ed.), The fall of communism and the rise of nationalism. The Index reader. Introduced by Irena Maryniak (Cassell, London & Washington 1997), ISBN 0-304-33938-5, p. 150-153. Download full text, 67 KB, PDF
1996	article Një vjedhje në Dubrovnik dhe dalja në skenë e gjuhës dhe e kulturës shqiptare. in: Përpjekja, E përtremuajshme kulturore, Tirana, 6 (1996), p. 88-92. reprinted in: Rilindja, Prishtina, 26.7.1999, p. 9. Download full text, 44 KB, PDF article Dendronymica albanica. Vështrim mbi emrat shqip të drurëve dhe shkurreve. in: Studime, Prishtina, 3 (1996), p. 275-318. article Albanian print free, not TV or radio. in: Nieman reports, The Nieman Foundation at Harvard University, Harvard MA, Vol. L, 2 (summer 1996), p. 78-79. Download full text, 62 KB, PDF article Albanian peril in Kosovo. in: Nieman reports, The Nieman Foundation at Harvard University, Harvard MA, Vol. L, 2 (summer 1996), p. 79-81. Download full text, 65 KB, PDF
1995	press article Why they said 'No!'. in: Index on Censorship, London, 24.1 (1995), p. 11-13. Download full text, 73 KB, PDF press article Shpirti krijues kosovar. in: Zëri, Javore Politike Shqiptare, Prishtina, 13.5.1995, p. 64. Download full text, 57 KB, PDF article Rruga e modernitetit dhe koha e artë e letërsisë shqiptare. Kultura shqiptare e viteve 30. in: Përpjekja, E përtremuajshme kulturore, Tirana, 2 (1995), p. 33-39. Download full text, 51 KB, PDF article Kushtetuta! Kushtetuta! Vier Jahre Demokratie in Albanien. in: Südosteuropa Mitteilungen, Munich, 1995, 3, p. 199-204. Download full text, 52 KB, PDF article The Elbasan Gospel Manuscript (Anonimi i Elbasanit), 1761, and the struggle for an original Albanian alphabet. in: Südost-Forschungen, Munich, 54, 1995, p. 105-159. Download full text, 662 KB, PDF, with figures article The Albanian media in Kosovo and the spectre of ethnic cleansing. in: Südosteuropa. Zeitschrift für Gegenwartsforschung, Munich, 44 (1995), Heft 9-10, p. 614-619. Download full text, 64 KB, PDF
1994	translation Teodor Laço. The Pain of a distant Winter. in: Description of a struggle. The Picador book of contemporary East European prose. Michael March, ed. (Picador, London 1994), p. 267- 273. translation Mimoza Ahmeti, The Secret of my Youth. in: Description of a struggle. The Picador book of contemporary East European prose. Michael March, ed. (Picador, London 1994), p. 262-266. article Hydronymica Albanica. A survey of river names in Albania. in: Zeitschrift für Balkanologie, Berlin, 30.1 (1994), p. 1-46. article Dorëshkrimi elbasanas i ungjijve, 1761, dhe lufta për krijimin e një alfabeti shqiptar. in: Studime, Prishtina, 1 (1994), p. 125-139. Download full text, 490 KB, PDF, with figures article The Currents of Moslem and Bektash writing in Albania. in: Albanian Catholic Bulletin / Buletini Katolik Shqiptar, San Francisco, 15 (1994), p. 172-177. Download full text, 74 KB, PDF
1993	press article Visar Zhiti: victim of the surreal. in: Index on Censorship, London, 22.4 (1993), p. 23. reprinted in: Albanian Catholic Bulletin / Buletini Katolik Shqiptar, San Francisco, 15 (1994), p. 128-129. Download full text, 68 KB, PDF article Romani 'Ngritja e Skënderbeut' (The rise of Iskander, 1833), i shkrimtarit anglez Benxhamin Dizraeli-t. Një zbulim i ri albanologjik. in: Hylli i Dritës, Tirana, 2-3 (1993), p. 113-115. reprinted in: Zëri, Prishtina, 27.3.1993. Download full text, 91 KB, PDF press article Një kulturë - dy realitete. in: Rilindja, Tirana, 1.7.1993, p. 9. reprinted in: Illyria, New York, 408, 19-21.6.1995. Download full text, 27 KB, PDF article Gjergj Fishta. The voice of the Albanian nation. in: Albanian Catholic Bulletin / Buletini Katolik Shqiptar, San Francisco, 14 (1993), p. 104-113. Download full text, 123 KB, PDF article Benjamin Disraeli and Scanderbeg. The novel 'The Rise of Iskander' (1833) as a contribution to Britain's literary discovery of Albania. in: Südost-Forschungen, Munich, 52 (1993), p. 25-52. Download full text, 200 KB, PDF article [Albanian] Theatre. in: Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (ed.), Albanien. Südosteuropa-Handbuch. Band VII. Albania. Handbook on South Eastern Europe. Volume VII (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993), ISBN 3-525-36207-2, p. 681-692. reprinted in: Albanian Catholic Bulletin / Buletini Katolik Shqiptar, San Francisco, 15 (1994), p. 192-199. Download full text, 120 KB, PDF article [Albanian] Literature. in: Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (ed.), Albanien. Südosteuropa-Handbuch. Band VII. Albania. Handbook on South Eastern Europe. Volume VII (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993), ISBN 3-525-36207-2, p. 653-680. Download full text, 277 KB, PDF
1992	article Three poets of the golden age of Scutarine Catholic literature in Albania. in: Albanian Catholic Bulletin / Buletini Katolik Shqiptar, San Francisco, 13 (1992), p. 97-102. Download full text, 96 KB, PDF press article The last Albanian waiter. in: Index on Censorship, London, 21.9 (1992), p. 12-13. Download full text, 68 KB, PDF press article Kasëm Trebeshina, prophet. in: Index on Censorship, London, 21.9 (1992), p. 13-14. reprint as: Kasem Trebeshina. The writer who would not compromise with Enver Hoxha. in: Albanian Catholic Bulletin / Buletini Katolik Shqiptar, San Francisco, 14 (1993), p. 64-65. Download full text, 64 KB, PDF article Albanian literature in the Moslem tradition. Eighteenth and nineteenth century Albanian writing in Arabic script. in: Oriens, Journal of the International Society for Oriental Research, Leiden, 33 (1992), p. 287-306. Download full text, 224 KB, PDF article Albanian literature in English translation: a short survey. in: The Slavonic and East European Review, London, 70.2 (April 1992), p. 249-257. Download full text, 134 KB, PDF press article Der letzte albanische Kellner. in: Ostschweizer AZ, St. Gallen, 6.1.1992, p. 2, and 7.1.1992, p. 2. reprint as: Der letzte albanische Kellner. Impressionen aus dem serbisierten Kosovo. in: Pogrom. Zeitschrift für bedrohte Völker. Göttingen, Nr. 165 (Mai/Juni 1992), ISSN 0720-5058, p. 32-33. Download full text, 79 KB, PDF
1991	article Two Irish travellers in Albania in 1322. in: Albanien und Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Internationales Symposium der Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft in Zusammenarbeit mit der Albanischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Winterscheider Mühle bei Bonn, 12.-15. September 1989. Südosteuropa Studien, 48. Klaus-Detlev Grothusen, ed. (Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft, Munich 1991), p. 24-27. Download full text, 88 KB, PDF article The Scutarine Catholic contribution to the development of nineteenth-century Albanian literature. in: Albanian Catholic Bulletin / Buletini Katolik Shqiptar, San Francisco, XII (1991), p. 91-97. Albanian translation in: Rilindja Demokratike, Tirana, 291 (7.2.1993). Download full text, 103 KB, PDF article Rezeption albanischer Literatur im deutschen Sprachraum. in: Aspekte der Albanologie. Akten des Kongresses 'Stand und Aufgaben der Albanologie heute', 3.-5. Oktober 1988, Universität zu Köln. Herausgegeben von Walter Breu, Rolf Ködderitzsch und Hans-Jürgen Sasse. Balkanologische Veröffentlichungen Band 18 (Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1991), p. 167-174. Download full text, 89 KB, PDF article Evolution and revolution in modern Albanian literature. in: World Literature Today, Literary Quarterly of the University of Oklahoma, Norman OK, 65.2 (spring) 1991, p. 256-263. Download full text, 97 KB, PDF article The earliest references to the existence of the Albanian language. in: Zeitschrift für Balkanologie, Berlin, 27.2 (1991), p. 101-105. Download full text, 82 KB, PDF article Albanische Literatur und Kultur nach sechsundvierzig Jahren Sozialismus. Ein Zustandsbericht. in: Südosteuropa. Zeitschrift für Gegenwartsforschung, Munich, 11-12 (1991), p. 600-613. Download full text, 139 KB, PDF article Albanian literature in Greek script. The eighteenth and early nineteenth century Orthodox tradition in Albanian writing. in: Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Birmingham, 15 (1991), p. 20-34. Download full text, 139 KB, PDF
1990	article Proto-Brittonic Celtic and dispersion in the Indo-European lexicon. in: Ollodagos. Actes de la Société belge d'études celtiques, Brussels, 1 (1990), p. 279-321. article Modern Albanian literature. in: Albanien in Umbruch. Eine Bestandsaufnahme. Untersuchungen zur Gegenswartskunde Südosteuropas. Herausgegeben vom Südost-Institut. Schriftleitung Franz Lothar Altmann. Band 28 (Munich 1990), p. 247-292. article Albania in the 'Anonymi Descriptio Europae Orientalis' (1308 A.D.). in: Zeitschrift für Balkanologie, Berlin, 26.1 (1990), p. 24-28. reprinted in: Albanian Catholic Bulletin / Buletini Katolik Shqiptar, San Francisco, 15 (1994), p. 157-159. Download full text, 106 KB, PDF

— 1989

1990 - 1999

2000 - 2009

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