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02/09/2016 - 02/09/2016 | Berlin

Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy

Book Presentation of Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe by author Fred Abrahams, Associate Director of Program at Human Rights Watch, as well as discussion with H.E. Artur Kuko, Ambassador of the Republic of Albania in Berlin. Moderation: Anke Hassel, Hertie School

In the early 1990s, Albania, Europe’s most closed and repressive state, began a startling transition out of forty years of self-imposed Communist isolation. Albanians who were not allowed to practice religion, travel abroad, wear jeans, or read “decadent” Western literature began to devour the outside world. They opened cafés, companies, and newspapers. Previously banned rock music blared in the streets.
Modern Albania offers a vivid history of the Albanian Communist regime’s fall and the trials and tribulations that led the country to become the state it is today. Based on hundreds of interviews, declassified government documents and personal observations from 20 years of work in Albania, Abrahams tells the inside story of the fall of Communism there.

Book details: Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe by Fred C. Abrahams, NYU Press, ISBN: 9780814705117, 384 pages. Click here for more information.

Information on participating / attending:
Please register.

Date:

02/09/2016 12:00 - 02/09/2016 13:30

Registration deadline:

02/08/2016

Event venue:

Hertie School of Governance
Friedrichstraße 180
10117 Berlin
Berlin
Germany

Target group:

all interested persons

Email address:

Relevance:

regional

Subject areas:

History / archaeology, Politics, Social studies

Types of events:

Presentation / colloquium / lecture

Entry:

02/01/2016

Sender/author:

Vincent Venus

Department:

Pressestelle

Event is free:

no

Language of the text:

English

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event53201


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