Swiss-Albanian Contacts – from the Council of Basel to the Present

Description

In 1431, Albanian bishops were invited to a council in Basel – the historically documented beginning of centuries-long contacts between Switzerland and the Albanian-speaking region, which continue to the present day. The lecture covers the printing of a work by Marin Barleti in Basel in 1556, Albanian and Swiss mercenaries in northern Italy from the 15th century, the travel writer Dora d’Istria, the Geneva anthropologist Eugène Pittard, the hesitant Swiss recognition of the Republic of Albania, Swiss mistrust of Enver Hoxha, guest workers from Yugoslavia, Swiss development aid, official diplomatic relations, and the Albanian diaspora in Switzerland as the connective tissue of the present. Course leader: Fisnik Zyberi, a master's student in history at the University of Zurich

Highlights

• Lecture on the historical contacts between Switzerland and Albania
• Course leader: Fisnik Zyberi, master's student in history
• Topics from 1431 to the present

General Information

The lecture highlights the centuries-long relations between Switzerland and Albania, starting with the Council of Basel in 1431. It covers various aspects, including the role of Albanian mercenaries and the development of diplomatic relations up to today's Albanian diaspora in Switzerland.

Location

Hauptbahnhofstrasse 8, 4500 Solothurn, Switzerland

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