Languages, Confessions, Borders – the Ohrid Lake Region as a «Miniature Balkans»

Description

The region around Lake Ohrid, divided between North Macedonia and Albania, is one of the most ethnically, linguistically, and religiously diverse areas in Europe. The lecture explores why this region can be seen as a miniature form of Southeast Europe and how people there have lived with this diversity for centuries. Methodologically, the speaker draws on his own eyewitness interviews from the region. Course leader: Fisnik Zyberi, a master's student in history at the University of Zurich

Highlights

• Lecture on the ethnic and linguistic diversity of the Ohrid Lake region
• Speaker: Fisnik Zyberi, master's student in history
• Insights through own eyewitness interviews

General Information

The lecture highlights the region around Lake Ohrid, located between North Macedonia and Albania. It examines how people there have lived with their cultural diversity for centuries and why the region is considered a miniature Balkans.

Location

Hauptbahnhofstrasse 8, 4500 Solothurn, Switzerland

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