Albanology

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Albanian folk dance from Civita, Calabria, Italy

Albanology, also known as Albanian studies, is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the language, costume, literature, art, culture and history of Albanians. Within the studies the scientific methods of literature, linguistics, archeology, history and culture are used. However the Albanian language is the main point of research of the studies.

Studies

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Austrian Theodor Ippen in Shkodër with traditional costume. (1900)

Johann Erich Thunmann in the 18th century was probably the first Albanologist. He supported the theory of the autochthony of the Albanians[1] and also presented the Illyrian origin theory.[2][3] Later on Gustav Meyer proved that the Albanian language was part of the Indo-European family.[4]

In the 20th century such studies were deepened by Norbert Jokl, Milan Šufflay, and Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, as well as Karl Reinhold, and Eqrem Çabej.

The studies of Albanology were more institutionally supported in Albania starting in 1940 with the opening of the Royal Institute of the Albanian Studies, which had preceded the Academy of Sciences of Albania, opened in 1972. Meanwhile, during the 1960s, the Albanology Institute of Pristina was also reconstructed in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia.[5] The institute emerged from its core founded in 1953.[6]

Notable Albanologists

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Robert Elsie was the foremost scholar of Albanian studies in the early 21st century.

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Albanian-born

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The famous Hungarian paleontologist Baron Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás in Albanian uniform.

Foreign-born

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See also

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Elsie, Robert (19 March 2010). Historical Dictionary of Albania. Scarecrow Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-8108-7380-3. Johann Erich Thunmann (1746–1778) of the University of Halle first disseminated the theory of the autochthony of the Albanians
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Schwandner-Sievers, Stephanie; Fischer, Bernd Jürgen (2002). Albanian Identities: Myth and History. Indiana University Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-253-34189-2. Although the first major exposition of the Illyrian theory, published by the German scholar Johann Thunmann in 1774...
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stipčević, Aleksandar (1977). The Illyrians: history and culture. Noyes Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-8155-5052-5. The first one who clearly formulated the thesis of the Illyrian origin of the Albanians, was the German historian Johannes Thunmann in the eighteenth century.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Philip Baldi (1983). An Introduction to the Indo-European Languages. SIU Press. pp. 87–88. ISBN 978-0-8093-1091-3. In fact, Albanian was not established definitively Indo-European until the latter part of the nineteenth century, when certain structural and lexical correspondences that demonstrated the Indo-European character of the language were noted (especially by Gustav Meyer)
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Spiro J. Shetuni (2011). Albanian Traditional Music: An Introduction, with Sheet Music and Lyrics for 48 Songs. McFarland. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-7864-8630-4. In the 1960s, the Albanology Institute of Prishtinë was founded in Kosovo.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Robert Elsie (15 November 2010). Historical Dictionary of Kosovo. Scarecrow Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-8108-7483-1. The core of the present Albanological Institute was founded on 1 June 1953 with four staff members: Ilhami Nimani, Selman Riza,

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