From besnik at alb-net.com Mon Feb 5 03:56:17 2001 From: besnik at alb-net.com (Besnik Pula) Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 10:56:17 +0200 Subject: [ALST-L] Graduate Studies Course in Prishtina Message-ID: GRADUATE STUDIES COURSE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE Prishtina, Kosova, March 12-25, 2001 The Graduate Studies Course in Public Administration and Local Governance will be organized by the Albanian Political Science Association (ALPSA), Prishtina, Kosova. It will take place in Prishtina, Kosova, on March 12-25, 2001. The program will comprise of two courses: Theories and Practices of Public Administration, and Principles of Local Governance. It will accept 25 participants (university students, professionals and others) from Kosova and Albania. The language of instruction will be English. Both courses will be taught by renown international scholars in the pertinent fields. Objectives of the Course The main objective of the program is to promote contemporary scholarly approaches and professional studies and research in these specific fields of public administration among top students and young professionals; set the background for curricula development at the University of Prishtina; introduce new fields and methods of study; familiarize participants with contemporary western and Anglo-Saxon literature in these subjects; and contribute to young faculty development in Kosova. Successful realization of these objectives will be achieved through close co-operation with the departments and programs of social sciences of universities in Kosova; western resource persons who will teach in the graduate course, and the young Kosovar political scientists who will lead tutorials and seminars. How to apply To apply for participation at the Graduate Studies Course in Public Administration and Local Governance, please send the following information by e-mail to alpsa at alpsa.org (if you don?t have e-mail, please call 044 120 811): Name; Home address and contact information; Employer/Institutional affiliation and position; Highest degree earned, field, and location; CV; Brief statement (one paragraph) indicating reasons why you want to take the course. All participation costs are covered by ALPSA. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2001. For more information on ALPSA, please visit http://www.alpsa.org. From ngapeja at rocketmail.com Mon Feb 5 09:47:09 2001 From: ngapeja at rocketmail.com (Isa Blumi) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 06:47:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALST-L] If anybody in Prishtina can contact their history professors In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20010205144710.21798.qmail@web1605.mail.yahoo.com> If anybody can ask their history professors in Prishtina or in Tirana if they have such copies...it would help greatly! In the next few years we hope to do the same for the priceless materials lost in the war in Kosova. Please ask your professors if they have material from Sarajevo. Thank you, Isa Blumi, NYU Dear Colleagues, We would like to ask you for your assistance for an important project,which cannot go forward without cooperation from scholars, librariansand archivists. As many of you know, during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia, the libraries andarchives were especially targeted for attacks by nationalist extremists.Among the greatest losses of primary source materials was the May 1992burning of the Oriental Institute in Sarajevo, which was bombarded withphosphorus shells by the Bosnian Serb Army. The Oriental Institutewas completely burned, its priceless collection of 5263 bound manuscriptsand hundreds of thousands of Ottoman documents turned to ashes. Details can be found in my article, "Erasing the Past: The Destructionof Libraries and Archives in Bosnia-Herzegovina," MESA Bulletin 29 i(July 1995): 7-11 The article is also available in Turkish -"Maziyi silmek: Bosna-Hersek'teki kutuphanelerin ve arsivlerin tahribi,"Turk Kutuphaneciligi 9 iii (Eylul 1995): 337-341. Since then, a group of scholars and librarians has launched aproject to recover this lost knowledge, resurrecting the informationcontained in the burned original manuscripts by using the potentialof modern technology and networking. We have named our initiative the"Bosnian Manuscripts Ingathering Project".Our goal is to track down photocopies, microfilms and other facsimiles(published or unpublished) made before the 1992-95 war from the originalmanuscripts and documents that were destroyed in Bosnia. Once we havelocated them, we make copies (on CD-ROM and acid-free paper) of theseprecious records which preserve the information from the original materialthat has now been lost. For additional details, please see the website ofThe Bosnian Manuscripts Ingathering Projecthttp://www.kakarigi.net/manu/ingather.htm The project is ambitious, but not without precedent. There have beenother successful projects in the 20th century to reconstitute librariesand archival collections destroyed in war:http://www.kakarigi.net/manu/preced.htm In the five years since we launched our Bosnian Manuscripts IngatheringProject, we have traced and recovered copies of ca. 1000 pages of lostoriginals, representing all or part of about 30 original manuscriptsand document collections. This represents a tiny fragment - less thanone percent - of what was lost when the Institute was burned. Our hope isthat we will locate many more such items and return copies of them to theOriental Institute in Sarajevo. In the years before the Oriental Institute in Sarajevo was destroyed,many foreign scholars went there to do research. They brought back withthem photocopies and microfilms of materials from the Oriental Institute.We are seeking assistance from our colleagues in Turkey, the Balkansand wherever such materials may be located. We would like to find out what has happened to these scholars and totheir papers. In cases where these scholars are now deceased or retired,stacks of old photocopies or a few reels of microfilms from Sarajevomay still be sitting in someone's office or donated to some university'sarchive, where their importance as _unique_ records of lost originals maynot be realized. Please help us find them and to return (copies of) themto the Oriental Institute in Sarajevo. According to information received from colleagues at the OrientalInstitute, some names among the many students and scholars who went toSarajevo to do research and had copies made at the Oriental Institutebefore the war include:* the late Prof Mehmed Cavusoglu (Istanbul Universitesi & Marmara Univ.),* Prof. Hasan Kolcu (literature scholar, member of TDK)* Prof. Hamdi Hasan (University of Skopje/Uskup)* the late Prof. Vanco Boskov (Skopje, Macedonia) Any information about the location of their papers would be greatlyappreciated. We also know that, during the years before the 1992-95 war, foreignlibraries and research institutes (such as the TTK and TDK) receivedmicrofilms from the Oriental Institute in Sarajevo as part of exchanges. A search of the microfilm archives of these institutions could identifythe microfilms from Sarajevo. We could then make copies of these copiesand send them to the Sarajevo Oriental Institute to replace their lostoriginals. There are many more possibilities, but any information that can help uslocate scholars who once did research in Sarajevo, and their papers,would be a great service to the preservation of knowledge. The situation is urgent, since many of the scholars who did researchin Sarajevo 20 to 30 years ago are now close to or already in retirement.Some of them are already deceased. Their families and colleagues may notrealize the importance of the photocopies (originally from Sarajevo)that now lie unused in desk drawers or on office shelves. If promptaction is not taken, this material may soon be discarded, the knowledgelost forever. Thank you for any assistance or information you can provide.Andras RiedlmayerThe Bosnian Manuscripts Ingathering Projecthttp://www.kakarigi.net/manu/ingather.htm* Amila Buturovic (York University)* Andras Riedlmayer (Harvard University)* Irvin Cemil Schick (Harvard University & MIT)Please address correspondence regarding the project to:Andras RiedlmayerFine Arts LibraryHarvard University32 Quincy StreetCambridge MA 02138 U.S.A.tel. +1-617-495-3372, fax +1-617-496-4889e-mail --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? - Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail Personal Address - only $35 a year! -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From p9 at mail.com Sun Feb 18 08:20:48 2001 From: p9 at mail.com (Edmond Pruthi) Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 08:20:48 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ALST-L] Albanian American Civic League Message-ID: <380418709.982502448351.JavaMail.root@web394-mc> http://www.aacl.com --- Visit this website with webcast of mister Joseph DioGuardi... Make a link of this website on your webpages please. Welcome to the web site of the Albanian American Civic League. The Civic was founded by former Congressman Joseph DioGuardi and a board of Albanian Americans in 1989 and is the the only registered lobby in Washington, DC, representing the concerns and interests of the Albanian people. The purpose of the Civic League is to further the human rights and the national cause of the divided nation of more than seven million Albanians living side by side in the Balkans in Albania, Kosova, western Macedonia, southeastern Montenegro, Presheve, Medvegje, Bujanovc (southern Serbia), and Chameria (northern Greece). By bringing the political perspectives of 400.000 Albanian Americans to the US Government, the civic League works to end the repression and oppression of Albanians living under hostile Slavic Communist regimes in the Balkans and to preserve the culture, identity and human rights of Albanians throughout the world. Help Kosova Defend Itself 300.000+ DEAD CIVILIANS. 3 MILLION+ REFUGEES. 1000+ VILLAGES AND TOWNS BURNED. RAPE CAMPS, CHEMICAL WEAPONS USE. ORGANIZED MASSACRE AND TORTURE. NATO AND EUROPE DESTAILIZED Brought to you by Slobodan Milosevic, since 1987*. *the year he rose in power by brutally stripping away the autonomous status and rights of the Albanian majority that has lived in KOSOVA for thousands of years.* NATO has finally answered the Butcher of Belgrade in the only language he knows: force. But Serbian President has intensified its capaign of mass execution and bombing of defenseless civilians so it is clearly foolish to demand that Kosovar Albanians live under the rule of this maniac. Most millitary analysts think air power alone won't stop the Serb killing machine, but America is concerned about the lives of the American soldiers. So what's the solution? Ushtrian ?lirimtare e Kosoves (KOSOVA LIBERATION ARMY) are already on the ground and respect the human rights of all, including Serbs> They're willing and able to fight for freedom and safety, but they need the tools to protect themselves and their families. As in Bosnia, Serb troops are most deadly when slaughtering unarmed civilians. As in Bosnia, Milosevic only responded to a NATO led by America. As in Bosnia, providing weapons and training to the KLA would support NATO objectives at small financial cost without putting American lives in jeopardy. We need to tell Washington that the defenders of life and liberty in KOSOVA, are the KLA, and that genocide can be stopped if NATO helps Kosova defend itself. All of this you can read on the Albanian American Civic League Website at www.aacl.com ______________________________________________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup From besnik at alb-net.com Sun Feb 25 12:44:14 2001 From: besnik at alb-net.com (Besnik Pula) Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 19:44:14 +0200 Subject: [ALST-L] FW: Education Programs Of Atlantic Association In-Reply-To: Message-ID: ***PLEASE DISTRIBUTE*PLEASE DISTRIBUTE*PLEASE DISTRUBUTE!!! 1. THE ORGANIZATION Shoqata Atlantiku-Atlantic Association Inc. was founded in 2000 as a not-for-profit organization under NYS Incorporation law. The statutes explicitly express the non-political nature of the organization. The purpose of Shoqata Atlantiku-Atlantic Association is to further the understanding between Albanians and Americans through various educational and informational programs. Additionally, the organization plans to develop and implement programs that will foster the development and advancement of Albanians both in the United States as well as in Albania, Kosova, Macedonia, Montenegro and Greece. 2. EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM The Shoqata Atlantiku-Atlantic Inc. Education Development Program is under the independent direction and guidance of the Atlantic Foundation (AEF) a) ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS Annual merit and need-based scholarships ranging from US$-500 to US$1000+ to help students meet the costs of higher education. Application, standardized test scores and essay are required. b)ATLANTIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION-HOMELAND FINANCIAL CREDITS AEF will take financial responsibility fo re-paying a portion of the loans undertaken by students during their course of study. The percentage of re-payment is contingent upon the student accepting placement and working in an approved list of governmental or non-governmental organizations in either Albania or Kosova after graduation. Application, standardized test scores, interview and essay required. 3. USA-TMK MILITARY EXCHANGE PROGRAM Full sponsorship (tuition, fees, room & board, transportation and books) of students from Kosova to attend any one of the following U.S. colleges: U.S. Military Academy West Point, Virginia Military Institute or The Citadel. Program requires that students return to Kosova to serve as officers in the TMK for a period of no less than 3 years active. Application, personal interviews, English Proficiency TOEFL minimum score 500, letters of recommendation, statement of purpose and essay required. 4. U.S. COLLEGE AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAM All students interested in receiving free guidance and help throughout the college admissions process will be assigned a mentor. The program will also organize additional workshops, Internet networking lists, trips to visit colleges and the organization of an Annual College Fair. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EDUCATION PROGRAMS PLEASE CONTACT AEF ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Viktor Ula viktor.ula at yale.edu Florim Lajqi florim_uck at hotmail.com Veton Berisha vtberisha at aol.com Paul Mirdita pmir at aol.com FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SHOQATA ATLANTIKU-ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION Inc. OR IN BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION PLEASE CONTACT Arber Muriqi aridori at aol.com Shoqata Atlantiku-Atlantic Association Inc. c/o Pilgrim Station P.O. 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