Romeo Gurakuqi
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Professor Romeo Gurakuqi is a distinguished scholar and educator with thirty-nine years of experience in the field of modern and contemporary history. He has built a well-established academic and research career both in Albania and internationally. He currently serves as a member of the Department of Contemporary History at the Institute of History, affiliated until 2023 with the Academy of Albanological Studies and after with the Academy of Sciences of Albania. He has held the academic title of Professor since 2007. Prof. Gurakuqi began his higher education at the University of Shkodër “Luigj Gurakuqi”, where he completed his undergraduate studies in History. He subsequently pursued postgraduate education at the University of Tirana, completing both the second and third cycles of study (Master’s and PhD), specialising in History and the interdisciplinary fields of Public Law and Political Institutions. Postdoctoral Fellowships and Visiting Appointments His academic trajectory has been enriched by several postdoctoral research appointments at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance in 2005, 2006, and 2010, and later served as a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of International History in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Prof. Gurakuqi taught for twenty-two years at the University of Shkodër “Luigj Gurakuqi” and for eleven years at the European University of Tirana (UET), of which he was a co-founder. At UET, he held several senior academic and administrative positions, including: Director of the Institute of Contemporary History; Dean of the Faculty of Law; Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences; Chair of the Council of Professors; Director of the Doctoral School Prof. Gurakuqi’s international academic engagements include visiting appointments and research fellowships at a number of prominent institutions, including: the University of London, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (Austria), Università degli Studi di Bari (Italy), Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy), Istituto Trentino di Cultura (Italy), and Central European University (Budapest, Hungary). Selected Publications Kryengritja e Malësisë së Mbishkodrës e vitit 1911 (The 1911 Uprising in the Upper Shkodër Highlands) – PhD thesis, published in 2002 Principata e Shqipërisë dhe Mbretëria e Greqisë, 1913–1914 (The Albanian Principality and the Kingdom of Greece, 1913–1914), published in 2011 Shqipëria, 1911–1914 – an in-depth examination of Albanian affairs in the years 1911–1914, published in 2012 Shqipëria dhe Çështja Shqiptare pas Luftës së Parë Botërore, 1918–1921 (Albania and the Albanian Question after the First World War, 1918–1921) – first published in 2007; revised second edition, 2013 Shqipëria dhe Tokat e Lirueme, 1939–1946 (Albania and the Liberated Territories, 1939–1946) – first published in 2018; expanded and revised edition, 2023 Shqipëria në Luftën e Madhe, 1914–1918 (Albania in the Great War, 1914–1918) – a bilingual Albanian-English monograph currently in press with the Academy of Sciences of Albania The Versailles Order and the Making of Albania, 1918–1926 – forthcoming with Peter Lang Academic International Publishers; a monograph in English examining Albania’s post-war settlement and state formation University Textbooks In addition to his research monographs, Prof. Gurakuqi has authored several widely used university textbooks, including: Historia e Kohës së Re, Qytetërimi Perëndimor 1775–1815 (2000) – (Early Modern History: Western Civilisation 1775–1815) Historia e Kohës së Re, 1815–1918 (co-author, 2004) – (Early Modern History: 1815–1918) Hyrje në Studimin e Historisë (1998) – (Introduction to the Study of History) Prof. Gurakuqi remains actively involved in historical research. He is currently working on a project entitled: “Relations between the People’s Republic of Albania and the United Kingdom, 1945–1954.”