The conference
“Independent Albania and Italo-Albanian relations, 1912-2012” was held on 22nd November, 2012 at the Sapienza University
of Rome, on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the declaration of the
independence of Albania. Realized within the project PRIN 2009 “Empires and
Nations in Europe from the 18th to
the 20th century”, and
thanks to the efforts of CEMAS (Research Center “Cooperation with Eurasia, the
Mediterranean region and Sub-Saharan Africa”) and the Ph.D. in History of
Europe, the conference was sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, the Albanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Albanian Embassy in
Italy, the Historical Office of the Army General Staff and the State Central
Archives in Tirana. Italian and Albanian scholars gave their own analyses of the main topics
of the history of Albania and of the Italo-Albanian relations with the aim of
providing for the scientific community and the public useful and valid tools
for reflection and judgment. The common intention of the participants was to
give, on the occasion of a very important anniversary for the Albanian State,
their own contributions to the knowledge and understanding of the difficult
history of the country that shares with Italy old and firm relations and
multiple economic, political and cultural interests.
Alberto Becherelli (1979) ha conseguito il dottorato di ricerca in Storia dell’Europa presso Sapienza Università di Roma.
Andrea Carteny (1972) è ricercatore confermato in Storia dell’Europa orientale presso il Dipartimento di Storia, culture e religioni della Sapienza Università di Roma