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Isa Boletini was the leader who made Albanian independence from the Ottoman Empire possible in a very difficult Balkan context.

There Would Have Been No Albanian Independence Without Isa Boletini

Albania required a military and political nucleus capable of asserting and defending its self-agency. That nucleus was Isa Boletini ...

Valton Vuciterna

Nov 2813 min read

The founder of modern Albanian nationalism, Mit'hat Frashëri, appears before Vlora, the prominent Southern city where Albanian independence was declared in 1912 and which fought off Italian occupation in 1920.

History Come Alive: Mit’hat Frashëri’s Unforgettable Description of Vlora in 1912 and 1920

Two foundational dates in Vlora: 1912 and 1920. The former paved the way for the latter, which gave it form and soul. Thus, Twenty crowns Twelve and brings it honor ...

Enri Lala

Nov 279 min read

An analysis of Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg through the telling perspective of Carl Jung's analytical psychology, especially his theory of archetypes.

The Collective Consciousness of the Albanian People: A Jungian Analysis of Skanderbeg

Gjergj Kastrioti, better known to the world as Skënderbeu or Skanderbeg, the 15th-century Albanian leader who resisted the Ottoman Empire for well over two decades, occupies a singular place not only in the chronicles and archives of military history but in the collective unconscious of his people. Jung argued that roups of people possess a psyche much like individuals; a collective mind filled with archetypes that give substantial form and meaning to their experience ...

Valton Vuciterna

Nov 2011 min read

The 1389 Battle of Kosova remains one of the most mythologised events in Balkan history. Over time, it was transformed into Serbia’s foundational national legend, casting aside the roles of the Albanians, Hungarians and other Balkan ethnic groups who participated on the side of the Christian coalition. In this article, we explore how the Kosova Myth developed through centuries of reinterpretation from a variety of sociopolitical backgrounds, and to what extent Albanians took part in the battle itself as well as its place within Albanian historical tradition.

The Battle of Kosova (1389): Albanians and the Struggle Behind the Myth

In June of 1389 CE, two armies clashed near Fushë Kosovë in a battle whose ramifications would echo across the span of Balkan history and into the present day. Yet there is a deep contrast between the reality of the battle and the mythology that has developed in the centuries since ...

Bleron Zajmi

Nov 417 min read