Stavro Skëndi (1905 in

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– August 17, 1989 in

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) was an Albanian-American linguist and historian.

Career

Skendi was an academic at

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between 1951 and 1972. While at Columbia, he received a

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during 1963. Outside of Columbia, Skendi went to the

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as a Visiting Fellow.

Selected works

* ''Gjendja e Shqiperise sot dhe detyra e Shqiptarvet.'' (The situation of Albania today and the duty of the Albanians.) Konference e dhene ne Detroit, me 19 prill, 1953. Detroit 1953. * ''Albanian political thought and revolutionary activity, 1881–1912.'' München 1954. * ''Albanian and South Slavic oral epic poetry.'' American Folklore Society, Philadelphia 1954. *
The Political Evolution of Albania, 1912-1944
'' Mid-European Studies Center, New York 1954. *
Albania
'' (With Mehmet Beqiraj, George Bossy, Robert F. Byrnes.) Atlantic Pr., London 1957. * ''Mendimi politik dhe veprimtarija kryengritese shqiptare, 1881–1912.'' (Political opinion and the activities of the Albanian uprising, 1881–1912) New York 1958. * ''The history of the Albanian alphabet: a case of complex cultural and political development.'' R. Oldenbourg, München 1960. * ''The emergence of the modern Balkan literary languages: a comparative approach.'' Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1964. * ''Crypto-Christianity in the Balkan area under the Ottomans.'' American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, 1967. * ''The Albanian national awakening, 1878-1912.'' Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. 1967. * ''Kačić's "Razgovor" and Fishta's "Lahuta e Malcís".'' Wiesbaden 1968. * ''Language as a factor of national identity in the Balkans of the nineteenth century.'' American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia 1975. * ''Balkan cultural studies.'' East European Monographs, Boulder, olo. distributed by Columbia University Press, New York 1980. * ''Zgjimi kombëtar shqiptar: 1878-1912.'' (The awakening of the Albanian nation: 1878–1912.) Tirana/Phoenix 2000.

References

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