Oliver Schmitt
Encyclopedia
Oliver Jens Schmitt is professor of South-East European history
on Vienna University since 2005. and member of Junge Kurie of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
and member of its Direktorium.
His book “Skanderbeg. Der neue Alexander auf dem Balkan”, a critical biography of George Castrioti-Skanderbeg
, caused a hot debate in Albania. A Swiss
national daily newspaper Tagesanzeiger published a Schmitt's interview given to Enver Robelli in Tirana on February 25, 2009, in which it is emphasized that Schmitt claims that Skanderbeg's mother Vojsava was Serbian, member of Brankovići and that Kastrioti surname is probably derived from the Greek word. He was accused of committing sacrilege and sullying the Albanian national honor. The translator who translated his book from German to Albanian was accused for treason.
History
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on Vienna University since 2005. and member of Junge Kurie of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Austrian Academy of Sciences
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and member of its Direktorium.
His book “Skanderbeg. Der neue Alexander auf dem Balkan”, a critical biography of George Castrioti-Skanderbeg
Skanderbeg
George Kastrioti Skanderbeg or Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu , widely known as Skanderbeg , was a 15th-century Albanian lord. He was appointed as the governor of the Sanjak of Dibra by the Ottomans in 1440...
, caused a hot debate in Albania. A Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
national daily newspaper Tagesanzeiger published a Schmitt's interview given to Enver Robelli in Tirana on February 25, 2009, in which it is emphasized that Schmitt claims that Skanderbeg's mother Vojsava was Serbian, member of Brankovići and that Kastrioti surname is probably derived from the Greek word. He was accused of committing sacrilege and sullying the Albanian national honor. The translator who translated his book from German to Albanian was accused for treason.
Selected works
- Levantiner- Lebenswelten und Identitäten einer ethnokonfessionellen Gemeinschaft im osmanischen Reich im „langen 19. Jahrhundert“ (Südosteuropäische Arbeiten 122). München 2005
- Die Ägäis als Kommunikationsraum im späten Mittelalter. Saeculum 56 (2005) 215–225, Les Levantins, les Européens et le jeu d´identités in: Marie- Carmen Smyrnelis (Hrsg.), Smyrne, la ville oubliée? 1830-1930. Mémoires d´un grand port ottoman (Reihe „autrement“). Paris 2006, 106–119
- Venezianische Horizonte der Geschichte Südosteuropas. Südost-Forschungen 65/66 (2006/07) 87 – 116, Skanderbeg reitet wieder. Wiederfindung und Erfindung eines Nationalhelden, in: U. Brunnbauer - A. Helmedach - S. Troebst (Hrsg.), Schnittstellen. Festschrift H. Sundhaussen. München 2007, 401 – 419
- “Flucht aus dem Orient“? Kulturelle Orientierung und Identitäten im albanischsprachigen Balkan, in: F. Görner (Hrsg.), Stabilität in Südosteuropa – eine Herausforderung für die Informationsvermittlung. Berlin 2008. 12 – 27
- Des melons pour la cour du Sancakbeg: Split et son arrière-pays ottoman à travers les registres de compte de l´administration vénitienne dans les années 1570, in: V. Costantini - M. Koller (Hrsg.), Living in the Ottoman Ecumenical Community. Essays in Honour of Suraiya Faroqhi. Leiden - Boston 2008, 437 - 452