Janet's Publications
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"An American Woman in Kosova" by Janet Reineck - Published by CUNEUS (English Version), 2022
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The Past as Refuge: Gender, Migration, and Ideology Among the Kosova Albanians by Janet Reineck - PhD Dissertation for UC Berkeley, 1991
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Wedding Dances from Kosova, Yugoslavia: A Structural and Contextual Analysis by Janet Reineck - Master's Thesis for UCLA, 1985
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Poised for War: Kosova’s Quiet Siege by Janet Reineck - Excerpt from Neighbors at War, 1999
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Life's Rich Pageant by Janet Reineck - Lessons on Aid Work for Middlebury Institute of International Studies, 2016
Other Scholarship About Albanian Tradition and Change
Seminal historical writings on Albanian tradition:
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"High Albania" by Edith Durham 1908
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"Behind the Stone Walls" by Berit Backer 1979
For recent scholarhip on Kosova, see the work of Arsim Canolli, Carolin Leutloff Grandits, Eli Krasniqi, Isabel Ströhle, Lumnije Kadriu, Nita Luci, Noel Malcolm, Rozafa Berisha, Stephanie Sievers, and Tahir Latifi. Here is a small sampling:
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"Behind Open Doors: Restaurants and Food Culture in Kosova" by Arsim Canolli 2014 LINK
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"Changes and Continuities in the Kosovo Albanian Family following the War of 1998-1999: Isniq and Opoja” By Eli Krasniqi and Tahir Latifi LINK
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"Seeking Independence: Making Nation, Memory and Manhood in Kosova" by Nita Luci 2014 LINK
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“The ‘Social Glue’ of Wedding Festivals in Kosovo's South: Linking the Village to Migration and Reshaping Gender and Social Relations” by Carolin Leutloff Grandits 2014 LINK
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Robert Elsie: Writer, translator, interpreter and specialist in Albanian studies http://www.elsie.de/index.htm
Websites, Instagram, YouTube
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Albanian Dance Workshop by Janet Reineck
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Music for Albanian Dancing - World Dance Spotify Playlist
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Follow Balkanism on Instagram for beautiful photos celebrating Balkan culture
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Jeremy Reineck's music on Instagram: moon.soul.music
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Extraordinary Kosova Photography by Bleron Çaka