Student Movements for the Republic of Kosovo

Atdhe Hetemi completed his PhD at the University of Ghent, Belgium, in 2020. He has led and participated in various programs with the UNDP, USAID, Centre on Social Movement Studies of the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, the Institute for Advanced Studies in Hungary and the University of Regensberg in Germany. Currently, he is focused on 'TAG Digitals', his recently founded international company working on digital humanities, particularly the promotion and production of historical documentaries and TV debates.

1. Introduction.- 2. Uneasy Liaison: Albanians and South Slavs in the Former Yugoslavia.- 3. Social Movements Between Demands for Social Change, Justice and Nationalism (the 1960s).- 4. The University of Prishtina (UP): Between Politics and Academia.- 5. Propaganda: Different Responses to the 1981 Demonstrations.- 6. The Unfolding of Kosovar Activism (the 1990s).- 7. Conclusions.- Epilogue.

"The volume clearly fills a gap. The author combines deep insights into the student movements with well-documented research on Albanian-language (higher) education in Kosovo, in particular on the (tumultuous) process leading to the establishment of the University of Prishtinë/Pristina in 1969-1970 and the challenges it faced in the first decades of its existence. Hetemi's multidisciplinary approach, combining historical and ethnographic research, makes the publication appealing to a broad range of social scientists and historians interested in (South-)Eastern Europe." (Julia Nietsch, Comparative Southeast European Studies, Vol. 70 (1), 2022)

“The volume clearly fills a gap. The author combines deep insights into the student movements with well-documented research on Albanian-language (higher) education in Kosovo, in particular on the (tumultuous) process leading to the establishment of the University of Prishtinë/Priština in 1969-1970 and the challenges it faced in the first decades of its existence. Hetemi’s multidisciplinary approach, combining historical and ethnographic research, makes the publication appealing to a broad range of social scientists and historians interested in (South-)Eastern Europe.” (Julia Nietsch, Comparative Southeast European Studies, Vol. 70 (1), 2022)