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Democracy and totalitarianism, based on the work of Ismaïl Kadaré
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Open in the appThis project, led by the University of Geneva Cultures, the MRL and the Albanian embassy in Berne, highlights the work of Ismaïl Kadaré, with three main areas of reflection: literature, memory and diaspora. How does this literary work resonate today, when authoritarianisms,… This project, led by the University of Geneva Cultures, the MRL and the Albanian embassy in Berne, highlights the work of Ismaïl Kadaré, with three main areas of reflection: literature, memory and diaspora. How does this literary work resonate today, when authoritarianisms, autocracies and other totalitarianisms seem to increasingly govern world events? Focusing on this major Albanian voice is also an opportunity to specifically address one of the most present and constitutive post-migratory communities in contemporary Switzerland and, for the rest of the public, to discover the richness of an Albanian literary gem, internationally recognised for decades. Speakers: Two authors and one institutional representative Concert by Elina Duni