Zymer Neziri#
| Membership Number: | 7142 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Affiliated section(s): | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ALBANIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://lidhjashk.com/team/zymer-neziri/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/zymerneziri/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- Head of the Department of Folklore, Institute of Albanology, Prishtina
- Member, Executive Committee of the Albanian National Committee for UNESCO – contributing to cultural heritage preservation
- Professor, Department of Philology, University of Prishtina
- Guest Lecturer at Harvard University, Columbia University (USA), University of Warsaw and Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland), University of Calabria (Italy), and University of Vienna (Austria)
- Research Fellow, Millman Parry and Albert Lord Collections, Harvard University (2002, 2007)
- Visiting Researcher, Austrian Academy of Sciences and Austrian Federal Library, Vienna (2005)
- Member, Governing Council, Institute of Albanology, Prishtina
- Editorial Board Member, Gjurmime albanologjike – Folklor dhe etnologji
- Member of the Senate, University of Prishtina
Fields of Scholarship
- Ethnomusicology
- Albanology
- Folklore studies
Honours and Awards
- 2012 American Golden Medal by the American Biographical Institute in North Carolina
- 2016 European “Special Mention” Award by Europa Nostra in Madrid. These awards were granted for his research on the Epic of the Kreshniks across five Balkan countries
- 2014 Honorary Citizen of Bajram Curri for his contributions to cultural and academic endeavors
