|
Dr Gëzim Alpion is an academic, political analyst, writer, playwright, and essayist. He holds a BA from Cairo University and a PhD from Durham University, UK. He is currently based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Birmingham, UK. Stephen Schwartz holds that Alpion is 'a pioneer in the academic study of the phenomenon of celebrity', and ‘the most authoritative English-language author on Blessed Teresa of Kolkata'. Referring to Alpion's 2007 study ''Mother Teresa: Saint or Celebrity?'', Schwartz contends that 'in its depth, breadth, and seriousness', this book 'may stand for some time to come as the single most important biography of Mother Teresa in English.’ In his review of the same book for the ''American Communication Journal'', Marvin Williams holds that ‘Alpion’s examination of Mother Teresa’s celebrity is a case study of corporate identity management in today’s global media environment. His weaving of primary texts into the setting of this character piece creates a comprehensive cross-cultural examination that has the potential to become a new archetypal work of this mercurial personality.’ == Education & Academic Career == Gëzim Alpion was born in Peshkopi, Albania, in 1962. On the basis of the results of his first year at Tirana University, in 1985 he was awarded a joint scholarship by the governments of Albania and Egypt to pursue his studies at the University of Cairo. After completing his PhD at Durham in 1997, Alpion lectured at the Universities of Huddersfield, Sheffield Hallam, and Newman before joining the Department of Sociology at the University of Birmingham in 2002 where he teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and also provides supervision for doctoral candidates. Dr Alpion is an editorial board member and reviewer for a range of peer-reviewed journals including ''Celebrity Studies'' (Routledge). Alpion's main research interests are on social stratification and the sociology of religion, success, fame, media, authorship, race and ethnicity. He is currently developing the idea of ‘fame capital’ as a variable in an intranational and international context, and exploring the significance of Mother Teresa’s ‘dark night of the soul’ in a post-modernist context. Alpion has delivered lectures and talks at numerous international conferences and universities in the UK (Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Birmingham, Nottingham, York St John, London School of Economics, University College London) as well as in Albania (Marubi Film Academy, University of Vlora), Australia (University of Melbourne, Deakin University), Canada (McGill University), China (Shanghai University), Finland (Universities of Helsinki, Turku), Germany, India (St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, University of Delhi), Italy (Universita Pontificia Salesiana, Rome), Kosova (University of Pristina), Macedonia (State University of Tetovo), Russia (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow), South Africa (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) and the USA (AAASS Convention in Washington DC, New York University, University of California, Los Angeles). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gëzim Alpion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|