LSE SU Albanian Society public lecture
Date: Friday 20 February 2009
Time: 6:30-8pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Dr Gezim Alpion
Having identified some of the reasons which made Sister Teresa leave the Loreto Order in 1948, Alpion approaches this painful but momentous departure from a sociological perspective through biographical and historical contextualization and in the light of the work of Marx, Freud, Durkheim on the sociology of religion and career.
Albanian-born Gëzim Alpion holds a BA from Cairo University and a PhD from Durham University. He is currently Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Birmingham. Alpion's research addresses the sociology of the media, fame, religion, nationality and authorship. His current research projects explore the role of religion in post-modernity, the fluidity of national identity, and 'fame capital' as a variable in an intra/international context. Alpion's books include Encounters with Civilizations: From Alexander the Great to Mother Teresa (2009), If Only the Dead Could Listen (2008), Mother Teresa: Saint or Celebrity? (2007), Foreigner Complex (2002), and Vouchers (2001). Alpion's book on Mother Teresa has been hailed as a 'work of monumental proportions' which 'in its depth, breadth, and seriousness, may stand for some time to come as the single most important biography of Mother Teresa in English'. His most recent book, Encounters with Civilizations, has been praised for 'bringing an acute intelligence and critical eye to the question of civilization', providing 'further proof' that 'Alpion is one of the most intelligent and acute observers in the world of the situation of Albanian culture and its most famous modern representative, Mother Teresa.'
For more information email Su.Soc.Albanian@lse.ac.uk.
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