Columbia University Albanian Society

Helloooo everyone, This Friday (April 17th), CUAS will be hosting our end-of-year get-together at 7:30 PM in Hamilton 511. There will be food, drinks, music, and maybe even some valle 😉 Come relax, celebrate the end of the year, and please feel free to bring your friends!! 🩵🤍

Hellooooo everyone,

This Friday April 17th, CUAS will be hosting our end-of-year get-together at 7:30 PM in Hamilton 511. There will be food, drinks, music, and maybe even some valle 😉 Come relax, celebrate the end of the year, and please feel free to bring your friends! We cannot wait to see you there! 🤍🩵

Today we celebrate Kosovo Independence Day!
We remember those who fought, today, and we thank them and their families for their sacrifices.
The plight of our kin in Kosovo is not just signified by the Kosovo-Serbian war, but the decades long occupation of the land prior to it.
Let us celebrate our freedom and longevity and remember those who fought before us.
Long live Kosovo 🇽🇰 Gëzuar Ditën e Pavarësisë së Kosovës❤️🇽🇰

It was a pleasure and a privilege to welcome students, alumni, and members of the broader Albanian community to Low Library for our event, Soft Diplomacy of the Albanian Diaspora: A Discussion with Mal Berisha, Former Ambassador of Albania to the United Kingdom and Ireland.

We extend our sincere thanks to Ambassador Mal Berisha for his compelling lecture and for generously sharing his professional and scholarly expertise with our community.

We are also grateful to our supporters at the Albanian Professionals and Entrepreneurs Network (APEN) for their collaboration and support, as well as our wonderful moderators, Florida Hoxha and Rea Lila, for their preparation and for leading such a thoughtful and dynamic discussion.

We look forward to continuing these conversations on soft diplomacy and the global impact of the Albanian diaspora.

Columbia University Albanian Society is honored to announce our upcoming event, Soft Diplomacy of Albanian Diaspora: A Discussion with Mal Berisha, Former Ambassador of Albania to the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Friday February 6th | 6:00 - 8:30 pm | Low Library | Registration at https://luma.com/br78oahn (RSVP is required to attend)

Mal Berisha is a former Albanian diplomat and scholar who served as Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the United Kingdom and Ireland from 2012 to 2015. His diplomatic career includes roles as Consul General of Albania in Istanbul, senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and member of the UNMIK International Staff in Kosovo.

In addition to his diplomatic service, Berisha is a noted scholar and author whose work focuses on the perception of Albanians in Anglo-American scholarship, Albanian national identity, and cultural diplomacy. He has lectured at leading institutions including the Kennedy School of Government, the London School of Economics, and the YIVO Institute of Jewish Research. In 2017, he was awarded the title Knight Commander of Skanderbeg’s Cordon by the President of Albania.

It is our pleasure to welcome him and the Albanian Professionals & Entrepreneurs Network to Columbia, for a conversation on soft diplomacy, the role of the Albanian diaspora in shaping global perception, and the ways cultural engagement and community leadership influence international dialogue beyond formal state institutions.

The event will start with a moderated discussion with Mr. Berisha, followed by audience questions and conversation, and will conclude with structured networking. We look forward to an engaging and insightful evening.

Soft Diplomacy of Albanian Diaspora: A Discussion with Mal Berisha, Former Ambassador of Albania to the United Kingdom & Ireland. · Luma Columbia University Albanian Society is honored to announce our upcoming event, Soft Diplomacy of Albanian Diaspora: A Discussion with Mal Berisha, Former…

Join us on Friday for Trivia Night! Will be lots of fun😁😁😁

Thank you to everyone who came out for the Albania v Serbia soccer game!! And many thanks to Zani for organizing the event ❤️❤️👐👐👐

We love new faces here at CUAS! Join your local Albanian community here at Columbia via the google forms in our LinkTree❤️💙

We would love to see new faces this year at CUAS! Please join via the google forms in our linktree or from our story!!

We are looking forward to all of our end-of-semester fun! Please look at the post to see events planned by the CUAS Board with dates/times/etc. !! If you need any further clarification please feel free to DM or contact us on WhatsApp! We look forward to seeing all of you at these events and will be posting updates specific to each event periodically!!
With love,
CUAS Board ❤️💙

“AN INFINITE ARCHIVE” is now showing at ’s Harriman Institute!

Join us in celebrating Tirana through the lens of Albanian historian and author Elidor Mëhilli, who captures the city’s dramatic transformation—from communist past to unpredictable present—through photographs, documents, and found objects.

This powerful exhibit explores how cities remember, forget, and rewrite their stories.

Open March 25 – May 16
Harriman.columbia.edu/event/an-infinite-archive/