EDUCATION

Professor of Sociology and International Relations, University of Tirana (2014)

Ph.D. in Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA (1998)

MA in Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA (1996)

Associate Professor (Docent) in Political Science/Philosophy), University of Tirana (1992)

Doctorate in Political Science, University of Tirana (1985)

BA in Political Science/Philosophy, University of Tirana (1978)

AREAS OF INTEREST

Research: Political Sociology, Comparative Historical Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Theory of Democracy and Democratic Transition, Geopolitics, International Relations, Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis

Teaching: Sociology, International Relations, Geopolitics, U.S. Foreign Policy, American Politics and Society, Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis

EXPERIENCE

Academic Experience 

University of New York Tirana (AL), Department of Political Science/International Relations, Full Professor (September 2022 – Current)

European University of Tirana, Professor of Sociology and International Relations (September 2019-August 2022)

University of New York Tirana Professor of Sociology and International Relations, (September 2013-August 2019)

European University of Tirana, Professorial Lecturer of Sociology and International Relations, (September 2008-August 2013)

Distinguished Visiting Professor in Sociology, and International Relations, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, and Department of Political Science, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA (January 2006-June 2008);

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer in International Relations, Department of International Relations, Webster University (Leiden Campus), Leiden, the Netherlands (September 1999-Spring 2001);

Adjunct Lecturer in Sociology, and International Relations, Department of Sociology, and Curriculum in International Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (January 1995-Spring 1997);

Adjunct Lecturer in Sociology, Campbell University, Buies Creek, North Carolina, USA (Fall 1996-Spring 1998);

Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, the Netherlands (Fall 1993-Summer 1994);

Docent, School of Philosophy and Sociology, and Senior Research Fellow, Center for Sociological Research, University of Tirana (Spring 1993);

Fulbright Senior Research Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Sociology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (June 1992-December 1992);

Senior Lecturer, School of Political Science and Law, and Research Fellow, University of Tirana Center for Philosophical Studies, Tirana (Fall 1985-Spring 1991);

Lecturer, School of Political Science and Law, University of Tirana (Fall 1981-Spring 1985);

Adjunct Lecturer in History of Philosophy, School of Political Science and Law, University of Tirana (Fall 1978-Spring 1981)

Administrative Experience / Professional Responsibilities

President, Albanian Academy of Arts and Sciences (2021-present; past President 2016);

Rector, University of New York Tirana (July 2015-June 2019);

Member, International Editorial Board of Social Forces (Oxford University Press) (2018-present);

Member, Council of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Albania (October 2016-February 2018);

Founder, and Editor-in-Chief, Humanus: A Journal of the Disciplines Studying the Individual and Society (2016-present);

Member, International Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Social Science, The Official Publication of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology (Sage Publications) (2015-2019);

Editor-in-Chief, Academe (Official Journal of the Albanian Academy of Arts and Sciences) (2011-2020);

Director, Institute of Social and Policy Studies, European University of Tirana (January 2009-August 2013);

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Albania to the United States of America (Washington, D.C.) (April 2001-May 2005);

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Albania (nonresident) to the United Mexican States (May 2003-June 2005); to the Dominican Republic (January 2004-June 2005), and to the Republic of Panama (March 2004-June 2005);

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Albania to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Hague (December 1998-March 2001);

Founder, and Editor-in-Chief, Sociological Analysis (1997-2013);

Member, International Advisory Board, Journal of Social Sciences (1996-2006);

Political Consultant, World Bank Resident Mission in Albania (Spring 1993);

Expert Evaluator, Commission of the European Communities, Directorate General for Science, Research and Development (DG XII), Program for Co-operation in Science and Technology with Central and Eastern Europe (Fall 1992);

Founding Dean, School of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Tirana (September 1991-June 1992);

Member, Governmental Commission for Economic and Social Reform in Albania (Spring 1991);

Chair, Center for Sociological Research, University of Tirana (January 1991-August 1993);

Founding member, and Vice-President, Albanian Sociological Association (1990-1992);

RESEARCH OUTPUTS

Selected Books (in English)

Tarifa, F., Vengeance is Mine: Justice Albanian Style (Chapel Hill, NC: Globic Press, 2008);

Tarifa, F. Acrimonies of Transition (Ann Arbor, MI: Huron Valley Publishing, 2007);

Tarifa, F., Lucas P. & Adamas, B., Europe Adrift on the Wine Dark Sea (Chapel Hill, NC: Globic Press, 2007);

Tarifa, F., To Albania, with Love (Lanham, MD: Hamilton Books/University Press of America, 2007);

Tarifa, F., Social Problems of Transition (The Hague: Smiet, 2003);

Tarifa, F., The Balkans: A Mission neither Accomplished nor Impossible (The Hague: Smiet, 2002);

Tarifa, F., The Quest for Legitimacy and the Withering Away of Utopia (The Hague: Smiet: 2001);

Tarifa, F. (ed.), The Breakdown of State Socialism and the Emerging Post-Socialist Order (The Hague: Institute of Social Studies, 2001);

Tarifa, F., Culture, Ideology, and Society (The Hague: Smiet, 2001);

Tarifa, F. & Spoor M. (eds.), The First Decade and After: Albania’s Democratic Transition and Consolidation in the Context of Southeast Europe (The Hague: Institute of Social Studies: 2000);

Tarifa, F. (ed.), Open-Ended History: Dangers and Dilemmas of Transition (Delhi: Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 1998).

Selected Books (in Albanian)

Tarifa, F. Një tokë, një popull, një ëndërr: Bashkimi kombëtar i shqiptarëve në BE, ose në një Europë post-BE [One Land, One People, One Dream: The National Unification of Albanians in the EU, or in a post-EU Europe] (Tiranë: Onufri: 2021);

Tarifa, F. EUropa, një subjekt për të gjithë [EUrope, a subject for all] (Tranë: Onufri, 2021);

Tarifa, F. & Krisafi, Ksenofon K., Amerika dhe rendi i sotën botëror [America and the Current World Order] (Tiranë: Akademia Shqiptare e Arteve dhe Shkencave, 2021);

Tarifa, F. Scripta manent (Tiranë: Onufri, 2020);

Tarifa, F. Koha e shkurtër e lirisë në diktaturë [The Brief Period of Freedom in Dictatorship] (Tiranë: Onufri, 2020);

Tarifa, F., Carpe diem (Tiranë: Onufri, 2018);

Tarifa, F., Sapere aude (Tiranë: Onufri , 2016);

Cenko, E. & Tarifa, F., Shkenca sociale si teori dhe praktikë [Social Science as Theory and Practice] (Tiranë: Onufri: 2016);

Tarifa, F., Hakmarrja është imja: Morfologjia sociale dhe gramatika morale e gjakmarrjes [Vengeance is Mine: The Social Morphology and Moral Grammar of Vengeance] (Tiranë: Onufri, 2014);

Tarifa, F., Bona fide (Tiranë: Onufri, 2014);

Tarifa, F., Dinamika e modernitetit pluralizues [The Dynamics of Pluralizing Modernity] (Tiranë: Minerva, 2014);

Tarifa, F., Imagjinata sociologjike dhe bota jonë sociale [The Sociological Imagination and Our Social World] (Tiranë: Onufri, 2014);

Tarifa, F., Politika si gramatikë dhe metaforë [Politics as Grammar and Metaphor] (Tiranë: Onufri, 2014);

Tarifa, F., Arsim i lartë për një shoqëri të hapur [Higher Education for an Open Society] (Tiranë: UET Press, 2013);

Tarifa, F. et al., Shkencat e shoqërisë: Sociologjia si disiplinë integruese për studimin e jetës shoqërore, me Parathënie nga Anthony Giddens [The Sciences of Society: Sociology as an Integrative Discipline for the Study of Social Life, Foreword by Anthony Giddens] (Tiranë: Albanian Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2013);

Tarifa, F., Pamundësia e projektit europian [The Impossibility of the European Project] (Tiranë: Minerva, 2013);

Tarifa, F., et al., Dija, universiteti dhe demokracia [Knowledge, the University, and Democracy]. (Tirana: Ombra GVG, 2012);

Tarifa, F., et al. (eds.), Politika dhe Historia [Politics and History] (Tiranë: UET Press, 2012).

Tarifa, F., Fati i një shekulli:  Hegjemonia amerikane, dilemat e Europës dhe sfidat e Azisë Lindore [The Fate of a Century: American Hegemony, Europe’s Dilemmas, and the Challenges of East Asia] (Tiranë: Ombra GVG, 2010);

Tarifa, F., Hasimja, E. & Tarifa, E., Paradigma e tranzicionit demokratik [The Paradigm of Democratic Transition] (Tiranë: Ombra GVG, 2010);

Tarifa, F., Europa e pabashkuar [Ununited Europe] (Tiranë: Ombra GVG, 2009);

Tarifa, F., Kërkimi i legjitimitetit dhe venitja e utopisë [The Quest for Legitimacy and the Withering Away of Utopia] (Tiranë: UET Press, 2009);

Tarifa, F., Amerikanofobia dhe anti-amerikanizmi europian [Americanophobia and Anti-Americanism in Europe] (Tiranë: Ombra GVGL 2008);

Tarifa, F., Ftesë në sociologji: Imagjinata sociologjike dhe jeta e përditshme [Invitation to Sociology: The Sociological Imagination and Every-Day Life] (Tiranë: Ombra GVG, 2008);

Tarifa, F., Saga e dy kontinenteve: A po ndahen Europa dhe Amerika nga njëra-tjetra? [A Tale of Two Continents: Are Europe and America Drifting Appart?] (Tiranë: Ombra GVG, 2007);

Tarifa, F., Jeta shoqërore si eksperiencë sociologjike [Social Life as Sociological Experience] (Tiranë: Ombra GVG, 2007);

Tarifa, F., Në kërkim të faktit sociologjik [In Search of the Sociological Fact] (Tiranë: 8 Nëntori, 1989);

Selected Articles Published in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Tarifa, F., & Di Monte, M., “Failure of Multiculturalism? Immigration, Radical Islamism, and Identity Politics in Europe”, International Dialogue: A Multidisciplinary Journal of World Affairs (2016) 6: 5-28;

Tarifa, F., “Public Understanding of Science and Participatory Democracy”, International Journal of Civic, Political, and Community Studies (2014) 11, 1: 9-19;

Ferhati, L., & Tarifa, F., “Post-Modern Utopia: Europe’s Global Leadership in a Post-American World”, International Journal of Civic, Political, and Community Studies (2014), 11, 1: 33-43;

Tarifa, F., & Ferhati, L., “Immigration and Identity Politics: Is Europe Oversold?”, Sociological Analysis (2013) 7, 1: 43-54;

Tarifa, F. “Social Science Research and the Social Policy Making Process”, International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social and Community Studies (2013) 7, 1: 77-86;

Gjuraj, T., & Tarifa, F., “The Habermasean (De)Reconstruction of Marx’s Paradigm”, International Journal of the Humanities (2011), 9, 3: 285-293;

Tarifa, F., “Legitimacy Crisis of State Socialism and the Causes of Its Demise”, Sociological Analysis (2011)  5, 1: 9-26;

Tarifa, F., “The Values of Science and Democratic Culture”, International Journal of Science in Society (2011) 2, 1: 201-207;

Tarifa, F., et al., “The Dynamics of Pluralizing Modernity and the Challenges of Future Global Politics and U.S. Leadership”, Sociological Analysis (2010) 4, 1: 41-51;

Tarifa, F., “The Poverty of the ‘New Philosophy’”, Modern Age (2008) 50 (3): 226-237;

Tarifa, F., “Of Time, Honor, and Memory: Oral Law in Albania”, Oral Tradition (2008) 23, 1: 1-12;

Tarifa, F., & Lucas, P., “The End of Balkan History”, Policy Review (2007) 141): 59-69;

Tarifa, F., & Adams, B., “Who’s the Sick Man of Europe? A Wavering EU Should Let Turkey In”, Mediterranean Quarterly: A Journal of Global Issues (2007) 18, 1: 52-74.

Tarifa, F., “Balkan Societies of ‘Social Men’: Transcending Gender Boundaries”, Societies without Borders (2007) 2, 1: 75-92.

Tarifa, F., “Of Mice, Men, and Mountains: Justice Albanian Style”, Sociological Analysis (2007) 1: 77-107.

Tarifa, F., “Facing Tomorrow’s Global Challenges: What Role for Social Science?”, Journal of Applied Sociology (2006) 23, 2: 1-19 (currently Journal of Applied Social Science);

Tarifa, F., & Lucas, P., “Albania: Authoritarianism without Oil”, Mediterranean Quarterly: A Journal of Global Issues (2006) 17, 2:: 32-39;

Tarifa, F., & Sokoli, L., “Applying Sociology to the Construction of a Democratic Public Sphere in Albania”, Journal of Applied Sociology (2006) 23 (1): 83-90 (currently Journal of Applied Social Science);

Tarifa, F., “The Adriatic Europe: Albania, Croatia, and Macedonia”, Mediterranean Quarterly: A Journal of Global Issues (2005) 16 (4): 8-19;

Tarifa, F., “Legitimation Crisis of State Socialism: The Balkans vis-à-vis the Visegrád Countries”, Balkanologie: Revue d’études pluridisciplinaires (1998) 2, 1: 3-16;

Tarifa, F., & Sokoli, L., “Exploring Burnout and Its Correlates among Albanian Teachers”, Michigan Sociological Review (1998) 12: 95-116;

Tarifa, F., “Disparities and Uncertainties: Reflections on Communist and Post-Communist Eastern Europe”, Journal of Social Sciences (1998) 2, 2-3: 91-103:

Tarifa, F. & de Gaay Fortman, B., “Vulnerable Democracies: Legitimation Challenges to Post-communist Systems”, Journal of Social Sciences (1998) 2, 2-3: 211-219;

Tarifa, F., “The Quest for Legitimacy and the Withering Away of Utopia”, Social Forces (1997) 76, 2: 437-474;

Tarifa, F., “The Language Paradigm in Contemporary Social Theory: Marx, Habermas, and Bourdieu in Comparative Perspective”, Journal of Social Sciences (1997) 1, 4: 245-253;

Tarifa, F., “Marx est mort! Where Have All the ‘New Philosophers’ Gone?”, Journal of Social Sciences (1997) 1, 1: 13-20;

Tarifa, F., “Neither ‘Bourgeois’ nor ‘Communist’ Science: Sociology in Communist and Post-communist Albania”, Communist and Post-Communist Studies (1996) 29, 1: 103-113;

Tarifa, F., & Kloep, M., “War versus Ghosts: Children’s Fears in Different Societies”, Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research (1996) 3, 1: 67-76;

Tarifa, F., & Weinstein, J., “Overcoming the Past: De-Communization and Reconstruction of Post-Communist Societies”, Studies in Comparative International Development (1995) 30, 4: 63-77;

Tarifa, F., “Albania’s Road from Communism: Political and Social Change, 1990-1993”, Development and Change (1995) 26, 1: 133-162;

Kloep, M., & Tarifa, F., “Working Conditions, Work Style, and Job Satisfaction among Albanian Teachers”, International Review of Education (1994) 40, 2: 159-171;

Kloep, M., & Tarifa, F., Well Being”, Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research (1993) 1, 3: 125-133;

Tarifa, F., “Is There a Future for the Social Sciences in Albania?”, East European Politics and Societies (1993) 7, 1: 33-42;

Tarifa, F., “Unequal Equalities of Women’s Academic Careers in Albania”, Higher Education in Europe (1992) 17, 2: 44-59;

Book Chapters

Tarifa, F., “Coming to an End: The Fall of Communist Rule in Albania”, ff. 35-54 në Rama, Sh. (ed.), The End of Communist Rule in Albania: Political Change and the Role of the Student Movement (New York: Routledge, 2020);

Ferhati, L., & Fatos Tarifa, “The West, Russia, and the Balkans”, ff. 43-54 në Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (Prague: Diamond Scientific Publications, 2019);

Tarifa, F., “Conflict and Rights in Vengeance-Ridden Societies: Moral and Legal Inferences”, ff. 251-266 në Boerefijn, I. et al/ (eds.), Human Rights and Conflict (Cambridge/Antwerp/Portland: Intersentia, 2012);

Tarifa, F., “Foreword”, ff. 1-4 në Lucas, P., The OSS in World War II Albania: Covert Operations and Collaboration with Communist Partisans (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2007).

Tarifa, F., “Disappearing from Politics: Social Change and Women in Albania”, ff. 267-284 në Rueschemeyer, M. (ed.), Women in the Politics of Post-communist Eastern Europe (Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1998);

Tarifa, F., “Families and Children under Conditions of Economic Deprivation: The Case of Albania”, ff. 335-254 në Pfeffer, G. & Behera, D. (eds.), Contemporary Society: Childhood and Complex Order (New Dehli: Manak Publications, 1996);

Tarifa, F., “Vulnerable Youth Exposed to Drugs: Opening up Albania’s Closed Society”, ff. 27-42 në Kenis, P. et al. (eds.), Mobilizing Social Research for Policy Advice on Drug Demand Reduction in Central and Eastern Europe (Vienna: European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, 1995);

Tarifa, F., “Albania”, ff. 27-42 në Klingemann, H-D et al. (eds.), Political Research in Eastern Europe (Bonn/Berlin: Informationszentrum Sozialwissen-schaften, 1994);

Kloep, M. & Tarifa, F., “Albanian Children in the Winds of Change”, ff. 85-116 në Lars-Erik Wolvén (ed.), Human Resource Development: An Anthology from a Research Theme (Östersund: University of Östersund, 1993)

Tarifa, F., “Albanian Women in a New Social Context”, ff. 26-29 në The Impact of Economic and Political Reform on the Status of Women in Eastern Europe (New York: United Nations, 1992) (ST/CSDHA/19).

Tarifa, F., “Marriage and the Family in Albania Today”, ff. 9-11 në The Future of the Family in Europe (Vienna: UNESCO & Vienna Centre, 1990).

Selected Papers Presented at International Conferences

Todhri, F. & Tarifa, F., “Challenges to Albania’s Education System in the Digital Age”, paper presented at the 14th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (Valencia, Spain, 2-4 March 2020);

Ferhati, L. & Tarifa, F., “The West, Russia, and the Balkans”, paper presented at the International Conference on Advanced Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (Prague, The Czech Republic, 29-31 March 2019);

Tarifa, F., “The University, the Values of Science, and Democratic Culture”, paper presented at the International Symposium on “Global Education” (Baku, Azerbaijan, 20-21 April 2018);

Tarifa, F., “Make Diplomacy, Not War!”, paper presented at the 4^th Istanbul Conference on Mediation “Surge in Diplomacy, Action in Mediation”, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey (Istanbul, Turkey, June 2017);

Tarifa, F., “Russia and the West: Russian Foreign Policy in Today’s World”, paper presented at the International Conference on “The West and Russia: Challenges and Opportunities”, Zabreb, Croatia (24-26 May 2017);

Tarifa, F., “China’s Economic Outreach in a Global Geopolitical Context”, paper presented at the International Conference on Hong Kong and the World under the Belt and Road Initiative, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (17-18 December 2015);

Tarifa, F., “Sociology, an Ecumenical and Integrative Discipline: Its Competition and Cooperation with Other Social Sciences”, paper presented at the Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Contemporary Social Change, Split, Croatia (11-14 June 2015);

Tarifa, F., “Albania, Kosovo and Europe: What Does the Future Hold for Them?”, paper presented at the International Seminar on “The History of Two Albanian States in the Balkans and Their Integration into the European Union”, organized by Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem and South-East European Institution in Budapest, Budapest, Hungary (13 May 2015);

Tarifa, F., “Transnational Political Radicalization and the Prospects for Democracy”, paper presented at the 12th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Copenhagen, Denmark (21-23 January 2015);

Tarifa, F.,  “How Democracy has Affected the Social Organization of Sexuality and Family Relations in Albania”, paper presented at the International Conference on “1989-2014: Twenty-Five Years After: What Has Happened to Societies in Central and Southeast Europe since the Fall of the Iron Curtain?”, organizuar nga Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Graz, Austria (18-20 September 2014);

Tarifa, F., “The Failure of Multiculturalism: Immigration and Identity Politics in Europe”, paper presented at the 12th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Madrid, Spain (11-13 June 2014);

Tarifa, F., “Democracy Promotion: The Elusive Quest for Sustainable Democracy in Face of Global Challenges”, paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Split, Croatia (22-24 January 2014);

Tarifa, F.,  “Revengeful Violence: Making Sense of Vengeance in Mediterranean Feuding Societies”, paper presented at the 4th International Re-Thinking Humanities and Social Sciences Conference, Zadar, Croatia (5-7 September 2013);

Tarifa, F., “Post-Modern Utopia: Europe’s Global Leadership in a post-American Age”, paper presented at the 11th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Budapest, Hungary (19-21 June 2013);

Tarifa, F., “The Public Understanding of Science and Participatory Democracy”, paper presented at the 11th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Budapest, Hungary (19-21 June 2013);

Tarifa, F., “Mediterranean Feuding Societies: A Sociological Perspective”, paper presented at the International Conference “Towards a Mediterranean Sociology”, organized by the University of Salento, Brindisi/Lecce, Italy (6-7 May 2013);

Tarifa, F., “Social Science Research and the Social Policy-Making Process”, paper presented at the 7th International Conference of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Barcelona, Spain (25-28 June 2012);

Tarifa, F., “The Habermasean (De)Reconstruction of Marx’s Paradigm”, paper presented at the 9th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Granada, Spain (8-11 June 2011);

Tarifa, F., “The Values of Science and Democratic Culture”, paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Science in Society, Madrid, Spain (11-13 November 2010);

Tarifa, F., “Conflict and Rights in Vengeance-Ridden Societies: Moral and Legal Inferences”, paper presented at the Conference on “Human Rights and Conflict”, organizuar nga Netherlands Institute of Human Rights and Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands (9-10 shtator 2010);

Tarifa, F., “Nuts and Bolts for Democracy Building: Revisiting the Concept of Prerequisites”, paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Athens, Greece (8-13 July 2009);

Tarifa, F., “Honor, Trust, and Hospitality in the Lifeworld of Northern Albanians”, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Kalamazoo, Michigan (7 March 2008);

Tarifa, F., “Facing Tomorrow’s Global Challenges: What Role for Social Science?”, paper presented at the Plenary Session of the First Annual Meeting of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology, San Jose, California (27 October 2006);

Tarifa, F.,  “Applying Sociology to the Construction of a Democratic Public Sphere in Albania”, paper presented at the Annual Conference of the North Central Sociological Association, Indianapolis, Indiana (23-26 March 2006);

Tarifa, F., “The Greek Universe and the European Renaissance”, paper presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy (SAGP), & Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science (SSIPS) “Dialogue among Civilizations,” Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York (27 October 2001);

Tarifa, F., “Making Sense of the Balkans: Past, Present, Future”, paper presented at the European Studies Conference & Third World Studies Conference, Omaha, Nebraska (4 October 2001);

Tarifa, F., “Social Science Research in Communist and Post-Communist Albania”, paper presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Miami, Florida (August 1993);

Tarifa, F., “Disappearing from Politics: Social Change and Women in Albania”, paper presented at the International conference on “Women in the Politics of Post-Communist Eastern Europe”, Prague, Czechoslovakia (September 1992);

Tarifa, F. “Emerging Sociology in a Changing Society: The Case of Albania”, paper presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (20-24 August 1992);

Tarifa, F. & Kloep, M.,  “Children at Risk: How Postcommunist Transition Upset Children’s Lives?”, paper presented at the International Interdisciplinary Conference “Children at Risk”, Bergen, Norway (15 May1992).

Selected Lectures Delivered by Invitation in Various Universities and Institutions

Tarifa, F., “The Global Demographic Shift and Its Impact on Eurasian Geopolitics”, lecture delivered at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur (30 November 2018);

Tarifa, F., “A Century of Migrations and Global Political Uncertainties”, lecture delivered at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (20 October 2017);

Tarifa, F., “Globalization, Global and Regional Challenges”, lecture delivered at the South East European University, Tetovo, North Macedonia (17 May 2016);

Tarifa, F., “Adriatic Optimism: The Prospects for NATO and EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans”, lecture delivered at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. (25 April 2005);

Tarifa, F., “Into the New Albania”, lecture delivered at Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (23 October 2004);

Tarifa, F., “The Trans-Atlantic Community in the Post-Cold War Era”, lecture delivered at Northern Mariana College, Saipan, U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (8 October 2004);

Tarifa, F., “Albania: Challenges in Democracy and Development”, lecture delivered at the Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (26 February 2004);

Tarifa, F., “How Europe Views America”, “The Ruth Pauley” lecture delivered at Sandhills College, Pinehurst, North Carolina (29 November 2003).

Tarifa, F., “Prospects for Peace and Stability in Southeast Europe”, lecture delivered at the College of Law, American University, Washington, D.C. (28 October 2003);

Tarifa, F., “Is America a European Power?”, lecture delivered at Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania (18 October 2003);

Tarifa, F., “Political Development in Southeast Europe”, lecture delivered at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (17 October 2002).

Tarifa, F., “Regional Security and the Prospects for Euro-Atlantic Integration of the Balkans”, lecture delivered at the Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas (April 2002);

Tarifa, F., “Changing Politics and Societies in Southeast Europe”, lecture delivered at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (14 March 2002);

Tarifa, F., “The Balkans: A Mission neither Accomplished nor Impossible”, “The Charles Francis Adams” lecture delivered at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts (29 November 2001);

Tarifa, F., “Kosovo: A Tragic Victim of the Ideology and Politics of Milosevicism”, lecture delivered at the Netherlands Society for International Affairs, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (May 1999);

Tarifa, F., “Albania, Kosovo, and Islam”, lecture delivered at the Carolina Seminar on Middle East and Islamic Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (November1998);

Tarifa, F., “Balkan Puzzles: Old and New”, lecture delivered at the Center for International Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (October 1995);

Tarifa, F., “War and Peace: Sources of Armed Conflicts in the Post-Cold-War Era”, lecture delivered at the Changing State/Society Relations Research Seminars & Politics of Alternative Development Strategies Program, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, the Netherlands (October 1995);

Tarifa, F., “Unveiling the Balkans: Lessons from the Past”, lecture delivered at the European Studies Research Institute & Center for the Study of Contemporary History and Politics, University of Salford, Salford, UK (February 1994);

Tarifa, F., “‘Reinventing the Wheel’: The Successful Failure of Democratic Transition in Albania”, lecture delivered at the Human Rights Center, University of Essex, Colchester, UK (February 1994);

Tarifa, F., “Shared Sovereignty: Cooperative Institutions for Deeply Divided Societies”, leksion i mbajtur në Department of International Relations and Public International Law, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (December 1993);

Tarifa, F., “Why Eastern Europe Matters?”, lecture delivered at the Center for Russian and East European Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, California (November 1992);

Tarifa, F., “Returning to Europe: The Politics, the Economy and the Culture of Transition”, lecture delivered at the Center for Slavic and East European Studies, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California (November1992);

Tarifa, F., “The ‘Other’ Europe: What’s New on the Eastern Front?”, lecture delivered at the Center for European Studies, New York University, New York (November 1992);

Tarifa, F., “Diehard Habits: The Meaning and Price of Transition”, lecture delivered at the Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (October 1992);

Tarifa, F., “Changing Youth in a Changing Society”, lecture delivered at the Social Science Research Institute & Center for Youth Research, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii (August 1992);

Tarifa, F., “Linking Economic Hardship to Families’ Lives and Children’s Psychological Well-Being”, lecture delivered at the Carolina Consortium of Human Development, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (July 1992);

Tarifa, F., “Family Lives and Lifestyles in a Changing Society”, lecture delivered at the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina (July 1992);

Tarifa, F., “Albanian Children in the Winds of Change”, lecture delivered at the Department of Sociology, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden (May 1992);

Tarifa, F., “Political Attitudes in Early Post-Communist Societies”, lecture delivered at the Department of Sociology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan (November 1991);

Tarifa, F., “Changing Life-Styles in Urban and Rural Albania under Transition”, lecture delivered at the Center for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (October 1990).

Tarifa, F., “Social Transformation in the Formerly Communist States and Contemporary Social Theory”, lecture delivered at the Department of Sociology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada (October 1990).

Tarifa, F., “Transforming the Social Fabric in Transitional Societies in Central and Eastern Europe”, lecture delivered at the Department of Sociology, University of Guelf, Guelf, Canada (October 1990);

Tarifa, F., “Albanian National Culture Exposed to Globalization”, lecture delivered at the Department of Sociology, York University, York, Ontario, Canada (October 1990);

Tarifa, F., “Education in Albania’s Rapidly Changing Post-Communist Society”, lecture delivered at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (October 1990);

Tarifa, F., “The Balkans: What Makes Sense and What Doesn’t”, lecture delivered at the Department for Soviet and East European Studies, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden (April1989);

Tarifa, F., “The Making and Unmaking of an Atheist State”, lecture delivered at the Department of Sociology, University of Örebro, Örebro, Sweden (April 1989);

Tarifa, F., “Social and Economic Transformation in Albania and the Changing Family Structure and Relationships”, lecture delivered at the Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (April 1989).

HONORS AND AWARDS

Doctor Honoris Causa, University Eqerem Çabej, Gjirokastër (2021);

Distinguished Personality of Labëria Award (2021);

Award commending and recognizing the Distinguished Services as Rector of the University of New York Tirana (2019);

Best Professor of the Year Award, University of New York Tirana (2017);

Proclamation in Honor of Prof. Fatos Tarifa from the International Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology (November 2012);

Member for life, Albanian Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011);

A Fistschrift book dedicated to Fatos Tarifa by J. Weinstein et al. under the title Albanian Sociology and the Portrayal of Fatos Tarifa (Tirana: Ombra GVG, 2011);

The Distinguished Researcher Presidential Award, European University of Tirana (2011);

Award for Outstanding Service from 2006-2008 as a Visiting Scholar at Eastern Michigan University Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminology (2008);

Resolution commending and recognizing the contributions and accomplishments of Dr. Fatos Tarifa, adopted by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Northern Marianas Commonwealth, USA (October 2004);

The Hattie Harris Good Spirits Club International Award for Encouragement of World Peace (2004;)

Ruth Pauley Lecture Series invited speaker, Sandhills College, Pinehurst, NC (2004);

Honorary Citizen of Aberdeen, North Carolina (2003);

Honorary Citizen of Key West, Florida (2003);

Honorary Citizen of New Orleans, Louisiana (2001);

Charles Francis Adams Lecture Series invited speaker, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (2001);

The People’s Assembly of Albania, the ‘Naim Frashëri’ Award for Excellence in Teaching (1987);

The People’s Assembly of Albania, the ‘Naim Frashëri’ Award for Distinguished Publications in the Field of Social Sciences (1987).