Anna Di Lellio
Anna Di Lellio | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Perugia BA New York University MA Columbia University MA & PhD |
| Occupation | Sociologist |
Anna Di Lellio is a sociologist, journalist and former United Nations consultant. She has written on a number of topics relating to the United Nations' presence in Kosovo and Iraq.
Biography
Di Lellio received a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Perugia in Italy, and a Masters in Public Policy and International Affairs from New York University. She also completed a Masters degree and PhD in sociology from Columbia University.[1][2]
She worked for the UN World Food Programme as a consultant in Kosovo and East Timor during the 1999 emergencies. Later, she was a research analyst for the International Organization for Migration on the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) programme of reintegration, and political advisor to the UN Kosovo Police Corps Coordinator.[3]
From 2001 through 2003, she was the Temporary Media Commissioner of Kosovo for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OSCE).[4] In this capacity, she authored two reports on media law and policy in post-conflict areas. On her return to New York, she was appointed as Director of Communications to Paul Volcker's inquiry into possible corruption in the Iraqi Oil-for-Food Programme. She resigned her post in September 2004 following a controversy over a 2002 newspaper article in The Guardian[5] in which she criticized George W. Bush and Silvio Berlusconi.[6]
She is the editor of the book The Case for Kosova: Passage to Independence (2000), an anthology of essays on the future of Kosovo, and the author of The Battle of Kosovo 1389: An Albanian Epic (2009).[2]
She is the co-founder of the Kosovo Oral History Initiative (KOHI), a public multi- lingual and multi-media virtual archive of Kosovo history that focuses on individual life stories.[2]
She is an adjunct professor at the International Relations Program of New York University, and also teaches at the New School for Public Engagement.[2]
According to historian Dušan Bataković, In her writings, Di Lellio takes a pro-Albanian stance.[7] University professor and byzantist Radivoj Radić has written negatively about her work, stating to have "demonstrated her ignorance and discord with historical methodology on multiple occasions".[8]
References
- ↑ Di Lellio, Anna (2005). "Empire Life as a Swamp". Transitions. XLV (1): 61–78.
- 1 2 3 4 "Anna Di Lellio". nyu.edu. New York University.
- ↑ "Anna Di Lellio Full profile". The Guardian. 4 June 2007.
- ↑ "Kosovo journalists under threat". Representative on Freedom of the Media. OSCE. 2002-06-13. Archived from the original on 11 August 2010.
- ↑ Tran, Mark (2002-09-11). "Anna Di Lellio: A UN administrator in Kosovo whose husband was at work in the World Trade Centre". The Guardian.
- ↑ Independent Inquiry Committee (September 24, 2004). "Statement for the Press". Archived from the original on September 19, 2006.
- ↑ Bataković, Dušan T. (2011). Minorities in the Balkans: state policy and interethnic relations (1804 - 2004). Balkanološki institut SANU. p. 268. ISBN 978-8-671-79068-0.
- ↑ "Zašto voliš ANU, a ne voliš SANU? - Društvo - Dnevni list Danas" (in Serbian). 2017-03-04. Retrieved 2025-01-06.