Andromaqi Gjergji (20 May 1928 – 8 July 2015) was an Albanian ethnologist who was a specialist in Albanian costumes and dress.
Andromaqi Gjergji | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 May 1928 |
| Died | 8 July 2015 (aged 87) Tirana, Albania |
| Nationality | Albanian |
Life
editGjergji was born in Korçë in 1928. She studied history and philology at the Albanian capital of Tirana. She has published widely about Albanian culture. She became a professor at the Institute of Folk Culture in 1993. She had over 130 publications about Albanian dress. Albanian Costumes through the Centuries was published in 2004.[1]
She reported that the earliest archaeological evidence for Albanian Opinga shoes are from the 5-4th century BC indicating they were an element in Illyrian culture.[2]
Gjergji died in Tirana in 2015.
Works include
edit- Gjergji, Andromaqi (2002), Albanian Costumes Through the Centuries: Origin, Types, Evolution, Acad. of Sciences of Albania, Inst. of Folk Culture, ISBN 978-99943-614-4-1
- Gjergji, Andromaqi (1988), Veshjet Shqiptare në Shekuj: Origjina Tipologjia Zhvillimi, Akademia e Shkencave të RPS të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Kulturës Popullore
- Gjergji, Andromaqi (1976), Etnografia shqiptare, vol. 7–8, Akademia e Shkencave e RPSH, Instituti i Historisë, Sektori i Etnografisë
References
edit- ^ Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong; Henry Louis Gates (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 301–. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
- ^ Andromaqi Gjergji (1988). Veshjet Shqiptare në Shekuj: Origjina Tipologjia Zhvillimi. Akademia e Shkencave të RPS të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Kulturës Popullore. p. 229.