Bujar Hoxha Date of birth: 10/03/1966 b.hoxha@seeu.edu.mk Gender: Male Phone number: (+389) 70252866 (Mobile) Website: www.academia.edu Email address: Skype: bujar.hoxha4 Address: Ul. Haska br. 12, 1000, Skopje, North Macedonia (Home) WORK EXPERIENCE 20/11/2001 – CURRENT Tetovo & Skopje, North Macedonia FULL PROFESSOR THE SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY Assistant at the English Department; Subject- matters: English Language , British Literature; Topics of Modern Poetry; Topics of Modern Prose; Semiotics of Literature; Translation I and II; Theater of William Shakespeare ( elective courses) Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences, Subject- matters: Introduction to Communication Sciences; Communication Theory; Semiotics of Mass Communication, Inter- Cultural Communication; Member of the University Senate: since November, 2017 Business or Sector Education Address Ul Ilindenska bb., Tetovo & Skopje, North Macedonia Website http://see-university.com 25/12/1997 – 19/11/2001 Tetovo, North Macedonia COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY TEACHING PROFESSIONAL THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF TETOVO Teaching- assistant at the Department of English Language and Literature;\ - Subject-matters: British Literature I, II, III and IV - A Special Course on English Drama 20/09/2005 – 17/12/2007 Skopje, North Macedonia ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ( PART-TIME ) THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF SKOPJE - Assistant professor at the Department of Albanian Language and Literature; Subject- matters: Comparative Professional Terminology; - Assistant professor at the Department of Translation and Interpretation; Subject matters: Academic Writing; Cultural Studies; 20/11/2000 – 20/09/2001 Prishtina A PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATOR THE UNITED NATIONS INTERIM MISSION IN KOSOVO (UNMIK) - A professional translator of the two Co-heads of the Mission ( in the Interim Government of Kosovo); - Head of the Translation Team of the Interim Government of Kosovo 15/06/1999 – 20/08/1999 Skopje, North Macedonia INFORMATION OFFICER SAVE THE CHILDREN UK ( MISSION IN MACEDONIA) 1 / 10 Daily informing the staff for the events in relation to the war-crisis in Kosovo 10/11/1994 – 15/12/1995 Skopje, North Macedonia PROGRAM COORDINATOR OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE ( "THE SOROS FOUNDATION NETWORK"), MACEDONIA - A Program Coordinator of several projects: - Educational Program; Management Program; CEU Budapest scholarships' Coordinator 19/12/1997 – 19/10/1999 Skopje, North Macedonia A PART- TIME TRANSLATOR OSCE SPILLOVER MISSION IN MACEDONIA Translation in a written and oral way upon request by the Mission. 10/09/1999 – 10/10/2000 Skopje, North Macedonia A PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATOR THE EUROPEAN UNION COMMISSION IN MACEDONIA ( PROJECT FOR THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM) - A professional translator of the German and Danish experts delegated in Macedonia; The Government of the Republic ( Ministry of Local Self-Government); 10/06/1992 – 20/09/1994 Skopje, North Macedonia A PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATOR C.R.I.C. ( 'CENTRO REGIONALE DI COOPERAZIONE" , REGGIO CALABRIA, ITALIA"); MISSION IN MACEDONIA Translator of the heads of Mission Scope of the Non-government Organization financed by the ECHO office of the EU: distributing humanitarian assistance to the Third World Countries; 10/05/1992 – 10/06/1993 Skopje, North Macedonia JOURNALIST LOCAL TV : "TV ERA" IN A PRIVATE OWNERSHIP A part- time Journalist: covering: political and cultural events 13/06/1991 – 06/06/1992 Skopje, North Macedonia JOURNALIST "FLAKA E VELLAZERIMIT" ( A STATE DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALBANIAN) Covering political and cultural events; During this period also: assistant - translator to the journalists of RAI 1, Italy ( "Radiotelevisione Italiana') , delegated to Macedonia. 20/06/1989 – CURRENT Skopje, North Macedonia TRANSLATOR MINISTRY OF LAW Appointed as an official and Court translator by the Ministry of Law: from English and Italian into Macedonian, and the opposite. EDUCATION AND TRAINING 20/06/2002 – 06/06/2008 Skopje, North Macedonia DOCTOR OF PHILOLOGICAL SCIENCES ( PH. D.) Faculty of Philology at the University of Skopje - Gained a scientific nomination: doctor scientiae; - Completed doctoral studies under the following topic: ' Methodological and Theoretical Views of Umberto Eco: the Poetics of the Open Work" 2 / 10 20/06/1991 – 10/07/1998 Skopje, North Macedonia MASTER OF ARTS IN PHILOLOGICAL SCIENCES ( MA) University of Zagreb ( Croatia) & University of Skopje - Enrolled Post-Graduate at the University of Zagreb ( Croatia) - Field: Comparative Literature; - Completed Master's Thesis at the University of Skopje, under the following topic: " The Semiotics of the Characters of Othello and Rigoletto" 10/09/1984 – 20/06/1989 Skopje, North Macedonia BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PHILOLOGICAL SCIENCE University of Skopje Graduated at the Department of English Language and Literature; Gained Major in English and in Italian Language and Literature LANGUAGE SKILLS Mother tongue(s): ALBANIAN Other language(s): UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING Listening Reading Spoken production Spoken interaction ENGLISH C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 MACEDONIAN C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 ITALIAN C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 CROATIAN C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user; B1 and B2: Independent user; C1 and C2: Proficient user PUBLICATIONS 2024 "Truth and Post-Truth in Eco's Theory and Narrativity" The book has been edited by: V. Doğan Günay, Murat Kalelioğlu and Sibel Bayram. It represents a collection of several essays by different prominent semioticians, and it is dedicated to the problem of "truth" and "post-truth" in different "lived" or "fictive and imagined" realities. My part is Chapter Five: p. 79-91. Issued by the Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Thyne, UK. In: "Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities in the Post-Truth Era: The Reality Machine" 2023 "Performing Arts in the Process of Semiosis" The article deals with the semiotic relvance of the various sorts of artistic expressions. Turkish Journal of Semiotic Studies; Vol. 1; no. 2; pp. 38-47 Link https://e-tamga.com/index.php/pub/article/view/20 2023 "Performing Arts in the Light of Existential Semiotics" 3 / 10 My article is a chapter to Volume 3 of the "Open Semiotics" book edited by Amir Bilgari; • Voil. 3 "Texts, Images, Arts"; pp. 348-358; Issued by L'Harmattan, Paris, 2023 In "Open Semiotics" ( edited by Amir Bilgari) 2023 "The Profile of John Deely as a Semiotician and Philosopher" ( co-authored by Eero Tarasti) I have provided for comments in regard to Dr Tarasti's lecture ( University of Helsinki, Finland), on the overall academic production of John Deely., in the video presentation. INternational Open Seminar on Semiotics ( on the Fifth Anniversary of John Deely's Death) Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqUldV0D5DU 2022 "Performing Arts in a Process of Semiosis" ( co-authored by Kay O'Halloran, University of Liverpool, UK) I have prsented a lecture on a "Semiotics of Performing Arts". My lecture has been commented upon by Kay O'Halloran, University of Liverpool, UK. International Open Seminar on Semiotics ( on the Fifth Anniversary of John Deely's Death) Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmkbjFFJpZI 2022 "Umberto Eco and the Semiotic Quest for Truth" ( co-authored by Annamaria Larusso and Yulia Nitikenko) I have provided for comments on Dr Larusso's lecture on U. Eco In the presentation. International Open Seminar on Semiotics ( on the Fifth Anniversary of John Deely's Death) Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4SWY_YKi_0 2022 Umberto Eco's Semiotics: Theory, Methodology and Poetics" • The book represents a monograph on four essential U Eco's works on semiotics. Cambridge Scholars Publishing UK 2021 "The Signs Behavior in Autistic Children: Semiosis of an Unspoken Language" In "Humanities Bulletin", Vol. 4; No. 1. p.p.86-102; issued by London Academic Publishing; UK 2021 "The Semiotics of the Parthenon as a Pillar of Modern Democracy" Vol 1; Vol. 1; pp. 133-146; Issued by the London Academic Publishing; London; UK. In "Humanities Bulletin"; Co-authored by Safet Ahmeti 2019 "The Signification Process and the Communicative Competencies of Multilingualism" 4 / 10 In "Book of Proceedings of the International Conference", Tetovo, North Macedonia, 2019. 2018 "Challenging Communication Processes Through Recent Semiotic Paradigms" In "Book of Proceedings of the Conference of UBT University" 2018, Prishtina, Kosovo. 2018 "Eco's Interpretative Nature of the Text" In "Educational Journal of the Beder University", Tirana, Albania, 2018 2016 "Semiotics of Precision and Imprecision" In Semiotica" de Gruyter, ISSN 1613-3692 (online); 0037-1998 (print); DOI 10.1515/sem.2015-077, Berlin and Boston, Germany and USA, September, 2016. 2017 "On Some Passions of he Characters in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet" ( a semiotic perspective) In European Journal of language and Literature Studies, Vol.7, Nr. 1; ISSN 2411-9598 (print); ISSN: 2411-4103 (online); pp. 129-134.; issued by the European Center for Science Education and Research, Bucharest, Romania. 2017 "On Some Passions of the Characters in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet ( a semiotic prospective)" In BJES Beder Journal of Educational Sciences, Vo. 14, nr. 1, pp.21-33; April, 2017, Tirana, Albania. 2017 "Fiction and Reality in Eco's Words" In Umberto Eco in His Own Words", edited by Torkild Tefellsen and Bent Somensten; ISBN (online) 9781501507144; DOI (Chapter) https.//doi.org/10.15159781501507144-029; DOI (Book) https//: doi.org/10.1515/9781501507144; pp.236-242l; Published by: Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and Boston, Germany and USA, 2017. 2017 Semiotika dhe metafora e pyjeve narrative në veprën e Umberto Ekos" In "Filologji", nr. 22, issued by Universiteti i Prishtinës "Hasan Prishtina", Fakulteti i Filologjisë, University of Prishtina, Faculty of Philology; pp. 117-145, Prishtina, Kosovo. 2018 "Наратолошко семиотичката парадигма на Умберто Еко и метафората на наративните шуми„ In „Критички методи и толкувања„ (Том 1); 'Critical Methods and Interpretations" (Volume 1) ; pp.321-345; issued by: Македонска Академија на Науките и Уметностите, June, 2018, Skopje. 2018 "A Semiotic Comprehension of Local Languages' usage (Exemplifying Macedonia)" In Book of the Conference Proceedings of the Conference: 'Multiculturalism and Language Contact", Tetovo and Skopje, June, 2018. 5 / 10 2018 "Affrontare il mondo semiotico del testo" In EC "Rivista dell'Associazione italiana degli studi semiotici, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italia, luglio, 2018, Palermo, Italy, July, 2018. 2018 "Multilingualism and Sameness versus Otherness in a Semiotic Context" In Semiotica" Journal of the International Association of Semiotics; DOI: https;//doi.org.5/ sem2017-0008; ISSN (Online); 1613-3692; ISSN (Print); 0037-1998; Walter de Gruyter, Mouton Editions, Berlin and Boston, Germany and USA, 2018. 2018 "On the Applicability of Semiotics of Passions in Images" In Humanities Bulletin", issued by the London Academic Publishers; Vol.1, No. 2; pp. 33-45; ISSN: 2517-4266; London, UK. November, 2018. 2016 "Sui limiti della semiotica: la soggettivita opposta al oggettivita" In EC "Rivista Italiana di Semiotica", April, 2016 2015 "A Paradoxical Way of Communication of the Children with ASD" In "Sociology Study", David Publishing Company; Vol. 5; No. 6; Illinois, USA. 2015 "The Aesthetic Message and its Decoding Processes" In "Conference Proceedings of the SEE University" Tetovo, North Macedonia, 2015. 2014 "Methodology of Semiotics: Objectivity and Subjectivity" In "Guangxhi Teachers Education University Journal" ( Edition of Philosophy and Social Sciences); Vol. 35; no. 4, July, 2014, Nanjing, China. Co-authored and translated into Chinese by Dai Wei-Wei 2014 "Identity and Cultural Heritage: Experiencing the Albanian Context" In "Albanian Journal of Educational Studies"; Vol. 2; No. 1, June 2014, Albania. 2014 "On the Borderlines of Semiotics"; ( Objectivity vs. Subjectivity)" In "European Scientific Journal" , June, 2014. 2014 "Normality vs. Abnormality in a Child's Behavior" In "European Scientific Journal, ; Vol. 10; No. 14; May, 2014 2014 "Rreth mundesive analitike te semiotikes"; In "Diskutime", 2014. 6 / 10 2014 "Identitetet kombetare ne kontekstin semiotik" In "Diskutime", May, 2014. 2013 "The Metaphor of Narrative Woods in Eco's Work" In "Philosophy Study" ; Vol. 3; No. 11, David Publishing Company, USA. 1998 "The Grammatical and Philosophical Concept of Time in the Narratological Process" In "Shine", "Blesok", Issue nr. 9; 1998: www.blesok.com 1998 "National Identities in a Semiotic Context" ( Nationalism vs. Internationalism) In "Frakcija" ( a theater magazine); Issue nr. 9; Academy of Dramatic Arts: University of Zagreb, Croatia, 1998. 1998 "Nyjat ne gjuhen shqipe dhe angleze" ( " The Articles in Albanian and English") A book published bilingually; Shkupi, Skopje, 1998. 2000 Philips A., & Rosas A., "Te drejtat universale te pakicave kombetare" The Association for a Democratic Initiative; translated by Hoxha B., & Neziri - Dauti F., Skopje, 2000. 2001 Gani Bobi, „Културен парадокс„ Translated from Albanian into Macedonian by Hoxha B. and Morina V., Magor, Skopje, 2001. 1995 "Rruga per ne Olimp" ( roman) "The Journey to Olympus" ( a novel); Asdreni, Skopje, 1995 1998 "Ludvig Vani dhe une ishim vetem" ( roman) "Ludvig Van and me, we were alone..." ( a novel); Shkupi, Skopje, 1998. NETWORKS AND MEMBERSHIPS 05/12/2023 – CURRENT Toronto, Canada "Universal Library of Arts and Humanities" I am a member of the Editorial and Scientific Board of the Journal Link https://ulopenaccess.com/ 25/05/2023 – CURRENT Turkey TAMGA "Turkish Journal of Semiotic Studies" 7 / 10 I am a member of the Scientific and Editorial Board of the Journal. Link https://e-tamga.com/index.php/pub/aboutjournal 10/03/2018 – CURRENT London, UK. - Member of the Advisory Editorial Board in “Humanities Bulletin”, London Academic Publishers, since 2019. I am a member of the Advisory Board of the Journal 15/04/2021 – CURRENT University of Bingol, Bingol, Turkey - Member of the Scientific Review Board in “Essence and Critique: Journal of Literature and Drama Studies”; 09/03/2021 – CURRENT Punjab, Pakistan Sumerianz Journal of Education, Linguistics and Literature • I am an Associate Editor of the "Journal of Education, Linguistics and Literature" CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS 31/05/2024 – 31/05/2024 Tetovo, North Macedonia "The Future of the Humanities and Social Sciences" I have presented the following paper: "Communication vs Semiotic Processes: are they Inclusive or Exclusive? " Link https://conf.seeu.edu.mk/iclcc24/ 30/08/2022 – 03/09/2022 University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece 15-th World Congress of Semiotics" Semiotics in the Lifeworld" I have presented two papers in two different sections: 1. "Love and Hatred in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: existential or relational values" and, 2. "A Semiotic Comprehension of Performing Arts: Exemplifying Othello and Rigoletto" My recently published book, has been promoted: "Umberto Eco's Semiotics: Theory, Methodology, and Poetics" issued by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, 2022. Link https://www.semioticsworld.com/ 28/10/2018 – 30/10/2018 Prishtina, Kosovo. Seventh International Conference on Business Innovation and Technology -Presented the following paper: "Challenging Communication Processes Through Recent Semiotic Paradigms", 18/05/2018 – 21/05/2018 "Beder" University, Tirana, Albania. Fifth International Conference on English Language and Literature -Presented the following lecture as a key-note speaker: "Eco's Interpretative Nature of the Text: a Process of Semiosis with the Reader" 29/04/2017 – 31/05/2017 Skopje, North Macedonia International Scientific Conference: " Multiculturalism and Language Contact" • Presented the following paper: " A Semiotic Comprehension of the Local Languages Usage" 8 / 10 20/06/2016 – 20/06/2016 AAB College, Prishtina, Kosovo Second International Conference on Linguistics, Literature and Culture -Presented the following paper as a key-note speaker: "Some Semiotic Relations of the Characters in Shakespeare's Othello", 07/04/2017 – 08/04/2017 AAb College, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine Conference of the "Bio-socio-psycho approach to the problems of mental health" • Presented the following paper: " Some Attempts to Overcome Communication Problems in Children with Autism" 20/05/2016 – 20/05/2016 "Beder" University, Tirana, Albania. The Third International Conference on English Language and Literature -Presented the following paper: "On Some Passions of the Characters of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet" 01/07/2016 – 09/07/2016 "Stacion", "Center of Contemporary Arts", Prishtina, Kosovo. The Summer School as School (SSAS) -Delivered a lecture, entitled: "The Semi9otics of the Parthenon as a Pillar of Modern Democracy" 26/06/2016 – 26/06/2016 AAB College, Prishtina, Kosovo. The International Conference on Linguistics, Literature and Culture -Presented the following paper: "On Some Passions of Autistic Children: Compensating Functional Language with Technology" 28/06/2014 – 29/06/2014 Skopje, North Macedonia The Conference " The World Through Children's Eyes" -Held a lecture as key-note speaker on the following topic: " On a Proper Conceptualization of an Autistic Child's World", June, 2014. 23/05/2016 – 25/05/2016 Kaunas Technology University, Kaunas, Lithuania The Third International Conference of Numanities Icon 2016: "Processes, Maps. Narrativities, -Read two papers in different sessions, entitled: "Multilingualism and Sameness vs. Otherness in a Semiotic Context", and "On Umberto Eco's Multiple Discourse: Narration and the Collaboration with the Reader in a Process of Semiosis", as well as moderated Part V of the Session "Semiotics of Cultural Heritages" directed by dr. Eero Tarasti, 20/04/2014 – 24/04/2014 Tetovo, North Masedonia The International Conference on Creative Writing and Critical Approaches to Literature -Presented the following paper: "The Aesthetic Message and its Decoding processes" 07/03/2014 – 09/03/2014 Skopje, North Macedonia The Seminar: "How to Understand What Your Body Is telling You", -Held a workshop as a key-speaker, entitled: " Non-verbal Communication in Children with ASD" ( a semiotic context )" 9 / 10 07/09/2013 – 11/10/2013 Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey The International Semiotic Conference: "Is it real" • Presented the following paper: 'A Semiotics of Precision and Imprecision" 05/08/2013 – 07/09/2013 Struga, Macedonia The Second International and Regional Conference on Positive Psychotherapy -Presented the following paper: " Normality vs. Abnormality in a Child's Behavior" ( A Semiotic Prospective). 26/05/2013 – 29/05/2013 The Central European University, Budapest, Hungary The " Transregional Conference on the Move", Croatia and Hungary, 2013 -Presented the following paper: " The Iconography of the Parthenon, as a Pillar of Modern Democracy". 14/12/2012 – 14/12/2012 Prishtina, Kosovo. "The Philosophy of Science: How Seminal Works in Research Methodology" -Presented the following paper: 'The Metaphor of Narrative Woods in Eco's Work". 05/06/1998 – 07/06/1998 Imatra and Helsinki, Finland. The 17-th Annual Meeting of the Semiotic Society of Finland -Presented the following paper: "The Semiotics of the Characters of Othello and Rigoletto", RECOMMENDATIONS Prof. Dr. Eero Tarasti, University of Helsinki , Helsinki, Finland Prof. Dr. Umberto Eco, University of Bologna , Italy. Prof. Dr. Elizabeta Sheleva , University of Skopje , Skopje, Macedonia Prof. Dr. Zeynep Onur, University of Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey Prof. Dr. Zamir Dika, Rector of the SEE University, Macedonia Prof. Dr. Andrew Goodspedd , Provost of the SEE University, Macedonia COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS Communication and interpersonal skills Good communication skills in terms of managing translation and research activities 10 / 10