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Gëzim Alpion

Prior to joining the Department of Sociology at the University of Birmingham in 2002, Gëzim lectured at the University of Huddersfield, Sheffield Hallam University, Westhill College of Higher Education and Newman University College. Gëzim joined the Department of Political Science and International Studies in August 2010. Gëzim specialises in the sociology of success, religion, race, ethnicity, film, media and authorship. His books include "Foreigner Complex" (2002), "Mother Teresa: Saint and Celebrity?" (2007), and "Encounters with Civilizations: From Alexander the Great to Mother Teresa" (2009). Gëzim is currently developing the idea of 'fame capital' as a variable in an intranational and international context, and exploring the significance of Mother Teresa's 'dark night of the soul' in a post-modernist context. Gëzim is Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Research in Arts and Social Sciences, University of Birmingham, since 2000, and Member of Max Weber Study Group of the British Sociological Association. Gëzim has presented papers at prestigious national and international conferences and has delivered keynote addresses, lectures and talks at several universities in the United Kingdom and overseas: the USA, Canada, Australia, Russia, China, India, South Africa, Germany, Italy, Finland, Macedonia, Kosova and Albania. Gëzim has written features on British, Egyptian, Middle Eastern, Balkan and Indian politics, culture and identity for "The Guardian", "The Middle East Times", "The Birmingham Post", "The Huddersfield Daily Examiner", and "Hürriyet Daily News". He is regularly interviewed by local, national and international media for his expertise.