2026
Inxhi Brisku
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
This project examines medical pluralism in socialist Albania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia, with special attention to Albanian-inhabited regions within Yugoslavia. It investigates how state policies and ideological shifts shaped the relationship between biomedicine, folk medicine, and religious healing practices. While Albania is at the center of this research, a comparative framework allows for a deeper understanding of how different socialist regimes navigated tensions between modernization, cultural heritage, and medical diversity.