Irena Stefoska
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Irena Stefoska (born 16 September 1967 in Skopje) is a Macedonian historian and politician. She has been a Member of Parliament of North Macedonia (2016-2020) and Minister of Culture (until 2022, when her successor was Bisera Kostadinovska-Stojcevska ).[1][2]
Stefoska has a degree (1991) from the Institute of Classical Studies of Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, master's degrees from Central European University in Belgrade (1994) and the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade (2001), and a PhD (2007) from Skopje's Institute of History at the Faculty of Philosophy.[1]
She has held a Fulbright Scholarship and a Robert Bosch Stiftung Fellowship in Historical Dialogue and Accountability at Columbia University, United States, and been a research professor at Brown University, United States. Before becoming Minister of Culture she was a full time professor of the Institute of National History at Skobje.[1]
Selected publications
[edit]- Stefoska, Irena; Stojanov, Darko (May 2017). "A tale in stone and bronze: old/new strategies for political mobilization in the Republic of Macedonia". Nationalities Papers. 45 (3): 356–369. doi:10.1080/00905992.2017.1308346.
- Stefoska, Irena; Stojanov, Darko (1 January 2016). "Remembering and forgetting the SFR Yugoslavia. Historiography and history textbooks in the Republic of Macedonia". Südosteuropa. 64 (2). doi:10.1515/soeu-2016-0016. S2CID 163761823.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Participants: Irena Stefoska". unitedcultures.ru. St Petersburg International Cultural Forum. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ Lazarevska, Marina (1 March 2022). "New Minister of Culture Appointed in North Macedonia". www.filmneweurope.com. Film New Europe. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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- Living people
- Culture ministers of North Macedonia
- Women government ministers of North Macedonia
- Politicians from Skopje
- 21st-century Macedonian women politicians
- Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje alumni
- Academic staff of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje
- Central European University alumni
- University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni
- Brown University faculty
- Columbia University faculty
- Fulbright alumni
- 1967 births
- Macedonian politician stubs