Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo
The Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo ( Albanian Akademia e Shkencave dhe Arteve e Kosovës , short ASHAK ; Latin Academia Scientiarum et Artium Kosoviensis ) is an academy of sciences and an art college in the Kosovar capital Pristina . It was founded on December 20, 1975 and has a faculty each for language and literature, social sciences, natural sciences and art.
The academy has been headed by Hivzi Islami (* 1946), who is a trained demographer and geographer, since 2011. In the 1990s he led a political party and was represented in parliament .
The academy is a member of the umbrella organization of All European Academies .
Web links
- ASHAK website (Albanian and English)
Coordinates: 42 ° 39 ′ 36.1 ″ N , 21 ° 9 ′ 54.6 ″ E