James Pettifer
James Pettifer is a British academic, author and journalist who has specialised in Balkan affairs.
Biography
He was born in 1949 in Hereford and was educated at King's School, Worcester|King's School], Worcester, and Hertford College, Oxford.Pettifer has travelled extensively in Greece, Turkey and the Balkans and he has written several tourist guides to the region, including the Blue Guide to Albania and Kosovo, one of the few such guides to the area. In the media, he has reported mainly for The Times and The [Wall Street Journal] and he is a regular broadcaster and commentator on the Balkan countries on both radio and television.
His expertise has been employed academically. He was a Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, Oxford, and a visiting professor in the Institute of Balkan Studies, in Thessaloniki. He is currently teaching Balkan history at the Oxford University Faculty of History.
Works
Pettifer's published work includes:- Turkish Labyrinth
- Blue Guide Bulgaria
- The New Macedonian Question
- The Greeks: The Land and People Since the War.
- Albania: From Anarchy to a Balkan Identity.
- Blue Guide Albania and Kosovo.
- Kosova Express: A Journey in Wartime
- The Albanian Question: Reshaping the Balkans.
- The Making of the Greek Crisis.
- The Kosova Liberation Army Underground War to Balkan Insurgency, 1948–2001.
- Lakes and Empires in Macedonian History: Contesting the Waters