Lekë Shala est doctorant à l’Université de Genève, où il exerce également comme collaborateur à l’enseignement et à la recherche. Sa thèse porte sur les pratiques artisanales liées à la production de stèles anthropomorphes durant le Néolithique final dans la région alpine.

Sujet de thèse

Titre : Specialized craftspeople: Artisanal Traditions in the Production of Anthropomorphic Stelae across the Alpine Region

Thèse en archéologie préhistorique menée sous la direction de la prof. Marie Besse de l’Université de Genève et du Dr. Florian Cousseau (Durham University).

Sa recherche s’inscrit dans le projet “Specialized craftspeople on the move: a holistic approach to Bell Beaker societies in the Alps and in Europe” (SNSF adv grant #216492, PI Marie Besse).

Formation

• 2023 – en cours: Doctorat en archéologie préhistorique, Université de Genève
• 2023 – Master d’Archéologie, Laboratoire d'archéologie préhistorique et anthropologie, Université de Genève
• 2019 – Faculté de Philosophie, Département d’Archéologie, Université de Prishtina, Kosova

Bourses obtenues

• Bourse Hans Wilsdorf Foundation (allouée en 2023)
• Bourse pour étudiants méritants attribuée par le Ministère de la Culture, de la Jeunesse et des Sports de la République du Kosovo (allouée en 2022)

Contributions scientifiques (publications)

• 2024: Shala (L.), Derenne (E.), Besse (M.) 2023. Typological examination of Middle and Late Bronze Age (1600-800 BC) pottery from the Eremita Cave in Borgosesia (Vercelli, Italy), Proceedings of the International meeting, UISPP MetalAges 2022, Ankara.​​​​​​
• 2023: Igrishta (K.), Shala (L.), Halilaj (A.) 2023. Memory on Stone. Prishtinë. KnkubHeritage, 167 pages
• 2020: Igrishta (K.), Shala (L.), Hoxha (F.), 2020. Archaeological Catalog of Mitrovica Archaeological Catalog of Mitrovica, Mitrovicë. CATALOG, 111 pages​​​​​​​
• 2019: Shala (L.) 2019. In Canolli et al. Kosova Memory; Stories of 100 elderly people of Kosova. University of Prishtina and National Library of Kosova

Communications scientifiques

• 2025: Vannes (France): Sea People, Land People: Lifestyles and Networks in Bell Beaker Europe, Session “Networks.” May 18–21
  Conference: Different yet the Same: Mapping the Patterns on Anthropomorphic Stelae in the Alpine Region during the 3rd Millennium BC.
  Lekë Shala, Florian Cousseau, Marie Besse
• 2025: Geneva (Swiss): Festival Histoire et Cité, 3 Aprill
  Conference: Bouquetin, mouton et reine: vivre dans les Alpes au temps de la Préhistoire
  Marie Besse, Moderation: Lekë Shala
• 2024: Şanlıurfa (Turkey): The 2024 World Neolithic Congress, Session Icons in Transition. The Role of Signs and Symbols During the Great Transformation, 4–8 November.
  Conference: When Craftsmanship Connects: Exploring Common Craft Styles in Anthropomorphic Stelae Across the Alpine Region in the 3rd Millennium B.C.
  Lekë Shala, Florian Cousseau, Marie Besse
• ​​​​​​​2024: Prishtinë (Kosovë): Albanological Institute of Pristina, Prehistoric Movements and Transhumant Pastoralism: Their Role in the Spread of Goods and Material Culture across the Alps, 4 October.
  Roundtable, co-organizers
  Arianit Buqinca, Kaltrina Igrishta, Lekë Shala
• 2023: Belfast (United Kingdom): 29th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists EAA, Session ‘Beyond Spolia.’ A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Re-Used Decorated Stones, 30 August-2 September 2023
  Conference: Replicating the past: the case of the documented carved symbols in Kulla in territory of Republic of Kosova.
  Lekë Shala, Kaltrina Igrishta, Florian Cousseau, Marie Besse​​​​​​​
• 2023: Prishtinë (Kosovë) “Archaeology in Kosovo: Discoveries and Challenges”, Albanological Institute
  Round-table: “Memory on Stone: Engraving Symbols on Kulla”, 10 august 2023
  Kaltrina Igrishta, Lekë Shala, Anduena Halilaj​​​​​​​
• 2023: Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France): International Conference “Reincarnated adornments: using body ornaments to reveal identities and mobility during Metal Ages”.
• Conference: Decorated pin and spiral pearls: the Bronze Age ornaments of the Eremita cave, Borgosesia (Vercelli, Italy)”, 2-3 Mars 2023​​​​​​​
• 2022: Ankara (Turkey), MetalAges 2022, UISPP-International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences.
  Poster: “Typological examination of Middle and Late Bronze Age (1600-800 BC) pottery from the Eremita Cave in Borgosesia (Vercelli, Italy). 13-16 October 2022
  Lekë Shala, Eve Derenne, Marie Besse
• 2019: Tirana (Albania), People and Borders: Ethnographic accounts from Albanian-Kosovo borderlands
  2019, Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Arts Studies.
  Ethnographical film: “Koni: Relations between the people and the state borders”
  Lekë Shala, Anduena Halilaj

Fouilles archéologiques

• 2025: “RAPID,” Peja and Istog, Republic of Kosova, Neolithic and Iron Age settlements; excavations led by Michael Galaty, Zhaneta Gjyshja, and Erina Baçi, University of Michigan, 6 weeks.​​​​​​​
• 2024: Tour de Choully, Geneva, Swisserland, Preventive archaeology, Cantonal Archaeology of Geneva led by Marie Besse, 1 week​​​​​​​
• 2024: Goasseac’h à Carhaix-Plouguer, Bretagne, France, Megalithic funerary site led by Florian Cousseau, University of Durham, 6 weeks​​​​​​​
• 2023: “EXPLO”, Lin, Albania, Neolithic site; excavation led by Albert Hafner, University of Bern 6 weeks​​​​​​​
• 2022: “RAPID”, Peja and Istog, Republic of Kosova, Neolithic and Iron Age sites; excavation led by Michael Galaty, Zhaneta Gjyshja and Erina Baçi, University of Michigan, 6 weeks​​​​​​​
• 2021: Eremita cave, Vercelli, Italy, Middle Bronze Age cremations; excavations led by Marie Besse, University of Geneva, Switzerland, 6 weeks​​​​​​​
• 2017-2019: “RAPID”, Peja and Istog, Republic of Kosova, Neolithic and Iron Age sites; excavation led by Michael Galaty, University of Michigan, 21 weeks​​​​​​​
• 2019: “Discovering and presenting the archeology in the Cathedral of our Lady of Perpetual Succor”, Prizren, Republic of Kosova, Late Antiquity site, led by Institute of Archaeology of Kosova, University of Prishtina, CHwB and University of Zadar, 3 weeks​​​​​​​
• 2017-2018: “Korisha Castle”, Prizren, Republic of Kosova, Late Antiquity site, led by Pleurat Kabashi, Institute of Archaeology of Kosova and University of Prishtina, 3 weeks

Disciplines enseignées

• Méthodologie de la recherche en archéologie : enseignement de niveau Bachelor
• Préhistoire générale : Chargé du cours