Marenglen Verli
Marenglen Verli (1951–) is an Albanian historian and scholar. Since 2009, he is a member of the Academy of Sciences of Albania. Life. Verli was born in Tirana on 19 December 1951. After finishing the high school "Petro Nini Luarasi", he entered the Faculty of History-Philology of the University of Tirana, History-Geography branch. During 1973–79 he worked as teacher in the town of Laç. In 1979 he started in the Institute of History in Tirana (), holding the position of the "scientific personnel" until 2013. In 1985 he revived the title "Kandidat i shkencave historike" (Candidate of  history sciences), and "Doktor i Shkencave" (Doctor of Sciences) in 1994, in 1997 "Associated Professor", and in 2001 "Professor". From 2005–2008 he served also as director of the Institute of History, and editor-in-chief of the "Studime historike" periodical. With the establishment of the Centre of Albanological Studies (CAS) in 2008, Verli started as departmental director of the Institute of History, now part of CAS, and member of the CAS Academic Senate. Since 2009, he is an Associated Academic () of the Academy of Science of Albania. For over 30 years, he has been a lecturer of the University of  Tirana (Faculty of History-Philology, and Faculty of Social Sciences), Doctorate Center of CAS, and Aleksandër Xhuvani University in Elbasan. As an author and co-author, he lists many publications, profiled in the history of the Albanians within former Yugoslavia areas. Publications. As of 2015: