Mother Teresa: Saint or Celebrity ? by Dr Gezim Alpion

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Marking 20^th anniversary of its foundation the Faculty of the Sciences of Communication is organizing a conference  on his book

Mother Teresa: Saint or Celebrity at the Salesian Pontifical University Rome.

The conference scheduled for Thursday 20^th Novemberwill be in English with Italian translation. Open to all, the programme will start at 4.30 pm and will conclude at 6.45 pm.

 

Mother Teresa of Calcutta was undoubtedly one of the great personalities of the twentieth century. The author explores her significance to the mass media, to celebrity culture, to the church and to various political and national groups.

 

Albanian born Gëzim Alpion currently director of Research Postgraduate Studies, Department of Sociology (Birmingham University) received a PhD from the University of Durham, UK, in 1997. His works include Vouchers(2001), Foreigner Complex (2002), If Only the Dead Could Listen (2006), andEncounters with Civilizations (2008).