# James Pettifer

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British academic, author and journalist (born 1949)

**James Pettifer** is a British academic, author and journalist who has specialised in [Balkan](/source/Balkan) affairs.

## Biography

He was born in 1949 in [Hereford](/source/Hereford) and was educated at [King's School](/source/The_King's_School%2C_Worcester), [Worcester](/source/Worcester%2C_England), and [Hertford College, Oxford](/source/Hertford_College%2C_Oxford).[1]

Pettifer has travelled extensively in [Greece](/source/Greece), [Turkey](/source/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](/source/The_Times)* and *[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)* and he is a regular broadcaster and commentator on the Balkan countries on both radio and television.[2][3]

His expertise has been employed academically. He was a Senior Associate Member of [St Antony's College](/source/St_Antony's_College), Oxford, and a visiting professor in the Institute of Balkan Studies, in [Thessaloniki](/source/Thessaloniki).[1] He is currently teaching Balkan history at the [Oxford University Faculty of History](/source/University_of_Oxford).[4]

## Works

Pettifer's published work includes:

- *Turkish Labyrinth* (Viking, 1997) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-6708-5866-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-6708-5866-8)

- *Blue Guide Bulgaria* (A & C Black, 1998) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-3933-1796-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-3933-1796-1)

- *The New Macedonian Question* (Springer, 1999) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-2305-3579-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-2305-3579-4)

- *The Greeks: The Land and People Since the War* (Penguin, 2000). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-1402-8899-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-1402-8899-5)

- *Albania: From Anarchy to a Balkan Identity* (with Miranda Vickers; NYU Press, 2000). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8147-8805-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8147-8805-9)

- *Blue Guide Albania and Kosovo* (A & C Black, 2000). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-9051-3127-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-9051-3127-3)

- *Kosova Express: A Journey in Wartime* (University of Wisconsin Press, 2005) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-2992-0444-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-2992-0444-0)

- *The Albanian Question: Reshaping the Balkans* (with Miranda Vickers; I.B. Tauris, 2009). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-8488-5095-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-8488-5095-8)

- *The Making of the Greek Crisis* (Penguin, 2012). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-2419-6322-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-2419-6322-7)

- *The Kosova Liberation Army Underground War to Balkan Insurgency, 1948–2001* (Hurst & Company, 2012). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-8490-4187-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-8490-4187-4)

- *Lakes and Empires in Macedonian History: Contesting the Waters*(with Miranda Vickers; Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-3502-2614-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-3502-2614-2)

He has published many papers in academic and other journals, a selection of which is available on his website.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Ramet_&_Simkus_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Ramet_&_Simkus_1-1) Ramet, Sabrina P.; Simkus, Albert; Listhaug, Olga, eds. (2015). [*Civic and Uncivic Values in Kosovo: History, Politics, and Value Transformation*](https://books.google.com/books?id=8f0OEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA413). Central European University Press. p. 413-414. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9789633860748](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789633860748).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Pettifer, James (2006). "About the author". [*Albanian Question: Reshaping the Balkans*](https://books.google.com/books?id=yisBAwAAQBAJ). I.B. Tauris. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780857710246](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780857710246).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Pettifer, James (2005). "About the author". [*Kosova Express: A Journey in Wartime*](https://books.google.com/books?id=GZYQfxGqUE4C). University of Wisconsin Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780299204440](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780299204440).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["James Pettifer"](https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/James-Pettifer/188555146). *Simon & Schuster*.

## External links

- [Professor James Pettifer's Official website](http://www.professorjamespettifer.com/)

- [United Kingdom Defence Academy website](https://web.archive.org/web/20070207015718/http://www.defac.ac.uk/our-work)

- [Chatham House website](https://web.archive.org/web/20070404182603/http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/index.php?id=1)

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