Flamur Vehapi is a researcher, chronologist, poet, literary translator, academic, and success coach. He received his PhD in Education and Leadership from Pacific University; he also holds an M.A. in Conflict Resolution from Portland State University and a B.S. in Counseling Psychology with a minor in History from Southern Oregon University. In 2009, Flamur received the Imagine Award for Community Peacemaking. He taught social sciences at Rogue Community College and Southern Oregon University, after which he taught at various institutions in the Middle East. He has authored several books and translated two of Sami Frashëri’s works. He has also worked as a contributing writer for the PSU Chronicles. Flamur and his family currently live in Oregon. 

Oregon Humanities, Portland, OR, ’20

Portland Community College front page, Portland, OR, ’19

The Immigrant Story, Portland, OR, ’19

Rogue Community College Foundation, Alumni Award, Grants Pass, OR, ’13

The Siskiyou, Ashland, OR, ’13

SOU News, Ashland, OR, ’12

The Ashland Daily Tidings, Ashland, OR, ’09

The Mail Tribune, Medford, OR, ’08

Dr. Martin Luther King’s Legacy, Medford, OR, ’08

• The Life of a Refugee– World Refugee Day, Eugene, OR, 2019

• A Story of Survival and Education– Rotary Club of Gresham, OR, 2018 

• Countering Nationalism with Education– Rotary Club of Hillsboro, OR, 2017

• Author & Speaker Series: A Cup with Rumi– Washington County Museum, Portland, OR, 2016

• Bridge-Building Writers to International Art Exhibit-Interfaith Muse, Portland, OR, 2016

• Islamophobia Today– Resolutions NW: OMA Peace Conference, Portland Community College, Portland, OR, 2016 

• East and West: Building Bridges of Understanding– King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, KSA, 2014

• Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict– OIA Portland State University, Portland, OR, 2012

• Voice for Peace: The Alchemy of Mind– Port Townsend, WA, 2012

• Kosovo: War and Revenge– Resolutions NW: OMA Peace Conference, University of Portland, Portland, OR, 2011

• East and West: Building Bridges of Understanding– Portland State University, Portland, OR, 2011

• The Balkans and Kosovo in the 90s– Portland State University, Portland, OR, 2010-11 

• Building Bridges: Prejudice and Tolerance in America– Rogue Valley MLK Day, Medford/Ashland, OR 2008-13

• A Story of War and Survival – Rotary Club International, Ashland, OR, 2008-09 

• Religious Tolerance in the Balkans– Rotary Club of Medford, Medford, OR 2008-09 

• Kosovo: War and Revenge– Jackson County Community Justice: Transition Center, Phoenix, OR, 2010 

• The Role of the United Nations in Kosovo– UN Week at Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR 2008-10

• My Story of War, Survival and Education– Juvenile Detention Center, Medford, OR, 2009-10

• My Story of War, Survival and Education– Rogue Community College, Medford, OR, 2006-08 

• The Balkan Wars– Rogue Community College, Medford, OR, 2006-08

To book Flamur as your next speaker, please send your request here: fvehapi@gmail.com