BALKANSTIC WORLDS, 2027, Volume 1 GENDER, AGE, AND AUTHORITY Authority, power, and age. Women as “(in)visible authorities”;Transformations and manifestations of female hierarchies and leaderships. Masculinity, male power, and male power networks. Youth rebellions, groups, and leaders: structures, forms of communication, and languages. Old age: authority, privilege, or stigma. Conservatives, elders, chiefs, revolutionaries, and heroes. E-mail:…
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Asmat Ardzenadze, Nana Kajaia
Asmat ArdzenadzeBatumi Shota Rustaveli State University (Georgia)[asmat.ardzenadze@bsu.edu.ge], ORCID ID: 0009-0009-5905-2298 Nana KajaiaBatumi Shota Rustaveli State University (Georgia)[nana.kajaia@bsu.edu.ge], ORCID ID: 0009-0002-1102-9039 Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20964349 VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN’S SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION IN 20TH-CENTURY ADJARA: PHOTOGRAPHY AS A SOCIOCULTURAL TEXT Abstract:This article examines the social and cultural transformation of Muslim women in twentieth-century Adjara through the analysis of…
Violeta Kotseva, Kremena Iordanova
Violeta KotsevaSofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (Bulgaria)[vkkoceva@uni-sofia.bg], ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9573-7926 Kremena IordanovaSofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (Bulgaria)[kremena.yordanova@uni-sofia.bg], ORCID ID: 0009-0003-5247-5139 Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20964194 BULGARIANS IN NORWAY. STORIES OF ADAPTATION AND/OR ISOLATION Abstract:The article traces the formation and development of the Bulgarian community in Oslo, Kingdom of Norway. It explores a current issue within the broader topic of…
Nevena Dimitrova
Nevena DimitrovaInstitute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum,Bulgarian Academy of Sciences[nevenaddimitrova@gmail.com] Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20964117 AGEING AND POWER IN SPORT: INTERSECTIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN, AGEISM, AND GENERATIONAL STEREOTYPES: WOMEN IN RUGBY Abstract:This paper examines how ageism and sexism intersect to shape the experiences, visibility, and value of women in sport, with particular attention to women in…
I. Basiladze, L. Tavdgiridze, M. Bolkvadze
Imeri BasiladzeAkaki Tsereteli State University, Kutaisi (Georgia)[imeri.basiladze@atsu.edu.ge], ORCID ID: 0009-0009-3728-9999 Lela TavdgiridzeBatumi Shota Rustaveli State University (Georgia)[lela.tavdgiridze@bsu.edu.ge], ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8108-8718 Maia BolkvadzeBatumi Shota Rustaveli State University (Georgia)[maia.bolkvadze@bsu.edu.ge], ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4041-5871 Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20963986 HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE POLITICIZATION OF PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION IN SOVIET GEORGIA (1921–1932) Abstract:This article examines the politicization of pedagogical education in Soviet…
Boris Naimushin
Boris NaimushinNew Bulgarian University (Bulgaria)[bnaimushin@nbu.bg], ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9264-2961 Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20963862 GENERATIONS AND DESTINIES: ALAIN ROBBE-GRILLET, VERA MUTAFCHIEVA, AND DONKA MELAMED AS BRIGADE LEADERS IN DIVOTINO IN AUGUST 1947 Abstract:This article examines the encounter between the future French writers Alain Robbe-Grillet, Claude Ollier, and Daniel Boulanger and the Bulgarian interpreters and translators Vera Mutafchieva and Donka Melamed…
Magdalena Kostova-Panayotova
Magdalena Kostova-PanayotovaSofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (Bulgaria)[kostovapan@uni-sofia.bg], ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5174-7679 Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20963800 TIME AND TIMELESSNESS IN THE BALKANS (EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT TIME FROM GORAN PETROVICH) Abstract:The article focuses on the idea of the transitory and indefinite character of the Balkans, perceived as marginal in many works written in Western Europe, as the “unfinished” Other of…
Antony Hoyte-West
Antony Hoyte-WestNottingham Trent University, United Kingdom[antony.hoyte.west@gmail.com], ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4410-6520 Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20963667 GENERATIONAL PERSPECTIVES IN LEDIA XHOGA’S MISINTERPRETATION Abstract:Through analysis of selected excerpts from Ledia Xhoga’s 2025 novel Misinterpretation, this article uses the experiences and observations of the novel’s nameless narrator, a thirtysomething community interpreter of Albanian origin now living in New York, to determine how generational…
Eka Vardoshvili
Eka VardoshviliIvane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University[eka.vardoshvili@tsu.ge], ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3107-753X Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20963582 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LITERARY GENERATIONS: TRADITION AND REBELLION Abstract:This article examines the relationship between literary generations in nineteenth-century Georgia through the well-known confrontation between the “fathers” and the “sons” during the 1860s–1870s. Focusing on the literary, cultural, and ideological debates between representatives of the older…
S. Özgen, M. Özoflu, A. Altıntop
Selin Başer ÖzgenDepartment of Crimes against Humanity, International Institute forGenocide and Crimes against Humanity, İstanbul University (Türkiye) [selinbaser@istanbul.edu.tr], ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1267-6254 Melek Aylin ÖzofluDepartment of Crimes against Humanity, International Institute forGenocide and Crimes against Humanity, İstanbul University (Türkiye) [melek.ozoflu@istanbul.edu.tr], ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9403-6957 Apak Kerem AltıntopDepartment of Genocide, International Institute for Genocide and Crimes against Humanity, İstanbul…