BALKANSTIC WORLDS, 2026, Volume 1 INCLUSION, ISOLATION, AND LONELINESS • Hegemony and Marginalization • Ideology and Utopia • Degrees of Segregation and Rejection • Inclusion and Assimilation • Gender, Loneliness, Silence • Noise and (Im)possible Communications • Totalitarian Societies and Places of Isolation • Communities and Places of Storytelling E-mail: bforum1992@gmail.com Deadline for submission…
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2025, Volume I, Issue 1
BALKANISTIC WORLDS Volume I • Issue 1 • January 2025 ISSN 3033-134X (Print) ISSN 3033-1358 (Online) CULTURAL HERITAGE AND AUTHENTICITY Editors: Marinela Mladenova and Milena Angelova CONTENTS ARTICLES Zaur Hasanov Relationships between the Roman Empire, Caucasian Albania and Sarmatians / 9-37 Dragi Ǵorgiev Ottoman Heritage in Balkans and Nationalism / 38-47 Srđan M Jovanović Zakonik Danila Prvog and Religious Identity:…
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The BALKANISTIC WORLD journal accepts for publication only manuscripts that have not been previously published or submitted to another journal. Editors’ Responsibilities § 1. The editors are responsible for ensuring that a) the quality of the journal is maintained at a high scientific level; b) freedom of opinion is preserved; c) there is no scientific…
Petar Vodenicharov
South-West University, Bulgaria, e-mail: peter_acad@yahoo.com Assoc. Prof. Dr. Petar Vodenicharov holds a PhD in General and Comparative Linguistics, with a dissertation titled “The Rhythmic Organization of the Gotse Delchev Dialect” (1994). He began his academic career as an assistant professor (1985), became a senior assistant (1990), and was promoted to associate professor (2001) at South-West…
Zlatka Gerginova
Zlatka Gerginova South-West University „Neofit Rilski“, Blagoevgrad [gerginova@law.swu.bg] Traum namens Hermann Hesse Mihaela Zaharia (Hrsg.). Rudolf Hollinger: Briefe an Hermann Hesse, Ars Longa, Iaşi, 2023, 175 p., ISBN 978-973-148-427-3 Abstract: The Banat-Romanian German Rudolf Hollinger wrote twelve letters to Herman Hesse during the 1957-1960 period. The Nobel laureate for literature sent to the longtime…
Boryan Yanev
Boryan Yanev Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria [byanev@uni-plovdiv.bg] An Insightful Volume on Bulgarian Studies Sigrun Comati, Martin Henzelmann, Raiko Krauss and Helmut Schaller (eds.): Bulgarica, Volume 6. Munich: AVM, 2024, 200 pages. ISBN 978-3-95477-176-9. Abstract: This is a review on the recent volume number 6 of ‘Bulgarica’, a book series that is published once…
Nadezhda Stalyanova
Nadezhda Stalyanova Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski [nadezhda_stalyanova@slav.uni-sofia.bg] ORCID ID:0000-0002-8271-0078 The Life and Work of Dr. Albert Long in the Context of the Bulgarian Revival Pileva. M. (2023). Misiyata na d-r Albart Long sred balgarite. Izdatelski tsentar „Boyan Penev“, 2023 Пилева Мария. Мисията на д-р Албърт Лонг сред българите. София 2023. Издателски център „Боян Пенев“,…
Spasimir Domaradzki
Spasimir Domaradzki University of Warsaw, Poland [s.domaradzki2@uw.edu.pl], https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5794-6532 Hristo Berov Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” [berov@uni-sofia.bg], WSR ID: AAQ-4232-2020 The Three Seas Initiative in Bulgaria’s Public Discourse Abstract: The “Three Seas” initiative is a relatively new attempt for closer integration and cooperation in the energy, transport and economic sectors of the countries of Central and…
Plamena Popova
Plamena Popova European University Institute, Florence, Italy [plamena.popova@eui.eu] Author Rights on Architectural works in the context of Cultural Processes. Concept on the balance of interests Abstract: The paper aims to explore the interception between authors rights (copyrights) and cultural processes, focused in Architecture and especially in Modern Architecture. It is presented in the prism of…
Vjollca Dibra
Vjollca Dibra University “Ukshin Hoti” Prizren, Kosovo [vjollca.dibra@uni-prizren.com] Challenging Social Norms: Women as Symbols of Prejudice and Stereotypes in World Literature (A Comparative Study) Abstract: Throughout the history of world literature, numerous authors have centered their works on female protagonists, presenting them not only as individuals but also as symbols shaped by societal expectations, prejudice,…