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BOOK REVIEW Milena AngelovaNew Bulgarian University (Bulgaria)[mangelova74@yahoo.com]ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0208-1989 Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18078508 SHADOW MODERNITIES AND THE STATE’S GREY ZONES: THREE CRIMINAL REGIMES IN BULGARIAN HISTORY (1879–1944) Abstract: This review examines Dimitar Gyudurov’s book Traders of “White Slaves,” Forgers and Smugglers in Bulgaria (1879–1944) as part of a broader research project on illicit economies and state formation in modern…

BOOK REVIEW Mariyana PiskovaSouth-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Bulgaria[piskova@gmail.com] Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18078450 THE HISTORY OF CINEMA ONCE AGAIN ENCOUNTERED ITS CAPTIVATING NARRATOR Abstract: The latest book by the renowned film historian Petar Kardzhilov brings together eight independent studies on the early steps of Bulgarian cinema. The chronological scope of the narrative is limited to the period between the…

INTERVIEW Dr. Margarita Shoylekova and Dr. Ignat Petrov in a conversation with Anelia Kassabova and Kristina Popova Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18078363 „I Chose to Become a Doctor without Realizing that I would be Confronted with Human Suffering. Later – and to this Day – this has Motivated me Never to Stop Learning.” Abstract: Margarita Shoylekova (b. 1945) and…

Egvenia IvanovaNew Bulgarian University (Bulgaria)[j_lubivanova@abv.bg] Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18078336 TO PLAY THE GAME OF STATE Abstract: The text examines the question of why, during the Ottoman period, certain distinctly Bulgarian villages evoked in their contemporaries a sense of “unrestricted freedom.” According to the author, the explanation lies in the privileges granted through special sultanic firmans and – above…

Dali DoborjginidzeBatumi Shota Rustaveli State University (Georgia)[dali.doborjginidze@bsu.edu.ge]ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4122-4858Lela Tavdgiridze Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (Georgia)[lela.tavdgiridze@bsu.edu.ge]ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8108-8718Anastasia MakharadzeFaculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Sheridan College (Canada)[anastasia.mkhr43@gmail.com]ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6452-4044 Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18078283 INNOVATIONS IN LANGUAGE: PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING AND TRANSLATION Abstract: The progress of Georgia as a sovereign state is closely linked to the European education system. The…

Selcuk Kursad KocaSakarya University (Türkiye)[skursadkoca@sakarya.edu.tr]ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5974-7553Yavuz KoktanaSakarya University (Türkiye)[ykoktan@sakarya.edu.tr]ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0834-2377 Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18078246 AN ANALYSIS OF THE SHAPE-SHIFTING MOTIF IN TURKISH TALE NARRATIVES FROM MACEDONIA Abstract: Turkish folk literature in Macedonia has taken shape since the Ottoman era, emerging as a rich oral cultural heritage through the blending of narrative traditions brought from Anatolia with…

Miftar KurtiInstitute of History “Ali Hadri”, Prishtina (Kosovo)[miftarkurti@hotmail.com]ORCID: 0009-0005-0599-1944Nuri BexhetiUniversity of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina” (Kosovo)[nuri.bexheti@uni-pr.edu]ORCID: 0009-0004-1235-3521Ardita HajdariInstitute of History “Ali Hadri”, Prishtina (Kosovo)[ardita.hajdari@hotmail.com]ORCID: 0009-0002-1910-040X Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18078166 PRIMARY EDUCATION IN THE PARALLEL SYSTEM OF KOSOVO (1990–1999) Abstract: Kosovo became part of the Socialist Republic of Serbia within the Yugoslav federation at the end of the Second World…

Marine AroshidzeBatumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Batumi, Georgia[marina.aroshidze@bsu.edu.ge]ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8211-8421 Nino AroshidzeBatumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Batumi, Georgia[nino.aroshidze@bsu.edu.ge]ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3358-7955 Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18078130 MECHANISMS OF MANIPULATION IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY (LINGUISTIC ASPECT) Abstract: In today’s information society, mechanisms for manipulating the mental state and behavior of individuals and the broader public are being continuously refined. Among the diverse…

Ilina MarinovaDepartment of Anthropology, New Bulgaria University, Sofia[ilieva.ilina@gmail.com]ORCID ID: 0009-0008-8397-6178 Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18078106 INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE WITHOUT MEMORY: THE COTTON FACTORY OF VARNA BETWEEN PAST AND REDEVELOPMENT Abstract: This article examines why one of Varna’s largest pre-socialist buildings – the Cotton Factory – remains materially intact while its industrial past has largely disappeared from public memory. Drawing on…

Milena AngelovaNew Bulgarian University (Bulgaria)[mangelova74@yahoo.com] ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0208-1989 Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18078073 “AN OBSTETRICIAN OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION”: THE PHYSICIAN, BIOPOWER, AND MUSLIM WOMEN IN COMMUNIST BULGARIA DURING THE 1960S Abstract: This article examines the case of Dr. Gani Ganev, a rural physician in the village of Bezvodno (Kardzhali region), whose activities in the 1960s were elevated into…