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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15619325 Mariyana Piskova South-West University „Neofit Rilski“, Blagoevgrad [piskova@gmail.com] Muslims in the ‘Lens’ of Photo Propaganda, 1950s – 1980s in the 20th Century Abstract: The article seeks to answer the question of what photographic representations of Muslims were left behind by the photo propaganda institution in Bulgaria during the communist regime from the 1950s to…

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15619273 Salih Borovin New Bulgarian University [sborovin@nbu.bg] Memories in the Present: The Post-Memory of Assimilationist Policies Toward Muslims in Bulgaria (1960s–1970s) Abstract: This article explores how memories of the assimilationist policies targeting Muslim communities in Bulgaria during the 1960s and 1970s are transmitted across generations. Drawing on the concept of “post-memory,” the research examines the…

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15619147 Yelis Erolova Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IEFSEM – BAS) [yeliserolova@gmail.com], ORCID: 0000-0002-3578-9852 The Spontaneous and Forced Assimilation of the Turkish Women in Urban and Rural Environment during the Socialist Period in Bulgaria (Examples from the Svishtov Region) Abstract: During the totalitarian communist regime (1944–1989) in…

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15619112 Georgeta Nazаrska University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Sofia [g.nazarska@unibit.bg], ORCID: 0000-0002-6448-3692 Muslim Women under the ‘Care’ of the State Women’s Organizations in Bulgaria (1950s‒1980s) Abstract: The article examines the policies towards ethno-religious communities led by the totalitarian state in communist Bulgaria in the 1950s-1980s. Specifically, the work of the state women’s organizations…

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15619077 Tamila Davitadze Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Batumi, Georgia [tamila.davitadze@bsu.edu.ge]   Nana Mazmishvili Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Batumi, Georgia [nana.mazmishvili@bsu.edu.ge]   Religion and Women in Adjara    Abstract: The attitude of Islam towards women’s issues is not at all uniform. Two tendencies can be observed in it: the first, reactionary or conservative, which…

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15619056 Ketevan Svanidze Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgia [ketevan.svanidze@bsu.edu.ge] Shorena Bolkvadze Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgia [shorena.bolkvadze@gmail.com] Woman and Postcolonial Trauma Abstract: This article explores contemporary Georgian memoir literature as a powerful medium for representing postcolonial trauma through women’s perspectives. Focusing on works from the late 20th and early 21st centuries, it examines how personal…

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15629138 Oana-Ramona Ilovan Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania [oana.ilovan@ubbcluj.ro]; ORCID: 0000-0003-2075-1808 Claudia-Florentina Dobre Institute of History, Bucharest, Romania [cfdobre@gmail.com]; ORCID: 0000-0001-6778-3466 Vasile Zotic Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania [vasile.zotic@ubbcluj.ro]; ORCID: 0000-0002-4489-0637 The Traumascapes of Bărăgan and Siberia: Identity, Place Attachment and Resilience in the Deportees’ Life Stories   Abstract: In this article, we examine the relationship between…

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:…