Category: 2025-1-2

BOOK REVIEW Mihail Gruev Bulgarian Archives State Agency [michailgruev@abv.bg] An Objective and Critical Look at Mustafa Kemal and his Era Ханиоглу, М. Шукрю (2024). Ататюрк: История на идеи. София: УИ “Св. Климент Охридски”, ISBN – 978-954-07-5981-4, 196 с. Abstract: The review presents the Bulgarian translation of the book by M. Şükrü Hanioğlu „Atatürk: An Intellectual…

BOOK REVIEW Claudia-Florentina Dobre ‘Nicolae Iorga’ Institute of History, Bucharest [cfdobre@gmail.com] The Environment between Struggles and Heritage   Antoine Heemeryck, Pascale Phélinas (eds.) (2022). L’environnenement entre luttes et patrimoine, Paris: L’Harmattan, ISBN-10. 2343254400, 271 p. Abstract: The review presents the edited volume “L’environnenement entre luttes et patrimoine”. This book explores the complex and often conflicting relationship…

Vladimir Janev Institute of National History in Skopje [janev_vlatko@yahoo.com] Dragan Zajkovski Institute of National History in Skopje [dzajkovski@gmail.com] The “New Wave” in Yugoslav Rock and Roll in the 1980s (Musical Creation within Totalitarian Frameworks) Abstract: In the last decade of communist Yugoslavia’s existence, the totalitarian system gradually lost its power, retreating to nationalism. On the…

Eka Vardoshvili Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University [eka.vardoshvili@tsu.ge], ORCID: 0000-0003-3107-753X Faces of Women Victims of Inequality in the Prose of Alexander Kazbegi Abstract: The article discusses how the faces of women victims of inequality and the process of their evolution are reflected in the works of Alexander Kazbegi. The issue of women’s inequality has been…

İlhan Aslan Erciyes University, Kayseri, Türkiye [ilhanaslan@erciyes.edu.tr], ORCID: 0000-0002-8838-244X Byzantine-Pecheneg Conflicts in the Balkans Abstract: Pechenegs, a Turkic tribe, entered Byzantine territory in 944 as auxiliary troops of Prince Igor of Kiev. For a time, they maintained contact with Byzantium as mercenaries of the Rus. Later, relations between the Pechenegs and the Rus princes worsened….

Bekim Sele University of Prishtina [bekim.sele@uni-pr.edu] Durim Kryziu University of Prishtina [durim.kryeziu@uni-pr.edu] Documentary Films Produced by Kosovafilm (1975‒2003) Abstract: The origins of cinematography in Kosovo are marked by the establishment of “Kosovafilm” in 1969. Operating independently and in co-production with various film studios from the former Yugoslavia, Kosovafilm produced a range of artistic, documentary, and…

Neda-Maria Panayotova Sofia University St. Kl. Ohridski [nedamimi1@gmail.com] Freedom and Identity in Guy Gavriel Kay’s Novel Tigana Abstract: The article examines the ideas of freedom and identity in the novel “Tigana,” which is dedicated to the problem of human choice and free will. Freedom and the pursuit of one’s identity are seen in the story…

Antony Hoyte-West Independent scholar, United Kingdom [antony.hoyte.west@gmail.com], ORCID: 0000-0003-4410-6520 Languages, Language Choice, and Multilingualism in Pajtim Statovci’s Novel Bolla Abstract: Works by the Finnish author of Kosovar origin, Pajtim Statovci, have become increasingly well-known over the last decade. The present study concerns his third novel, Bolla, originally published in Finland in 2019 and translated into…

Maya Angelova New Bulgarian University [maiangelova@abv.bg], ORCID: 0000-0002-5973-3212 Outsiders and Runaways around 1965: Approaches to the Problem in the Context of Bulgarian Literature and Culture Abstract: The article analyses the figure of the outsider within the cultural and literary context of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria in the year 1965, tracing the mechanisms through which…

Cem Yılmaz Budan Kocaeli University, İzmit [cemyilmazbudan@gmail.com] Künstlerroman in Turkısh Lıterature and an Orıgınal Work of The Genre: Nahid Sırrı’s Novel “Yıldız Olmak Kolay Mı?” Abstract: The künstlerroman, which can be defined as a narrative form that deals with the problematic existence of the artistic subject and the journey of the artist’s pursuit to direct…