BALKANISTIC WORLDS
Volume I • Issue 2 • June 2025
ISSN 3033-134X (Print)
ISSN 3033-1358 (Online)
NO/FREEDOM AND NO/SUBMISSION
Editors: Milena Angelova and Petar Vodenicharov
CONTENTS
| ARTICLES |
| Oana-Ramona Ilovan, Claudia-Florentina Dobre, Vasile Zotic. The Traumascapes of Bărăgan and Siberia: Identity, Place Attachment and Resilience in the Deportees’ Life Stories / 9-25 |
| Ketevan Svanidze, Shorena Bolkvadze. Woman and Postcolonial Trauma / 26-38 |
| Tamila Davitadze, Nana Mazmishvili. Religion and Women in Adjara / 39-51 |
| Georgeta Nazаrska. Muslim Women under the ‘Care’ of the State Women’s Organizations in Bulgaria (1950s‒1980s) / 52-64 |
| Yelis Erolova. 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) / 65-85 |
| Salih Borovin. Memories in the Present: The Post-Memory of Assimilationist Policies Toward Muslims in Bulgaria (1960s–1970s) / 86-96 |
| Mariyana Piskova. Muslims in the ‘Lens’ of Photo Propaganda, 1950s – 1980s in the 20th Century / 97-123 |
| Jumber Vardmanidze. Conformity and Consensus in Southwestern Georgia after the Establishment of Russian Imperial Authority: the Role of the Russian Empire in the Resettlement of the Local Population (Muhajirism) / 124-137 |
| Nana Kajaia, Asmat Ardzenadze. Muslim Women of Ajara: Certain Aspects of Their Sociocultural and Sociolinguistic Portrait / 138-149 |
| Svitlana Кryvoruchko. Reflections on the Archetype of Home in the Feature Film “Homeward” / 150-168 |
| Sercan Eklemezler, Selda Adiloğlu. From Minority to Immigrant: The Education and Cross-Country Teaching Experiences of Turks of Bulgaria / 169-185 |
| Maria Mateoniu Micu. The Relationship between Orthodoxy and Politics in Dictatorship and Democracy. The Exemplary Case of Saint Nicholas Monastery (Romania) / 186-206 |
| Cem Yılmaz Budan. Künstlerroman in Turkısh Lıterature and an Orıgınal Work of The Genre: Nahid Sırrı’s Novel “Yıldız Olmak Kolay Mı?” / 207-227 |
| Maya Angelova. Outsiders and Runaways around 1965: Approaches to the Problem in the Context of Bulgarian Literature and Culture / 228-251 |
| Antony Hoyte-West. Languages, Language Choice, and Multilingualism in Pajtim Statovci’s Novel Bolla / 252-264 |
| Neda-Maria Panayotova. Freedom and Identity in Guy Gavriel Kay’s Novel Tigana / 265-271 |
| Bekim Sele, Durim Kryziu. Documentary Films Produced by Kosovafilm (1975‒2003) / 272-286 |
| İlhan Aslan. Byzantine-Pecheneg Conflicts in the Balkans / 287-305 |
| Eka Vardoshvili. Faces of Women Victims of Inequality in the Prose of Alexander Kazbegi / 306-313 |
| Vladimir Janev, Dragan Zajkovski. The “New Wave” in Yugoslav Rock and Roll in the 1980s (Musical Creation within Totalitarian Frameworks) / 314-321 |
| BOOK REVIEW |
| Claudia-Florentina Dobre. The Environment between Struggles and Heritage / 322-328 |
| Mihail Gruev. An Objective and Critical Look at Mustafa Kemal and his Era / 329-334 |