„Да поядеш мазно и сладко" или да списваш „Мирозрение". Случаят Иван Добровски

Author(s): Nadia Danova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 3-4/2007

Nadya Danova presents the prehistory and the distribution of the newspaper "Mirozrenie", published by Ivan Dobrovski in Braila in 1869. Her article entitled "To eat fat and sweet" or to edit the journal "Mirozrenie". The case Ivan Dobrovski." follows the obstacles the famous leader in the field of spiritual culture of the Bulgarian national revival comes against while trying to fund the publishing of the newspaper amongst the immigration colonies in Romania; The Bulgarians' reactions after the issue in the state and among the emigrants; the problems in distribution and the reasons for the short "life" of the publication. The analysis is based on letters and documents kept in Ivan Dobrovski's archive.

„Добри људи“ Новобрдског законика деспота Стефана Лазаревића

Author(s): Miloš Ivanovic / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 64/2015

This paper analyzes the role and social status of persons who were marked as “good men” in Despot Stefan Lazarević’s Novo Brdo legal codes from 1412. This term does not have only one meaning in the whole source. In the introduction, Despot Stefan denoted with this term twenty-four mining experts, who composed Novo Brdo legal codes. The first part contains regulations about mining business. According to some articles, “good men” were impartial arbiters in litigations between two shafts. It is obvious that they had to be mining professionals. Most probably they were chosen for each lawsuit individually. Also, “good men” appear in the Township Law within Novo Brdo legal codes. Together with town’s authorities, they judged insignificant civil disputes. On the other hand, this term applied to four officials overseeing trade in the town. Finally, the Township Law determined that “good men” had to testify when citizens alienated patrimonial estates. They had a similar role as boni homines in other European cities. Persons designated this term belonged to the prominent and wealthy stratum of the population. Among them there were many priests, mining experts and merchants.

„Дружината на верните приятели" в Цариград и Г. С. Раковски

Author(s): Ognyana Mazhdrakova-Chavdarova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 5-6/2004

„Етимолошки атлас“ људског тела у спису ΟΔΗΓΟΣ Анастасија Синаита

Author(s): Aleksandar V. Popovic / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 50/1/2013

~Odhgo,j (The Guide) is the most famous work of Anastasios of Sinai, the theological writer from the 7th-8th century. It is some sort of a handbook for fighting the heresies, in the first place Monophysitism and Monotheletism. Anastasios is discussing the terms, i.e. the categories, which the believer should use if he wants to be orthodox. In the second chapter Anastasios brings the definitions of theological technical terms which he will be using in his polemics. To strengthen his argumentation he quotes more than 120 etymologies of different words. Among them are 17 etzmologies of the names of the parts of human body. We are talking about some of them in this work.

„Завръщане” или продължение? Постсоциалистическата религиозност през погледа на нейните актьори

Author(s): Galina Valchinova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 1/2012

The paper offers a critical reading of the widespread thesis of the ‘return to religion’ after a ‘religious vacuum during communism’. Adopting the perspective of the religious actors – here taken in the broadest sense of the term, the author questions the logic of post-socialist religiosity by recourse to sociological and anthropological categories of agency, social capital, and religious specialists. After a theoretical introduction, two case studies from Bulgaria help developing the ideas of religious activism, religious entrepreneurship and (self-)legitimizing strategies. Special attention is paid to dreaming as a mechanism of fostering religious initiative and in the same time, of veiling individual agency. Examples from Herzegovina, Romania, and the FYR of Macedonia are further convoked to outline a few tendencies in the religious life of the Balkan post-socialist societies. These are: medicalization of religiosity and the interplay of religious and medical legitimization; the interdependence of religious revival and the search for new arenas of accumulating and/or exhibiting social capital; the mutual accommodation of religious virtuosi and Church hierarchies. All of them are indicative of in-depth evolutions of ‘religion’ under communism, which cannot be subsumed under the ‘religious vacuum’, and which help understanding the shifts and specific expressions of religiosity in Balkan post-socialist societies.

„Зборник. Средновековна уметност 3. Музеj на Македониjа”

Author(s): Ivanka Gergova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 3/2002

„Знае ли се какво ще стане на Балканите...“, или преминаването на Симеон II през Турция (1946)

Author(s): Hussein Mevsim / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 1-2/2004

The historical turns of the events that took place in Bulgaria in September 1946 were followed closely by the Turkish media. Almost every day the front pages of the leading newspapers carried materials reporting in detail the internal political news in the neighbouring country which, regardless of the editions’ ideological orientation or platform, was approached without prejudice and objectively. The interest of Turkish newspapers and journalists in Bulgaria increased dramatically after the country was proclaimed a republic as a result of a referendum and the spreading of information that the royal family, which was forced to leave the country, would pass through Istanbul. We have tried to resurrect this picture on the basis of the materials featured on the pages of the then widely circulated newspapers Cumhurriyet (Republic), Vatan (Fatherland), Tasvir (Description) and Son Posta (Last Mail), which responded to the event most comprehensively. The articles of young Turkish journalists who reported the passage of the Bulgarian royal family through Turkey with assertion and inspiration, albeit at places with an obvious quest for the glamorous and the sensational, not only throw light on Turkish society but also constitute pristine evidence of an important event in the latest history of Bulgaria.

„Знание за человеците“. Общество и история на едно ломско село през XIX век

Author(s): Ivanka Gergova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 14/2016

The object of the paper is unpublished manuscript, started in 1862 by Mladen Mladenov from the village of Vasilovtsi, Lom region, during immigration in Russia and finished after his coming back to his birthplace. Main place in the manuscript take the prayers, re-written from printed prayer books. Especially important is a chronical narrative, entitled “Knowledge for the People”, in with are described the immigration of the village people from Lom region in Russia in 1862, their short stay there and the coming back of Vasilovtsi’s inhabitants in their homeland, after which they build a new school building. On the basis of the manuscript conclusions are made concerning the character of the village community and the personality of priest Dimitar Ivanov.

„Изгубената“ част от Именника на българските ханове (VIII век) (Ново тълкуване на царската хроника)

Author(s): Elena Stateva / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 1-2/2012

The article is dedicated to one of the most valuable Old Bulgarian chronicles related to the history of Bulgaria in the Early Middle Ages and known to science as Nominalia of the Bulgarian Khans (8th C). The study mainly focuses on two problems: the origin of the chronicle’s text and the historical information it contains. In relation to this, it also discusses the ancient Bulgar cyclic calendar used by the author(s) of the royal chronicle. An essential outcome of the study is the ‘deciphering’ of the years (of birth, ascension to the throne and death) of the remarkable Bulgarian rulers Khan Kubrat (635–662), Khan Asparouh, Khan Tervel (700/701–724/725) and Tsar Simeon the Great, who was born in 867/868 and who ruled from 893 to 927. The connection between the Nominalia of the Bulgarian Khans and the ideology and traditions of Bulgaria in the Early Middle Ages (7th – 10th C) is underscored in conclusion.

„Интердисциплинарни подходи към храната и хранителни навици в Източното Средиземноморие”. Заключителна конференция на проекта POMEDOR „Хора, керамика и храна в Източното Средиземноморие през Средновековието”

Author(s): Evelina Todorova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 1/2016

„История на завладяването на Константинопол от Мохамед II“ от Леонард Хиоски

Author(s): Aleksandar Nikolov / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 1/2015

„Касно дисидентство“ у Бугарској и крај владавине Тодора Живкова 1989. године

Author(s): Vladimir Todic / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 1/2013

“Late dissidence” developed in Bulgaria as a consequence of decades of Todor Zhivkov’s authoritarian policy. Being connected to the USSR, he had adopted methods and patterns of action of security apparatus for preventing individuals and groups to act against proclaimed party and state principles. The appearance of Gorbachev in the world politics directly influenced the beginning of the process of olitical transition of power in Bulgaria. An inherent part of this process was the formation of the organizations of dissidents, predominantly made after the principles of perestroika. The most important themes for these organizations were democratization of the society, human rights and freedom of speech, as well as the environment protection. Bulgarian dissidents enjoyed, mainly in the media, the support from the USA and western European countries, a large number of international organizations. At the same time, facing severe isolation of Zhivkov from the international politics, high circles of the Bulgarian Communist Party decided to make a peaceful overturn, with open incitement and considerable diplomatic and intelligence support from Moscow. The Zhivkov’s fall and collapse of the communist regime marked the beginning of democratization of society and introduction of multi-party system in Bulgaria.

„Когнитивни подходи към музикалния слух и музикалната памет”

Author(s): Andrey Diamandiev / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 4/2015

Angelina Petrova’s book corresponds to the most up-to-date and topical studies on solfeggio worldwide, without breaking the relation with the traditional teaching practices in Bulgaria. The categories of musical understanding, hearing, aural training, consciousness, the latest scientific approaches used in the creation of the so-called neural network structures and neural maps, the terminological and structural study of musical memory, of the so-called ‘auditions’, as well as ‘F0 listeners’ or ‘spectral listeners’ present solfeggio in a completely different light, keeping nonetheless its substance in the strict music educational practices. In Chapter 1, Philosophic and Musical Hermeneutics and Ear for Music the author comments on the postmodern philosophy and its interpretations of musical hearing, drawing on the modern and postmodern theories of Theodor Adorno, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and later also of Gille Deleuze and Félix Guattari, making the important distinction in German language between ear for music and musical hearing, which in the Russian and Bulgarian traditions are fused into the former term, ear for music. In Chapter 2, Ear for Music in the Light of Contemporary Cognitive Psychology solfeggio is studied through cognitive psychology, shaping of musical perception and of musical notions in accordance with the cognitive and neuropsychological studies. Chapter 3 deals with musical memory, broaching the paramount views of cognitive psychology of musical memory: its definition, types, assumptions about its dynamic structure, the issues of the long-term musical memory and the correlation between it and melodic dictation. Chapter 4, Tonal Syntax and Ear for Music interprets melodic dictation, basic theoretical notions in music aural analysis, an ​analytical aural method in dictation are considered, with the study focusing here on its practical part: 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-part dictation. The section dealing the specifics of the dictations by ‘parameters’ in some systems of West-European methods is especially valuable. Chapter 5 explores the models of the post-tonal ear for music and melodic dictation in post-tonal music. The chosen thematic line evinces the author’s innovative methodology drawing on various modern views and models, e.g. Pierre Boulez, Utz and Kleinrath, including also postmodern composers in the process of solfeggio training such as Stockhausen, Ligeti, Lachenmann, Ferneyhough.

„Лютите чушки“ и българската национална кухня – между историческата реалност и социалното въображение

Author(s): Stefan Detchev / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 1-2/2013

The study demonstrates that by the middle of the 19th century in different culinary contexts, the pepper (chili) that appeared in the second half of the 18th century becomes significant for Bulgarians’ nutrition and kitchen. In the subsequent periods it will invariably keep this position which will establish a link between the last decades under the Ottoman rule, the period of the modern Bulgarian state until September 9th 1944, the times of the communist regime and the transition after November 10th 1989. Due to the gardening Bulgarians do abroad, as well as the wide use of the chilies in the kitchen, the culinary symbol becomes strong for both, foreigners and Bulgarians themselves. It also shows how the pungent occurs in some parts of Bulgaria just at the end of the 18th and in first decades of the 19th century, and becomes widely spread in the middle and the second half of the 19th century. Thanks to many it’s qualities and characteristics, as well as due to the variety of the ways it can be used, the pepper remains a constant symbol of Bulgaria (adopted not only at different social levels, but also in different periods and culinary contexts) and part of the experience of the national identity amongst the specialists in it cultivation. Feasibility and sustainability of the pepper or chili as national symbols shows in their presence in two different dishes, which are for both – consumers and nutrition and cooking specialist, expression of two different culinary philosophies – the beans and “shopska salad”.

„Марински“ мотив атентата у Сарајеву

Author(s): Konstantin Sergejevic Gajvoronski / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 12/2014

Behind the back of the Serbian Colonel D. Dimitrijević, which organized the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was the Russian General Staff. This is one of the versions of the Sarajevo assassination, which followed the Soviet historians in particular M. Pokrovsky and N. Poletika. But what could be the motive of St. Petersburg? The answer to this question lies in the situation around the Black Sea straits. Вuring 1914, Russia could permanently lose naval superiority in this region, and thus – the possibility to conduct an amphibious operation in the Straits in the foreseeable future – оperations to which the russian Black sea fleet was preparing since 1880’s. The reason was that by the end of 1914 the Turkish fleet had to get a battleships “Reshad” and “Sultan Osman I”, built in England. Another reason was that after the „case Liman von Sanders“ in the Straits has increased dramatically influence of Germany.

„На границата на исляма“. Югоизточна Европа и Дунава през XV–XVI век

Author(s): Maria Baramova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 1-2/2008

Perceptions about the environment and the nature and its elements, connection of the people with the surrounding world, to a big extent bear a distinguishing cultural touch and vary in the different historical époques. The way people get closer to the nature is often affected by traditions, collective prejudices and cultural predispositions. The article mainly aims at figuring out Danube’s importance for the European – Ottoman relations run in 15th – 16th centuries, with specific attention on the perception about the river in the Ottoman and Byzantine – Slavic sources of the époque. In other words, a try for reconstruction of the idea for the Low Danube as a region, bearing own historical differentiations. Though it would be exaggerated to speak about common perception of the river in ottoman, Byzantine and Slavic sources, it appears a common political-geographical reality.

„Несъзнателна историзация”? Българската история и политическа актуалност през погледа на български визионерки от междувоенния период

Author(s): Galia Valtchinova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 1-2/2004

Using the concept of ‘unconscious historicization’ developed by British anthropologist Ch. Stewart, the paper explores a particular way to account for the ‘hidden’ history of the Interwar period. We delineate carefully the cultural setting to which this conceptual tool is to be applied, namely, concern with remote history well attested in various Balkan societies, and the inscription of history into a national territory in the material form of ‘treasure’. Then we move to the prophetic activities of a renowned Bulgarian religious visionary woman to scrutinize the concern with national history in the messages she has received in her ‘dreams’. In the final section of the paper we deal with selected prophetic performances of two visionaries from the circle of the Good Samaritan Orthodox association, and show how they reflect both popular knowledge of the past and concern with the current events, as well as the expectations for the future.

„Нови идеи в етномузикологията”

Author(s): Ivanka Vlaeva / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 2/2015

The article points out the important stages in the development of ethnomusicology in Bulgaria. This is done in order outline the place and role of the already well established seminar “New ideas in ethnomusicology.” It is created and organized by the research group “Ethnomusicology” at the Institute of Art Studies – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The aim is to meet the need for dialogue in a community of like-minded people united by common ideas and topics in the ethnomusicological research. The article also presents a meeting at the seminar, that discusses the Bulgarian participation in the ICTM (particularly in the Study Group “Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe”), as well as prospects of the Bulgarian group in the ICTM and establishment of a national committee.

„Новото поколение" учебници по история през 90-те години и ценностите на Европейския съюз

Author(s): Maria Radeva / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 3-4/2003

The research is an attempt to put the accomplished in the 90s of XX century reforms in the Bulgarian history education and particularly the history textbooks in the context of the ideas for a change of the model of history teaching, developed in the European Union in the second half of the century. The transformation of the Bulgarian textbooks has its both internal and external incentives, which are subject to examination in the text.

„Опасне везе“ у Европи под нацистичком окупацијом или разматрања о колаборацији у Другом светском рату

Author(s): Nataša Milicevic / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 1/2013

The paper analyzes Peter Davies’s study of “dangerous liaisons” in Europe under Nazi occupation in order to attain a better understanding of achievements of Serbian historiography on the phenomenon of collaboration in occupied Serbia in World War II. Recently Serbian historians showed an increased interest in researching different aspects of World War II, one of them being collaboration. Thus, it is important to have an insight into foreign historian’s approaches to the study of this phenomenon and Peter Davies’s study provides us with one. It enables us not only to compare the existing knowledge, spot the similarities or differences among different countries which experienced collaboration, but to give more precise answers to some questions, to accept or reject certain stands as controversial and to clear the path for a clearer perception of this phenomenon in Serbia, that is, in Yugoslavia in World War II.