Bulgarian Studies in Athens: Modernity and Development Cover Image

Българистиката в Атина: съвременност и развитие
Bulgarian Studies in Athens: Modernity and Development

Author(s): Stylianos Kapatos
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Philology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Bulgarian Studies; Slavic Studies; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Greece; Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: The object of research in the article is Bulgarian studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, which officially began with the establishment of the Department of Slavic Studies in 2007. The aim of this article is to be a basis for further research into Bulgarian studies not only in Athens, but also throughout Greece within the framework of developed Bulgarian-Greek (cultural, academic, spiritual, etc.) relations, within the framework of Slavic studies, which in Greece is one of the most developed areas of contemporary humanities, and within the framework of my (academic and other) relations with Bulgaria, including the writing of monographs, articles and other works dedicated to these issues. To achieve this goal, the article provides a comparative and systematic analysis of existing materials from the cited literature and notes, and the results of our work show that this topic is almost unknown and unexplored so far in the scientific literature, and it is precisely in this that its novelty lies. Her analysis also shows that Bulgarian studies at the University of Athens (and in Greece as a whole) is closely related to the science of Slavic studies and follows its development. However, it turned out that the field of Bulgarian studies has some characteristics that distinguish it from the rest of the fields of Slavic studies, which will be analyzed in the main text.

  • Issue Year: 2026
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 233-238
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Bulgarian
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