НЕОФИТ РИЛСКИ В НАРОДНАТА ПАМЕТ НА БАНСКАЛИИ

Author(s): Dimitar Dobrevski,Russana Goleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 23/2024

Neophyte Rilski is one of the brightest personalities that Bansko gave to Bulgaria. His work occupies a significant place in the history of Bulgarian education. His educational activity is related to an important stage in the development of the new Bulgarian culture – the movement for a new Bulgarian school, literature, and language. Recognition for the great work of Neophyte Rilski and the enormous services to the Fatherland, the people and the church, for school education and education was given by the entire Bulgarian cultural community in connection with the celebration of his 230th anniversary. The report draws attention to publications about Neophyte Rilski by his contemporaries, biographers, historians, educators, philologists, ethnologists, ethnographers, writers, poets. A number of interesting facts have been preserved in folk memory, published in ethnographic collections and publications of local legends from Bansko.

МОНАШЕСКО, МАНАСТИРСКО И ЕНОРИЙСКО ВРЕМЕ В ПРАВОСЛАВНАТА ХРИСТИЯНСКА КУЛТУРА

Author(s): Olha Olehivna Smolina / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 23/2024

This article analyzes the perception of time in monastic culture and in the context of an Orthodox parish. It decides that the measure of the perception of time in Orthodox monastic culture is the divine eternity; the measure of parish perception of time is the rhythmicity of earthly human life.

ВОЕННИТЕ ПАМЕТНИЦИ ПРИ СТОЛИЧНИЯ ХРАМ „СВ. ПРОР. ИЛИЯ“, КВ. КНЯЖЕВО

Author(s): Dilyan Tsvetkov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 23/2024

Throughout its existence, the church in the capital’s Knyazhevo district has been a focal point for the people living there. Witness to events, it remains a guardian of history through military memorials built during the Third Bulgarian Kingdom, although not all artifacts have survived. Thus, the memorial of those fallen in the Balkan Wars compels us to search for what’s lost before it’s irrevocably forgotten.

РАБОТИЛНИЦА ЗА СТАКЛО ВО БАРГАЛА

Author(s): Ilinka Atanasova / Language(s): Macedonian Issue: 23/2024

The town Bargala is located in the Eastern part of R. N. Macedonia, about 17 km from Štip, in the foothills of the mountain Plackovica. It is in the area of the village Goren Kozjak, on the right bank of the Kozjacka River.With the excavations in Tower 7, between 2009–2011, we increase knowledge about the economic aspects of the sector Episcopium. Inside the tower, was discovered a workshop and a furnace for glass production. Workshop’s dimensions are 12.6 x 6.3 meters, with several rooms. The built furnace, is positioned inside Tower 7, is 3,90 m long and 3,20 m wide. The furnace was based on top of a layer of fractured architectural ceramics. In a vertical section, the glass furnace can be divided in two parts. The lower part served as a furnus. The upper section has a circular base with 1,25 m diameter, gradually decreasing towards the top. In the southern part, near the surface of ceramic slabs, in a layer of loose soil and ash were discovered 5 ceramic pipes with various dimensions (7–14 cm). Next to the southwestern wall, two metal blowing tubes were discovered, one preserved to 0,40 m, and the other 0,23 m. For the furnace and the glass workshop are indications that it had a regional significance, supplying the regional population with glass products and half-products. The workshop probably existed during the 6th and the beginning of the 7th century AD. Confirmations of dating are the discovered coins, spanning from Justinian I (527–565) to Mauritius Tiberius (582–602).

ЛАГЕРИТЕ „ГОНДА ВОДА“ И „СВ. НИКОЛА“ МЕЖДУ ФАКТИТЕ И ПРОПАГАНДАТА

Author(s): Silvio Tomov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 23/2024

The text examines the camps in Bulgaria during World War II when the country was an ally of Nazi Germany. The main focus is on two of those places – „Gonda Voda“ and „Saint Nikola“ near Asenovgrad. Many communist activists and other oppositionists were interned there. The conditions in those places weren’t as harsh as concentration camps in Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union for example. All those places were closed after 09.09.1944 – the communist coup in Bulgaria. The subject isn’t very well researched in Bulgarian historiography. The study is based not only on archive documents about those places but on writings of historians like Vera Mutafchieva, Angel Krastev and etc. Interviews with people who were in those camps done in 2012 are very important for the text.

ЗАШТИТАТА НА НАСЕЛЕНИЕТО ОД ОПАСНОСТИ ВО АНТИКАТА НА ТЕРИТОРИИТЕ НА ОПШТИНИТЕ ШТИП И КАРБИНЦИ

Author(s): Dragan Veselinov / Language(s): Macedonian Issue: 23/2024

On the Balkan Peninsula, the crisis moments that were current in antiquity, forced people to organize adequate protection against the risks and dangers of that time. So, they themselves and also their material goods had a certain degree of security. All this was also characteristic of the territories that today include the municipalities of Shtip and Karbinci. Here, the population used various methods and ways in order to provide an adequate response to the security challenges they faced during this historical period.

Džez štampa u Srbiji od 1953. do 1965. godine

Author(s): Ljubica Milosavljević / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 2/2024

The aim of the paper was to introduce the specialized press oriented towards jazz music and its practitioners that was published from 1953 to 1965 on the territory of the Republic of Serbia. The marked period was chosen for consideration since it represents the most fruitful stage in the development of the press of a specific thematic profile, but also because of the significant changes in the entire Yugoslav society. These changes, as it was possible to show, influenced the complex processes that shaped the press of the time, as well as the attitude towards this musical genre and its practitioners. The processes in question include, first of all: certain internal political movements that consistently modeled the cultural policy of the time, within which jazz attempted to obtain a favorable position; integration of the former socialist state into polarized international currents that implied the use of jazz as a means of affirming the foreign policy orientation of Yugoslav society; and the creation of the operational power of artists for self-organization and the acquisition of certain labor and social rights within the Association of Jazz Musicians. The association was founded in 1953 in Belgrade with the aim of advocating for the rights of contemporary musicians, while at the same time initiating the publication of the first newspaper Jazz: Journal of Popular and Jazz Music (Jazz. List za pitanja zabavne i džez muzike). Under this name, the journal was published from 1953 to 1954, and during the publication period from 1957 to 1958 it changed its name to Bulletin of the Association of Jazz Musicians (Bilten Udruženja Jazz muzičara). After that, in Novi Sad, in 1962, Rhythm – Yugoslav Review of Jazz and Popular Music (Ritam – Jugoslovenska revija za džez i zabavnu muziku) began to be publish by NIP Dnevnik, and later changed its name to Rhythm – Yugoslav Review of Popular Music (Ritam – Jugoslovenska revija za zabavnu muziku), under which it continued to be published until it ceased publication in 1965.

Iuris ratio et aequitas в Codex Theodosianus и Corpus iuris civilis (Codex Iustinianus и Digesta)

Author(s): Dorothea Valentinova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2025

Roman philosophy, literature, and law offer some of the most well-structured and coherent theories of justice as the foundational principle underlying human existence and society, without which their future becomes inconceivable. Two interconnected concepts – aequitas and iustitia – are central to the Roman conception of justice. This article seeks to reconstruct the concept of aequitas and its relationship with iuris ratio (viewed through the lens of universalis iustitia), drawing on selected texts from the Codex Theodosianus (5th century) and the Corpus Iuris Civilis (Codex Iustinianus and Digesta, 6th century).

Деспот Йоан Углеша и атонският манастир Симонопетра

Author(s): Cyril Pavlikyanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2025

The article examines the content of a chrysobull allegedly issued by the Serbian Despot of Serres, Jovan Uglješa (1360–1371), for the Athonite Monastery of Simonopetra. The original document is lost, and the only surviving version is a copy authenticated by the Patriarch of Constantinople, Cyril I Loukaris, in 1623. This patriarchal confirmation charter presents a text supposedly issued by Jovan Uglješa 359 years earlier, in 1264. Beginning with this evident chronological discrepancy, the article analyzes the text of Loukaris’s corroborated copy and evaluates which elements of this potentially forged document may be regarded as authentic and which must be dismissed as inconsistent or anachronistic.

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIPS OR DISTURBING GUESTS? ARTISTIC EXCHANGES IN SOCIALIST ROMANIA DURING THE 1950s

Author(s): Irina Cărăbaș / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2024

The article explores the role of cultural diplomacy in Socialist Romania during the 1950s, focusing on three key art exhibitions that took place in Bucharest. These exhibitions, featuring works by Italian, French, and Mexican artists, were part of broader diplomatic efforts to connect Romania with the West and the Third World. The study highlights how these cultural exchanges, initiated by institutions like the Romanian Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, were instrumental in fostering transnational networks and reshaping Socialist Realism. It also examines the complex interactions between Romanian cultural diplomacy and international actors, revealing how these exhibitions contributed to both diplomatic achievements and internal debates on the future of Socialist Realism. By analyzing these events, the article provides new insights into the cultural and political dynamics of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War, emphasizing Romania’s unique position within this global context.

TRANSNATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGES: THE CENSORSHIP OF FOREIGN FILMS IN ROMANIA DURING THE 1960s – 1970s. HIGHLIGHTS FROM A FILM DISTRIBUTION ARCHIVAL FUND

Author(s): Alina Popescu / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2024

This article explores the censorship of foreign films in Romania during the 1960s and 1970s, a period marked by increased film exchanges with both socialist and non-socialist countries. The study is primarily focused on a unique collection of archival documents – the Monica Maisner Fund – that provide rare insights into the control of foreign cinematic productions. A variety of documents elucidate the mechanisms behind film selection, evaluation, the activity of commissions in charge, the role of the involved institutional authorities, various forms of interventions, problematic cases, the criteria determining the acceptance or rejection of specific films. Compiled by a former employee of the sole institution responsible for nationwide film programming and distribution (Centrala România Film and its predecessors), this archival collection also raises pertinent questions for readers about its status in relation to censorship. Drawing on the literature on transnational cinematic exchanges, this article demonstrates the significant weight that censorship carries in the dynamics of the politically charged context of the Cold War.

Под знака на българо-хърватските диалози

Author(s): Antoaneta Balcheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2024

Съдържание на свитъци I–XXX

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English,Bulgarian,French,Macedonian,German Issue: 30/2024

„Най-източната SIHDA някога!“, или за 77-ата сесия на Международното дружество „Фернан де Вишер“ за история на правото през Античността (Société Internationale Fernand de Visscher pour l’Histoire des Droits de l’Antiquité – SIHDA)

Author(s): Boryana Miteva,Ghenka Mozzhuhina / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2024

The Serbian Identity of FK Crvena zvezda (FC Red Star Belgrade) in the Socialist Era: Perspectives from Memoirs and Biographies

Author(s): Aleksandar Raković / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2024

The article argues that the Crvena zvezda Football Club (FC Red Star Belgrade) maintained both Serbian and pan-Serbian identity during the socialist era (1945–1991), based on primary sources such as memoirs, and biographies. With no Serbian dynasty or state, and the Serbian Orthodox Church marginalized, FK Crvena zvezda became a unifying factor for the Serbian people in socialist Yugoslavia.

Sprawozdanie z Międzynarodowej Konferencji Naukowej pt. „Klimat religijny w Diecezji Pomezańskiej około 1400 na tle europejskim” (21-22 czerwca 2024, Kwidzyn)

Author(s): Piotr Towarek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 25/2024

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Development of Bulgarian Studies in a Historical Perspective (1869–1992)

Author(s): Iliyana Marcheva / Language(s): English Issue: 3-4/2024

The study aims to highlight the role of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in the development of the Bulgarian Studies scientific filed in the different periods and historical contexts from the late 19th century to the early 1990s. The emphasis is placed on Bulgarian Studies perceived as knowledge in view of the Academy’s structures (commissions, institutes, centers) and the opportunities before their scientific production and its distribution in the international academic space. In this perspective, the author seeks the relationship with the cultural and foreign policy propaganda, especially during the decades of the Communist regime when that propaganda was highly centralized. Therefore, the analysis is based on recent research on the history of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the development of Bulgarian Studies abroad, as well as on archival materials available at the Central State Archives and the Academy’s Scientific Archives, which reflect the policies of the higher party organs and institutions such as the Center for Bulgarian Studies, published laws and statutes of the Academy, and Internet resources. The author’s conclusion is that the role of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in the development of Bulgarian Studies within the country and abroad depends on the status and tasks that the Academy sets for itself in its legal documents (statute and decisions), the tasks that the political power sets for it (in programs, laws and decrees), as well as on the extent to which the state supports its activities.

A Monograph on Domestic Slavery and Slaveholding in Ottoman Rumelia

Author(s): Stefka Parveva / Language(s): English Issue: 3-4/2024

Review of:TODOROVA, O., 2021. Domestic Slavery and Slaveholding in Ottoman Rumelia. Sofia: Gutenberg Publishing House. 444 pp. ISBN 978-619-176-195-1 [In Bulgarian].

Contribution to the Study of the History of Religions and Secularism in Bulgaria and Eastern Europe

Author(s): Nadya Filipova / Language(s): English Issue: 3-4/2024

Review of: EVSTATIEV, S., D. F. EICKELMAN, (eds.), 2022. Islam, Christianity, and Secularism in Bulgaria and Eastern Europe. The Last Half Century. Leiden and Boston: Brill. 304 pp. ISBN: 978-90-04-51155-2; E-Book ISBN: 978-90-04-51156-9.

Średniowieczny dokument jako znak i przedmiot oglądu w przestrzeni publicznej. Garść uwag o semiotyce dyplomatycznej, percepcji wizualnej i granicach nauk pomocniczych historii

Author(s): Anna Adamska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 20/2024

The article analyzes the functioning of a document as an object (artefact) in medieval Europe, against the broad background of changes in the paradigm of research on medieval writing culture, which assumes a multitude of forms of contact with writing, including its perception as a system of signs that could be viewed rather than “read” in the modern sense.The physical aspects of the document, including its writing material, text layout on the page, graphic symbols and objects attached to the document, constitute an issue that goes beyond the boundaries of traditional diplomatics. It encourages researchers to engage in a more intensive dialogue with experts in other auxiliary sciences, primarily with experts in epigraphy, because a large number of documents were produced on hard material, and also in sphragistics, due to the close interaction between the document and the seal in the process of communicating by sight and touch. The article discusses the occasional presence of a document in public space – as an element of the rituals of power, shown at the request of its issuer or recipient, or as an object of viewing in the practice of examining its authenticity – as well as its permanent presence in the form of a text “exposed” in a stone or as a fresco (charta lapidaria). In all situations in question, the specialized or very general knowledge of viewers determined whether and to what an extent they were able to “read” the information encoded in the format and material of the document, in graphic signs, illuminations, and seals.