Защо смятат чехите във Войводово за немци?

Author(s): Marek Jakoubek / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2015

The text represents a contribution to the study of Vojvodovo, the Czech village in Bulgaria. The author attempts to answer in his analysis the following question: why so many Vojvodovo Czech Protestants chose as their marriage partners among the inhabitants of the nearby village of Bardarski Geran, both Banat Bulgarians (Paulicians) and Banat Swabians. In both villages religion was perhaps the most important organizational principle, religious endogamy being one of its main rules. As a result of that it might be expected not of find intermarriages between Vojvodovo and Bardarski geran, but the opposite, however, was the truth. The author shows that the reason, because of which the members of the two communities felt a kind of mutual affinity, was culture as both groups shared many cultural traits. One of these cultural traits was deep and genuine religiosity, or, better to say, belief. Thus, though at the first sight it is religiosity (seen as the creed) that seems to prevent any closer contacts between the two communities, it is religiosity (seen as belief) that stands behind the surprising and unexpected number of marriages that took place between the members of the two local communities

Танцовата музика в ръкописите на учителя Иржи Хартъл (1781–1849) от Стара Пака

Author(s): Zdeněk Vejvoda / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2015

The collection of dance music manuscripts from the late 18th and early 19th century by Jiří Hartl is unique among European sources. Jiří Hartl was a skilled musician, playing the violin, clarinet, organ and bassoon. He was also responsible for the local organ, establishing a tradition of instrumental music. This is evidenced by his collection, which contains 840 dance instrumental melodies (1810– 1820). The records are those of the first violin with instrumentation glosses, solo contributions of other instruments, and the names of most of the dances. The collection also contains verbal notes, which help to reconstruct the composition of Hartl’s band. The manuscripts contains the dances ländler, steyrisch, schotisch/egosse, marsch, ungarisch, zweitritt, contra, menuetto, deutschen, hulán, třínožka, bauer, bažant, bonapart, englese, furiant, husa, kalamajka, kögeltanz, švihák. Hartl’s legacy and life story epitomize the versatile work of small-town teachers in Bohemia in the early 19th century – an essential support for cultural growth and a successful national emancipation movement.

Филтриране на народното. Народна музика и идеология в Чехословакия през 50-те години на ХХ век

Author(s): Matěj Kratochvíl / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2015

In 1950s Czechoslovakia, traditional folk music was officially presented as the most important resource of national musical identity. Folk- or folk-inspired music was almost omnipresent. Although this intensity was waned in the following decades, the role of the folk music as a symbol remained strong until the end of the communist rule in 1989. While the ideology of communism used folk music as its tool, it also influenced the way this music was collected, researched and presented. The paper presents examples from two closely intertwined areas documenting these issues: folk music research and folk music revival.

‘One Day in Slovak, Another Day in Bulgarian’: Aspects of the Familial Upbringing of Children of Bulgarian-Mixed Origin

Author(s): Tanya Matanova / Language(s): English Issue: Special/2016

This paper addresses the specific situations faced by children of interethnic families relating to the ethnocultural, linguistic, and religious upbringing by their parents. The study focuses on persons born into Bulgarian-Russian, Bulgarian-Ukrainian, Bulgarian-Austrian, Bulgarian-Slovak, and Bulgarian-German families which reside in either Bulgaria or other European countries. An individual’s ethnocultural education is considered a part of the process of enculturation and socialization that occurs in the first few years of his or her life. In interethnic families, there are three cultural models that parents use to transmit their ethnic backgrounds to their descendants: the ‘one-sided arrangement’, ‘alternative arrangement’, and ‘creative adjustment’. The linguistic education includes the different means chosen by parents for transmitting their language competence to their offspring. The discussion of religious upbringing is based on data from people raised with two cultures and two festivity systems, and their family practices regarding religious holiday celebrations.

Migration and Identity: Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Dimensions of Mobility in the Balkans. Edited by Petko Hristov. Sofia: Paradigma, 2012

Author(s): Mira Markova / Language(s): English Issue: Special/2016

Елена Генова. Църковните приложни изкуства от XV-XIX век в България

Author(s): Mila Santova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2004

Културните измерения на визуалното

Author(s): Chavdar Popov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2001

Clothing between Secular and Religious: Policies and Identity

Author(s): Iva Kyurkchieva,Maya Kosseva / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2015

This paper focuses on the question of how clothing which expresses religious identity is used and perceived in Bulgarian secular society. The authors discuss different strategies in the choice of religious symbols and clothes corresponding to individual roles in society, as well as to the ethnic and religious communities in general. The exposition follows through several basic cases in which the activities of state institutions and public opinion are discussed. The strategies in regard to the religious elements of clothing in the public and private spheres in Bulgaria are viewed in terms of a historical and contemporary perspective of the relations between the religious and the secular in the context of the traditional ethnic and religious variety in Bulgaria. Research on the topic indicates that there is a necessary and clear position on the part of the institutions and civil society in order to build adequate mechanisms to influence or control the processes in the future.

Sofia Zahova. Cherna Gora sled Yugoslavia: Dinamiki na identichnostite [Montenegro after Yugoslavia: Dynamics of Identities]. Sofia: Paradigma, 2013.

Author(s): Mila Maeva / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2015

Киното в прединдустриалните общества: Балканите в междувоенния период

Author(s): Karl Kaser / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2015

The article gives a rough overview about the development of cinema in the Balkan countries in the interwar period which was characterized by a low level of economy. Especially, the countries lacked industrial infrastructure which was a precondition for a flourishing cinema life from its very beginning. Therefore, cinema played only a marginal role in the agrarian Balkan countries. It was practically confined to the urban space. The European cinema market was dominated by international US-American and German film producers. In the Balkans a domestic film production could hardly emerge. The introduction of the talkie deteriorated conditions for domestic film pro¬duction because of the increasing production costs. Cinema could only become a mass phenomenon after the period of scrutiny when industrialization enabled mass consumption, also of films, in the 1950s and 1960s.

Книги 2015 г.

Author(s): Emiliya Voleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 31/2015

Selected bibliography in the field of Bulgarian Studies published in the current year.

Периодика 2015 г.

Author(s): Emiliya Voleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 31/2015

Content of the main Bulgarian scientific journals for the current year in linguistics, literature, history, folklore, ethnography, archeology and art studies

Периодика 2015–2016

Author(s): Emiliya Voleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 32/2016

Content of the main Bulgarian scientific journals for the current period in linguistics, literature, history, folklore, ethnography, archeology and art studies

Периодика 2014–2015 г.

Author(s): Emiliya Voleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 30/2015

Content of the main Bulgarian scientific journals for the current year in linguistics, literature, history, folklore, ethnography, archeology and art studies

За сборника: Мигриращи култури и социални практики, посветен на 10-годишнината от основаването на Академичния кръг по Сравнително литературознание. Съставител Румяна Л. Станчева, 2013.

Author(s): Rennie Yotova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

About the collection of articles: Мигриращи култури и социални практики [Migrating Cultures and Social Practicies], dedicated to the 10-anniversary of the founding of the Academic Circle for Comparative Literature. Roumiana L. Stancheva (Ed.). Editorial staff: Nikolay Aretov, Ognyan Kovachev, R. L. Stancheva.. Библиотека Голямотовписване. София, Университетско издателство „Св. Кл. Охридски”, Издателскицентър „Боян Пенев”, 2013.

Война на термините или нови стратегии? За сборника: TÖTÖSY de ZEPETNEK, Steven, and Tutun MUKHERJEE (Ed.). Companion to Comparative Literature, World Literatures, and Comparative Cultural Studies. New Delhi, Cambridge University Press India Pvt.

Author(s): Roumiana L. Stantcheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

About: Steven TÖTÖSY de ZEPETNEK and Tutun MUKHERJEE (Ed.) Companion to Comparative Literature, World Literatures, and Comparative Cultural Studies. New Delhi, Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd., 2013.

Литературни или културологични сравнения? За сборника: Пътища и пътеки на европеизма на Балканите. [Roads and Trails of the Europeanism in the Balkans. In honor of the 50th anniversary since the Institute for Balkan Studies & Center of... 2014.

Author(s): Roumiana L. Stantcheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

Roads and Trails of the Europeanism in the Balkans. In honor of the 50th anniversary since the Institute for Balkan Studies & Center of Thracology foundation. Antoaneta Balcheva and Yordanka Bibina (Ed.)

Kultura czasu, kultura życia, czyli czym jest Szabat?

Author(s): Justyna Łapaj / Language(s): Polish Issue: XIII/2015

The article discusses some aspects related to the handling of the Sabbath, and its symbolism. The author has focused on approximate basic principles and an explanation of some of them, in order to familiarize the reader with the idea of the Sabbath, as well as, it’s position in Judaism. There were also raised some doubts and obstacles faced by persons, who would like to faithfully observe all of the Sabbath rules.

„A my nie chcemy uciekać stąd…” – twórczość Jacka Kaczmarskiego wobec stanu wojennego w Polsce

Author(s): Jarosław Ciszek,Tomasz Okraska / Language(s): Polish Issue: XIII/2015

The article is devoted to the life and work of Jacek Kaczmarski during martial law in Poland (1981-1983). First, attention is paid to the life of poet who was in France when decision to impose martial law in Poland was taken. Exile deprived him very important to the bards direct contact with the national audience. Then, the authors undertake the analysis of selected works which Kaczmarski wrote in the period of martial law or otherwise related to it. The main aim of the research is to consider the problem of the role of creator of culture in creating the memory of important historical events.

Книги 2014 г.

Author(s): Emiliya Voleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 28/2014

Selected bibliography in the field of Bulgarian Studies published in the current year