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The current issue of Religious-Philosophical Articles is devoted to the analysis of values of Latvian society from a comparative perspective. Given the multidimensional nature of the concept of ‘values’, the description, analysis and classification of values have at all times given rise to debates, controversies and even conflict. Identification of the many facets of the concept of values (as noted by Maija Kūle, professor at the University of Latvia) requires suitable competency within a broad spectrum of cultural history and knowledge of the humanities as well as dialogue in the social sphere and sensus communis. There is an understanding among philosophers that values have an ontological existence and are not evaluationdependent and can neither be destroyed nor abolished, although education and media can influence value orientation (Kūle 2016).
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The current issue of Religious-Philosophical Articles is devoted to the analysis of values of Latvian society from a comparative perspective. Given the multidimensional nature of the concept of ‘values’, the description, analysis and classification of values have at all times given rise to debates, controversies and even conflict. Identification of the many facets of the concept of values (as noted by Maija Kūle, professor at the University of Latvia) requires suitable competency within a broad spectrum of cultural history and knowledge of the humanities as well as dialogue in the social sphere and sensus communis. There is an understanding among philosophers that values have an ontological existence and are not evaluation dependent and can neither be destroyed nor abolished, although education and media can influence value orientation (Kūle 2016).
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This year, the journal "Soudobé dějiny / CJCH" celebrates thirty years of its foundation. On this occasion, we reached out to selected foreign historians with a brief survey. Its purpose is to bring together diverse reflections on the current state of and trends in contemporary history in the Czech Republic. In the current issue, we offer the second set of responses to the following questions: 1. How do you think Czech contemporary history, as a discipline, is doing? How do you perceive the development of Czech contemporary history from the end of the communist regime to today? In your opinion, which topics and research perspectives remain “blind spots” for Czech and foreign historians? Which topics do not resonate much in the research on Czech and Czechoslovak contemporary history, for historians either in the Czech Republic or abroad? 2. What do you think about the current debates and disputes on the Czechoslovak communist past? Do you think they are productive, either in terms of the scholarly knowledge they produce or in terms of social self-reflection? How do you see the situation compared to the country where you live or regularly work (if applicable)? 3. Which research findings, publications or other results by Czech historians have recently delighted, disappointed or outraged you?
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This book forum discusses Ivan Kalmar’s pivotal book on the position of “Central Europe” in the racialized hierarchies of “West”/“Europe” and their not-quite-white Others. The authors debate the main contributions and potential blind spots of the book and its key concepts. The concepts of racism and whiteness answer the not-so-new question on Central Europe and Europ’s “East” anew: How come that the populations of and in this diverse region happen to repeatedly find themselves in the very same marginal position in European historical orders? This question has very contemporary manifestations; Europe’s persistent East-West socioeconomic and socio-cultural hierarchies, among others, co-produce the local populations’ marginalized or marginalizing positioning vis-à-vis each other and the rest of Europe or the world. In this honest discussion, the authors chart new intellectual pathways for utilizing racism and whiteness to help us better understand this question and its many manifestations from within and outside the region.
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The formation of modern historical knowledge in Bulgaria is directly related to that of the University, and history as a science is the foundation of higher education in Bulgaria. The first and only department of the Higher Pedagogical Course, which opened its doors on 1 October 1888 and laid the foundations of university education in Bulgaria, was the Historical and Philological Department, where the history of the Eastern peoples, the beginnings of culture, general Slavic ethnography and dialectology, Greek, Old Bulgarian, Latin, sociology, pedagogy, logic, and psychology were taught. The first lecturers were Alexander Teo Dorov-Balan, Lyubomir Miletich, Ivan Georgov, Nikola Mikhailovsky, Joseph Kovachev, Ivan Shishmanov, Stanimir Stanimirov, Ivan Danev.
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Academic journals serve as a mediator for scholarly communication, promoting the dissemination of knowledge and innovation across academic disciplines. This article examines the structure and components of academic journal articles, highlighting their central role in sharing original research, presenting literature reviews, and scaffolding academic discourse. Additionally, we outline the distinguishing characteristics of different types of journals, including research journals, peer-reviewed journals, open access, and limited access journals. Understanding these factors would help young researchers, scholars and the whole academic community successfully navigate in the complex environment of academic journals, ensuring effective spreading of their work in the respective fields. A special attention is drawn to the editorial policies of "Luboslovie", an annual journal of the Faculty of Humanities at Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen. Those policies aim to build a reciprocal dialogue between the editorial team and the authors to improve the quality of academic writing in line with the requirements set by the world databases to increase the bibliometric index.
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The paper traces the authors’ experiences of scholarly publishing in Bulgaria. Several lines are outlined that represent the editorial and publishing work especially in a journal with an interdisciplinary character in foreign languages. This proves to be a challenge for the authors and the international board. The text also presents observations on the quality of the articles offered and problems with authors wishing to grow in the academic hierarchy.
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Con il numero 1/2023, MediaRes inaugura il suo terzo anno di attività nel nuovo formato digitale e open-access, e con il nuovo editore, Primiceri. Il momento è significativo, per quanto concerne l’ordinamento italiano, il quale, a seguito della Riforma Cartabia e del suo progressivo entrare a regime, vede estendersi l’importanza – anche sistemica – di strumenti di soluzione dialogico-consensuale della controversia, sia in ambito penale che civile.
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This special issue of the S:I.M.O.N. Journal, dedicated to the memory of Sir Martin Gilbert, examines the intersection of the Second World War and the Holocaust – two pivotal events that shaped modern history but, quite surprisingly, were long studied as separate and disconnected phenomena. Inspired by an international conference organised by Western Galilee College in March 2024, this collection explores interconnected narratives of military strategy, genocidal policies, and resistance. Topics include Winston Churchill’s complex relationship with Zionism, the controversial question of bombing Auschwitz, British responses to the Holocaust, and the ideological and genocidal dimensions of Nazi policies. The issue also delves into the experiences of children during the Holocaust, Wehrmacht operations, and Jewish resistance in Belarus. By bridging military and Holocaust studies, this volume underscores Sir Martin Gilbert’s legacy and his pioneering approach to integrating Jewish history into broader historical narratives. Through this collection, the issue seeks to deepen understanding and inspire further exploration of the intertwined histories of war and genocide.
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While in many economic models the ‘representative agent’ continues to be a useful abstraction to discuss numerous important questions, the actual populations the models and discussions relate to consist of diverse individuals. They differ from each other across countless dimensions including that of gender, with the quantitatively most important division being that between men and women. Across time and space there have been differences in peoples’ ideas about what it means to be a ‘man’ and a ‘woman’. These attitudes, both on an individual as well as on a societal level, impact many, perhaps even most, fundamental individual decisions. Everything from educational choices and labour market outcomes to family formation and consumption choices are, to different degrees, affected by ideas about gender roles.1 Akerlof and Kranton (2000) exemplify how this dimension of our gender identity can affect many of our decisions. As they put it: There are two abstract social categories, “man” and “woman.” These categories are associated with different ideal physical attributes and prescribed behaviors. Everyone in the population is assigned a gender category, as either a “man” or a “woman.” Following the behavioral prescriptions for one’s gender affirms one’s self- image, or identity, as a “man” or as a “woman”. (Akerlof & Kranton, 2000, p. 716)
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