Nail, T. (2020). Lucretius II: An Ethics of Motion.

Author(s): Didem Yilmaz / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

Lucretius II: An Ethics of Motion (2020), written by Thomas Nail, is an alternative book to approach posthumanism from a philosophical aspect. Its focus on motion correlates posthuman thinking with sociological, political, and philosophical dynamics by applying to Lucretius and continental philosophers. Its philosophical frame allows readers to comprehend posthumanism deeply by applying to ethics. The conceptualization of posthumanism, motion, and ethics is grounded in four fundamental methodologies including historical ontology, close reading, translation, and argumentation. Thus, the abstraction of the book is quite inclusive to envision what philosophical posthumanism is by delving into Lucretius’s philosophy.

Joachim Zdrenka, Złotów 1370–2020. 650-lecie miasta, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2020, ss. 574

Author(s): Błażej Śliwiński / Language(s): Polish Issue: 01/2021

Katarzyna Rembacka, Komunista na peryferiach władzy. Historia Leonarda Borkowicza 1912–1989, Warszawa–Szczecin 2020

Author(s): Michał Przeperski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 01/2021

Translations of Patristic Literature in South-Eastern Europe

Author(s): Ivan P. Petrov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 43/2021

Religious Rhetoric of Power in Byzantium and South-Eastern Europe

Author(s): Elena Kostova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 43/2021

Етнолингвистичен речник на българската народна медицина

Author(s): Iliyana Garavalova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 43/2021

Руската богослужебна книга в българските земи след Кримската война (по материали от архива на Найден Геров) II част

Author(s): Antoaneta Kirilova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2021

The article is a continuation of a study published in 2012 in the journal “Historical Review” under the same title. Here the author summarizes data on Russian liturgical books delivered to the Bulgarian lands at the request and with the assistance of the Russian Vice Consul in Plovdiv Naiden Gerov. The information was found in the archive fund of N. Gerov in the Bulgarian Historical Archive at the National Library “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” (NBCM–BIA) after the publication of the study, published in 2012.

Един документ, свидетелстващ за християнската етика и обществената ангажираност на българите в Oтечеството и в емиграция (Румъния) през 60-те години на XIX век

Author(s): Ivaylo Naydenov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2021

The proposed article pays attention to a document that provides valuable information in two directions. The first one is related to the Christian moral norms typical for the period of the Bulgarian National Revival. The second direction is related to the public self-organization and charity. The mentioned document is a letter (from 1860) sent by the notables of Tarnovo to their fellow countrymen in Ottoman Bulgaria, and in Romania (Bucharest) in order to help financially and morally their fellow-citizen Mihail Vasilev. He was a guild member (a furrier) and a merchant who became very poor in 1860. Probably the reasons for his pauperization were related to the specific economic and financial situation in the Ottoman Empire after the Crimean War (1853–1856). The negative factors caused by the war forced Mihail to leave the urban setting, and settle down in Romania. It is interesting to note that the spirit of Christian ethical norms (goodness, charity, compassion) influences the content of the whole document. The notables of Tarnovo urged their compatriots in the Bulgarian lands, and in Romania to help the needy and his family (a wife and five daughters). There are also some clues about merchants, their profession and wealth; the role of basic moral principles such as honesty. Last but not least, the discussed primary source can give the opportunity to assess the importance of self-organization of Bulgarians to help each other. Their social capital (social/entrepreneurial networks and contacts based on mutual trust) played an important role in such philanthropic activities.

Луи Пастьор (1822 – 1895) – химикът. По повод 200 години от рождението му

Author(s): Nano Stepanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2022

The article is dedicated to the 200-year anniversary of the great Louis Pasteur and aims to represent his work focusing on his less famous contributions as a chemist. By examining his accomplishments in the historical context of chemistry’s development – isomerism (between Berzelius and Van’t Hoff) and theory of fermentation (between Liebig and Berthelot). Based on his research on optically active substances (mainly tartaric acid and its salts) he distinguishes optical activity caused by crystal structure and molecular asymmetry, hypothesizes that the way atoms are positioned in a molecule is the cause for optical activity, defining a new form of isomerism thus paving the way for stereochemistry. The later scientific achievements of Pasteur are related to him entering the world of microorganisms – fermentation, disproving the theory of spontaneous generation, clarifying the origin and prevention of infectious diseases. It is emphasized that he is a scientist who takes his work out of the laboratory and ‘into the world’: examining the diseases of the silk worm, difficulties in brewing, wine and vinegar production. He communicates with people affected by the problem, exchanges knowledge and experience with them, offers advice, includes them in his search for solutions. Generally describing his work as a physicochemist, biochemist, microbiologist, immunologist and his personality with emphasis on his morality as a scientist. He is a patriot, citizen, humanist and a true benefactor of humanity.

Дисертации

Author(s): Nikola Kazanski / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 44/2022

Defended PhD theses in Bulgaria in the field of linguistics, literature, history, folklore, ethnography and art studies.

Научни форуми 2022

Author(s): Emiliya Voleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 44/2022

Data about scientific events in the field of the humanities in Bulgaria in 2022.

Славянският семинар на университета „Алберт-Лудвиг“ във Фрайбург и българистиката

Author(s): Mladen Vlashki / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 44/2022

Втора международна славистична коференция, посветена на паметта на светите братя Кирил и Методий

Author(s): Svetlana Kornienko / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 44/2022

Международен академичен форум „Българистиката извън Европа – предизвикателства и перспективи“

Author(s): Anisava Miltenova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 44/2022

Олена Чмир на 65 години

Author(s): Olga Soroka / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 44/2022

Веселка Желязкова, Десислава Найденова. Кирил и Методий. Образи. Памет. Идентичност / Veselka Zhelyazkova, Desislava Naydenova. Cyril and Methodius Images, Memory, Identity

Author(s): Maya Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 44/2022

Alcoves of Indian Knowledge in Theofil Simenschy’s Works

Author(s): Hilda-Hedvig Varga / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

The present text aims to highlight the contribution of the Romanian scholar Theofil Simenschy to Indian Studies in Romania, who became the first to teach Sanskrit at an institution of higher education – in Iași. The goal of reminding or helping readers discover his legacy in the forms of translations from Sanskrit into Romanian of sacred Hindu texts and several didactic works, full of useful information, was also kept in mind when bringing ideas together.

Local Cosmopolitans: A Study of Barkas neighborhood in Hyderabad

Author(s): Cătălina-Ioana Pavel / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

Drawing from M. N. Pearson’s and Enseng Ho’s concept of “local cosmopolitanism,” I propose to study the neighborhood of Barkas in Hyderabad as a representation of how cosmopolitanism works in small communities where the people, while embedded in local relations, also maintain connections with distant places, thus articulating a relation between different geographical scales. Barkas is inhabited by people of an African origin, the Hadrami people from Hadramawt in Yemen, from where they came to Hyderabad to become part of the Nizam’s army. When they reached India, they were given land to build their own barracks (this is also how the neighborhood got its present name) and after the Nizam’s rule ended, most of them stayed back.

Madhva and Calvin. A Comparative Study of the Views of Two Medieval Theologians of Hinduism and Christianity

Author(s): B.N. Hebbar / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

This article compares and contrasts two eminent theologians, one Hindu (Madhva), and one Christian (Calvin) who had similar ideas in terms of the sovereignty and majesty of God and the doctrine of Predestination of souls each, of course, based on their respective religious-cultural contexts and scriptural texts.

The Third Assembly of the World Council of Churches in New Delhi, in 1961, in the Asian Religious Context of the Second Half of the Twentieth Century

Author(s): Ștefan Popa / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

The Third General Assembly of the World Council of Churches took place in New Delhi, a multicultural and interreligious town in India. By this means, the World Council took a step forward towards the dialogue with the world’s religions. From ancient times, India was a place of dialogue between adherents of different cultures and religious traditions. At the Third General Assembly of the WCC, the interreligious dialogue which will be more acknowledged throughout the years became a leitmotif on the ecumenical agenda of the member churches. In this study, I try to present how this historical ecumenical event has shaped the interreligious dialogue architecture of the World Council and how it fits in the Asian interreligious landscape. It was the first General Assembly of the WCC outside the traditional Christian space, which up to that moment represents more or less the European and North-American geographical space.