Słownik badaczy literatury polskiej. Tom 10

Author(s): Jerzy Starnawski / Language(s): Polish

Słownik badaczy literatury polskiej wydawany tzw. metodą holenderską (od A do Z w miarę napływania haseł) doszedł do dziesiątego tomu. Równocześnie wydaje się indeks haseł i autorów opracowujących je w tomach VI–X; analogiczny indeks do tomów I–V został wydany z tomem V. Tom X ukazuje się w 15 lat po pierwszym (1994). Po pewnym nabraniu wprawy szereg tomów ukazało się rytmicznie rok po roku. Jednak w 2008 r. nie wyszedł tom X, wykończenie go wymagało jeszcze nieco czasu. Przede wszystkim w latach ostatnich odeszło szereg osób bezwzględnie zasługujących na biogram. Zmarli w r. 2007 Maria Cytowska, Janusz Dunin-Horkawicz, Jerzy Pietrkiewicz nie otrzymali biogramów w tomie IX (2007), który był już gotowy przed dzienną datą ich śmierci. W r. 2008 odeszli: Krystyna Bednarska-Ruszajowa, Zbigniew Goliński, Mieczysław Klimowicz, Stanisław Makowski, Jerzy Poradecki, Wojciech Rzepka. Na początku r.b. zmarł Jan Błoński. Istniały też „zaległości”. Z różnych powodów, czy to z braku wiadomości o śmierci, czy ze względu na brak osoby, która podjęłaby się napisania biogramu lub też, podjąwszy się, nie wykonała zamówienia, nie otrzymali w poprzednich tomach biogramów: Ryszard Ergetowski, Zbigniew Folejewski, Jerzy Kwiatkowski, Konstanty Puzyna, Olga Scherer- -Virski, Janusz Stradecki, Maria Strzałkowa, Marian Tatara, Zofia Wołoszyńska. Lista z pewnością niepełna, ale wielu biogramów potrzebnych nie udało się pozyskać. Od tomu I począwszy przestrzegano zasady, by nie włączać do Słownika największych. Hasła poświęcone im musiałyby w proporcji przyjętej w Słowniku… mieć po kilkadziesiąt stronic, w wypadku Aleksandra Brücknera może nawet trzeba byłoby przekroczyć setkę. A przecież literatura przedmiotu o największych w naszej nauce istnieje. Były i są sytuacje „graniczne”, powodujące wątpliwość, czy dana osoba kwalifikuje się jeszcze do biogramu w Słowniku… czy jest już zbyt wielka. Decyzję w takich wypadkach starano się uzależnić od istniejącej literatury przedmiotu, jaka uczonemu została poświecona. Z tego względu już w I tomie znalazł się biogram Stanisława Adamczewskiego, który w danym czasie nie miał prawie żadnej bibliografii przedmiotowej. W tomie IX zdecydowano się pomieścić biogram Tadeusza Makowieckeigo, któremu wprawdzie bezpośrednio po śmierci oddano suum cuique, nawet zbiorową książką, ale który, ze względu na to, że opublikował stosunkowo niewiele, znany jest dziś, przeszło po pół wieku od śmierci, wąskiemu gronu historyków literatury. A pomiędzy Adamczewskim i Makowieckim wprowadzono biogramy: Marii Dłuskiej (II), która była pierwszą osobą w wersyfikacji polskiej, ale poza tym wkraczała raczej w językoznawstwo niż w naukę o literaturze; Karola Badeckiego (III), prawdziwego odkrywcy i nieprześcignionego znawcy nurtu sowiźrzalskiego w literaturze staropolskiej; Edmunda Jankowskiego (III), który badania nad życiem i twórczością Orzeszkowej posunął znakomicie naprzód; Władysława Floryana (IV), komparatysty i edytora; Zdzisława Libery (IV), badacza oświecenia i romantyzmu, polonisty niezwykle aktywnego społecznie; Zbigniewa Raszewskiego (VII), najznakomitszego w swoim czasie teatrologa; Jarosława Maciejewskiego i Zbigniewa Jerzego Nowaka (VIII), którzy przez skromność nie mieli za życia takiego znaczenia, na jakie zasługiwali. To są przykłady badaczy, włączonych do Słownika… mimo iż działalność ich nie była przeciętna. Zdecydowano się w tomie X przypomnieć biogramami niektórych wybitnych pracowników na naszej niwie, o których, mimo nieprzeciętnych osiągnięć, nie pamięta się już i nie traktuje jako gwiazdy pierwszej wielkości. Otrzymali biogramy: Ludwik Bernacki, Henryk Biegeleisen, Stanisław Cywiński, Jan Czubek, Ryszard Gansiniec, Artur Górski, Bronisław Gubrynowicz, Józef Kallenbach, Jan Karłowicz, Stanisław Ptaszycki, Stefan Srebrny, Zofia Szmydtowa, Józef Tretiak, Marian Zdziechowski. W tomach I–IX nie wprowadzano biogramów osób, co do których nie udało się ustalić przynajmniej rocznych dat urodzenia i śmierci. W tomie X jako ostatnim przełamano w pewnych wypadkach tę zasadę, by utrwalić badaczy literatury polskiej, których nazwiska nie powinny być całkowicie zapomniane. Tom X traktuje redaktor jako ostatni, gdyż w wieku 87 lat nie można podejmować się dalszych. Zamykając tom, może jedynie redaktor powiedzieć o sobie: Feci quod potui. Podziękować należy tym wszystkim, którzy w tym tomie z redaktorem współpracowali. Ich liczba przekracza dwudziestkę, co się nie w każdym tomie zdarzało. Są to (pomijając tytuły naukowe): Krzysztof Biliński, Maria Bokszczanin, Józef Budzyński, Janusz Degler, Karolina Grodziska, Lidia Ignaczakówna, Zefiryn Jędrzyński, Paweł Kaczyński, Irena Kamińska-Szmaj, Małgorzata Krakowiak, Evelina Kristanova, Irena Kujawska, Andrzej Linert, Przemysława Matuszewska, Barbara Marzęcka, Julian Maślanka, Jolanta Migdał, Barbara Milewska-Ważbińska, Lucylla Pszczołowska, Monika Sulejewiczówna, Agata Szendzikowska, Eligiusz Szymanis, Dobrosława Świerczyńska, Hanna Tadeusiewicz, Marian Zaczyński, Roman Maria Zawadzki, Paweł Zybała. Niektóre osoby wymienione brały udział w poprzednich tomach; są i takie, które w oddawanym do rąk czytelników wystąpiły po raz pierwszy. Recenzentem wydawniczym wszystkich dziesięciu tomów był prof. Henryk Markiewicz. Każdy tom poprawiał redaktor według jego wskazówek, wprowadzał należne uzupełnienia. Za trud tyloletni należy się Recenzentowi tak kompetentnemu szczególna wdzięczność, tym bardziej, że Słownik…, nie budził powszechnego zainteresowania polonistów, może ze względu na obfitość prac ukazujących się na rynku, powodujących rozstrzelenie się zainteresowań poszczególnych historyków literatury. Redaktor będzie zadowolony, jeśli ktoś po nim podejmie kontynuację przedsięwzięcia; posłuży wskazówkami i przekazaniem pomysłów niezrealizowanych.

The Balkans 2011: Year in Review

Author(s): Maria-Antoaneta Neag ,Vlad Popovici,Gergely Nagy,Elena Dragomir,Anita McKinna,Matteo Albertini,Chris Deliso,Lana Pašić,Maja Šoštarić / Language(s): English

This year-in-review ebook analyzes the key events and trends that shaped 2011 in Turkey, Romania, Greece, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo and Montenegro, and also includes chapters on general EU-Balkan developments and movement in the regional energy sector during 2011.

The Collected Balkan Interviews, 2005-2011

Author(s): / Language(s): English

This fascinatingly varied collection of interviews with persons ranging from World War II Partisan veterans and CIA agents to European diplomats, businessmen and Balkan officials captures important moments in the region's modern history. It provides an invaluable glimpse into the local realities of the region as well as some unique experiences and commentary from people who have affected the history and events of the region, in often unexpected ways.

The Macedonian Mosaic: Pieces of Insight from the Pre-Crisis Years

Author(s): Chris Deliso / Language(s): English

Collected together into one comprehensive book, this compendium of field accounts, iterviews, situation reports and analyses chronicles the major political events in and involving Macedonia between 2009-2014. For anyone interested in the country, and in its subsequent political crisis, The Macedonian Mosaic provides valuable context, insight and historical data from a dedicated and ong-term investigative perspective.

The Last Superpower Summits. Gorbachev, Reagan, and Bush. Conversations that Ended the Cold War

Author(s): Thomas S. Blanton,Svetlana Savranskaya / Language(s): English

This book publishes for the first time in print every word the American and Soviet leaders – Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, and George H.W. Bush – said to each other in their superpower summits from 1985 to 1991. Obtained by the authors through the Freedom of Information Act in the U.S., from the Gorbachev Foundation and the State Archive of the Russian Federation in Moscow, and from the personal donation of Anatoly Chernyaev, these previously Top Secret verbatim transcripts combine with key declassified preparatory and after-action documents from both sides to create a unique interactive documentary record of these historic highest-level talks – the conversations that ended the Cold War.The summits fueled a process of learning on both sides, as the authors argue in contextual essays on each summit and detailed headnotes on each document. Geneva 1985 and Reykjavik 1986 reduced Moscow’s sense of threat and unleashed Reagan’s inner abolitionist. Malta 1989 and Washington 1990 helped dampen any superpower sparks that might have flown in a time of revolutionary change in Eastern Europe, set off by Gorbachev and by Eastern Europeans (Solidarity, dissidents, reform Communists). The high level and scope of the dialogue between these world leaders was unprecedented, and is likely never to be repeated.

SLAVICA V ČESKÉ ŘEČI I - České překlady ze slovanských jazyků do roku 1860

Author(s): Sestavil Josef Bečka,Karolína Skwarska / Language(s): Czech

Problematika mezislovanských vztahů a styků byla vždycky velmi závažná. Vždyť hrála významnou úlohu nejen v dějinách Slovanů a jejich bezprostředních sousedů, nýbrž i v dějinách světových, a její zkoumání je tudíž jedním z nejpřednějších úkolů slavistů. V nejnovější době pak tato otázka nabyla ještě větší důležitosti a aktuálnosti. Není náhodné, že Akademie věd SSSR r. 1942 ve chvíli velkých dějinných událostí stanovila jako základní úkoly své slovanské komise, aby zkoumala: a) roli Slovanstva ve světových dějinách a kultuře; b) roli ruského národa a jeho kultury v dějinách Slovanů; c) problém ethnogenese slovanských národů; d) kmenové a kulturní vztahy slovanských národů v jejich minulosti a přítomnosti na základě historických faktů, folklóru, jazyka, literatury, věcných památek atd.; e) dějiny boje slovanských národů za jejich svobodu a nezávislost; f) vznik a rozvoj státu a práva slovanských národů.

Список печатных работ М. Б. Щукина

Author(s): / Language(s): Russian Publication Year: 0

Ad memoriam M. B. Shchukin

Wprowadzenie

Author(s): Roman Kuźniar / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

Tocharian Studies: Works 1

Author(s): Václav Blažek / Language(s): English

The book represents a collection of articles devoted to Tocharian etymology and grammar, plus two detailed bio- and bibliographical portraits of scholars working in the field of Tocharian, namely Werner Winter and Pavel Poucha.

Youth Identity, Politics and Change in Contemporary Kurdistan

Author(s): / Language(s): English

Today’s youth are challenging the older political class around the world and are forming new political generations. Examples from South Africa and elsewhere where peace processes were deemed to be successful show signs of youth disapproval of the current post-conflict conditions. Moreover, the Arab Spring witnessed numerous youth movements emerge in authoritarian and illiberal contexts. This book was prepared in light of these discussions and aims to contribute to these ongoing debates on youth politics by presenting the situation of youth in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) as a case study. It will be the first book that specifically focuses on the Iraqi Kurdish youth and their political, social, and economic participation in Kurdistan. The contemporary history of the KRI is marked by conflict, war, and ethnic cleansing under Saddam Hussein and the tyranny of the Ba’ath regime, significantly affecting the political situation of the Kurds in the Middle East. Most of the recent academic literature has focused on the broader picture or, in other words, the macro politics of the Kurdish conundrum within Iraq and beyond. There is little scholarship about the Kurdish population and their socio-economic conditions after 2003, and almost none about the younger generation of Kurds who came of age during autonomous Kurdish rule. This is a generation that, unlike their forebears, has no direct memory of the decades-long campaigns of repression. Studying and examining the rise of this generation of Kurdish young millennials—“Generation 2000”—who came of age in the aftermath of the United States invasion of Iraq offers a unique approach to understand the dynamics in a region that underwent a substantial socio-political transformation after 2003 as well as the impact of these developments on the youth population. Pursuing different themes and lines of inquiry the contributors of the book analyze the challenges and opportunities for young men and women to fulfil their needs and desires, and contribute to the ongoing quest for nationhood and nation-building.

Work and Migration: Case Studies from around the World

Author(s): / Language(s): English

The purpose of this edited book is to look at work and migration from multiple viewpoints and illuminate challenges faced by immigrants in the labour markets around the world. It takes an approach that listens to the voices of different migrant groups in different countries, based mostly on qualitative research. In addition to the main themes of discussion centred on labour markets, this book also makes reference to a wide range of discussion topics which often intersect with employment, labour markets and the work experience of migrants. These include themes such as migrant integration, remittance transfers, relations established and maintained with home countries, legal and institutional arrangements and policy making processes in the host countries, through the concepts of employment and work. The chapters highlight immigrants’ experiences both theoretically and empirically in the contributions around the world. “This book, which includes the experiences of specific groups like qualified, unskilled, and female migrants, makes reference to a wide range of discussion topics such as migrant integration, remittance transfers, relations established and maintained with home countries, legal and institutional arrangements and policy making processes in the host countries, through the concepts of employment and work.”

Romanian Rural Tourism in International Context. Present and Prospects

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Romanian

The series ,,Romanian Rural Tourism in International Context. Present and Prospects" explore some of the main concerns of both theorists and practitioners on the following topics: rural tourism, agritourism, ecotourism, tourism in the context of sustainable development at national, regional, and global level, traditionalism vs modernism in tourism, national and regional strategies for rural tourism development and marketing, e-tourism, etc. The series of ,,Romanian Rural Tourism in International Context. Present and Prospects" traditionally approaches the tourism phenomenon from a multidisciplinary perspective: economics, anthropology, ethnography, low, etc.

Edebiyat, Kültür ve Sanatta Şiddet Temsilleri Konferans Bildiriler Kitabı 2021

Author(s): / Language(s): Turkish,English

In his foreword to World Report on Violence and Health, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2002, Nelson Mandela states that “the twentieth century will be remembered as a century marked by violence”. Now we are nearly at the end of the first quarter of the twenty-first century, but violence still permeates in our lives at various levels. Various forms of violence occurring at levels of interpersonal, self-directed, collective, state, warfare, child and youth violence, intimate partner violence, environmental violence, and animal violence lay bare the complexity and pervasiveness of the phenomenon, yet it also brings along the necessity to discuss violence from multiple perspectives. Nelson Mandela Dünya Sağlık Örgütü’nün 2002 yılında yayınladığı Şiddet ve Sağlık Hakkında Dünya Raporu’nun önsözünde “yirminci yüzyılın şiddetle mimlenen bir yüzyıl olarak hatırlanacağını” söyler. Bizler, neredeyse yirmi birinci yüzyılın ilk çeyreğinin sonlarını yaşamaktayız, ancak şiddet hayatımıza hala çeşitli düzeylerde nüfuz ediyor. Kişilerarası, öze yöneltilen, kolektif, devlet, savaş, çocuk ve genç şiddeti, yakın eş şiddeti, çevresel şiddet ve hayvan şiddeti gibi çeşitli düzlemlerde vuku bulan şiddet biçimleri olgunun karmaşıklığını ve yaygınlığını açıkça ortaya koymakla beraber şiddet kavramının farklı açılardan tartışılması gerekliliğini de ortaya koymaktadır

Българското средновековно културно наследство в сбирката на Алексей Хлудов в Държавния исторически музей в Москва. Каталог

Author(s): Svetlina Nikolova,Maria Yovcheva,Tania Popova,Lora Taseva / Language(s): Bulgarian

The tragic fate of the Bulgarian medieval cultural heritage is well known to the specialists. Less is known, however, about it by the Bulgarian and foreign cultured public. It is an important part of the all-round historical path of the Bulgarian people and not only does it deserve a careful, thorough and detailed study but every Bulgarian should be familiar with it. As all over the world, the monuments of Bulgarian culture of the Middle Ages have gone through the natural changes occurring in the course of time. Besides that, they have been destroyed and deformed during the numerous wars, foreign invasions and armed conflicts in the territories inhabited by the Bulgarian nationality after the formation of the Bulgarian State in 681. The written heritage of the Bulgarians from the Middle Ages is no exception in this respect. Certain specific peculiarities exist, however, in the fate of the Bulgarian medieval book. In the first place, because it was easy to carry, already in the Middle Ages in a great variety of circumstances it sometimes left the original places where it had been created, used and preserved, it travelled together with its owners along roads which have often remained unknown to us to the present day and finally settled outside the Bulgarian ethnic territories. This phenomenon is well known also from the history of medieval manuscripts all over Europe. As regards the Bulgarian medieval codices, it had certain important specific cunsequences, particularly during the periods of the 11th and 14th–16th centuries. It was precisely then that the Bulgarian literature and Bulgarian writing of the 9th–10th and 14th c. as a whole had a marked impact on the emergence and development of the Old Russian written culture of the 11th and 15th–16th centuries and on that of Wallachia and Moldavia of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. During those periods in Ancient Russia, in Wallachia and Moldavia became widespread works of the Bulgarian medieval literature, whilst in Wallachia and Moldavia even the Old Bulgarian language of SS Gyril and Methodius was used in its Middle Bulgarian form as official state language from their establishment in the 14th c. up to the 17th c. In these processes an essential role was indubitably played also by the transfer of handwritten books from the Bulgarian cultural centres after Bulgaria's fall under Byzantine rule in the late 10th c. – early 11th c. and under Turkish domination in 1393–1396. The moving out of medieval manuscripts from the territories inhabited by Bulgarians, in many cases prompted by the concern of their owners to preserve them from destruction, reached its peak in the 19th c. On an extremely large scale it began in the 30s of the century and in general ended in the late 70s although cases are known when manuscripts were exported from the Bulgarian lands even up to the beginning of the 20th c. In point of fact within a mere 400-50 years foreign travelling collectors who visited the lands inhabited by orthodox Christians in the Turkish Empire and who included many learned Slavicists, mainly from Russsia, took away large amounts of manuscripts connected with Bulgaria's cultural history. At present we have at our disposal information that in certain cases these manuscripts were given as presents by their owners who were chiefly monastic libraries; in other cases it is known that they were sold owing to the need for money and to not being aware of their value; we know that sometimes they were taken to be studied, with the promise to be returned. In the majority of cases they were taken away without any permission, and there were quite many manuscripts from which in the most barbarous way were torn separate leaves, requiring considerable effort on the part of the present scholars to be identified. In this manner was caused the dispersal of the Bulgarian medieval written heritage all over Europe, the main part of the removed manuscripts concentrating in Russian collectors. Moreover, so far science has established that actually the most valuable written monuments of the Bulgarian literature of the Middle Ages preserved now in their largest part are outside Bulgaria's boundaries. Fortunately as early as in the second half of the 19th c. part of the Slavonic medieval manuscripts collected in the territory of the Turkish Empire began to enter public depositories and to this day this process has been thoroughly completed. This considerably facilitates the study of the medieval written heritage connected with Bulgarian culture and preserved now abroad. Although initiated in the 19th c., this study has not been completed yet. It should be pointed out forthwith that it will hardly be completed in the near future. Notwithstanding the existence of enormous scientific interest in the monuments of Bulgarian medieval culture kept outside Bulgaria from the moment of their discovery to our days, researchers in principle direct their efforts to individual monuments or their individual peculiarities and extremely seldom – to the comprehensive presentation of all monuments of the Bulgarian cultural heritage in the separate collections historically formed and preserved in the contemporary depositories. In order to complete as soon as possible the process of collecting all pieces of written evidence about the development of Bulgarian literature from the Middle Ages and scholars to focus their efforts solely on its study, it is high time to proceed towards a purposeful and consistent cataloguing of all foreign collections.existing at present, of medieval manuscripts in which there is evidence of Bulgaria's medieval culture and that in many cases have remained completely unknown so far. In this respect particular attention need Russia's depositories keeping several hundred thousands of Slavonic medieval manuscripts, a considerable part of which contain monuments of the Bulgarian medieval culture. One of the richest among them is Russia's largest museum: the State Historical Museum in Moscow. One of its collections richest in monuments of Bulgarian culture is the collection of the big Moscow merchant Alexei Khludov (1818–March 22, 1882). What is more, this collection is one of the richest in the world in monuments connected with Bulgaria's written culture of the Middle Ages. Although it has been known to science since 1872 when the eminent Russian scholar Andrei Popov published the first detailed inventory of more than half of the manuscripts found in it (in 1875 he added to it the description of another 68 manuscripts) though some of the Bulgarian monuments had been researched several times or even published in full (like for instance the famous octoich of Strumica of the first half of the 13th c., the so-called Khludov or Lobkovski Prophetologion of the late 13th – early 14th c., the so-called Karpinian Gospel of the 13th c. and the Karpiniane Apostole of the early 14th c.), so far all the time in Alexei Khludov's collection unknown proofs of the Bulgarian medieval written culture continue to be discovered. It needs, therefore, not only new partial studies but in the first place – an all-round cataloguing of all Bulgarian monuments in it which should open the way for new thorough researches and show to wide circles of the Bulgarian public the necessity for carrying out such work on all the collections, kept abroad, which contain materials connected with Bulgarian medieval culture. The aim of this catalogue, therefore, is to describe briefly in compliance with the level of contemporary science the particularities of all the manuscripts of the Khiudov Collection in the State Historical Museum in Moscow that are in some way connected with the Bulgarian written heritage of the Middle Ages, also indicating all copies of original works of Bulgaria's medieval literature. The original selection of the manuscripts was carried out on the basis of the existing scientific literature on them, and their final selection was made after direct work by the authors of the catalogue in the Manuscript Department of the Museum. Thus of the 524 medieval manuscripts extant now in the collection had been chosen 134 manuscripts of Bulgarian, Serbian, Wallachian-Moldavian and Russian origin from the 13th to the 19th c. which were researched in Moscow with a view to preparing the present catalogue. Of them in the book are incorporated 98 Bulgarian, Serbian, Wallachian-Moldavian and Russian manuscripts of the same period. In the first place in the catalogue are presented the manuscripts where the Middle Bulgarian orthography was used, irrespective of where they had emerged, since the Wallachian-Moldavian codices, Middle Bulgarian as regards orthography, most accurately reflected the orthographical reform of Patriarch Euthymius of Turnovo. Besides that are included all Serbian and Russian manuscripts with respect to origin or orthography and which contain texts from works by Bulgarian medieval writers, parts of such works or direct references to them, as well as memories of Bulgarian saints or saints specially held in reverence by the Bulgarians. In the catalogue are embodied also Serbian manuscripts as regards orthography which do not contain Bulgarian works or Bulgarian memories but about which it may be assumed to have been written in the Southwestern Bulgarian lands after 1282 when they were included in the boundaries of the Serbian State and the Serbian orthography began to be used in them or about which there are data that they were used for a long time in these regions. The arrangement of the manuscripts and the principles of their description are based on the contemporary Bulgarian archaeographic practice and conform to the composition and features of the codices included in the catalogue. The material is arranged in three big sections: Biblical Books; Liturgical Books; Works of Byzantine and Old Bulgarian Writers. Each description contains several elements: 1. Number according to the present catalogue. 2. Signature in A. Klhudov's collection under which the manuscript is kept at present. 3. Title and dating. 4. Number of sheets, format, condition of the original pagination of manuscript and of the entirety of the inner book. 5. The material on which the book is written. 6. Type and dating of the binding. 7. Writing and presence of more than one handwriting in the manuscript. 8. Decoration. 9. Contents. 10. Notes. 11. Orthography. 12. Data on the history of the manuscripts after their removal from the places where they had been kept up to the 19th c. 13. Literature. In the work on the catalogue we were helped by many persons and institutions to whom we owe our sincere gratitude. With learned advice of and particular use to us besides L. Mavrodinova and H. Miklas, direct participants in the work on the project, were also Kl. Ivanova, L. M. Kostyukhina, G. Popov, R. Pavlova, G. Petkov and El. Velkovska to whom we express our profound gratitude. We sincerely thank the associates of the Scientific Archives of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, of the Archaeographic Commissionm at the "SS Cyril and Methodius" National Library and the Section on the History of the Bulgarian Language at the Bulgarian Language Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences who helped us by placing at our disposal for use their material from the A. Khludov Collection. We feel it necessary to express our gratitude to the State Historical Museum in Moscow that allowed us to prepare the catalogue and assisted us in the work on it, especially to its General Director Mr Alexander Shkurko, his deputy Mrs Tamara Igumnova, to the Head of the Manuscript Department Mrs Elena Serebryakova and to all members of the staff of the Department. The preparation and publication of the catalogue would have been impossible without the financial assistance of the PHARE Programme of the European Union. The catalogue was drawn up and published with money under the project "Arts Development Fund of the PHARE Culture Programme" after a competition by decision of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria. We are greatly indebted to all who correctly appreciated the importance of the project and provided us with funds, including for direct work with the manuscripts at the State Historical Museum and for microfilming part of the material, without which the good-quality production of the catalogue would not have been possible. We are also grateful to the British Council, entrusted with the management of the Arts Development Fund, particularly to Mr Peter Tchesnovsky who all the time rendered us invaluable assistance and whom we consulted during all the stages of the work on the project in connection with drawing up the necessary administrative documentation. Now that the catalogue has already been completed, it may be said that the full elucidation of the material linked to the Bulgarian medieval cultural heritage from A. Khludov's Collection has fully justified our original expectations. In the process of work were introduced a number of specifications and corrections in the information hitherto known about the manuscripts (they are indicated in the concrete descriptions). The authors of the catalogue have traced scores of unknown copies of works of Bulgaria's medieval literature of the 9th–10th c., indicated in the respective descriptions: e.g. two 14th century copies of the Canon of St. Dimitrius of Salonika by the Slav Enlightener Methodius, scores of 14th and 16th c. copies of works of St. Clement of Ohrid (sermons and hymnographic works), 14th century copy of the Service of St. Cyril Philosopher, several 14th c. copies of anonymous Bulgarian hympnographic works of the 9th and 10th c., numerous memories of SS Cyril and Methodius, St. John of Rila, St. Petka of Epivat, St. Ilarion of Muglen, St. Joachim of Ossogovo, St. loan of Polivot in manuscripts from the 14th to the 16th c., etc. What is worth noting is that in her work on the octoichs M. Yovcheva discovered even unknown hymnographic works of St. Clement of Ohrid in 13th and 14th c. manuscripts, some of which contain in acrostic the name of the author and which are reported for the first time in science in this catalogue. Thus the catalogue, I hope, is of considerable scientific value and opens new vistas for the study of the written heritage of the Bulgaria people in the Middle Ages. Taking into consideration also the hitherto known texts of works of Old Bulgarian literature which are in the manuscripts of Khludov's Collection – from the Prologue to the Gospel by St. Constantine-Cyril Philosopher, the numerous copies of the eulogies and edifying sermons of St. Clement of Ohrid and Peter Ghernorizets, the hymnographic works of St. Clement of Ohrid, Constantine of Preslav and St. Naum of Ohrid, the service of St. Cyril Philosopher, works of John Exarch of Bulgaria, the life of St. Antony the Great of Atanassius of Alexandria translated by Joan Presbyter, the Story of the Tree of the Gross by Priest Jeremy, the Sermon of Priest Cosma against the Bogomils, the extended lifes of Bulgarian saints of the 13th c., the life and service of Metropolitan Peter by Cyprian Camblak, the service of St. George Novi of Sofia, among which are found works known to this day to science only thanks to their only copy, kept in A. Khludov' s Collection (like the Second Service of St. Methodius, the work of his anonymous disciple, the Bulgarian apocryphal chronicle of the 11th c., the Chronological Story of the translation of the relics of St. Petka of Turnovo of the 13th c.), it is clear of what enormous value for the study of the entire Bulgarian medieval literature is this collection. From its contents, revealed for the first time in full in the present catalogue, it becomes evident that it is a remarkable compendium for the study of Old Bulgarian literature, particularly of the period of the Golden Century (late 9th – early 10th c.), when Bulgaria played a leading role in the development of Christian culture among the Slav peoples in the region of Southeastern Europe. It is our hope that as from now on scholars will be able calmly to concentrate their efforts on analyzing the priceless monuments revelled in the catalogue and connected with the Bulgarian cultural heritage from the manuscripts in A. Khludov's Collection. It is also our hope that this catalogue will give impetus to and be a model for the preparation of similar descriptions of all Bulgarian written monuments from the Middle Ages, scattered at present in foreign book depositories. This is of paramount importance with a view to the completion of a process which has taken an excessively long time for tracing all hitherto preserved testimonis of the Bulgarian medieval cultural heritage and no doubt a topical task of contemporary science.

Stakeholder Wellbeing and Value Creation

Author(s): / Language(s): English

The relationship between firms and stakeholders is held together by a continuous two-way cycle of value creation. In this, how can value be managed such that the stakeholder’s wellbeing is ensured? How does stakeholder wellbeing vary across business contexts? Are there varied perspectives in understanding stakeholder wellbeing? These and other pertinent questions have been addressed in this book.Particularly, this book provides a synthesis of research perspectives on value creation and stakeholder wellbeing through a collection of chapters from scholars in this area. It synthesizes research perspectives on value into three categories – firm-focused, customer-focused, and community-focused. In doing so, this book presents novel insights through these lenses and highlights best practices in ensuring stakeholder wellbeing.Responding to the rapidly changing business landscape where stakeholders are more connected, accessible, and informed than ever before, many firms are interested in creating value for all and in the process ensuring stakeholder wellbeing. This book will appeal to research scholars, practitioners, consultants, and managers looking to seek new insights and understanding on value creation.

Legacy of Palestinian Education Reform During Political Transition from Occupation to National Authority

Author(s): Najah Al Ramahi / Language(s): English

This book makes a major contribution to educational research and literature in exploring process of educational reform in the period of Political transition in Palestine. It is aimed at describing the journey of changing Palestinian primary education and the legacy of establishing the first national education system in Palestine as well as the introduction of a number of educational reforms. The introduction of new educational reforms was urgently needed in order to achieve quality education in Palestinian schools. This was particularly crucial after the prolonged military occupation, which left the education system in a perilous situation and lowered education achievements for a whole generation. The book explores an attempt to retrieve Palestinian education after a prolonged period of military occupation and to rescue the education system from collapsing. It tells the story of reshaping national identity and reviving Palestinian heritage and culture.Therefore, this book is the first one of its kind that captures the story of education reform against a background of struggle that should not be forgotten. It documents a unique period of time in Palestinian history and highlights the beginning of an education system in Palestinians’ hands. Moreover, this book presents real life stories from Palestinian schools and shows the real struggle over power and control in the education system in Palestine.

Anthology of Turkish Science Fiction Stories

Author(s): / Language(s): English

Turkish science fiction dates back to the early years of the twentieth century and serious development has been seen ever since. The writers, who escaped from the darkness of the First World War and took refuge in utopian science fiction, added the excitement created by science and technology to their texts over time. Turkish writers, who followed the science fiction works from the West and made efforts for the development of this genre, produced very qualified works that could compete with their contemporaries at some points. However, due to some historical, social, and economic problems, it was not possible for these works to meet readers in the West. In this anthology, the works of Turkish science fiction writers are brought together for the first time in English. Contemporary science fiction writers have written short stories for this anthology. Hence, the resulting diversity of stories represents a contribution to science fiction literature. An important feature of the anthology is that it includes examples showing how science and technology are perceived philosophically by authors outside of Europe and America. Since literature is an indispensable resource to investigate the equivalent of science fiction, which was born with modernism, in “post-modern” societies. This anthology of Turkish science fiction will be an important Non-Western SF source for both science fiction readers and researchers.

Space Environment and International Politics

Author(s): / Language(s): English

Embark on an enlightening journey through the vast expanse of space law and policy with "Space Environment and International Politics". Authored by experts in the field, this comprehensive volume explores the intricacies of international space law, from the development of legal frameworks to the challenges posed by space debris and the regulation of space activities. Delving into the space policies of international organizations such as the United Nations, NATO, and the European Space Agency, the book offers invaluable insights into efforts to ensure outer space security and foster sustainable space politics. Examining key issues surrounding space security and warfare, including cyber security threats and the militarization of space, the authors provide a nuanced understanding of the evolving geopolitical dynamics. With its meticulous research, insightful analysis, and balanced discussions, this book is an indispensable resource for policymakers, scholars, and practitioners navigating the complex terrain of international space law and politics. Whether you're a seasoned professional or an aspiring student, "Space Environment and International Politics" offers a captivating glimpse into the legal, political, and technological dimensions of politics beyond Earth.

Crisis y Migración - Experiencias y desafíos en el Sur Global - Vol. II

Author(s): / Language(s): Spanish

Dive into the complexity of global migration with "Crisis and Migration: Experiences and Challenges in the Global South." From armed conflicts to structural inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic, this book analyzes the roots and consequences of forced migration movements. It explores topics such as climate change, resilience, and associated risks, from human trafficking to human rights violations. Discover how local governments and states can address these challenges and ensure the fundamental rights of migrants. Part of the Crisis and Migration Collection, this work is essential for understanding and addressing the complexities of migration in the contemporary world. Sponsored by the Italo-Ecuadorian Fund for Sustainable Development (FIEDS) and the Technical University of Loja (UTPL), this book is a valuable resource for academics, professionals, and policymakers.

Migratory Stratifications. A New Perspective on Migration and Social Change through the Italian Lens

Author(s): / Language(s): English

This groundbreaking edited book offers an innovative lens to explore how migration and social change are intertwined, moving beyond sensationalized media narratives and political agendas. It introduces the concept of “migratory stratification,” challenging researchers to focus on the long-lasting effects of migration rather than fleeting, superficial headlines. By investigating immigrant labour dynamics, migration policies, and socio-historical contexts, the book delves into the structural forces that shape migration and the working-class struggles that emerge. Featuring in-depth case studies from Italy, it reveals migration’s deep social impact on labour, politics, and urban spaces, providing fresh insights into contemporary migration studies.Ideal for academics, policymakers, and readers interested in a nuanced, long-term view of migration, Migratory Stratifications sheds light on the stratification processes that influence both immigrants and the societies they reshape.