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Defended PhD theses in Bulgaria in the field of linguistics, literature, history, folklore, ethnography and art studies
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By using the methods of the ethnological research, the present article presents the dynamic of the state of the Bulgarian community in Chicago and its manifestations,as well as the reasons behind the designation of Chicago as the „Bulgarian city“not only by the local Bulgarian group but by the „others“ as well – the society, the authorities and the media in the United States. The study focuses on the spaces ofthe Bulgarians in Chicago and the metropolis, the representative institutions of thecommunity – its churches, schools, cultural and public institutions, the media, thefeasts, the events as well as the places of memory. As a certain manifestation of self-confidence and successful integration of the local Bulgarians in the multiculturalenvironment of Chicago, the article analyses also the book „Chicago – the BulgarianCity“ in which the Bulgarian community describes and identifies itself. This book as well as the examination of the social life and cultural activities of the Bulgarians in Chicago and the suburbs show that the diaspora is interwoven in the American social structure but at the same time maintains its own parallel structure which fits the American nation with its specific character.
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The culture of Georgian chant is variable and particular schools are different from each other. The vital schools are Gelati, Shemoqmedi (West Georgian chant traditions) and Karbelashvilebi (East Georgian chant traditions). The paper presents musical analysis of West Georgian chant traditions, using Gelati school as an example. Scores are taken from Georgian musical manuscripts from the 19th century, which are saved in National Centre of Manuscripts and were written by St. Pilimon the Chanter (Koridze) and St. Ekvtime the Confessor (Kereselidze). The article’s aim is to show how some of the Great Feasts in Georgia were celebrated. The first part contains the examination of some individual aspects of Georgian liturgical practice. The second part synthetises what is important in the process of researching Georgian chant. The analysis shows individuality of the chant material. Diversity and abundance of existing materials gives the opportunity to conduct further research on the topic.
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According to the charter issued by Andrew, Bishop of Eger, the Košice burghers were exempted from jurisdiction of Archdeacon of Abaujvár in 1290. Circumstances connected to its origin and then comparison with other charters containing similar privilege seem to be essential factors leading to better understanding of the source. Hereby a very detailed analysis of the text might say more to explain its meaning. Therefore, the cognoscible context of exemptions with the examination of circumstances leading to the issuance of the charter in 1290, along with consideration of the words written in the text, encourage the opinion that the burghers of Košice had been exempted from jurisdiction of Abaujvár´s Archdeacon even before. The Bishop´s charter seems to be only a confirmation of the right allowed earlier, which was a common phenomenon in the towns (or in the communities of guests) of the Hungarian Kingdom.
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This study presents a biography of one of the burgherois origin officials – Marek Walticher. He was a son of a merchant born in Pressburg. Marek Walticher came from vicinity of Pressburg Catholic patricians, mainly through his mother‘s family. Marek Walticher´s career had three periods. Initially he was employed in the Hungarian Chamber. Later he moved to the Mikuláš Esterhazy palatine barnyard, where he worked as his accountant and then he worked in important position of palatine office clerk. On the top of his career he worked as a main royal customs officer in Magyaróvár and he was appointed by monarch as a royal counselor. The study also presents detailed genealogical analysis of his family and social contacts of his wider kinship.
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This contribution describes and evaluates four wells explored or documented in 1990s in the streets of Košice. Two of the wells were investigated in Hlavná Street – one of them is located in the Lower Gate area and the other is near the Immaculata. The third well was researched in Dominikánske Square. The well in front of Kováčska Street 26, damaged by a sewer trench, was documented only. Profile of the wells is round, narrowing towards the bottom. Their construction character is identical as well – stone walls built on a wooden base construction. The maximum difference between the bottoms’ levels is 1.5 m. It was impossible to measure the depth and identify the construction method of the well in Kováčska Street – in front of Kováčska 25, as it was situated under the bottom of the sewer trench backfill. Despite the fact that dating of the wells was not possible, it is undoubtable that they were used in the modern era. They disappeared when the city water supply was built in the beginning of the 20th century.
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The presented paper deals with the organization of municipal economy administration in Košice in 16th and 17th century. The study is based on the analysis of the lists of elected municipal officials, the account books of city and individual officials from the particular period, which are located in Košice City Archives. It presents and evaluates transfers in the structure of municipal economy administration and its competences in the period of municipal economic and political bloom as well as in the period of its gradual stagnation.
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The history of Košice in the 16th century exemplifies a Micro History of the Reformation including all local particularities. The three persons from the church background in the town represent three characteristic types and three developmental phases of initial period of the Reformation in Košice. During this time the initiative shifted from clergy to the city council, which unprecedentedly extended his competence into theology and mainly liturgy. At the same time, contact with other towns in the region and also with Wittenberg was reinforced due to the correct interpretation of reformation teachings. At that time, the city council presented itself as a competent institution with the right and the duty to uphold the responsibility for religious issues also in theological meaning.
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The paper deals with issues pertaining to the relations and communication between the representatives of the town administrations in Košice, Bardejov and Prešov in the 15th century. The reflection of these relations may be found in correspondence preserved in the archives of these towns. These documents have made the author to note that mutual cooperation was developed among the towns, especially in the field of the town diplomacy by sending common town delegates to the Royal court and high dignitaries of the Kingdom and to the common consultations of the towns. Military aff airs and espionage were another area of cooperation between the towns. If the towns were not directly threatened, in many areas (economy, trade) they acted like rivals. One example is the cause between Bardejov and Prešov because of bleaching linen, lasting for the whole 15th century.
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The article analyses the earliest period of the shaping modern human sciences, studies on human nature, the origins of humans, and physical and cultural diversity of humans in Poland.This process, including several separate stages, began under the influence of the ideas spread by the European Enlightenment and reflected the development of natural sciences that brought a deeper interest in humans, seen from a new perspective, free from religious determinism.Pioneering searches for a secular approach combined creationism and biblical tradition with a rational attitude based on achievements in natural history, linguistics, philosophy, history, and biblical critique.In the next stage, natural history constituted a distinct science with a precise scope of research that included, except mineralogy and botany, also zoology as well as human sciences perceived from a biological perspective. First definitions of anthropology described it as a science only emerging from natural history, with the aim to study both physical and moral aspects of humans.After 1831, human sciences experienced a different situation in various Polish research centers that finally ceased to exist, including Vilnius University, the leader in research in natural history. Under the influence of Romantic ideas, a view was propagated that mental ties were superior to physical ones, spiritual ties to blood kinship, culture was more important than biology.The emphasis in the study of humans was no longer on natural history, as in the late 18th century and the early 19th century, but on issues connected with mind and culture. The growth of both natural science and the humanities led to the establishment of new directions and areas of research that earlier were covered by natural history and history. Authors came to believe that study of humans requires a combination of various methods and cooperation of scholars representing numerous specialized sciences, however with their specific features preserved. This pioneering period lasted until the early 1860s when anthropology became an academic discipline on the Polish lands (translated by Jacek Serwański).
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Reviews of: 1. Medieval Judaeo-Czech 2. Elias Katz: Tres semestri seu duodeviginti menses, Antwort zur Bemerkung K. Dolistas: Anni tres et menses sex. (Judaica Bohemiae HI, 1967, S. 135/6.) 3. Magyar-zsidó aklevéltár (Monumenta Hungariae Judaica), tome 10 (1150-1766). L’édition préparée par les soins de Sandor Schreiber et ses collaborateurs, Budapest. A magyar izraeliták országos képviseletének kiadâsa 1967. 615 pages de texte, 7 illustrations 4. Jan Herman: Židovské hřbitovy na Moravě (Les cimetières juifs en Moravie) (Památková péče, 1968/3, pp. 81-87) 5. Dagmar Hejdová-Bořivoj Nechvátal: Studie o středověkém skle v Cechách (Etude sur le verre du Moyen âge en Bohême) Památky archeologické, LVIII, No. 2, pp. 433-491, Prague 6. Franz Kafka: Dopisy Mileně (Lettres à Milena) Prague, Academia 1968. 261 pages, 21 illustrations. Traduit par Hana Žantovská 7. Franz Kafka: Briefe an Felice. Herausgegeben von Erich Heller und Jürgen Born Frankfurt a. M., S. Fischer Verlag 1967. 784 s. 8. Dagmar Hilarová: Hundert Farben hat der Regenbogen Aus dem Tschechischen übertragen von Rudolf Iltis und Günther Deicke Verlag der Nation, Berlin, 1966, 112 s. 9. Walter Pillich: Jüdische Goldschmiede unter Kaiser Rudolf II. Zeitschrift für die Geschichte der Juden IV., 1967 Nr. 2/3, Seite 79-82. Herausgegeben von Hugo Gold in Tel Aviv. 10. Bernhard Brilling: Geschichte des jüdischen Goldschmiedegewerbes in Schlesien. Hamburger mittel- und ostdeutsche Forschungen Band VI. Verlag Ludwig Appel, Hamburg 22. 1967, S. 163-221. 11. Bernhard Brilling: Zur Geschichte der jüdischen Goldschmiedgewerbe in Prag. Die ersten Prager jüdischen Goldschmiede Zeitschrift für die Geschichte der Juden Jhg. 1967, Nr. 1, Seite 21-26. Herausgegeben von Hugo Gold in Tel Aviv.
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1. Pokorný Petr: Počátky gnose. Vznik gnostického mýtu o božstvu člověk. (Les commencements de la gnose. La naissance du mythe gnostique Dieu-Homme). Publications de l’Académie Tchécoslovaque des Sciences, série des Sciences sociales, 78/1968, Prague 1968, Academia, 68 pp. 2. Kestenberg-Gladstein, Ruth: Neuere Geschichte der Juden in den böhmischen Ländern, I., Das Zeitalter der Aufklärung 1780-1830, Tübingen, J. C. B. Mohr, 1969, 418 pp. (Un compte rendu détaillé paraîtra dans le prochain fascicule des Judaica Bohemiae) 3. Hrozinky a mandle. Výbor z jidiS povídek. (Raisins de Corinthe et amandes. Choix de contes en yiddish), Prague, Odeon, 1969, 480 pp. 4. Allegro, John: Rukopisy od Mrtvého moře. (Les Manuscripts de la Mer Morte), Prague, Mladá Fronta, 1969, 214 pp. 5. Petiška, Eduard: Golem a jiné židovské pověsti a pohádky ze staré Prahy. (Golem et autres contes et légendes juifs du Vieux Prague), Prague, Editions d’Etat du Livre pour enfants, 1968, 174 pages. 6. Černý Bohumil: Vražda v Polné. (Le meurtre de Polná), Prague, Editions „Magnet“ du Ministère de la Défense Nationale ,1968, 215 pages. 7. Fuks, Ladislav: Pan Theodor Mundstock. (Monsieur Théodore Mundstock), Prague, Ecrivain tchécoslovaque, 1969, 180 pages. 8. Fuks, Ladislav: Smrt morčete, sbírka povídek. (La mort d’un cobbaye. Choix de contes). Prague, Mladá Fronta, 153 pages. 9. Kříž, Ivan: Pravda o zkáze Sodomy. (La vérité sur la destruction de Sodomě), Ecrivain tchécoslovaque, 1968, 733 pages. 10. Hostovský, Egon: Všeobecné spiknutí. (La conspiration générale), Prague, Melantrich 1969, 345 pages.
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1. Le cycle: de conférences d’automne du Musée Juif d’Etat en 1971 2. Les études hébraïques à la Faculté des Lettres de l’Université Charles de Prague 3. Bedřich Nosek: Raimundus Martini (Pugio fidei), ses rapports avec le judaïsme et la philosophie islamiqu
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1. Zweigstellen des Konzentrationslagers Gross-Rosen in den Leinenwebereien der Gegend von Trutnov während der Nazi Besetzung 2. The Exhibition “Folk Art in the Collections of the State Jewish Museum“ 3. Das Faksimile des Grabsteines von Avigdor Kara
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The article approves the biographical approach and the case study method on a specific text fragment – the ancestral memories of a descendant of refugees from Lozengrad in 1903 about poverty, deprivation, humiliation, lack of social support and the difficult integration into the host community for three generations in a row. The empirical text is interpreted through the theoretical concepts of some of the most prominent researchers of poverty and its accompanying social dynamics such as Sorokin, Bourdieu, Simmel, etc.
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