THE JOURNALISTS THAT REPORTED THE BULGARIAN UNIFICATION

The article presents the events of the Unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia and the Serbian-Bulgarian war in 1885, reflected through the view of some European journalists. Their memories from the time spent in Bulgaria provide valuabl...

OPIUM, MERCURY AND MAGIC – FOLK HEALERS AND REGIONAL HEALING TRADITIONS DURING THE EARLY BULGARIAN REVIVAL PERIOD

The study is dedicated to medicine and pharmacy during the Early Bulgarian Revival period. It is based on a corpus of eight published and two unpublished sources – the main documents being from the period around 1800. The traditional medical practices describ...

THE BULGARIAN POLICIES AIMED TOWARDS FUNDING EDUCATION BEFORE THE WARS (1909 – 1912)

On the eve of the wars Bulgaria is economically the most developed country in the Balkans. As a result of the economic stabilization material provision of cultural and educational sphere improves - salaries in the education sector are increasing, decisive mea...

THE WOMEN IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE THROUGH THE EYES OF А WESTERN WOMAN: THE WORKS OF LADY MARY MONTAGU

The article analyzes the works of the English aristocrat and writer Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 – 1762). Her works are an important source for the Balkan provinces of the Ottoman Empire and the living conditions of the local population, but mostly for one speci...

HITLER’S FOREIGN POLICY AND THE ARAB WORLD IN THE YEARS OF WORLD WAR II: THE IRAQ CASE REAL OR CHIMERICAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALLIANCE?

The article discusses the relationship between Nazi Germany and one of the Arab countries – Iraq – during the Second World War (1939 – 1945). The author tries to answer the question why the possibility of concluding a German-Iraq Alliance was never realized in...

PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES, ROLE GAMES AND INDIVIDUAL TASKS AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR TEACHING HISTORY IN THE BULGARIAN SCHOOLS ABROAD

The article highlights the importance of the constructivist approach in teaching history in the Bulgarian schools abroad. The examples are from the practical work in the Bulgarian school at the Bulgarian Embassy in London – working on projects, imaginary dialo...

ONE OTTOMAN INSCRIPTION FROM THE EARLY XIX CENTURY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ANHIALO REGION

The Historical Museum of Pomorie kept remarkable epigraphic monuments from the Ottoman era. One of them could be related to the time of the ”kurdjali riots“ that affected the southern seaside region. The relationship between the marble slab inscribed with Ara...

THE ROLE OF THE BULGARIAN WRITERS IN THE POLITICAL LIFE OF THE COUNTRY (1971 – 1989)

AN UNIQUE WORK FOR BOGOMILISM

XI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES

140TH ANNIVERSARY OF STARA ZAGORA UPRISING