TWO BRITISH CARTOONS ABOUT THE CONGRESS OF BERLIN, 1878

The article examines two cartoons by the British artist William Chasemore that reflect on the Congress of Berlin 1878. The Congress was famous for the creation of other cartoons, but the two works by William Chasemore do not fall into this category and may rep...

REMAKING HISTORY – A PATH TO THE FUTURE IN CONFLICT ZONES

War is the natural state of humankind, and its traumas mark entire generations, being transmitted through collective memory to the next. One of the key questions we address in this article is whether revisiting the history of military conflicts can help protec...

MEMORIES OF A PERSONAL MEETING. IVAN SHISHMANOV ON A VISIT TO THE BISHOP JOSIP JURAJ ŠTROSSMAYER

The study attempts to shed light on an insufficiently studied moment in the personal biography of Ivan Shishmanov, related to his visit in 1898 to Bishop Josip Juraj Štrossmayer in Dzhakovo. The aim of the present text is to conceptualize the meeting of the em...

ON THE ARMAMENT IN THE MILITARY CONFLICTS IN LATIN ROMANIA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 13 TH CENTURY

The beginning of the 13th century marked a particularly intense period of military clashes in the Balkans, especially in the lands of Latin Romania, resulting from the Fourth Crusade and the rise of the Latin Empire (1204 – 1261). In these military campaigns,...

THE BERBERS AND ARAB RULE IN SICILY (9TH – 11TH CENTURIES): RECOVERING THE MISSING VOICES

This article explores the elusive presence of Berbers in Islamic Sicily between the 9th and 11th centuries. A major challenge of the topic is the lack of ethnic differentiation in medieval narratives: both Christian and Muslim sources typically categorize Sici...

A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE BALKANS. A DELIGHT FOR THE READER AND A CHALLENGE FOR THE RESEARCHER

DISCUSSION FORUM WAR AND PROPAGANDA IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPE: THREE PERSPECTIVES