Vol. 88 No. 1 (1995): Annual of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Faculty of History
Volume 88 of GSU-IF brings together studies spanning from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, united by a focus on the historical evolution of Bulgarian society, its territorial and cultural space, and the broader Balkan context. The opening studies (by Tsvetana Georgieva, Valeri Katsunov, and Plamen Mitev) explore the boundaries of the Bulgarian historical space under Ottoman rule, the development of ethnic self-consciousness, and Bulgarian participation in transregional commercial networks. Later contributions shift toward national and political history: Nadezhda Angelova examines the Macedonian Question in the policies of Stambolov’s government and the Bulgarian Exarchate (1887–1894), while Krasimira Tabakova analyses the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party’s involvement in the Macedonian and Thracian liberation movements (1903–1908). Gergana Velichkova discusses the concept of a “national community” as a model for political and moral renewal, and Veselin Tepavicharov studies the formation of individual agrarian holdings in Bulgaria’s mountain and semi-mountain regions during the twentieth century. The volume demonstrates the thematic breadth and methodological pluralism of contemporary Bulgarian historiography, combining political, social, and anthropological approaches to the study of the nation and its historical space.
