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Book SynopsisThe present volume is the last in the Entangled Balkans series and marks the end of several years of research guided by the transnational, “entangled history” and histoire croisée approaches. The essays in this volume address theoretical and methodological issues of Balkan or Southeast European regional studies—not only questions of scholarly concepts, definitions, and approaches but also the extra-scholarly, ideological, political, and geopolitical motivations that underpin them. These issues are treated more systematically and by a presentation of their historical evolution in various national traditions and schools. Some of the essays deal with the articulation of certain forms of “Balkan heritage” in relation to the geographical spread and especially the cultural definition of the “Balkan area.” Concepts and definitions of the Balkans are thus complemented by (self-)representations that reflect on their cultural foundations.
Table of ContentsNotes on Transliteration Notes on Contributors Preface The Balkans: Region and Beyond Roumen Daskalov The Concept of the Balkans/Southeastern Europe Diana Mishkova Space and Communications in the Balkans Alexander Vezenkov Time and Timekeeping in the Balkans: Representations and Realities Andreas Lyberatos An “Alsace-Lorraine of the Balkans:” Historians, Public Diplomacy, and the Romanian-Bulgarian Dispute over Dobrogea Constantin Iordachi The Search for National Architectural Styles in Serbia, Romania, and Bulgara during the second half of the 19-the Century and the First Decades of the 20-th Century Ada Haidu The “Balkan House”: Interpretations and Symbolic Appropriations of the Ottoman-Era Vernacular Architecture in the Balkans Tchavdar Marinov Block № 18, Auschwitz Rossitza Guentcheva Index
