Higher Education of the Communist Bulgaria: Review (Boyadjieva, 2010) by B.V. Toshev

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Situation of Tatars and other Muslim minorities in communist Bulgaria by Eldar Seidametov

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Material-semiotic Transformations of the Berlin Wall in Post-Communist Bulgaria by Neda Genova

“…In this article I examine the repeated material-semiotic mobilization of the trope of the Berlin Wall in post-communist Bulgaria. I show that despite the official dismantlement of the Wall commenced some thirty years ago, the structure’s afterlife continues to exert a unique influence on Bulgaria’s public life today. …”
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Journalists' Perceptions of Nomenklatura Networks and Media Ownership in Post-communist Bulgaria by Lada Trifonova Price

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The Roma in Post-Communist Bulgaria: Growing Social Marginalization and State Policies by Yorgos Christidis

“…It is believed that Post-communist Bulgaria has successfully re-integrated the ethnic Turkish minority given both the assimilation campaign carried out against it in the 1980s and the tragic events that took place in ex-Yugoslavia in the 1990s. …”
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Newsreels from 1968 Communist Bulgaria: The Encompassing Us vs. the Different Them by Lyubomir Pozharliev

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Transforming Alyosha into Superman: Invented Traditions and Street Art Subversion in Post-Communist Bulgaria by Bozhin Traykov

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Psychosomatic correlates of coronary heart disease during the socio-economic crisis of post-communist Bulgaria by Karaslavova Emilia, Dyakova Mariana, Todorova Desislava, Tufkova Stoilka

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Nationalism versus Patriotism, or the Floating Border? National Identification and Ethnic Exclusion in Post-communist Bulgaria by Rossalina Latcheva

“…The paper deals with different aspects of national identification and their relations to ethnic exclusion in post-communist Bulgaria. The emphasis is placed on theoretical approaches that refer to nationalism as a social (collective) identity and its effects on specific exclusionary practices and individual attitudes. …”
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Tomasz Kamusella: Ethnic Cleansing During the Cold War. The Forgotten 1989 Expulsion of Turks from Communist Bulgaria by Karakusheva Slavka

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O świecie zanurzonym w modalności by Szwat-Gyłybowa, Grażyna

“…The author presents an overview of the separate texts in Siedlecka’s book on post-communist Bulgaria. While stating that the texts belong to nonfiction, the review questions the critical definitions of those texts as reports, suggesting further discussions on their genre.…”
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What would have been my name? The Post-Memory of the “Generation After” the Revival Process in Bulgaria by Trupia, Franceso

“…This research paper looks at the “generation after” the so-called “Revival Process” (1984–89) in order to explore the intergenerational transmission of memories of family traumas related to the largest assimilation campaign in Communist Bulgaria, which was implemented in the 1980s. …”
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The AICA Congress in Poland in 1960: “The International Character of Contemporary Art“. Ideological Discrepancies and Misunderstandings – a View from Bulgaria by Genova, Irina

“…The author reveals the differences in the official culture policy in Poland and Bulgaria manifested at the Congress, as well as the significance of the French-Polish art network with its indirect impact on artistic life in communist Bulgaria. The concluding thesis confirms that, although vaguely documented, the Bulgarian reactions to the 1960 AICA congress broaden the context for a deeper understanding of the contemporary Bulgarian dialogue with Western-European art.…”
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Bulgaria’s geopolitical and geoeconomic reorientation (1989–2019) by Valentin Mihaylov

“…Until the late 1980s and the dawn of the end of the Eastern Bloc, communist Bulgaria was considered to be the closest ally of the Soviet Union. …”
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Capital without Value: The Soviet-Bulgarian Synthesis by Stanimir Panayotov, Rodna Ruskovska

“…In this article I attempt to address both issues by looking at the publishing history and dissemination of Capital in Bulgaria and some examples of scientific contradictions under the practices of officially sanctioned Marxism and scientific communism in communist Bulgaria. I claim that, in order to understand the relaxed irrelevance of the critique of political economy in Bulgaria, one should rather speak of a “Soviet-Bulgarian synthesis” when discussing the “Marxism” being practiced by the scientific-technical intelligentsia under the Bulgarian satellite-style rule. …”
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Zamurowana niewiasta, Odyseusz i Bułgarska Wielkanoc. Tonczo Żeczew w poszukiwaniu mitu konserwatywnego by Grażyna Szwat-Gyłybowa

“… The immured woman, Odysseus and Bulgarian Easter: Toncho Zhechev and the quest for a conservative myth This article reflects on Bulgarian Easter, or Bulgarian Passions, a 1975 book by the Bulgarian humanist Toncho Zhechev, once regarded in Communist Bulgaria as a call for a return to traditional values. …”
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Ornament because of crime : learning from Mafia Baroque by Angelov, Borislav(Borislav L.)

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Dychotomia pamięci w postkomunistycznej Bułgarii by Dorota Gołek-Sepetliewa

“… The dichotomy of memory in post-communist Bulgaria The democratic breakthrough of 1989 in Bulgaria has resulted in a clearly problem-oriented approach of society towards memory and the past. …”
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