26 articles in this issue
Jolanta Sujecka
IntroductionThe text presents the leading subject of the issue, and discusses the question of cultural dis-contiuity, with special interest to its Balkan context.
Vitomir Mitevski
The Influence of Ancient Greek Culture on Macedonian Literature of the 19th CenturyIn Macedonia under the Ottoman rule during the nineteenth century, the Macedonian people-the nation is subject to political pressure and the cultural influence of Turkey an... see more
The Contuinity and Discontinuity. The Question of Territorialism and Double Identity from the Perspective of 20th Century MacedoniaThe sense of territorial identity gains force whenever political means of solving the Macedonian Question, a repugnant legac... see more
Maciej Falski
Continuity and Discontinuity in the Cultural Landscape of the Capital City: Paris and SkopjeThe object of my reflections in this article is the question of creating a vision of historical continuity, and thus making significant the narratives about the pa... see more
Piotr Majewski
Nationalism, Cyberspace and Convergence CultureThe article analyses the discourse of the Greek-Macedonian dispute as it unfolded in the Internet, including especially the social networking website YouTube. The discourse is based on a mythologized concept ... see more
Marjan Markovik`
Macedonian Language from the Perspective of its Balkan Environment (Language Tendencies)In the past fifteen years, Macedonian standard language and its dialects have been subject to various changes effected for the purpose of establishing clearer and simp... see more
Irena Sawicka
Continuity or Discontinuity – the Case of Macedonian PhoneticsThe article presents its principal topic of the continuity of linguistic phenomena based on the material of Macedonian phonetics, treated as a constituent of south-east European phonetics, and ... see more
Victor Friedman
The Balkan Sprachbund in the Republic of Macedonia Today: “Eurology” as Discontinuity and Dialectology as ContinuityIn the article, I attempt to uphold the thesis about the continuity of the processes which gave rise to the phenomenon of the Balkan lingui... see more
Robert A. Sucharski
A Few Observations on the Distinctive Features of the Greek CultureThe article is devoted to one of the most interesting features of the Greek culture in antiquity, namely for an almost total insensitivity of the Hellenes to sounds and colours of any othe... see more
Przemyslaw Kordos
Patrick Leigh Fermor’s “Hellen-Romaic Dilemma”The article discusses one of the guises of the dichotomy between Hellene and Romios, a trope popular among researchers of modern Greek identity. It discusses the provenance and usage of both notions, drawing o... see more
Nikolay Aretov
Enlightened Travelers and Their Mental MapsThe issue of mental mapping of Eastern Europe (Wolff), posed during the Enlightenment, and the similar problem of the image of the Balkans (Todorova), are both multifaceted. This paper deals with three aspects of... see more
Ryszard Handke
Linguistic Tools in an Extreme Situation. Stanislaw Lem’s Fantastic Worlds Built with WordsThe present issue of "Colloquia Humanistica" contains Professor Ryszard Handke's two last essays, until now unpublished. They belong together and deal with the... see more
Science-Fiction Novel Liberates Itself from Political DuesThe present issue of "Colloquia Humanistica" contains Professor Ryszard Handke's two last essays, until now unpublished. They belong together and deal with the works of Stanislaw Lem, namely w... see more
Profile of Grigor Prlicev (Grigorios Stawridis)The short presentation of Prlicev's biography with a comment on the confusion that today's scholars have if their want to determine his national or ethnic identity (identities). The text with the translation ... see more
Grigor Prlicev
ArmatolPolish translation of the famous epic poem of Grigor Prlichev (Grigorios Stawridis), "Armatol"; translated from New-Greek by Malgorzata Borowska.
Profile of Rafael KamhiThe short biography of Rafael Kamhi, one of the founders of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO-VMRO), and an introductio to his text "The Borders of Macedonia".
Swiatlana Kuziur-Chrostowska
Profile of Dmitri FilosofovThe text presents the short biography of Dmitri Filosofov, Russian immigrant in the interwar Poland, and his importance to the Polish-Russian cultural and politic relations.
Dymitr Filosofow
Great People and Us (from the Sunday Conversations series)The Polish translation of the Filosofov's essay on Józef Pilsudski after death of the Polish politician. Filosofov was impressed by the Pilsudski's personality. He perceived him as a hero who would... see more
Poland in Dmitry Filosofov's JournalismPresentation of the publications of Dmitri Filosofov, concering Polsnd, Polish culture and politics.
Katarzyna Taczynska
Presentation of the book series "Prace Komisji Srodkowoeuropejskiej" Presentation of the book series "Prace Komisji Srodkowoeuropejskiej" (Works of the Central Europe Commitee), edited and published by the PAU (Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences) in... see more
Lech Miodynski
Bogomil G’uzel, a Macedonian Virtuoso of Poetical Synthesis The short presentation of the literary profile of Bogumil G'uzel, Macedonian poet and essayist.
National Identity in the Multi-Ethnic Society of MacedoniaThe review of the book: Tozsamosc narodowa w spoleczenstwie multietnicznym Macedonii, ed. by Irena Stawowy-Kawka and Maciej Kawka and published by Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego in Cracow... see more
Nataša Avramovska
Kole Cašule (1921–2009)As a playwright, novelist and essayist, whose voluminous creative opus is comprised of twenty-four plays, twelve novels, four collections of short stories and six books of essays, Kole Cašule belongs to those few founders of contemp... see more
Valentina Mironska-Hristovska
Gane Todorovski (1929–2010)The name of academician Gane Todorovski is deeply embedded in Macedonian poetry, Macedonian science of literature and Macedonian culture in general. His oeuvre is an extraordinary compilation of his expression as a poet; scholar... see more
Ryszard Handke (1932–2010)Text in memoriam to prof. Ryszard Handke, one of the most influent and active scholars in the literary theory in Poland after 1945, and one of the first who gave attention to the SF novels.
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