About the Journal
The Annual is the oldest periodical of Sofia University. It was first published in 1905 and has a significant role in the academic life of the University. It serves as an authoritative tribune for the authors, enabling them to familiarize the academic community with their research and achievements. Since 1977, the Faculty of History has published a separate edition of the Annual, which is authored by established scholars from Bulgaria and abroad, as well as young researchers who present the results of their first research. Among our contributors, we have the names of Prof. Alexander Foll, Acad. Vasil Gyuzelev, Prof. Nikolay Genchev, Prof. Krumka Sharova, Prof. Georgi Bakalov, Prof. Milcho Lalkov, Prof. Tsvetana Georgieva and many others.
In modern times, the journal's editorial board gives priority to a wide range of historical topics of a discursive nature, research based on a variety of methods and approaches, using a wide range of sources and documents. Materials from young scientists are encouraged and published in the Debuts section. The Annual provides the opportunity to publish opinions and reviews presented in the Reviews section.
The Editorial board calls on the authors to familiarize themselves with the requirements for publication in the journal and strictly comply with them. Author's copyright is protected under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Current Issue
The 2024 edition of the Annual of the Sofia University - Faculty of History is volume 107., which contains seven publications, double-blind peer reviewed, and organized for the first time in accordance with the decision of the Editorial board, in three sections: Articles and Studies; Debuts; Reviews.
In this volume, the first section includes research on events, personalities and processes from the 15th century to our present day. Very well established on rich source material, they are historical and historical-anthropological in nature. Issues covered include: the complex relationship between Byzantium and the Vatican in the first half of the 15th century; in connection with the signing of the union between the Eastern and Western Churches (Ivayla Popova, 0000-0002-8972-0455); the fruitful friendly relations between the two prominent Bulgarian educators Petko Slaveykov and Hristo Daskalov (Vladimir Terziev, 0000-0002-0890-3066); the functioning of the specific state institution in Bulgaria, established in 1942. on Jewish issues (Vladimir Stanev, 0000-0002-2226-3632; Daniela Tasheva, ORCID 0009-0007-1317-1772); fieldwork regarding the Kalogeros custom in the village. Meliki, Greece, in order to track and analyze the changes in the customary-ritual system both in the specific settlement community and in the context of the Balkan reality (Mira Markova, 0000-0002-2891-0917; Ina Pachamanova, 0009-0001-1913-2228); the analysis of a magical tale from Breznishko according to the method of Vladimir Propp, with a hypothesis of existing groups of coal miners and soldiers during the Ottoman period in this region of Western Bulgaria (Nadia Manolova-Nikolova, ORCID 0000-0001-9203-1864).
The Debuts section presents an extensive and well-argued study of the peculiarities of Sulla's dictatorship, with excellently analyzed historical sources (Alexander Moskov, ORCID 0009-0006-3985-8890). No less interesting are the two materials in the Reviews section, with youthfully enthusiastic ideas and impressions (Andoni Andreev, ORCID 0000-0001-9675-2159; Elitsa Nenova, ORCID 0000-0002-1289-7201).
