Remembering and forgetting the SFR Yugoslavia. Historiography and history textbooks in the Republic of Macedonia

Südosteuropa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irena Stefoska ◽  
Darko Stojanov
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
History Textbooks ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Eu

AbstractThis article analyses the interpretations and symbolic markers of the ‘new’ memory created in the Republic of Macedonia in the past few years. The question the authors raise concerns how images of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia have been thematized or, likely, left to disappear into oblivion. Analysis of post-1991 historiography and history textbooks in Macedonia suggests that the main waves of change in the historical narrative have all followed the same general lines although not simultaneously. There have been other, minor factors, but the major changes in both domains have been related to the independence of the country, its aspirations to join the EU, and the rise of nationalism.

scholarly journals A tale in stone and bronze: old/new strategies for political mobilization in the Republic of Macedonia

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irena Stefoska ◽  
Darko Stojanov
Keyword(s):  
Identity Politics ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Political Mobilization ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
New Strategies ◽  
The Eu

The redesign of Skopje's main square and the wider central area in the last six years has been a top priority of the Macedonian government. The project, called Skopje 2014, provoked intense domestic debate and controversy as well as international reaction and concern. Although officials say that project's aim is to unify ethnic Macedonians, it has produced several lines of political, intra-ethnic/interethnic as well as intra-cultural/intercultural divisions in the fragile Macedonian society. The aim of the paper is to offer reflections about its mobilizing potential among ethnic Macedonians in a set of social, economic, and political contexts. In that sense, four areas of mobilization are suggested: (1) around new identity markers; (2) around the name dispute and against threats (real or imagined) to the ethnic and national identity; (3) against the internal Other, that is, the ethnic Albanian community, as well as critics of these identity politics; and (4) in reaction to the global financial crisis and problems within the EU.

scholarly journals Media Framing: How Can the Constitutional Name of One Country Be Changed?

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-23
Author(s):  
Eleonora Serafimovska ◽  
Marijana Markovikj
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
Content Analyses ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Media Monitoring ◽  
The Eu

The Macedonian-Greek agreement to change the name of the Republic of Macedonia resulted in a referendum. The columns of relevant opinion leaders published in electronic media during the official referendum campaign was the focus of interest and research presented in this article. The sample comprised 57 columns by 19 columnists. The discussion of the findings in this paper is based on framing theory with media content analyses; the template for media monitoring was used as an instrument based on human coding. The main research question addressed in this paper is: “How are opinion leaders setting frames?” The hypothesis is that opinion leaders use different themes and scripts to construct media framing due to narrow public opinion “for” or “against/boycott” the change of the constitutional name. Two negative, emotionally charged frames were identified: the frame “for” promoted positive messages reinforced with ideas about the EU and NATO membership; the frame “against/boycott” promoted messages that Macedonian identity will be lost.

scholarly journals Macedonian Medical Association – Seventy Years from Its Establishment, 1945-2015

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 733-739
Author(s):  
Doncho Donev
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Association ◽  
Continuing Medical Education ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Republic

AIM: To present the phases of development and activities over the 70-year period of existence and work of the Macedonian Medical Association, from its establishment in 1945 to 2015.METHODS: A retrospective study based on available archive materials, encyclopaedias and other sources of information and reviews of the relevant literature, and personal experiences and observations of the author.RESULTS: Macedonian Medical Association was established on August 12, 1945, with science and health educational mission and program. Dr Boris Spirov was elected as the first president of the Association, one of the main initiators and facilitators of activities in health care sector, including the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine in Skopje in March 1947. Over the past 70 years, the Association is the main carrier and has a key role and contribution in continuing medical education, vocational and scientific advancement of medical staff and improvement the dignity and reputation of the medical profession. The journal of the Association Macedonian Medical Review has contributed to spreading and advancement of knowledge and skills of modern medicine, as well as presenting professional and scientific achievements of physicians in the past 70 years. Macedonian Medical Association is a member of the World Medical Association and many other international associations and organisations contributing to international collaboration in education and science and promoting the Republic of Macedonia in Europe and worldwide.CONCLUSION:Macedonian Medical Association over the 70-year period of its existence has been one of the pillars and lighthouse in the healthcare system in the Republic of Macedonia with great contribution to the advancement of medical and related sciences and continuing medical education, strengthening of health services and health care for the population and overall socio-economic development of the Republic of Macedonia during the past 70 years. 

scholarly journals Can Ireland’s emigration past inform the

Chimera ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (2012/2013) ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
Irial Glynn
Keyword(s):  
European Country ◽  
Immigrant Community ◽  
Irish Society ◽  
The Past ◽  
Migration Experience ◽  
History Of ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Integration Problems ◽  
The Eu

No other European country has experienced such high and sustained levels of emigration per capita over the past two centuries as Ireland, with over 10 million having left the island between 1800 and 2000. Since the late 1990s and especially after the expansion of the EU in 2004, Ireland has received an unprecedented number of immigrants. According to the 2011 census, almost 17 percent of the Republic of Ireland’s population was born outside the state and over 12 percent held a different nationality. Thus far, the Irish state has taken a laissez-faire approach to incorporating immigrants into Irish society. To offset some of the integration problems that have developed in other Western European countries that welcomed sizeable amounts of immigrants in earlier decades, this paper argues that Ireland’s extensive history of emigration might be a useful tool to help the country include its increasingly large immigrant community because of the similar migration experience that both communities have encountered in their transnational pasts.

scholarly journals The Funeral Customs in the Folk Traditions of Greece and the Territory of the Republic of Macedonia

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
Lidija Kovacheva
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Loved One ◽  
Folk Beliefs ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The Past ◽  
Folk Traditions ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Folk Tradition ◽  
Of Greece

Abstract This paper explores the parallel interpretation of the funerals, the folk beliefs and the symbolic understandings of funeral customs in the Greek and the folk tradition in the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. Most of the Greek funeral customs, as well as those in the Macedonian folk tradition, can be connected with those that were practiced in other people and in other times. Although impression is gained that the ancient funeral customs have been forgotten, they have lived their development thus as they could, with the aim to satisfy the living and to give expression of human grief, pain, enthusiasm and even hope. In the Greek and Macedonian folk traditions, old beliefs and rites are present today as well in these areas. In some places they have been altered as a result of the contemporary views, and in some rural areas are almost identical as in the time when they first appeared. The aim is to show the similarities and differences within the scope of the funeral and magical - ritual actions between these two folk traditions that begin immediately after the death of a loved one and continue until the funeral. This paper will also offer a comparative analysis of the funeral customs between the Greek and the Macedonian folk tradition by observing the rudiments of the funeral customs that were practiced in the past. In certain cases they have been altered as a result of modern views, and in some rural areas they have remained unchanged

scholarly journals Geomorphological heritage and geoconservaton in the Republic of Macedonia

2018 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-29
Author(s):  
Ivica Milevski ◽  
Marjan Temovski
Keyword(s):  
Climate Changes ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Nature Protection ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The Past ◽  
Genetic Types ◽  
Geomorphological Heritage ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Almost All

Regardless of its relatively small area (25,713 km2), Republic of Macedonia has a rich and diverse geomorphological heritage. The reason is primarily due to the turbulent geotectonic activity and dynamics of this part of the Balkan Peninsula, in the zone of collision of the African and European (Eurasian) continental plates and their sub-segments. Also, a high impact on the geodiversity was imposed by the significant climate changes of the past. Therefore, almost all genetic types of relief are present, with the exception of the typical aeolian forms. In terms of geodiversity, from the 38 mountains in the country, 12 are higher than 2,000 m and characterized with fossil glacial and periglacial landscape. There are several mountains with typical karst landscape, while some have unique weathering landforms. There are about 30 volcanic cones and few calderas, a number of deep valleys and canyons, etc. However, regardless of the abundant geodiversity, their protection and promotion (as geo-values) was not sufficiently addressed. Generally, more attention has been paid to biodiversity, assuming that threats to the geodiversity are not as dramatic and irreversible as to the biosphere. However, this course is drastically changed in the latest years, especially with the preparation and adoption of the National Strategy for Nature Protection, where geodiversity and geoheritage have very significant place. Within the Strategy, 79 new geomorphological sites are proposed for protection, reaching almost 180 protected geosites up to the year of 2027. Thus, the results from this paper represent an important step in completing the European geoheritage database by including the data from the Republic of Macedonia.

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