Opis
Table of contents
Introduction 5
Poland and the Western Balkans until 1795 5
Hungarian connection 9
Slavia Orthodoxa 11
The Eagle and the Crescent 13
Translators and Muslim Jews 16
Poland and the Western Balkans between 1795 and 1918 17
Romantic nationalism, highlanders, medieval and folk culture 19
Yugoslav idea 22
Insurgents and teachers 23
Ottoman generals and Noble Prize winner 24
Doctors and engineers 25
Roman Catholic priests and intellectuals 27
Poland and the Western Balkans in the short 20th century 28
Interwar state institutions and ideologies 31
Ethnographers and geology 33
Town planners, painters and poets 34
Poland and the Western Balkans after 1989 37
Movie directors, novelists and musicians 38
Sources of the photographs 40
Adam Balcer is the programme director at the College of Eastern Europe. He teaches at the Centre for East European Studies at the University of Warsaw. He is a national researcher at the European Council on Foreign Relations. He has published three books, as well as many reports and articles on Central Europe, the Balkans and the Black Sea region.
Rigels Halili is a lecturer and head of Balkan Studies at the Centre for East European Studies at the University of Warsaw. He has published one book and has co-editedfour more. His research concentrates on modern history and culture of the Balkans and he has written numerous articles on the topic.
