Reading the history of communism from below opens prospects not only to individual life trajectories but sheds light on collective phenomena and links historical narratives with sociological insights.
Category: Our books
The Institute has as its priority the publication of elaborate and profound research materials. A special fund is established that supports the publication of contributions dealing with various aspects of the communist past. Most of our books has been published in the “Past Continuous” Book Series in cooperation with the leading Bulgarian publishing house “Ciela”.
This is My Past, vol. 4
After 1st and 2nd volume of these mini series published in 2010 the third one came in 2015. Now we present the forth collection of biography writings, rare documents and personal diaries.
Economic Prosperity and Modernization under the Royal Regime in Bulgaria
The book rests on plethora of personal testimonies and archival documents recovered by the author and her colleagues Daniela Koleva under a common field work aiming at the reconstruction of Alexander Tenev’s (1881 – 1950) rich life course – wealthy peasant involved also in trade and bank investments.
Memory Archipelago of the Communist Past
This book became possible thanks to the extensive initiative of the Institute for the Study of the Recent Past (ISRP) in Sofia to set up an archive of oral and written testimonies “Bulgaria 1944–1989”.
Communism, Science and the University
The book explores the intellectual history of Bulgaria between the 1960s and the 1980s at the intersections of the country’s social and political history. Based on case studies, the research delves into three areas: the control and pressure mechanisms used on science and the university; the clash of ideas while performing the formal and hidden functions of academia in a communist regime setting; the processes whereby research and academia acquire a relative autonomy and alternative academic communities are being formed amidst the eroding ideological legitimacy of the regime.
Semiotics as Critique of Culture. Barthes, Lotman, Eco
Текстовете се публикуват такива, каквито са били – свидетелство за това как съм възприемал и оценявал идеите им по онова време, но също така и за границите на възможното говорене.