Dynamics of National Identity and Transnational Identities in the Process of European Integration

Elena Marushiakova

Feb 2021 · Cambridge Scholars Publishing

About this eBook

This collection was inspired by the international conference "Dynamics of National Identity and Transnational Identities in the Process of European Integration", organized by the Balkan Ethnology Department of the Ethnographic Institute and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and realized as project of the European Commission Jean Monnet Action Program for the support of Study and Research Centers. The book opens a debate on the changing notions of identity in the region of Central and Eastern Europe on the base of analysis of social developments influenced by EU accession and EU integration process. The most important aspect is the analysis of processes of breaking up the borders of national identity and transition towards new forms of transnational identities and emerging of consciosness of All-European unity. The book has a dual focus: on general topics related to the study of national and transnational identities and on the process of European integration. It brings together the work of researchers not only from different parts of Europe (from France to Russia) but from USA and Asia too. This book is a starting point for East-West discussion and brings new knowledge that will be an invaluable contribution to the common European research area.

About the author

The editor of this book, Dr. Elena Marushiakova, is chair of the Department of Balkan Ethnology at the Institute of Ethnography and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She has a number of publications about Gypsies in Bulgaria, Balkans and Central and Eastern Europe. Her major publications (together with Vesselin Popov) include the first monographic research on history, ethnography, social structure and culture of the Gypsies in Bulgaria (1997) and book on Gypsies in Ottoman Empire (2000), book on servise nomadism of Gypsies in former USSR (2005). Both authors are publishing Series of Collections in field of Gypsy/Romani Studies “Studii Romani” (vol.1, 1994; vol. II, 1995; vol. III-IV, 1997; vol. V-VI, 1998, vol VI, 2007). Dr. Elena Marushiakova toghether with Dr. Vesselin Popov created Roma Heritage Museum Fund at National Ethnographical museum in Sofia (1995) and specialised Romani/Gypsy Studies Library with Archive (http://www.studiiromani.org) at the Institute of Ethnography and Museum at of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.