Quaderni, Vol. XXXVII No. 1, 2026.
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FROM THE ADRIATIC SEA TO CENTRAL EUROPE. NEW PROPOSALS FOR HISTORICAL-CULTURAL RESEARCH AND DISCUSSION
Silva Bon
; Centro Isontino di ricerca e documentazione storica e sociale “Leopoldo Gasparini” Gorizia/Gradisca – Italia
Sažetak
This paper is aimed at intertwining the recent voices of historians, writers, and poets
with the earlier voices of authors who – one and all – focused their cultural reflections
on the “World of Europe” understood as a multitude of territories stretching to the
“Mediterranean waters”.
Various experiences and settings provide some unexpected approaches and insights:
historical analyses of non-liberal political practices; mythical memories of migrations;
accounts of microcultures existing within different contexts; planting innovative ideas
into the seemingly dated cultural currents; and discussions on the lasting values (?)
confirmed by European culture as its own.
The paper is structured around several narrative cores: Introduction – research
rationale, not a “mixture” of various analyses but an in-depth analysis connected with
the current historical-political debate. The first theme – an overview of contemporary
history of Albania now included into the international political agenda. The second
theme – the geopolitical function of the seas washing the shores of South-East
Europe. The third theme – an analysis of the “Concept of the West” and the “Concept
of Europe” and the re-evaluation of the “Mitteleuropa” project as a potential balance
point between the Eurasian East and a turbulent destabilised West. A journey through
readings that open space for critical discourse on the contemporary era.
Ključne riječi
The Balkan World, Albania, Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Mitteleuropa
Hrčak ID:
353246
URI
Datum izdavanja:
12.11.2026.
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