This article discusses important policy shifts concerning the education of Turks in the mother to... more This article discusses important policy shifts concerning the education of Turks in the mother tongue in Bulgarian schools during the socialist and post-socialist periods and the consequences of these policy shifts for the Turkish minority in Bulgaria.
Journal of Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 2007
There is an ongoing debate about whether individual and group identities are fixed andresistant t... more There is an ongoing debate about whether individual and group identities are fixed andresistant to change or fluid, changing according to evaluation by individuals and groupsof circumstances at a given time and place. This article, by examining the history of Pomak identities during the twentieth century, concludes that identities are sociallyconstructed through performance, political struggle and compromise. Individuals andgroups often use identities strategically to adapt to a variety of situations to produceand support effective self-concepts.
Appears in Victor A. Friedman and Donald L. Dyer, eds. Of All the Slavs My Favorites: In Honor of Howard I. Aronson. Indiana Slavic Studies 12: 155-69, 2001., 2001
This article discusses important policy shifts concerning the education of Turks in the mother to... more This article discusses important policy shifts concerning the education of Turks in the mother tongue in Bulgarian schools during the socialist and post-socialist periods and the consequences of these policy shifts for the Turkish minority in Bulgaria.
Journal of Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 2007
There is an ongoing debate about whether individual and group identities are fixed andresistant t... more There is an ongoing debate about whether individual and group identities are fixed andresistant to change or fluid, changing according to evaluation by individuals and groupsof circumstances at a given time and place. This article, by examining the history of Pomak identities during the twentieth century, concludes that identities are sociallyconstructed through performance, political struggle and compromise. Individuals andgroups often use identities strategically to adapt to a variety of situations to produceand support effective self-concepts.
Appears in Victor A. Friedman and Donald L. Dyer, eds. Of All the Slavs My Favorites: In Honor of Howard I. Aronson. Indiana Slavic Studies 12: 155-69, 2001., 2001
A search of one's 'roots' can be a very educational exercise if one puts into it the necessary ti... more A search of one's 'roots' can be a very educational exercise if one puts into it the necessary time and effort. This search involves several steps. The first step is interviewing oneself to try to identify as many of one's ancestors as possible, as far back as possible. During this step one concentrates on lineal relatives and ends up with a chart similar to the one below.
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