Year: 1999
Type: article
Abstract: This issue of Balkanologie gathers together a selection of papers presented at a special conference organized by the Centre for South-East European Studies, London, dedicated to exploring the idea of South-Eastern Europe. 2There is no generally agreed definition of South-Eastern Europe, but there are many reasons for this uncertainty.The most banal reason is that Europe is not symmetrical in shape, and therefore does not lend itself with ease to division according to the points of the compass.A second obvious reason is that the physical map of Europe differs from its political configurations, and the relation between land and people is never simple.A third reason is that numerous alternative names have been given to various parts of the South-East of Europe, and these have generally had preference.A fourth is that Europe is believed by many to have not only an East, West, North and South, but (and increasingly in recent years) a Centre.This possibility, however remote, naturally affects the size of the presumed South-East.
Source: Balkanologie
Institution: University College London
Language: French
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2128048732