Vol. 8 No. 2 (2025): Volume 8.2: The Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies
The second issue of Volume 8 of the Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies presents current research results from Bulgaria, Poland, Estonia, Türkiye, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. The contributions explore youth folkloore, crime narratives and horror stories (E. Kalmre); everyday rituals and practices; festivals and funeral customs (V. Özkan, P. Vasileva-Grueva, M. Markova); child mortality in GULAG camps
(Z. Saktaganova, A. Gladysheva, A. Ventsel); horticultural cooperatives, cultivation in the windowsills, balkonies, rooftop gardens (M. Kuperjanov, A. Kuperjanov, M. Kõiva); mental cartographies at the intersection of local tradition, mythology, and science (R. Hiiemäe, M. Kalda, K. Villem); saints and pilgrimage (T. Kalniuk); socialist ritual music (I. Sikorska, O. Letychevska, I. Lisniak), and grunge
(A. Ventsel).
The editors for this issue are Mare Kõiva and Mila Maeva.
