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The article explores on the multiple national and confessional identities of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It examines the impact of migration to the changes in the national structure of the population. It also cites the pressure of the local public and the international community in conducting population census.

An essay is presented on the role of religious belief in the formation of Galician identity in Ukraine. It examines the influence of religion in the separation of both the national culture and language of the Ukrainians of Galicia. It aldo cites the influence of religious difference to the separation of national-linguistic boundaries.

The article explores on the religious and national identity in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It examines the development of the relationships of trust and community based on the religious and national identities of the population. It also cites the conflict of religion between the Muslims and the Christians.

The article focuses on religion and national identity in borderlands, particularly Greek Catholics and the Hungarian Reformed Church in Transylvania. It contends that border regions reveal a clearer picture of how national identity operates. It uncovers the tension between the descriptive and evaluative components of nation and offers a full understanding of national identity.

As a young scholar being trained in Early Modern European history, I imbibed unstated assumptions along with the canons of western historiography. My teaching and research career, though, soon moved eastward, to focus on Byzantium, the Balkans, and the Eastern Christianity which permeated both. With this transition, I became uneasily aware of how little attention western scholarship has given to these fields,1 or to the momentous developments which took place in the eastern half of the European continent.2 Some of these developments challenge and undermine some hallowed scholarly perspectives; among them is the assessment commonly held among western scholars about the emergence of a sense of nation and nationalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]