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Current Programmes
"How to Teach Europe" Fellowship Programme
2017-2020
The programme targets academics – highly qualified young and established university professors – from (South) Eastern Europe in the social sciences and the humanities to dedicate themselves to research work oriented toward a specific goal: to lend the state-of-the-art theories and methodologies in the humanities and social sciences a pan-European and/or global dimension and to apply these findings in higher education.
Advanced Academia Programme
2009-2019
Through this independent fellowship programme CAS ensures possibilities for conducting independent research in an international, interdisciplinary environment, without restrictions in the selected areas of study - an approach intended to stimulate excellent scholarship at the highest international level.
Current Fellows
In 2017/2018 CAS hosts 19 research fellows from 8 countries in the framework of Advanced Academia programme. Another 6 scholars are involved in the How to Teach Europe in the XXI Century programme and 1 researcher in a new fellowship project, targeting artists from various disciplinary backgrounds.
Recent Publications
News & Events
Fellow Seminar
Dr. Maya Grekova will present her research proposal on the topic: "Rethinking the Process of Roma Minority Integration (The Bulgarian Case)" on 1 June 2017 (Thursday) at 16:30h at CAS Conference Hall.Fellow Seminar
Dr. Alex Rodriguez Suarez will present his research proposal on the topic: "Bell Ringing in the Balkans: A Forgotten Soundscape from the Middle Ages" on 8 June 2017 (Thursday) at 16:30h at CAS Conference Hall.CAS Discussion Series: “Policies of the Rule of Law”
The second seminar of the CAS Discussion Series "Policies of the Rule of Law" will take place on 9 June 2017 (Friday) at 16:00h at CAS conference hall. Assoc. Prof. Christian Takoff will give a talk on “Justice in Law”.Fellow Seminar
Dr. Hristo Gyoshev will present his research proposal on the topic: "Grounding Recognition Anew: Challenges to Honneth's Recognition Paradigm and Possibilities of Empirical Support for the Critical Social Theory" on 15 June 2017 (Thursday) at 16:30h.CAS Discussion Series: “Policies of the Rule of Law”
The third seminar of the CAS Discussion Series "Policies of the Rule of Law" will take place on 21 June at 16:00h at CAS.Dr. Stefan Popov will give a talk on "Stasis: Civil War as a Prerequisite of the Constitutional Statе".Fellow Seminar
Dr. Daniela Kalkandjieva will present her research proposal on the topic: "The Russian Orthodox Church in Contemporary Geopolitics: Ecclesiological Aspects" on 29 June 2017 (Thursday) at 16:30h at CAS Conference Hall.Call for Applications: GERDA HENKEL Fellowship
The five-months in-residence fellowships are granted under the framework of the CAS Advanced Academia programme and supports PhD holders from the following countries: Afghanistan, Belarus, China (only Tibet and Xinjiang Autonomous Regions), Kasakhstan, Ky