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Selected CAS Fellows for 2026/2027 Academic Year
After the final session of the CAS Academic Advisory Council on the 21st of June and a series of interviews conducted the following week, CAS granted its fellowships for 2026/2027 to the scholars listed below:
Call for Papers: Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship (SUS) Annual Conference, 20-24 June 2027, Bulgaria
The Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) Sofia, in partnership with the
New Europe College (NEC) in Bucharest and with the support of the Volkswagen Foundation, Germany, announces an open call for papers for the upcoming SUS Annual Conference in June 2027. The event will be held in Bulgaria, with the specific venue to be confirmed.
Gallery: SISECSE 2026
Between 3 and 19 June 2026, CAS, together with ACLS organised the fourth year of the SISECSE project in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, with AUBG as the host.
Two Pasts: CAS Fellows Between Ancient Perperikon and Socialist Dimitrovgrad
Following the course of the Maritsa River, a group of eight CAS Fellows embarked on an two-days expedition through Bulgaria’s layered history.
International conference: “The Radioactive Decay of the Iron Curtain”
Researchers from Bulgaria, the United States, Ukraine, Poland, Italy, Ireland, Scotland, Hungary, and Switzerland attended the event, co-organized by CAS Sofia.
ACLS and CAS Name 14 Scholars to Participate in 2026 Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe
Fourteen Awardees Will Conduct Research and Writing at Two-Week Interdisciplinary Residency in Bulgaria Hosted by ACLS and the Centre for...
Anniversary Recognition by the Center for Governance and Culture, University of St.Gallen
A letter of recognition for the 25th anniversary of the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia from GCE-HSG.
Discussion Series “Post-Democracy”: Ivaylo Dinev – The Future of Politics: Protest Democracy or Autocracy
The second seminar from the series "Post-Democracy" was held on 6 November 2025.
Discussion Series “Post-Democracy”: Evgeni Kanev – Bulgaria as an Autocracy in the EU – Possible Scenarios
The first seminar from the new CAS Sofia discussion series was held on 17 October 2025.