Yarsolav Zatyliuk (Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship Fellowship, March - July 26') will present his research on: The Church Statute by the Prince Volodymyr and the Historical Imaginations about Res Gestae of the Baptizer of Rus’ during the 14th - 17th Centuries
Внимание: Лекцията ще се проведе на английски език! Dear CAS Fellows and colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to a guest seminar. The lecture will take place at the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia on 7 July 2026, Tuesday, at 16:30 GMT+3. The address is 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, 2nd floor. Dr Blagoy Blagoev (Institute...
Max Rosochinsky (L&G Artistic Fellowship, Mar - Jul ‘26) will present his project on: The Poetics of Ruins: Fragmentation and Decomposition in Ukrainian War Poetry 09 July 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Lyudmila Klasanova Abstract: This presentation examines urban ruination in contemporary Ukrainian war poetry, where destroyed spaces and the lost ways of life...
24–28.08.2026 Заседателна зала 1, Ректорат Катедра „Арабистика и семитология“ на Софийския университет „Св. Климент Охридски“ е домакин на Summer School of Ancient Near Eastern Studies в София в периода 24–28 август 2026. Програмата е организирана в сътрудничество с Инсбрукския университет, Регионалния исторически музей – София и Центъра за академични изследвания в София. Научен ръководител на...
Lexi Fleurs (L&G Artistic Fellowship Oct ‘26 – Feb ‘27) will present her undergoing book project: A Book of Short Stories “War and in between” 15 October 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderator: Diana Mishkova
Vessela Atanassova (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘26 – Jul ‘27) will introduce the first stage of her research on: The Thracians in Ptolemaic Egypt 29 October 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderator: Halit Serkan Simen
Sergii Pakhomenko (Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship Fellowship, Oct ‘26 - Jul ‘27) will give a talk on his research topic: The Decolonisation Dimension of Ukrainian Memory Politics: Security Motives and Local Controversies 05 November 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderator: Svitlana Pavlenko
Halit Serkan Simen (Gerda Henkel Fellowship, Oct ‘26 - Feb ‘27) presents his research and methodology on the topic: White-bearded Pashas and Young Servants: Generational Awareness, Dynamics and Networks in the sixteenth century Ottoman Empire 12 November 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderator: Tsvetelina Tsvetkova
Четвъртата лекция ще бъде изнесена от Ружа Смилова на тема „Иллиберализъм и демократична устойчивост: роля на гражданите?“ на 16 ноември 2026 г., понеделник , от 17:00 ч. в Център за академични изследвания София.
Tsvetelina Tsvetkova (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘26 – Jul ‘27) Between Empire, Church, and Nation: Education in Bulgarian Exarchate Schools (1878–1912) 19 November 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderator: Martin Ivanov
Lenka Vojtíšková (Relevance of the Humanities Fellowship, Oct ‘26 - Feb ‘27) will talk about: Rethinking the Materiality of Language: The Prague Linguistic Circle and Avant-Garde Literary Practice 26 November 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderator: TBC
Mila Moshelova (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘26 – Jul ‘27) will give her first talk on: The Politics of History and Democratic Resilience in Post-Authoritarian Contexts: a comparative perspective on memory, meaning, and political contestation in Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary and Germany 03 December 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderator: Eszter Szabó-Reznek
Miglena Dikova-Milanova (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Academic Diaspora, Oct - Dec ‘26) Embodied Testimony and Cultural Conflict: Gender, Violence, and Memory in Contemporary Bulgarian Literature (Karabash and Elmy in dialogue with Lea Ypi) 10 December 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderator: Mila Moshelova
Alexander Panayotov (Pforzheimer Fellowship for Bulgarian Senior Scholars, Oct ‘26 - Feb ‘27) will present his research on: Religious Identity and Personal Piety among Jews and Christians in the Early Byzantine Balkans and the Aegean 14 January 2027 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderator: TBC
Yevgeniya Ignatenko (Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship Fellowship, Oct ‘26 - Jul ‘27) will talk about her research on: Byzantinoslavica: The Past that will Change the Future 21 January 2027 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderator: Nadezhda Alexandrova
