Dr. Elitza Stanoeva, Dr Jan Zofka and Dr. Victor Petrov will convene a workshop on the topic: "A Change of Plans: New Perspectives on Bulgaria's Command Economy". The workshop will take place on 28 July 2016 (Thursday) and will begin at 10:15 am at CAS conference hall.

Programme:

A Change of Plans: New Perspectives on Bulgaria's Command Economy 

10:15 – 10:30 opening

10:30 – 12:30 first session (moderator: Tom Junes)
Roumen Avramov, Looking into the Communist Economy through the Archives of the Bulgarian National Bank
Todor Hristov, Planning, Veridiction and the Problem of Profitability
Jan Zofka, Socialist Industrialisation in a Transnational Perspective: Agents of Technical Exchange in the Early Cold War Period

12:30 – 14:00 lunch

14:00 – 15:20 second session (moderator: Rossitza Guentcheva)
Elitza Stanoeva, A Clash of Economic Rationales: Producers versus Trading Organizations
Emilia Karaboeva, How the Bulgarian International Truck Drivers Both Used and Undermined the Command Economy

15:20 – 15:40 coffee break

15:40 – 17:00 third session (moderator: tbd)
Theodora Dragostinova, Establishing Global Cultural Presence: Bulgarian Elites and Cultural Globalization in the Long 1970s
Victor Petrov, Welcome to Cyberia: The Bulgarian Information Age and the Creation of a Socialist Business Class 1970-1990