THE SEMINARS WORKING LANGUAGE IS BULGARIAN! The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia hosts a new series of workshops under the theme: Forms of Ownership – Property in Communist Bulgaria On the 12th of March, 2021 we will convene the fourth meeting of the series: Lecturer: Prof. Roumen Avramov Ownership through the Lenses of Economic Thought under State Socialism in Bulgaria Economic Historian and Permanent Fellow at CAS 12 March, 2021 г. (Friday), at 16:00. Centre for Advanced Study (7, Stefan…

Dr. Albena Hranova (Pforzheimer Fellow, Mar – Jul ‘21) will present her research proposal on the topic: Literature and Historiography: Public Scandals over Curricula and Textbooks in Bulgaria (1992–2019) 18 March, 2021 at 16:30 h. Moderated by Tchavdar Marinov

Dr. Sorin Gog will present his research under the topic: Psychotherapy, Spirituality and the Inner Self: Post-Secular Subjectivities Among the Romanian Middle Class on 1 April, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h.

Dr. Grace E. Fielder (Advanced Academia Fellow, Mar – July ‘21) will present her research under the topic: Slavic and Balkan Linguistics Social Networks and Sofia Vernaculars at the Dawn of the Bulgarian National Language on 8 April, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h.

Dr. Vladimir Nakov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘20 – Jun ‘21) will give his second talk on the progress of his research at CAS on the topic: Hidden Madness: Mental Health Governance in Socialist Bulgaria 15 April, 2021 at 16:30 h.

THE EVENTS FOR 2020 WERE POSTPONED due to COVID-19 - will take place in April 2021 via ZOOM OPENING CONFERENCE “Looking at Things in Southeastern Europe: Regional Archaeology in Search of Viable Futures” 17-18 April 2021 *The time-slots include 25 min. for presentation and 20 min. for discussion for each participant 17 April, 2021 (Saturday) 10:30 - 10:45  Opening words 10:45 - 11:30 Gheorghe Alexandru Niculescu (Romania) / "Vasile Pârvan" Institute of Archaeology, Bucharest - "Trying to do what we are told:…

THE EVENTS FOR 2020 WERE POSTPONED due to COVID-19 - will take place in April 2021 via ZOOM FIRST SPRING SCHOOL: THE IMPACT OF THE POLITICAL ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH April 2021 (Sofia) LECTURES *The time-slots include 40 min. for presentation and 40 min. for discussion for each participant 19 April, 2021 (Monday) 9:30 - 10:50 Gheorghe Alexandru Niculescu (Romania) / "Vasile Pârvan" Institute of Archaeology, Bucharest - "The politics we are trained to ignore - part 1" 10:50-11:20 Coffee Break 11:20 -…

Dr. Lyubomir Pozharliev (MON Fellow, Oct ‘20 – Jun ‘21) will give his second talk on the progress of his research at CAS on the topic: Competing Interests. State and Private actors in the Development of Black Sea Infrastructure in Russia and Bulgaria (1856–1914) 29 April, 2021 at 16:30 h.

Dr. Alexander Popov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘20 – Jun ‘21) will give his second talk on the progress of his research at CAS on the topic: Narrating AI. Speculating through Science and Fiction on the Future of Machine and Human Intelligence 13 May, 2021 at 16:30 h.

Dr. Stanimir Panayotov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘20 – Jun ‘21) will give his second talk on the progress of his research at CAS on the topic: Feminisms beyond the Body: Towards a Feminist Theory of Disembodiment 20 May, 2021 at 16:30 h.

Dr. Tchavdar Marinov (Pforzheimer Fellow, Mar – Jul ‘21) will present his research proposal on the topic: Is it Possible to Measure Nationalism? Recent Theories of Pervasiveness and Intensity of Nationhood: A Critical Appraisal 27 May, 2021 at 16:30 h.

Dr. Olga Zaslavskaya (Gerda Henkel Fellow, Feb ‘20 – Jul ‘21) will present her research under the topic: Between the Reds and the Whites: Civil War and the East European Lost Generation on 3 June, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h.

Dr. Tetiana Onofriichuk (Gerda Henkel Fellow, Feb ‘20 – Jul ‘21) will present her research under the topic: Define the Distinction: Natural History and Society in the Polish Provinces of the Russian Empire, 1790s-1840s on 10 June, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h.