Events

The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS), in partnership with the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), is pleased to announce this year’s Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe (SISECSE). CAS and ACLS will convene leading scholars from Eastern Europe and North America for a two-week residency in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria...

Bohdan Tsymbal (Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship Fellowship, Mar - Jul ‘26) will present his research on:
Mykhailo Drahomanov Between Utopian Socialism and Nationalism: Political Thought and Transnational Cultural Networks in the 19th century Ukraine

Lyudmila Klasanova (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Academic Diaspora, May – Jul ‘26) will talk on her project: Buddhist-Christian Interactions between Tibet, Italy, and Bulgaria: The Wheel of Life in Alphabetum Tibetanum (1762) and Its Possible Influence on Zahari Zograf’s Mural at the Transfiguration Monastery (1849-1850) 18 June 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: João Felipe...

Svitlana Pavlenko (Gerda Henkel Fellowship, Mar - Jul ‘26) will give a talk on her study on: Soviet Counterintelligence in Dnipropetrovsk: Secrecy, Control, and Industrial Espionage (1950s–1960s) 25 June 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Oleksandr Kryvobok

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

Max Rosochinsky (L&G Artistic Fellowship, Mar - Jul ‘26) will present his project on: Art, Truth and Propaganda in the Digital Age: Ukrainian Poetry during the Hybrid War and Beyond 09 July 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Lyudmila Klasanova