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Discussion Series “Economic and Social History”: “Targovska” Street in the First Half of the 20th Century: Entrepreneurs, Consumption and Urban Planning

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, Sofia, Bulgaria

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! We would like to invite you to the upcoming lecture, part of the seminar “Economic and Social History of Bulgaria: The Future through the Past Culture”. The discussions series continues with a lecture by Assoc. Prof.  Ivaylo Nachev on the “"Targovska" Street in the First Half of the...

Fellow seminar: Comparative Approach to Hybridity: Modernist Literature of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Port Cities Tel Aviv and Odesa

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, Sofia, Bulgaria

Edward Waysband (Social Relevance of the Humanities Fellowship, Oct '24 - Feb '25) will present his work on: Comparative Approach to Hybridity: Modernist Literature of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Port Cities Tel Aviv and Odesa 20 February 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30 Moderated by Angel Igov. Abstract: The purpose of this comparative research is to...

CAS Disucssion Series “Why Byzantium?”: The Conquest of Sofia in Ottoman Narratives: More Questions Than Answers

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, Sofia, Bulgaria

The Centre for Advanced Study hosts a discussion series under the theme: Why Byzantium? We will convene for a lecture on the following topic: The Conquest of Sofia in Ottoman Narratives: More Questions Than Answers Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr Rositza Gradeva (Institute for Balkan Studies, BAS) 21 February 2025 (Friday) at 16:00

Discussion series “Bulgaria after Chernobyl”: Chronicles about an Inconvenient Truth. Bulgaria after the Chernobyl Accident

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, Sofia, Bulgaria

A regular discussion series on the topic "Bulgaria after Chernobyl" is set to start in Janury 2025. The idea of this seminar is to publicise the latest discoveries made by our team of researchers, whose goal it is to shed light on the "management" and consequences of the Chernobyl disaster in Bulgaria. The seminar is...

Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship Workshop: “The Future of Slavic / Transnational Studies in the Context of Eastern Europe”

Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship (SUS) Workshop at CAS Sofia & via Zoom on Friday, 7 March 2025 9.30 - 9:45: Welcome Remarks Diana Mishkova, Director, Centre for Advanced Study Sofia Katharina Biegger, Strategic Advisor, Center for Governance and Culture, University of Sankt Gallen 9.45 - 10:30: Introduction of Participants 10.30 - 10.45: Break 10.45 - 12.15:...

Fellow seminar: Between Two Worlds

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, Sofia, Bulgaria

Ivo Danchev (Landis & Gyr Artistic Fellowship, Oct ’24 – Feb ‘25) will present his work on: Between Two Worlds 13 March 2025 (Thursday) at 16:30 Moderated by Konstantin Georgiev. Abstract: Bulgaria’s masked performers may vary by personas and names but are widely known as kukeri. Pillars of tradition, yet masters of disguise, the kukeri...

Discussion Series “Economic and Social History”: Colonization and Ecological Changes in the Southeastern Balkans in the Early Modern Period: Deforestation in Ottoman Thrace in the Second Half of the 16th Century

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, Sofia, Bulgaria

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! We would like to invite you to the upcoming lecture, part of the seminar “Economic and Social History of Bulgaria: The Future through the Past Culture”. The discussions series continues with a lecture by Assoc. Prof. Hristo Hristozov on the “Colonization and Ecological Changes in the Southeastern Balkans...

Guest lecture by Prof. Dr Wolfgang Höpken: “Belated Westernization” or “Religious Revival”: Secularity and Religion in the Orthodox Balkans”

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, Sofia, Bulgaria

Prof. Dr Wolfgang Höpken (University of Leipzig) will present a seminar on the topic "Belated Westernization" or "Religious Revival": Secularity and Religion in the orthodox Balkans" on Wednesday, 19 March 2025, at 17:30. Prof. Dr Wolfgang Höpken has studied History, Slavic Languages and Political Sciences at the University of Hamburg. Following his Ph.D. at the University of...

Fellow seminar: Roads to Happiness, Roads to Despair. Transport Infrastructure, Emotions, and Politics in Southeast Europe, 1839-1956

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, Sofia, Bulgaria

Malte Fuhrmann (Relevance of the Humanities Fellow, Mar – Jul ‘25) will present his work on: Roads to Happiness, Roads to Despair. Transport Infrastructure, Emotions, and Politics in Southeast Europe, 1839-1956 20 February 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30 Moderated by Stefan Peychev. Abstract: With the ongoing protests in Serbia and Greece, transport infrastructure politics have become...

Discussion series “Bulgaria after Chernobyl”: Chernobyl in the Bulgarian News Agency’s Confidential Annexes

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, Sofia, Bulgaria

Please note that this seminar is in Bulgarian. A regular discussion series on the topic “Bulgaria after Chernobyl” is set to start in Janury 2025. The idea of this seminar is to publicise the latest discoveries made by our team of researchers, whose goal it is to shed light on the “management” and consequences of...

Fellow seminar: Excess and Hermeneutics: Clashing Definitions of Police Violence in Contemporary Bulgaria

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, Sofia, Bulgaria

Konstantin Georgiev (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) is giving his second talk talk on: Excess and Hermeneutics: Clashing Definitions of Police Violence in Contemporary Bulgaria on 27 March 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by Ahmed Nuri Abstract: In this presentation, I will discuss multiple definitions of police violence—explicit and...

Fellow seminar: History Mercenaries in the Tsar’s Service: Muscovy and European Military Entrepreneurship, 1630–1634

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, Sofia, Bulgaria

Oleg Rusakovskiy (Gerda Henkel Fellow, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) will present his research on: History Mercenaries in the Tsar’s Service: Muscovy and European Military Entrepreneurship, 1630 – 1634 on 03 April 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Lubomira Popova Abstract: The project aims to investigate the interaction between the state of Muscovy and the...

Discussion Series “Economic and Social History”: The Social History of an Epistaxis in the Treatment of an Assyrian Prince from the 7th Century BC

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, Sofia, Bulgaria

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! We would like to invite you to the upcoming lecture, part of the seminar “Economic and Social History of Bulgaria: The Future through the Past Culture”. The discussions series continues with a lecture by Assoc. Prof. Strahil Panayotov on the “The Social History of an Epistaxis in the...

Fellow seminar: Is the “New” EU Enlargement Methodology Already Obsolete? An Empirical Reconstruction of the EU’s New Enlargement Methodology

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, Sofia, Bulgaria

Lubomira Popova (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) is making her second presentation on: Is the “New” EU Enlargement Methodology Already Obsolete? An Empirical Reconstruction of the EU’s New Enlargement Methodology on 10 April 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Malte Fuhrmann Abstract: The need to reform the EU’s enlargement...

Discussion series “Bulgaria after Chernobyl”: Witnesses from the Nuclear Power Plant of Kozloduy

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, Sofia, Bulgaria

Please note that this seminar is in Bulgarian. The regular discussion series on the topic “Bulgaria after Chernobyl” started in January 2025. The idea of this seminar is to publicise the latest discoveries made by our team of researchers, whose goal it is to shed light on the “management” and consequences of the Chernobyl disaster...