Events

Wai-Yip Ho (Relevance of the Humanities, May ‘24 – Jul ‘24) will present the topic: Translating Islam, Critiquing Christianity: Sino-Islam in Response to Christianity in the Han Kitab on 04 July 2024 (Thursday), at 16:30 h. Moderated by Petar Parvanov. Abstract: During the Ming and Qing Dynasties of Imperial China, Muslim Chinese scholars translated and...

EnvHistUA Research Group is organizing this scholarly conference in order to advance and consolidate the environmental history of Ukraine as a research field and address related challenges. The event aims to bring together scholars to discuss epistemological aspects and practical implications of researching and writing environmental histories of Ukraine that go beyond the realm of disasters and catastrophes.

On 3 October 2024 the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia marks the formal start of its regular academic activities for the forthcoming academic year 2024/2025.

Pavlo Yeremieiev (Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship, Oct '24 - Jul '25) will present the topic: The Images of Ukraine in Russian Church Historiography of the Long 19th Century on 10 October 2024 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Gil Ribak Abstract: At the turn of the 18th–19th centuries, church historiography was established as a separate discipline of...

Gil Ribak (Relevance of the Humanities, Oct - Dec '24) will present the topic: "Mothers Sell Their Little Children”: Imagining Blackness in Eastern European Yiddish Culture on 17 October 2024 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Pavlo Yeremieiev Abstract: How does one group of people imagine another group which it has never met and what can...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! We would like to invite you to the upcoming lecture, part of the seminar "Economic (Social) History of Bulgaria: The Future through the Past Culture." The discussion series continue with a lecture by Prof. Dr Milko Palangurski (University of Veliko Tarnovo) on "The Tarnovo Constitution and the Foundations...

Stefan Peychev (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) will present the topic: Fire and Water: The Hydrothermal Landscapes of the Balkans in the Age of Geological Travel, ca. 1500-1900 on 31 October 2024 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Martin Ivanov Abstract: This interdisciplinary project studies the geological exploration of the...

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 07 November 2024 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Stefan Peychev Abstract: The project aims to investigate the interaction between the state of Muscovy and the...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! We would like to invite you to the upcoming lecture, part of the seminar "Economic (Social) History of Bulgaria: The Future through the Past Culture." The discussion series continues with a lecture by Prof. Dr Orlin Sabev on "The Ottoman Unit of Measurement "Pair of Oxen": Continuity and...

Lubomira Popova (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) is presenting on: Is the “New” EU Enlargement Methodology Already Obsolete? An Empirical Reconstruction of the EU’s New Enlargement Methodology on 21 November 2024 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Oleg Rusakovskiy Abstract: The need for a reform of the EU’s enlargement policy...

Sebastian Fink (Relevance of the Humanities Fellow, Oct ‘24 – Feb ‘25) is presenting his topic on: Critique and Enlightenment in Ancient Mesopotamia on 28 November 2024 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Miglena Stamberova Abstract: The so-called Pre-Socratics mark the beginning of philosophy. In many books the rise of philosophy is described as a break...

Igor Serdiuk (Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) presents his research: Hetmanate and Left Bank Ukraine in the 18th and 19th Centuries: Medicalization, Quality of Life and Demographic Behavior of the Population on 05 December 2024 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by Oana Cojocaru Abstract: This presentation will focus on the Hetmanate, an autonomous...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! We would like to invite you to the upcoming lecture, part of the seminar "Economic (Social) History of Bulgaria: The Future through the Past Culture." The discussion series continues with a lecture by Assoc. Prof. Dr Ralitsa Simeonova-Ganeva, Assoc. Prof. Dr Kaloyan Ganev, and Assoc. Prof. Dr Martin...

Miglena Stamberova (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) is presenting her topic on: Politicizing Science: the Impact of Politics on the Bulgarian Archaeology during the Communist Period and the Years of Transition on 12 December 2024 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Sebastian Fink Abstract: This research explores the dynamics of...

Konstantin Georgiev (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) is giving a talk on: Studying the Invisible Systemic Problem that is Police Violence in Bulgaria: Preliminary notes on an ongoing study on 09 January 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by Lyubomira Popova. Abstract: While there seems to be a consensus among...