Events

Candan Badem (Gerda Henkel Fellow, Oct ‘23 – Jul ‘24) will give his presentation on: The Russo-Ottoman War of 1828-29 and its Impact on the Balkans and the Caucasus on 25 April 2024 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Abstract: The Russo-Ottoman War of 1828-1829 was an important war in post-Napoleonic Europe. It led to the independence...

Ivo Strahilov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘23 – Jul ‘24) will give his second talk on: Heritage Hierarchies: Unpacking the ‘Crossroads of Civilisations’ Concept on 09 May 2024 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Abstract: The project examines the dynamics of heritage-making and the interaction of heritage and politics in contemporary Bulgaria. Through an anthropological study of two...

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 Dr Boriana Antonova (Institute for Historical Studies at the BAS) on "On the Tracks of...

Kalle Puolakka (RevHum Fellow, Mar ‘24 – Jul ‘24) will present his project on: Literature, Knowledge, and Epistemic Trust on 16 May 2024 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Abstract: Philosophers have been interested in the epistemic and cognitive value of literature ever since Plato and Aristotle. Does literature convey knowledge? What sort of knowledge does it...

Momchil Metodiev (Pforzheimer Fellow, Mar ‘24 – Jul ‘24) will present his project on: The Orthodox Church as a Driver of Modernization: Bulgarian Church in European setting between the Two World Wars? on 30 May, 2024 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Martin Ivanov. Abstract: The aim of the project is to explore whether and...

Siarhei Marozau (Gerda Henkel Fellow, Mar ‘24 – Jul ‘24) will present his project on: The Great Duchy of Lithuania (mid-13th – 18th century) in the modern Belarusian memory politics (2015–2023) on 06 June, 2024 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Dimiter Dimov.

SOCIAL RELEVANCE OF THE HUMANITIES (REV-HUM) FELLOWS ROUND TABLE hosted by the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia 7 June, 2024 The Social Relevance of the Humanities (RevHum) fellowship program, proposed jointly by the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia and the New Europe College Bucharest and developed with the financial support of the Porticus Foundation under...

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. Veselin Yanchev (Department of History, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski") on "Safety and Security...

A book by Naum Trajanovski. Presentation will be moderated by Tchavdar Marinov.

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...

Denys Shatalov (SUS Fellowship, Oct ‘23 – Jul ‘24) will present the topic: That War and This War: The Entanglement and Interaction of Imagination, Commemoration and Memory of World War II and the Ongoing War in Ukraine. Case of Kryvyi Rih on 13 June 2024 (Thursday), at 16:30 h. Moderated by Ivo Strahilov.

Naum Trajanovski (Advanced Academia Fellow, Mar ‘24 – April ‘24) will present the topic: The Bulgarian Political and Societal Responses to the 1963 Skopje Earthquake on 11 July 2024 (Thursday), at 16:30 h. Moderated by Madelaine Angelova-Elchinova

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.