Events

Tuba Eldem (Gerda Henkel Fellowship, Oct ‘25 - Jul ‘26) will present her research on: Patrimonial Power, Plebiscitarian Legitimation and Post-Truth Politics: Explaining the Resilience of Authoritarian Populism in Turkey 14 Мау 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Magdalena Slavkova Abstract: This study explains authoritarian populist resilience by examining the long-term survival of Turkey's AKP...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! The thirteenth cycle of the CAS Public Lecture Series will be held between 22 April and 20 May at the American Corner of the Sofia City Library at 4A Slaveykov Square. You are cordially invited to attend the lectures of the junior and senior Bulgarian Fellows of the...

Zornitsa Petrova (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘25 – Jul ‘26) will present her research on: Negotiating Otherness: Hindu-Inspired Spirituality in Bulgaria Between External Representation and Internal Self-Legitimation 21 Мау 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Andrii Portnov Abstract: The proposed project examines dynamics within the religious field of Bulgaria, placing particular emphasis...

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 discusssion series continues with a lecture by Prof. Raymond Detrez on the topic of "Father Julian’s Memoirs of the Bulgarian Catholics...

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...

Oleksandr Kryvobok (Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship Fellowship, Mar - Jul ‘26) will present his research on: Holidays in the Military Everyday Life of the First World War (Based on Materials from Ego-Sources of Eastern European Countries) 4 June 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Mykola Homanyuk Abstract: The growing attention to the study of everyday history,...

CAS Sofia will host a lecture by Dr Irina Sotirova and Dr Strahil Panayotov on Wednesday, 10 June 2026, at 16:30 at CAS Sofia. Ghosts: Interdisciplinary Dialogue on Similarities and Differences between Mesopotamia and South Korea Abstract: Ghosts, the disembodied remains of the dead, have accompanied the living in Mesopotamia since the mythical creation of...

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 Abstract: Based on declassified documents from the Sectoral State Archive of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kyiv...

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

Dear CAS Fellows and colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to a guest seminar. The lecture will take place at the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia on 7 July 2026, Tuesday, at 16:30 GMT+3. The address is 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, 2nd floor. Dr Blagoy Blagoev (Institute for Work, Organization, and Transformation at the University...

Max Rosochinsky (L&G Artistic Fellowship, Mar - Jul ‘26) will present his project on: The Poetics of Ruins: Fragmentation and Decomposition in Ukrainian War Poetry 09 July 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Lyudmila Klasanova Abstract: This presentation examines urban ruination in contemporary Ukrainian war poetry, where destroyed spaces and the lost ways of life...

The Department of Arabic and Semitic Studies at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” hosts Summer School of Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Sofia August 24–28, 2026, Sofia University, Hall No. 1 at the Rectorate The program is designed in collaboration with the University of Innsbruck, the Regional History Museum - Sofia, and the Center for...