Events

(Please note this lecture is in Bulgarian!)
You are cordially welcome to attend the lectures of the junior and senior Bulgarian Fellows of the 2021-2022 academic year under the Advanced Academia programme.
On Wednesday, 1 March 2023 we are pleased to announce the lecture by Dr. Valentin Kalinov, who will present on the topic "Between Repression and Resistance - A Look at the History of Psychoanalysis in Totalitarian Bulgaria (1947-1989)."

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! We are glad to announce that after a long break we are reinstating the Discussion Series under the wide theme Economic (Social) History of Bulgaria: The Future through the Past Culture The discussion series will continue with a lecture by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nikolay Todorov on: "The Sheepherder...

(Please note this lecture is in Bulgarian!)
You are cordially welcome to attend the lectures of the junior and senior Bulgarian Fellows of the 2021-2022 academic year under the Advanced Academia programme.
On Wednesday, 15 March 2023 we are pleased to announce the lecture by Dr. Elitsa Stanoeva, who will present on the topic "Policies of professionalization versus policies of memory: architects and the destruction of architectural heritage".

Dr. Federico Brusadelli (Advanced Academia Fellow, Feb – July ‘23) will talk about his research at CAS: Intellectuals in Republican China and the Reception of Ancient Greek Political Concepts, 1911-1929 on 16 March, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Luka Nakhutsrishvili. Abstract: After the humiliating defeat with Japan in 1895, the élites of the...

Peter Dobrev (MON Fellow, Oct ’22 – Jul ’23) will talk about the progress of his research at CAS: The Fight against the Kulaks in Bulgaria – the Fate of the Large Landowners in Dobrudja after 1944 on 23 March, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30h. Moderated by Daehwan Kim.

Daehwan Kim (Advanced Academia Fellow, Feb – Jul ’23) willtalk about his research at CAS: Cross-Country Differences in Wealth-Income Ratios on 30 March 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Roumen Avramov. Abstract: The goal of my project is to understand cross-country differences in the wealth-income ratio, a ratio of national wealth to GDP. Understanding...

Martin Valkov (MON Fellow, Oct ’22 – Jul ’23) will talk about the progress of his research at CAS: Beyond Totalitarianism: Mass Internment, Concentration Camps And Forced Labor In Bulgaria In The 20th Century on 6 April 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30h. Moderated by Petar Dobrev. Abstract: The project is designed as a longue durée study...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! We are glad to announce that after a years break we are reinstating the Discussion Series under the wide theme Economic (Social) History of Bulgaria: The Future through the Past Culture The discussion series continue with a lecture by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Stefan Detchev on: From 'Local' to...

Stoyanka Eneva (MON Fellow, Oct ’22 – Jul ’23) will give her second talk about the progress of her research at CAS: The Cases of Bulgarian Female Care Workers in Greece and Spain on 20 April, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Nadezhda Alexandrova. Abstract: Greece and Spain are countries with a particularly dynamic...

  THIRD SPRING SCHOOL: ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION AND CULTURAL HERITAGE DISCOURSES 24-30 April 2023 / Sofia, Bulgaria Centre for Advanced Study Sofia PROGRAM LECTURES 24 April, 2023 (Monday) Venue: Centre for Advanced Study Sofia Address: Stefan Karadzha Str. 7, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria *The time-slots include 40 min. for presentation and 40 min. for discussion with...

The CAS Public Lecture Series will be held on Wednesdays at 17:30h at the American Corner of Sofia City Library on 4A Slaveykov Square. You are cordially welcome to attend the lectures of the junior and senior Bulgarian Fellows of the 2021-2022 academic year under the Advanced Academia programme. On the 3rd of May, we...

Slavka Karakusheva (MON Fellow, Oct ’22 – Jul ’23) will present her progress on: Population Politics and Nation Building: Migrations of Turkish and Muslim Populations from Bulgaria to Turkey (1925–1939) on 04 May, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Bogdana Paskaleva.

Luka Nakhutsrishvili (Gerda-Henkel Fellow, Mar – Jul ’23) will present his research on: The Theatre-caravanserai of Tbilisi. Reassembling a Civilizing Heterotopia from the Russian Caucasus, 1845-1876 on 11 May, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Maria Dimova-Cookson.

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! We are glad to announce that after a years break we are reinstating the Discussion Series under the wide theme Economic (Social) History of Bulgaria: The Future through the Past Culture The discussion series continue with a lecture by Prof. Dr. Dimitar Ludjev on: The Bulgarian Liberal Programme...

Maria Dimova-Cookson (Re-Link Bulgarian-Swiss Fellowships, April – June ’23) will present her research on: Rethinking Meritocracy - Freedom, Well-being and the Common Good on 18 May, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Federico Brusadelli. Abstract: In recent years meritocracy – the social arrangement which rewards the talented and the hard working – has attracted...