Events

Veneta Ivanova (Diaspora MON Fellow, Nov ‘23 – Jan ‘24) is presenting on "The Unmaking of the Intellectual: A Social and Cultural History of Postsocialism in Bulgaria" on 11 January 2024 (Thursday) at 16:30 h.
Moderated by Victor Petrov

Natalia Kudriavtseva (SUS Fellow, Nov ‘23 – Jul ‘24) will deliver her presentation on the topic "Switching to Ukrainian from Russian in Wartime: Linguistic Conversion in Eastern Ukraine" on 18 January (Thursday), at 16:30 h.
Moderated by Ihor Dvorkin.

Blake Smith (Advanced Academia Fellow, Oct ‘23 – Feb ‘24) will give a talk on "Roland Barthes and Julia Kristeva’s Personal Turn, 1975-1983" on 25 January (Thursday), at 16:30 h.
Moderated by Nadezhda Alexandrova.

Ihor Dvorkin (SUS Fellowship, Oct ‘23 – Feb ‘24) will present his research on "Memory of 2nd World War in Contemporary Ukraine" on 1 February (Thursday), at 16:30 h.
Moderated by Petar Parvanov.

Liliana Milkova (Diaspora MON Fellow, Jan ‘24 – Mar ‘24) will present to the fellow group her research on "Museums and Higher Learning: Collection-based Teaching for the 21st-century University" on 15 February (Thursday), at 16:30 h.
Moderated by Kim Holleman.

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 Krastyo Yordanov on "Social and Economic Aspects in the History of the Voynuks of the Imperial Stables (16th-17th century)."

Kim Holleman (Landis & Gyr Artistic Fellow Oct ‘23 – Feb ‘24) will present the topic "Future City: Art, Utopian Architecture, and Critical Research" on 8 February (Thursday), at 16:30 h.
Moderated by Liliana Milkova.

Petar Parvanov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘23 – Jul ‘24) will make his second presentation on: Battlefield Archaeology of the Ottoman Conquest: Landscape, Heritage, Memory on 14 March 2024 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Abstract: The Ottoman conquest of the Balkans has often been a dramatic grand narrative for national histories in the region. The current project...

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 Assoc. Prof. Dr Ventsislav Muchinov (Institute for Population and Human Studies at the BAS) on...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! 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 2022-2023 academic year under the Advanced Academia...

Victor Petrov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘23 – Jul ‘24) will make his second presentation on "Star Citizens: Alternative Knowledge, Science, and the Search for Meaning in Post-Socialist Bulgaria" on 14 March, 2024 (Thursday) at 16:30 h.
Moderated by Michiel Meeusen.

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! We would like to invite you to a discussion on the topic Remembering the Brain - 40 Years Since the Start of the "Brain Programme" of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party (1984-1990) The Bio-Psycho-Social in Us and Its (Autobiographical) Memory. A Possible Contribution to the...

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 2022-2023 academic year under the Advanced Academia programme. We are pleased to announce the...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia hosts a discussion series under the theme: Why Byzantium? On the 1st April 2024 we will convene for a lecture on the following topic: "Send us, Lord, such a teacher" (Vita Cyrilli): Features of the Ecclesiastical Mission of Constantine and Methodius Lecturer:...