Book presentation: A History of Macedonian Sociology: In Quest for Identity
Centre for Advanced Study Sofia 7B Stefan Karadzha St, entr. 3, Sofia, BulgariaA book by Naum Trajanovski. Presentation will be moderated by Tchavdar Marinov.
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.
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...