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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Igor Serdiuk (Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) presents his research: Hetmanate and Left Bank Ukraine in the 18th and 19th Centuries: Medicalization, Quality of Life and Demographic...
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 Assoc. Prof. Dr Ralitsa Simeonova-Ganeva, Assoc. Prof. Dr Kaloyan Ganev, and Assoc. Prof. Dr Martin...
Miglena Stamberova (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) is presenting her topic on: Politicizing Science: the Impact of Politics on the Bulgarian Archaeology during the Communist Period and the Years of Transition on 12 December 2024 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Sebastian Fink Abstract: This research explores the dynamics of...
Konstantin Georgiev (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) is giving a talk on: Studying the Invisible Systemic Problem that is Police Violence in Bulgaria: Preliminary notes on an ongoing study on 09 January 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by Lyubomira Popova. Abstract: While there seems to be a consensus among...
A regular discussion series on the topic "Bulgaria after Chernobyl" is set to start in Janury 2025. The idea of this seminar is to publicise the latest discoveries made by our team of researchers, whose goal it is to shed light on the "management" and consequences of the Chernobyl disaster in Bulgaria. The seminar is...
Ahmed Nuri (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) will present his research on: The Majority of the Minority: Turkish Literature in Bulgaria’s Communist Semiosphere, 1944-1969 16 January 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Abstract: In this presentation, I will share the initial findings of my archival research, which aims to comprehensively examine...
