Events

Oana Cojocaru (Relevance of the Humanities Fellow, Oct ‘24 – Feb ‘25) will give a talk on: A Latourian approach to hope and healing in Medieval Byzantium (9th – 10th centuries) 30 January 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by Mariana Malinova Abstract: Since Early Christianity, saints’ cults have played a crucial role in shaping emotional...

Oleksandra Osadcha (Landis&Gyr Artistic Fellowship Oct – Feb ‘25) will present her research on: Modernist? Non-Conformist? Anachronist? The Role of Fotografika Darkroom Practices in the Late Soviet Photography 06 February 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30 Moderated by Edward Waysband. Abstract: The seminar will give some insights into the problems of researching the late Soviet amateur photography...

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...

Angel Igov (Landis&Gyr Artistic Fellowship Oct ‘24 – Feb ‘25) will present his work on: A Communist Family: A creative nonfiction case study 13 February 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30 Moderated by Ahmed Nuri. Abstract: While there is no lack of documentary and biographical literature treating the socialist period in Bulgaria, the perception of insufficiency remains,...

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 discussions series continues with a lecture by Assoc. Prof.  Ivaylo Nachev on the “"Targovska" Street in the First Half of the...

Edward Waysband (Social Relevance of the Humanities Fellowship, Oct '24 - Feb '25) will present his work on: Comparative Approach to Hybridity: Modernist Literature of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Port Cities Tel Aviv and Odesa 20 February 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30 Moderated by Angel Igov. Abstract: The purpose of this comparative research is to...

The Centre for Advanced Study hosts a discussion series under the theme: Why Byzantium? We will convene for a lecture on the following topic: The Conquest of Sofia in Ottoman Narratives: More Questions Than Answers Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr Rositza Gradeva (Institute for Balkan Studies, BAS) 21 February 2025 (Friday) at 16:00

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...

Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship (SUS) Workshop at CAS Sofia & via Zoom on Friday, 7 March 2025 9.30 - 9:45: Welcome Remarks Diana Mishkova, Director, Centre for Advanced Study Sofia Katharina Biegger, Strategic Advisor, Center for Governance and Culture, University of Sankt Gallen 9.45 - 10:30: Introduction of Participants 10.30 - 10.45: Break 10.45 - 12.15:...

Ivo Danchev (Landis & Gyr Artistic Fellowship, Oct ’24 – Feb ‘25) will present his work on: Between Two Worlds 13 March 2025 (Thursday) at 16:30 Moderated by Konstantin Georgiev. Abstract: Bulgaria’s masked performers may vary by personas and names but are widely known as kukeri. Pillars of tradition, yet masters of disguise, the kukeri...

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 discussions series continues with a lecture by Assoc. Prof. Hristo Hristozov on the “Colonization and Ecological Changes in the Southeastern Balkans...

Prof. Dr Wolfgang Höpken (University of Leipzig) will present a seminar on the topic "Belated Westernization" or "Religious Revival": Secularity and Religion in the orthodox Balkans" on Wednesday, 19 March 2025, at 17:30. Prof. Dr Wolfgang Höpken has studied History, Slavic Languages and Political Sciences at the University of Hamburg. Following his Ph.D. at the University of...

Malte Fuhrmann (Relevance of the Humanities Fellow, Mar – Jul ‘25) will present his work on: Roads to Happiness, Roads to Despair. Transport Infrastructure, Emotions, and Politics in Southeast Europe, 1839-1956 20 February 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30 Moderated by Stefan Peychev. Abstract: With the ongoing protests in Serbia and Greece, transport infrastructure politics have become...

Please note that this seminar is in Bulgarian. 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...

Konstantin Georgiev (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) is giving his second talk talk on: Excess and Hermeneutics: Clashing Definitions of Police Violence in Contemporary Bulgaria on 27 March 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by Ahmed Nuri Abstract: In this presentation, I will discuss multiple definitions of police violence—explicit and...