Events

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 Prof. Svetla Atanasova on the “Entrepreneurs in the Balkans: The Kermechiev Family of the Bulgarian Revival...

Radostina Shivatcheva (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Academic Diaspora, Oct ‘25 – Jul ‘26) will give a talk on: Innovation Beyond the State: Gender and Entrepreneurship in Grassroots Contributions to Bulgaria’s Knowledge Economy 13 November 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Radoslava Kuneva Abstract: This study explores gendered entrepreneurship in Bulgaria’s knowledge economy, with a focus...

Andrii Portnov (Gerda Henkel Fellowship, Oct ‘25 - Feb ‘26) Ukrainian Studies in the Cold War Era: Dialogue Above the Iron Curtain, the KGB Special Operations, and Soviet Ukrainian Patriotism 20 November 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Jelena Erdeljan Abstract: In my talk, I would like to present one aspect of my larger project...

The regular discussion series on the topic “Bulgaria after Chernobyl” started in January 2025. The idea of this seminar is to publicise the latest discoveries made by our team of...

Tuba Eldem (Gerda Henkel Fellowship, Oct ‘25 - Feb ‘26) will present her research on: Patrimonial Power, Populist Securitization and Post-Truth Politics: Unraveling the Populist Governance in Turkey 27 November...

The regular discussion series on the topic “Bulgaria after Chernobyl” started in January 2025. The idea of this seminar is to publicise the latest discoveries made by our team of...

Jelena Erdeljan (Relevance of the Humanities Fellowship, Oct ‘25 - Feb ‘26) will talk on her research topic: Jewish Art and Visual Culture in the Balkans in the Pre-Modern Era:...

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...

We would like to invite you to the upcoming lecture, part of the discussion series "Why Byzantium?" The seminar continues with a lecture by Dr Jelena Erdeljan on the "Politics and (visual) identity. Three Serbian royal mausolea of the 14th century revisited (Banjska, Dečani, Holy Archangels by Prizren)". The event will take place at the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia on Wednesday, 10 December 2025, at 16:00.

Maksym Bryukhanov (Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship Fellowship, Oct ‘25 - Feb ‘26) will present his research on: Social Mobility of Ukrainian Ancestors in the 19th-21st centuries 11 December 2025 (Thursday), at...

CAS Sofia will host a lecture by Prof. Markham J. Geller on the topic of "Ancient Babylonian Medicine versus Magic: the Covid Dilemma" on 19 December 2025, at 15:00.

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...

Aleksandra Tobiasz (Relevance of the Humanities Fellowship, Oct ‘25 - Feb ‘26) will give a talk on: (Central) European Self in the Mirrors of the West and the East –...

Ivelina Masheva (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘25 – Jul ‘26): Women’s Work and (Un)equal pay: The Gender Pay Gap in Bulgarian Industry, 1910s–1940s 22 January 2026 (Thursday),...

Zornitsa Petrova (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘25 – Jul ‘26) will introduce her research on: Constructing Otherness: New Religious Movements and the Challenge of Pluralism in Post-Secular...