Events

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: From Antiquity to the Age of Sabbatai Sevi 4 December 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Zozan Tarhan Abstract: Both art history and anthropology are...

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 Dr Teodora Georgieva on the “The Image of the Merchant in Medieval Bulgarian Society”. 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 16:30. Moderated by: Andrii Portnov Abstract: Do surnames reveal anything about social inequality? Evidence from popular academic publications suggests that those with noble surnames maintain high...

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 Past Culture”. The discussions series continues with a lecture by Dr Kabalan Moukarzel on the “Private Initiative in the Neo-Babylonian Era. The House of E-gibi”....

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 – Geopoetic, Sensory Topographies of East-Central Europe 15 January 2026 (Thursday), at 16:30 Moderated by: Andrii Portnov Abstract: The overarching aim of the research is to...

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),...

Please note that this event is in Bulgarian. We will convene for a lecture on "The Liturgicon Pogod. 37, or Who is Monk Simon and Which are his Manuscripts" Lecturer: Prof. Dr Elissaveta Moussakova, 23 January 2026, Wednesday, 16:00.

Pauli Heikkilä (Relevance of the Humanities Fellowship, Jan - Feb ‘26) will present his research on: Uniting the Divided Continent from Afar. Eastern European Emigrant Attempts Towards European Unification during...

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...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian!
Dr Yuliy Emilov will present his topic “From Monopoly to War: Towards the History of Byzantium in the Last Decades of the 3rd Century BC”on 17 February 2025, at 17:00.

Magdalena Slavkova (Pforzheimer Fellowship for Bulgarian Senior Scholars, Oct ‘25 - Mar ‘26) Gendered Charisma and Roma Female Evangelists (20th-21st century) 19 February 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Zornitsa...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian!
Maria Cheresheva will present her topic "Media and Post-Democracy. Power, AI, Polarization: Is There a Place for Journalism in the Post-Truth Era?" on 25 February 2026 at 17:00. Debaters: Prof. Antoniy Todorov and Assoc. Prof. Vesislava Antonova.

CAS Sofia is hosting a peer-led seminar, organised by a few of our current CAS Fellows which will hopefully be of interest to you! The seminar will be moderated by...