Events

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! The thirteenth cycle of the CAS Public Lecture Series will be held between 22 April and 20 May at the American Corner of the Sofia City Library at 4A Slaveykov Square. You are cordially invited to attend the lectures of the junior and senior Bulgarian Fellows of the...

Marie DuPasquier (L&G Artistic Fellowship Mar - May ‘26) will present her work on: Talking Streams 30 April 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Radoslava Kuneva Abstract: Waterways that flow through large cities are living sources of history, urban planning, waste-water or drinking water management policies, but they also reflect local mindsets and practices over...

João Felipe Gonçalves (Relevance of the Humanities Fellowship, Mar - Jul ‘26) will present his research on: Ghosts and Treasures: The Senses of the Great War in Paraguay 07 Мау 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Zornitsa Petrova

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! The thirteenth cycle of the CAS Public Lecture Series will be held between 22 April and 20 May at the American Corner of the Sofia City Library at 4A Slaveykov Square. You are cordially invited to attend the lectures of the junior and senior Bulgarian Fellows of the...

Tuba Eldem (Gerda Henkel Fellowship, Oct ‘25 - Jul ‘26) will present her research on: Patrimonial Power, Plebiscitarian Legitimation and Post-Truth Politics: Explaining the Resilience of Authoritarian Populism in Turkey 14 Мау 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Magdalena Slavkova Abstract: This study explains authoritarian populist resilience by examining the long-term survival of Turkey's AKP...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! The thirteenth cycle of the CAS Public Lecture Series will be held between 22 April and 20 May at the American Corner of the Sofia City Library at 4A Slaveykov Square. You are cordially invited to attend the lectures of the junior and senior Bulgarian Fellows of the...

Zornitsa Petrova (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘25 – Jul ‘26) will present her research on: Negotiating Otherness: Hindu-Inspired Spirituality in Bulgaria Between External Representation and Internal Self-Legitimation 21 Мау 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Andrii Portnov Abstract: The proposed project examines dynamics within the religious field of Bulgaria, placing particular emphasis...

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 discusssion series continues with a lecture by Prof. Raymond Detrez on the topic of "Father Julian’s Memoirs of the Bulgarian Catholics...

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...

Oleksandr Kryvobok (Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship Fellowship, Mar - Jul ‘26) will present his research on: Holidays in the Military Everyday Life of the First World War (Based on Materials from Ego-Sources of Eastern European Countries) 4 June 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Mykola Homanyuk Abstract: The growing attention to the study of everyday history,...

CAS Sofia will host a lecture by Dr Irina Sotirova and Dr Strahil Panayotov on Wednesday, 10 June 2026, at 16:30 at CAS Sofia. Ghosts: Interdisciplinary Dialogue on Similarities and Differences between Mesopotamia and South Korea Abstract: Ghosts, the disembodied remains of the dead, have accompanied the living in Mesopotamia since the mythical creation of...

Bohdan Tsymbal (Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship Fellowship, Mar - Jul ‘26) will present his research on:
Mykhailo Drahomanov Between Utopian Socialism and Nationalism: Political Thought and Transnational Cultural Networks in the 19th century Ukraine

Lyudmila Klasanova (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Academic Diaspora, May – Jul ‘26) will talk on her project: Buddhist-Christian Interactions between Tibet, Italy, and Bulgaria: The Wheel of Life in Alphabetum Tibetanum (1762) and Its Possible Influence on Zahari Zograf’s Mural at the Transfiguration Monastery (1849-1850) 18 June 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: João Felipe...

Svitlana Pavlenko (Gerda Henkel Fellowship, Mar - Jul ‘26) will give a talk on her study on: Soviet Counterintelligence in Dnipropetrovsk: Secrecy, Control, and Industrial Espionage (1950s–1960s) 25 June 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Oleksandr Kryvobok Abstract: Based on declassified documents from the Sectoral State Archive of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kyiv...