The CAS Public Lecture Series will be held on Wednesdays at 17:30h at the American Corner of Sofia City Library on 4A Slaveykov Square. You are cordially welcome to attend the lectures of the junior and senior Bulgarian Fellows of the 2021-2022 academic year under the Advanced Academia programme. On the 3rd of May, we are pleased to announce the lecture by Assoc. Prof. Vladimir Nakov, who will present on the following topic: Ecmnesia - Socialist Psychiatry in Bulgaria and…

Slavka Karakusheva (MON Fellow, Oct ’22 – Jul ’23) will present her progress on: Population Politics and Nation Building: Migrations of Turkish and Muslim Populations from Bulgaria to Turkey (1925–1939) on 04 May, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Bogdana Paskaleva.

Luka Nakhutsrishvili (Gerda-Henkel Fellow, Mar – Jul ’23) will present his research on: The Theatre-caravanserai of Tbilisi. Reassembling a Civilizing Heterotopia from the Russian Caucasus, 1845-1876 on 11 May, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Maria Dimova-Cookson.

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! We are glad to announce that after a years break we are reinstating the Discussion Series under the wide theme Economic (Social) History of Bulgaria: The Future through the Past Culture The discussion series continue with a lecture by Prof. Dr. Dimitar Ludjev on: The Bulgarian Liberal Programme of 1990: Between Monetarism and Social Market Economy The seminar series are convened by Martin Ivanov and Roumen Avramov. They are hosted by the Centre…

Maria Dimova-Cookson (Re-Link Bulgarian-Swiss Fellowships, April – June ’23) will present her research on: Rethinking Meritocracy - Freedom, Well-being and the Common Good on 18 May, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Federico Brusadelli. Abstract: In recent years meritocracy – the social arrangement which rewards the talented and the hard working – has attracted a great deal of critique and, in response to them, some defences. The concerns surrounding meritocracy became more pronounced following the aftermath of Brexit in…

The Center for the Study of Religion (Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski) and the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia are pleased to announce the next seminar of the series Religion and Culture Topic for the 2022/2023 academic year: “Center and Periphery in Religions and Society” Moderator: Simeon Evstatiev You are cordially invited to a lecture by Prof. Vladimir Gradev Dante and Islam: On the Center and the Periphery in the Hereafter and in This World The lecture will take place…

Please note that this lecture is in Bulgarian! The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia hosts a discussion series under the theme: Why Byzantium? On the 30th May 2023 we will convene the fourth meeting of the series on the following topic: Why Byzantium in Bulgarian art studies Lecturer: Dr Margarita Kuyumdzhieva 30 May 2023 (Tuesday), at 16:30h. About the discussion series: The topic of this discussion series hosted by the Centre for Advanced Study, titled “Why Byzantium?”, deals with the…

The Center for the Study of Religion (Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski) and the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia are pleased to announce the next seminar of the series Religion and Culture Topic for the 2022/2023 academic year: “Center and Periphery in Religions and Society” Moderator: Simeon Evstatiev You are cordially invited to a lecture by Prof. Livnat Holtzman Ignaz Goldziher and Gesture Studies: From Periphery to Center? The lecture will take place on 31 May 2023 at 5:30 p.m.…

The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS), in partnership with the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), is pleased to announce the start of 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, hosted by the American University in Bulgaria (AUBG), starting 1 June 2023.

Stamatia Fotiadou (Relevance of the Humanities Fellowships, March – July ’23) will present her research on: Greek and Bulgarian Perceptions of National Catastrophes (1919-1922). A Comparative Approach on 01 June, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Slavka Karakusheva. Abstract: Notwithstanding the fact that the ideological framework of Balkan nationalism as well as it’s implications in the redrawing of the political boundaries in the Balkans have been intensively studied, the way nations perceived events which led to ideological crisis and/or…

Bogdana Paskaleva (MON Fellow, Oct '22 - Jul '22) will give her second talk on: Pre-structuralist Semiology: Materiality of Language in Ferdinand de Saussure on 08 June, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Nadezhda Alexandrova.

Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty Dr Maria Dimova-Cookson This lecture provides an overview of Isaiah Berlin's concepts of positive and negative freedom as presented in his renowned 1958 essay, 'Two Concepts of Liberty.' The lecture emphasizes the Cold War context in which Berlin wrote his essay and highlights its continued relevance in today's political climate, characterized by a populist rejection of liberal egalitarian values. By delving into the lecture, one gains an understanding of how negative freedom extends beyond…

The Center for the Study of Religion (Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski) and the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia are pleased to announce the next seminar of the series Religion and Culture Topic for the 2022/2023 academic year: “Center and Periphery in Religions and Society” Moderator: Simeon Evstatiev You are cordially invited to a lecture by Dr Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev Peripheral Christianity and Peripheral Islam in the South-Eastern Caucasus According to David of Gandzak (ca 1065–1140) The lecture will take place…