Events

Victor Petrov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘23 – Jul ‘24) will make his introduction to: Star Citizens: Alternative Knowledge, Science, and the Search for Meaning in Post-Socialist Bulgaria on 16 November, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Madelaine Angelova-Elchinova. Abstract: This project investigates the post-socialist boom in 'phenomena' in Bulgaria. In 1990, the Bulgarian army...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! We would like to invite you to the upcoming lecture, part of the seminar: Economic (Social) History of Bulgaria: The Future through the Past Culture The discussion series continue with a lecture by Assoc. Prof. Hristiyan Atanasov on: A Tale About the "Servants of Mammon" - Attitude to...

Mikhail Maslovskiy (Gerda Henkel Fellow, Oct ‘23 – Dec ‘23) will talk on the theme: Fellow Seminar: Historical Sociology, International Relations and Russian Civilizational Politics on 23 November, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Volodymyr Bureha. Abstract: The research project deals with contemporary civilizational analysis in historical sociology and new perspectives on civilizational politics...

Volodymyr Bureha (SUS Fellow, Oct ‘23 – Feb ‘24) will share his findings on: Ukrainian Orthodoxy in the Face of the Challenge of War (Feb ‘22 – Aug ‘22) on 30 November, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Momchil Metodiev.

Strahil Panayotov (Pforzheimer Senior Fellow, Oct ‘23 – Feb ‘24) shall talk about his research project on: Comparative and interdisciplinary analyses of medical texts concerning coughing of phlegm: from the second Millennium BCE Mesopotamia, over Ashurbanipal to Hippocrates 7 December 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Dragos Năstăsoiu. The winter fits Strahil's talk. Who...

The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia hosts a discussion series under the theme: Why Byzantium? On the 8th December 2023 we will convene for a lecture on the following topic: Bulgaria as a ‘prime candidate’ for membership of the Byzantine Commonwealth? Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Angel Nikolov, Ph.D. (Mediaeval Bulgarian History, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski")...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian!

The discussion series continue with a lecture by Dr Yoanna Bencheva on the topic "Food of the Medieval Bulgarians", on 12th December 2023 (Tuesday) at 18:00.

Petar Parvanov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘23 – Jul ‘24) will give his first talk on "Battlefield Archaeology of the Ottoman Conquest: Landscape, Heritage, Memory" on 14 December (Thursday), at 16:30 h.
Moderated by Ivo Strahilov.

Veneta Ivanova (Diaspora MON Fellow, Nov ‘23 – Jan ‘24) is presenting on "The Unmaking of the Intellectual: A Social and Cultural History of Postsocialism in Bulgaria" on 11 January 2024 (Thursday) at 16:30 h.
Moderated by Victor Petrov

Natalia Kudriavtseva (SUS Fellow, Nov ‘23 – Jul ‘24) will deliver her presentation on the topic "Switching to Ukrainian from Russian in Wartime: Linguistic Conversion in Eastern Ukraine" on 18 January (Thursday), at 16:30 h.
Moderated by Ihor Dvorkin.

Blake Smith (Advanced Academia Fellow, Oct ‘23 – Feb ‘24) will give a talk on "Roland Barthes and Julia Kristeva’s Personal Turn, 1975-1983" on 25 January (Thursday), at 16:30 h.
Moderated by Nadezhda Alexandrova.

Ihor Dvorkin (SUS Fellowship, Oct ‘23 – Feb ‘24) will present his research on "Memory of 2nd World War in Contemporary Ukraine" on 1 February (Thursday), at 16:30 h.
Moderated by Petar Parvanov.

Liliana Milkova (Diaspora MON Fellow, Jan ‘24 – Mar ‘24) will present to the fellow group her research on "Museums and Higher Learning: Collection-based Teaching for the 21st-century University" on 15 February (Thursday), at 16:30 h.
Moderated by Kim Holleman.

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian!
We would like to invite you to the upcoming lecture, part of the seminar "Economic (Social) History of Bulgaria: The Future through the Past Culture." The discussion series continue with a lecture by Dr Krastyo Yordanov on "Social and Economic Aspects in the History of the Voynuks of the Imperial Stables (16th-17th century)."