On the 4th of October 2022 the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia marks the formal start of its regular academic activities for the forthcoming academic year 2022 / 2023.
Peter Dobrev (MON Fellow, Oct '22 - Jul '22) will talk about his research at CAS: The Fight against the Kulaks in Bulgaria – the Fate of the Large Landowners in Dobrudja after 1944 on 20 October, 2022 (Thursday) at 16:30h. Moderated by Martin Ivanov. - - - Abstract: Prior to World War II, the...
Please note: this event is by invitation-only! The Center for the Study of Religion (Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski) and the Centre for Advanced Study are pleased to announce the next seminar of the series Religion and Culture On Tuesday, 25 October 2022, the opening session will be convened at the Conference Hall in CAS...
Anastasia Ryabchuk (Gerda Henkel Fellow, Oct '22 - Feb '23) will talk about her research at CAS: International Development and Vulnerability in the Frontline Communities of the Donbas on 27 October, 2022 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Bogdana Paskaleva. - - - Abstract: Post-Soviet deindustrialization and the economic collapse of the 1990s led to...
The CAS Public Lecture Series is relaunching and will be held every second Wednesday (starting from 2 November 2022) at 17:30h at the American Corner of Sofia City Library on 4, 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...
Martin Valkov (MON Fellow, Oct '22 - Jul '23) will talk about his research at CAS: Beyond Totalitarianism: Mass Internment, Concentration Camps and Forced Labor in Bulgaria in the 20th Century on 10 November, 2022 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Anastasia Ryabchuk. Abstract Mass internment of civilians, deportations, concentration camps, forced labor – these...
The CAS Public Lecture Series is relaunching and will be held every second Wednesday (starting from 2 November 2022) at 17:30h at the American Corner of Sofia City Library on 4, 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...
Nicolae Drăgușin (Advanced Academia Fellow, Oct '22 – Feb '23) will talk about his research at CAS: Romania and the Concordat with the Holy See: Churches, Nation-Building and Legal Controversies (1921-1948) on 17 November, 2022 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Abdulhamit Kırmızı. Short abstract: The Concordat that the post-1918 Romanian state signed and ratified...
The CAS Public Lecture Series is relaunching and will be held every second Wednesday (starting from 2 November 2022) at 17:30h at the American Corner of Sofia City Library on 4, 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...
Stoyanka Eneva (MON Fellow, Oct '22 – Jul '23) will give a first talk about her research at CAS: The Cases of Bulgarian Female Care Workers in Greece and Spain on 1 December, 2022 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Nadezhda Alexandrova. Abstract: Greece and Spain are countries with a particularly dynamic recent migration history...
The CAS Public Lecture Series is relaunching and will be held every second Wednesday (starting from 2 November 2022) at 17:30h at the American Corner of Sofia City Library on 4, 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...
Simeon Simeonov (MON Diaspora Fellow, Oct '22 – Dec '22) will present his research at CAS: Transnationals: Consuls and the Making of the Modern Balkans (1787-1908) on 15 December, 2022 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Nicolae Drăgușin. Transnationals: Consuls and the Making of the Modern Balkans (1787-1908) examines the role of consuls in the...
Slavka Karakusheva (MON Fellow, Oct '22 – Jul '23) will give a first talk on her research at CAS: Population Politics and Nation Building: Migrations of Turkish and Muslim Populations from Bulgaria to Turkey (1925–1939) on 12 January, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Petar Dobrev. The project aims to analyse migrations of Turkish...
Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! We are glad to announce that after a long break we are reinstating the Discussion Series under the wide theme Economic (Social) History of Bulgaria: The Future through the Past Culture Led by Martin Ivanov and Roumen Avramov. The series will be renewed and hosted by the Centre...
Miguel A. Martínez (RevHum Fellow, Oct '22 – Feb '23) will talk about his research at CAS: Political Outcomes of Housing Financialisation and Social Contention in Spain on 19 January, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Stoyanka Eneva. The project is investigating the political impacts of two interrelated phenomena: housing financialization and grassroots contestation,...
