Events

Dr. Sorin Gog will present his research under the topic: Psychotherapy, Spirituality and the Inner Self: Post-Secular Subjectivities Among the Romanian Middle Class on 1 April, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Dr. Vladimir Nakov --- Abstract The research project focuses on the emergence of spiritualized forms of psychotherapy and self-help psychologies that have...

Dr. Grace E. Fielder (Advanced Academia Fellow, Mar – July ‘21) will present her research under the topic: Social Networks and Sofia Vernaculars at the Dawn of the Bulgarian National Language on 8 April, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Prof. Albena Hranova --- Abstract The current project is a historical sociolinguistic study of...

Dr. Vladimir Nakov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘20 – Jun ‘21) will give his second talk on the progress of his research at CAS on the topic: Hidden Madness: Mental Health Governance in Socialist Bulgaria 15 April, 2021 at 16:30 h.

THE SEMINARS WORKING LANGUAGE IS BULGARIAN! The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia hosts a new series of workshops under the theme: Forms of Ownership – Property in Communist Bulgaria On the 16th of April, 2021 we will convene the fourth meeting of the series: Lecturer: Prof. Roumen Avramov Ownership through the Lenses of Economic Thought...

THE EVENTS FOR 2020 WERE POSTPONED due to COVID-19 - will take place in April 2021 via ZOOM / Bulgaria time zone (EEST) OPENING CONFERENCE “Looking at Things in Southeastern Europe: Regional Archaeology in Search of Viable Futures” 17-18 April 2021 *The time-slots include 25 min. presentation and 20 min. discussion *Bulgaria time zone (EEST)...

THE EVENTS FOR 2020 WERE POSTPONED due to COVID-19 - will take place in April 2021 via ZOOM / Bulgaria time zone (EEST) FIRST SPRING SCHOOL: THE IMPACT OF THE POLITICAL ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH April 2021 (Sofia) PROGRAMME LECTURES *The time-slots include 45 min. presentation and 45 min. discussion 19 April, 2021 (Monday) 11:00 -...

Dr. Lyubomir Pozharliev (MON Fellow, Oct ‘20 – Jun ‘21) will give his second talk on the progress of his research at CAS on the topic: Competing Interests. State and Private actors in the Development of Black Sea Infrastructure in Russia and Bulgaria (1856–1914) He will present more details on The Case of the Russian...

Dr. Alexander Popov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘20 – Jun ‘21) will give his second talk on the progress of his research at CAS on the topic: Narrating AI. Speculating through Science and Fiction on the Future of Machine and Human Intelligence 13 May, 2021 at 16:30 h. Moderated by Stanimir Panayotov --- Abstract This presentation...

Dr. Stanimir Panayotov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘20 – Jun ‘21) will give his second talk on the progress of his research at CAS on the topic: Feminisms beyond the Body: Towards a Feminist Theory of Disembodiment 20 May, 2021 at 16:30 h.

Dr. Olga Zaslavskaya (Gerda Henkel Fellow, Feb ‘20 – Jul ‘21) will present her research under the topic: Between the Reds and the Whites: Civil War and the East European Lost Generation on 27 May, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Danilo Sarenac

THE SEMINARS WORKING LANGUAGE IS BULGARIAN! The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia hosts a new series of workshops under the theme: Forms of Ownership – Property in Communist Bulgaria On the 28th of May, 2021 we will convene the fifth meeting of the series: Theoretical and Practical Contradictions of the Social ("Vsenarodna") Ownership in the...

Dr. Tchavdar Marinov (Pforzheimer Fellow, Mar – Jul ‘21) will present his research proposal on the topic: Is it Possible to Measure Nationalism? Recent Theories of Pervasiveness and Intensity of Nationhood: A Critical Appraisal 3 June, 2021 at 16:30 h. Moderated by Diana Mishkova Abstract: My presentation’s ambition is to propose a critical epistemological analysis...

Dr. Anastasia Preobrazhenskaya (Gerda Henkel Fellow, Feb ‘20 – Jul ‘21) will present her research under the topic: Funeral Devotional Practices of Monastics in Early Modern Russia on 3 June, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h.

Dr. Tetiana Onofriichuk (Gerda Henkel Fellow, Feb ‘20 – Jul ‘21) will present her research under the topic: Define the Distinction: Natural History and Society in the Polish Provinces of the Russian Empire, 1790s-1840s on 10 June, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h.   Abstract The Volhynian and Podolian provinces belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth since...

Dr. Danilo Šarenac (Advanced Academia Fellow, Jun – July ‘21) will present his research under the topic: Deserting the Balkan Armies. The Cases of Serbia and Bulgaria (1912–1918) on 24 June, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h.