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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
Zbigniew Wojnowski (Advanced Academia Fellow, Jun ’22 – Jul ’22) will give his talk on: Pop Music in the USSR - Show Business and the Advent of Capitalism on 06...
On 3 October 2023 the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia marks the formal start of its regular academic activities for the forthcoming academic year 2023/2024.
Dragos Năstăsoiu (Relevance of the Humanities Fellow, Oct ‘23 – Feb ‘24) will give his talk on: Constructing Gender on Pilgrimage: Transformative Experiences of Women from the Eastern and Western...
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...
Madelaine Angelova-Elchinova (MON Fellow, Oct ‘23 – Jul ‘24) will present on: A Novel Defence of Thomas Reid`s Direct Realism about Perception on 02 November, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Blake Smith.
GETTY-CAS CLOSING CONFERENCE LOCAL AND GLOBAL IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART HISTORY: A VIEW FROM SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE AND BEYOND 3-5 November 2023 Athens, Greece Venue: "Alkis Argyriadis" Amphitheatre, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Main Building Address: Panepistimiou St. 30, Athens 3 November (Friday) *The time slots include...
On 3 November 2023 at 16:30 at the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia will be held a Balkan studies seminar, part of the international project "Historiographical Wars in the Balkans", funded by the Bulgarian Science Fund. The two presenters will be Nathalie Clayer from the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Paris and Nedim...
Ivo Strahilov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘23 – Jul ‘24) will give his talk on: Heritage Hierarchies: Unpacking the ‘Crossroads of Civilisations’ Concept Abstract: The project examines the dynamics of heritage-making, knowledge construction and interactions of heritage and politics in contemporary Bulgaria. Through ethnographic research of three recent Bulgarian-French exhibitions at the Louvre Museum in Paris,...
