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,...
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
Please note: this event is in Bulgarian!
The discussion series continue with a lecture by Dr Ivaylo Naydenov on the topic "Economic Growth in the Central Balkans in the 19th Century: Regional Specificities and Factors", on 16th January (Tuesday) at 17:00.
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.
