Events

Workshop: Lost in Transition: Social Sciences, Scenarios of Transformation, and Cognitive Dissonances in East Central Europe after 1989 Working session on Zoom: 30-31 October, 2020 The first day of the workshop will be devoted to discussing and evaluating the individual research proposals of the second-round applicants for junior scholarships. On the second will each thematic group...

Dr. Stanimir Panayotov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘20 – Jun ‘21) will present his research project at CAS on the topic: Feminisms beyond the Body: Towards a Feminist Theory of Disembodiment 05 November, 2020 at 16:30 h. --- Abstract: Feminisms have always liked the body. The reason is somewhat reactionary, and the reaction is largely forgotten...

Dr. Ágoston Berecz (Advanced Academia Fellow, Oct ‘20 – Feb ‘21) will present his research proposal on the topic: Official Multilingualism in the Eastern Part of Dualist Hungary on 12 November, 2020 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Tchavdar Marinov. --- My project aims to provide a comprehensive picture of official linguistic practices in Dualist...

Dr. Lyubomir Pozharliev will present his research proposal on the topic: Competing Interests. State and Private actors in the Development of Black Sea Infrastructure in Russia and Bulgaria (1856–1914) on 19 November, 2020 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Agoston Berecz --- The aim of the project is to research the competition and cooperation of...

Dr. Vladimir Nakov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘20 – Jun ‘21) will present his research project at CAS on the topic: Hidden Madness: Mental Health Governance in Socialist Bulgaria 26 November, 2020 at 16:30 h. Moderated by Alessandro Nannini. --- Bulgarian psychiatric history is, to a significant extent, an empty spot. What exists locally pertains to...

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 23rd of October we will convene the first meeting of the series: Lecturer: Dr. Nadezhda Galabova The Right of Private Practice: Medical Doctors until...

Dr. Albena Shkodrova (MON Diaspora Fellow, Oct – Dec ‘20) will present her research at CAS under the topic: Now you can! Upward mobility in new towns across Europe after World War Two 10 December, 2020 at 16:30 h. Moderated by Lyubomir Pozharliev --- The research project is a comparative study of social mobility in...

Dr. Aneliya Stoyanova will present his research proposal on the topic: A Possible Ally from the East: The Habsburg Intelligence and the Ottoman-Safavid Rivalry, 1560s–1610s. on 14 January, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Abstract The project examines the dependencies in the triangle of bilateral relations between three of the leading powers of the Early modern...

Dr. Savvas Kyriakidis will present his research under the topic: Oath-Taking and Oath-Breaking in Byzantium on 28 January, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Vladimir Nakov Abstract Oaths were one of the main mechanisms that sustained the legal, economic and political structure of Byzantium. They played an important role in the cultural life of...

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 29th of January, 2021 we will convene the third meeting of the series: Lecturer: Dr. Vassil Petrov The Inheritance Law of 1949 and the...

Dr. Asiya Bulatova will present her research under the topic: The Chaplin Vaccine: Taylorism and Immunization in Early-Soviet Film Theory and Fiction on 18 February, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Alexander Popov

Prof. Christo Stoev will present his research proposal on the topic: A Different Approach into the Philosophical Anthropology: Rethinking the Human through its Antonyms on on 25 February, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Asiya Bulatova --- Abstract The project builds on a simple thesis. In order to think through the human in general...

Dr. Aneliya Stoyanova will give her second talk on the progress of her research on the topic: A Possible Ally from the East: The Habsburg Intelligence and the Ottoman-Safavid Rivalry, 1560s–1610s. on 04 March, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Tetiana Onofriichuk --- The first presentation on the topic aimed at explaining the general...

Dr. Albena Hranova (Pforzheimer Fellow, Mar – Jul ‘21) will present her research proposal on the topic: Literature and Historiography: Public Scandals over Curricula and Textbooks in Bulgaria (1992–2019) 18 March, 2021 at 16:30 h. Moderated by Tchavdar Marinov --- Abstract This project is designed to study the Bulgarian public scandals in the 1992–2019 period...

The ninth seminar of the CAS Discussion Series "Policies of the Rule of Law" will take place on 18 March at 16:00h at CAS conference hall. Prof. Evelina Kelbecheva will give a talk on "Declarations and Laws, History and Memory".