Events

CAS Sofia is hosting a peer-led seminar, organised by a few of our current CAS Fellows which will hopefully be of interest to you! The seminar will be moderated by Dr Radostina Schivatcheva. Thursday, 26 February, at 16:30 GMT+2 at CAS Sofia Empirical Perspectives on Research Methodology: A Peer-Led Seminar This peer-led seminar brings together CAS...

Olena Uvarova (Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship Fellowship, Feb - Jun ‘26) Life in Forced Migration: Greek Refugees in Odessa and Chișinău during the Greek Revolution of Independence (1821–1829) 05 March 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Nadezhda Alexandrova

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian!
Svetlana Muhova will present her topic “New Data on the Carpenters who Worked in Koprivshtitsa during the Bulgarian National Revival” on 10 March 2026, at 17:00.

Zozan Tarhan (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘25 – Jul ‘26) will present her research on: Delegitimising Foreign Rulers: Neo-Assyrian Propaganda in Action 12 March 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Elena Boeck

John Paul Newman (Maynooth University, Ireland) will give a talk on his recent research: Ramparts of the Nation? National armies and State-and Nation-Building in Bulgaria, Serbia, and Montenegro after 1878 19 March 2026, 16:30 h. My presentation is part of a larger project looking at the role of national armies in state- and nation-building in...

Brian Boeck (Relevance of the Humanities Fellowship, Mar - Jul ‘26) will present his research on "Espionage Triangle or Hegelian Triad? The Hidden Logic of the Georgiev Spy Case" on 26 March 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Svitlana Pavlenko

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian!

We would like to invite you to the upcoming lecture, part of the seminar “Economic and Social History of Bulgaria: The Future through the Past Culture.” The discusssion series continues with a lecture by Dr Veselin Goranchev on the topic of “Business Relations between the Trading Company "Hadzhi Mincho h. Tsachev and company" and the Tapchileshtov Brothers.” The event will take place at the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia on Tuesday, 31 March 2026, at 17:00.

Dr Elena Boeck will present the topic "Byzantium in the Objectiff: Nikodim Kondakov, Jean-X. Raoult and their Photographic Expedition to Sinai" on 1 April 2026, Wednesday, at 16:30.

Radoslava Kuneva (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘25 – Jul ‘26) will present her research on "Wild nature in Post-socialist cities – Imaginations and Social Constructions of the Wild Nature in the Context of Climate Change and Environmental Crises in Southeastern Europe. The case of Boyana marsh in Sofia and Văcărești park in Bucharest" on 02 April 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Ivelina Masheva

Mykola Homanyuk (Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship Fellowship, Mar - Jul ‘26) will present his research on: Ukraine’s Ethnic Minorities during the War: Adaptation to Crisis, Belonging, Identity Preservation 16 April 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Zozan Tarhan

Lena Sadovski (Austrian Academy of Sciences) will give a talk on her recent research "How to get Married Correctly. Inter-Religious Marriages among Bulgarian Catholics between Social Customs, Doctrinal Requirements and Political Pressure (17th-18th Centuries)" on 17 April 2026, Friday, at 17:00. Moderated by: Dr Zozan Tarhan

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! We would like to invite you to the upcoming lecture, part of the seminar “Economic and Social History of Bulgaria: The Future through the Past Culture.” The discusssion series continues with a lecture by Dr Mihail Raev on the topic of "Harold Moulton and Leo Pasvolsky on Bulgaria...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian!
Dr Mariana Malinova (New Bulgarian University, Sofia) will present on the topic of "Ibn Taymiyyah’s (d. 1328) Concept of Translation" on 22 April 2026, Wednesday, 17:30 at the American Corner of the Sofia City Library, 4A Slaveykov Square.

Ivelina Masheva (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘25 – Jul ‘26) will present her research on: Women’s Work and (Un)equal pay: The Gender Pay Gap in Bulgarian Industry, 1910s–1940s 23 April 2026 (Thursday), 16:30 h. Moderated by: Olena Uvarova Abstract: The presentation investigates the gender wage gap in Bulgarian industry during the first...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian!

Prof. Theodora Dragostinova (Ohio State University) will speak on the topic of "Spoils of War: The Repatriation of Children in the post-1918 Balkans." The event will take place at the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia on Tuesday, 28 April 2026, at 17:00.