Slavka Karakusheva (MON Fellow, Oct ’22 – Jul ’23) will present her progress on: Population Politics and Nation Building: Migrations of Turkish and Muslim Populations from Bulgaria to Turkey (1925–1939) on 04 May, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Bogdana Paskaleva.
Luka Nakhutsrishvili (Gerda-Henkel Fellow, Mar – Jul ’23) will present his research on: The Theatre-caravanserai of Tbilisi. Reassembling a Civilizing Heterotopia from the Russian Caucasus, 1845-1876 on 11 May, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Maria Dimova-Cookson.
Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! We are glad to announce that after a years break we are reinstating the Discussion Series under the wide theme Economic (Social) History of Bulgaria: The Future through the Past Culture The discussion series continue with a lecture by Prof. Dr. Dimitar Ludjev on: The Bulgarian Liberal Programme...
Maria Dimova-Cookson (Re-Link Bulgarian-Swiss Fellowships, April – June ’23) will present her research on: Rethinking Meritocracy - Freedom, Well-being and the Common Good on 18 May, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Federico Brusadelli. Abstract: In recent years meritocracy – the social arrangement which rewards the talented and the hard working – has attracted...
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 and Culture Topic for the 2022/2023 academic year: “Center and Periphery in Religions and Society” Moderator: Simeon Evstatiev You are cordially invited to a lecture...
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...
