Events

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 convene the fourth meeting of the series on the following topic: Why Byzantium in Bulgarian art studies Lecturer: Dr Margarita Kuyumdzhieva 30 May 2023 (Tuesday),...

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...

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 of East Central and Southeastern Europe (SISECSE) CAS and ACLS will convene leading scholars from Eastern Europe and North America for a two-week residency in...

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, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Slavka Karakusheva. Abstract: Notwithstanding the fact that the ideological framework of Balkan nationalism as well as it’s implications...

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 16:30 h. Moderated by Nadezhda Alexandrova.

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, 'Two Concepts of Liberty.' The lecture emphasizes the Cold War context in which Berlin wrote his essay and highlights its continued relevance in today's political...

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...

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 July, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Martin Valkov. This presentation explores the life and posthumous commemoration of the pop musician Volodymyr Ivasiuk. Although...

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 Christian Societies in the Crusader Holy Land (1099-1291) on 19 October, 2023 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Strahil Panayotov. Abstract: My research project examines...

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 Prof. Dr. Valentin Kitanov on: Between the Sultan's Order and Sheikh-ul-Islam's Fatwa: Tobacco in 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.