Events

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! The CAS Public Lecture Series will be held between 23 April and 11 June at the American Corner of the Sofia City Library at 4A Slaveykov Square. You are cordially invited to attend the lectures of the junior and senior Bulgarian Fellows of the 2023-2024 academic year under...

The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS), in partnership with the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), is pleased to announce 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 Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria...

Yuliya Krylova-Grek (Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship, Mar – Jul ‘25) will give a talk on: Media, Language and Society: Propaganda, Manipulation, and Psychological Resistance on 05 June 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by Polina Dimova. Abstract: Language plays a key role in shaping social reality, especially in times of turmoil. The current Russia agresssion demonstrates how...

Деветото издание на семинара "България след Чернобил" ще се проведе на 10 юни от 16:30 часа (вторник). Димитър Щ. Димов ще говори върху Чернобил като взрив в системата за управление на екологичните проблеми в НРБ Чрез представянето на историята на атмосферното замърсяване в Димитровград ще се очертаят дългосрочните институционални, пропагандни, експертни и ежедневни рефлекси по...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian The CAS Public Lecture Series will be held between 23 April and 11 June at the American Corner of the Sofia City Library at 4A Slaveykov Square. You are cordially invited to attend the lectures of the junior and senior Bulgarian Fellows of the 2023-2024 academic year under...

Stefan Peychev (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) will present his progress on: Fire and Water: The Hydrothermal Landscapes of the Balkans in the Age of Geological Travel, ca. 1500-1900 on 12 June 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Ekaterina Yahyaoui

Bisserka Gaydarska (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Diaspora Scholars, Jan – Mar ‘25) will present her research on: Miniature People with Lots to Say: Balkan Prehistoric Figurines in Context on 19 June 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by Miglena Stamberova. Abstract: In this presentation, I summarise what archaeologists do, the different paradigms within which they have...

С десетото издание на семинара "България след Чернобил" ще закрием този пролетен семестър. Датата е 24 юни от 16:30 часа (вторник) в Център за академични изследвания (ул. Стефан Караджа 7, вх. В, ет. 2, зад НАТФИЗ). Атанас Кръстанов ще говори по темата: Медийно отразяване на ядрено и радиационно замърсяване. Комуникация с масмедиите и гражданите Атанас...

Ahmed Nuri (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) will present his progress on: The Majority of the Minority: Turkish Literature in Bulgaria’s Communist Semiosphere, 1944-1969 26 June 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30 Moderated by Oleksiy Polunin. Abstract: In my second and final seminar, I will present a historical and contextual overview...

We would like to invite you to an exhibition with works by Matheline Marmy and Nejda, fellows of the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia as part of our Landis & Gyr Artistic fellowship programme.

Oleksiy Polunin (Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship, Mar – Jul ‘25) will give a talk on his research: Living through an Apocalypse: The Role of Self, Time, and Emotions on 19 July 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30 Moderated by Igor Serdiuk.

The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia hosts the annual conference of the Centre for Governance and Culture in Europe (GCE), University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, on 15 and 16 September 2025.

Zozan Tarhan (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘25 – Jul ‘26) will make her first presentation on her research topic: Delegitimising Foreign Rulers: Neo-Assyrian Propaganda in Action 16 October 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Strahil Panayotov

Note: This event is in Bulgarian! The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia introduces a new discussion series, titled "Politics and leadership in an era of crisis: post-democracy, illiberalism, authoritarianism. Alternatives and activism", moderated by Prof. Anna Krasteva. The first lecture in this series of debates will be presented by Dr Evgeni Kanev, on the topic...