Events

Konstantin Georgiev (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) is giving his second talk talk on: Excess and Hermeneutics: Clashing Definitions of Police Violence in Contemporary Bulgaria on 27 March 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by Ahmed Nuri Abstract: In this presentation, I will discuss multiple definitions of police violence—explicit and...

Oleg Rusakovskiy (Gerda Henkel Fellow, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) will present his research on: History Mercenaries in the Tsar’s Service: Muscovy and European Military Entrepreneurship, 1630 – 1634 on 03 April 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Lubomira Popova Abstract: The project aims to investigate the interaction between the state of Muscovy and the...

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 discussions series continues with a lecture by Assoc. Prof. Strahil Panayotov on the “The Social History of an Epistaxis in the...

Lubomira Popova (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) is making her second presentation on: Is the “New” EU Enlargement Methodology Already Obsolete? An Empirical Reconstruction of the EU’s New Enlargement Methodology on 10 April 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Malte Fuhrmann Abstract: The need to reform the EU’s enlargement...

Please note that this seminar is in Bulgarian. The regular discussion series on the topic “Bulgaria after Chernobyl” started in January 2025. The idea of this seminar is to publicise the latest discoveries made by our team of researchers, whose goal it is to shed light on the “management” and consequences of the Chernobyl disaster...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! The CAS Public Lecture Series will be held between 23 April an 4 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...

Ekaterina Yahyaoui (Gerda Henkel Fellow, Mar – Jul ‘25) will be giving a talk on her research: Equality and Human Rights: Between Identity and Difference on 24 April 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by Yuliya Krylova-Grek. Abstract: The principle of equality is a founding principle of the organization of the United Nations and a core...

The regular discussion series on the topic “Bulgaria after Chernobyl” started in January 2025. The idea of this seminar is to publicise the latest discoveries made by our team of researchers, whose goal it is to shed light on the “management” and consequences of the Chernobyl disaster in Bulgaria. The seminar is co-organised by the Centre...

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...

Miglena Stamberova (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Junior Scholars, Oct ‘24 – Jul ‘25) is presenting her progress on: Politicizing Science: the Impact of Politics on the Bulgarian Archaeology during the Communist Period and the Years of Transition on 08 May 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30. Moderated by: Oleg Rusakovskiy.

The regular discussion series on the topic “Bulgaria after Chernobyl” started in January 2025. The idea of this seminar is to publicise the latest discoveries made by our team of researchers, whose goal it is to shed light on the “management” and consequences of the Chernobyl disaster in Bulgaria. The seminar is co-organised by the Centre...

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...

Please note: this event is in Bulgarian! The Centre for Advanced Study hosts a discussion series under the theme: Why Byzantium? We will convene for a lecture on the following topic: The Mongol Expansion in the 13th Century: Horsemen of the Apocalypse or Harbingers of Globalization Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr Konstantin Golev (Institute for Historical...

Polina Dimova (BG-Swiss Fellowships for Bulgarian Diaspora Scholars, May – Jul ‘25) will present on: The Skriabin Century: Aleksandr Skriabin’s Myth and Music in Twentieth-Century Russian Culture on 22 May (Thursday), at 16:30 h. Abstract: This lecture investigates the synaesthetic ideas, multimedia music, and legacy of Russian composer Aleksandr Skriabin in the twentieth century by...