THE SEMINARS WORKING LANGUAGE IS BULGARIAN! The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia hosts a new series of workshops under the theme: Forms of Ownership – Property in Communist Bulgaria On the 29th of January, 2021 we will convene the third meeting of the series: Lecturer: Dr. Vassil Petrov The Inheritance Law of 1949 and the...
Dr. Asiya Bulatova will present her research under the topic: The Chaplin Vaccine: Taylorism and Immunization in Early-Soviet Film Theory and Fiction on 18 February, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Alexander Popov
Prof. Christo Stoev will present his research proposal on the topic: A Different Approach into the Philosophical Anthropology: Rethinking the Human through its Antonyms on on 25 February, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Asiya Bulatova --- Abstract The project builds on a simple thesis. In order to think through the human in general...
Dr. Aneliya Stoyanova will give her second talk on the progress of her research on the topic: A Possible Ally from the East: The Habsburg Intelligence and the Ottoman-Safavid Rivalry, 1560s–1610s. on 04 March, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Tetiana Onofriichuk --- The first presentation on the topic aimed at explaining the general...
Dr. Albena Hranova (Pforzheimer Fellow, Mar – Jul ‘21) will present her research proposal on the topic: Literature and Historiography: Public Scandals over Curricula and Textbooks in Bulgaria (1992–2019) 18 March, 2021 at 16:30 h. Moderated by Tchavdar Marinov --- Abstract This project is designed to study the Bulgarian public scandals in the 1992–2019 period...
The ninth seminar of the CAS Discussion Series "Policies of the Rule of Law" will take place on 18 March at 16:00h at CAS conference hall. Prof. Evelina Kelbecheva will give a talk on "Declarations and Laws, History and Memory".
Dr. Sorin Gog will present his research under the topic: Psychotherapy, Spirituality and the Inner Self: Post-Secular Subjectivities Among the Romanian Middle Class on 1 April, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Dr. Vladimir Nakov --- Abstract The research project focuses on the emergence of spiritualized forms of psychotherapy and self-help psychologies that have...
Dr. Grace E. Fielder (Advanced Academia Fellow, Mar – July ‘21) will present her research under the topic: Social Networks and Sofia Vernaculars at the Dawn of the Bulgarian National Language on 8 April, 2021 (Thursday) at 16:30 h. Moderated by Prof. Albena Hranova --- Abstract The current project is a historical sociolinguistic study of...
Dr. Vladimir Nakov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘20 – Jun ‘21) will give his second talk on the progress of his research at CAS on the topic: Hidden Madness: Mental Health Governance in Socialist Bulgaria 15 April, 2021 at 16:30 h.
THE SEMINARS WORKING LANGUAGE IS BULGARIAN! The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia hosts a new series of workshops under the theme: Forms of Ownership – Property in Communist Bulgaria On the 16th of April, 2021 we will convene the fourth meeting of the series: Lecturer: Prof. Roumen Avramov Ownership through the Lenses of Economic Thought...
THE EVENTS FOR 2020 WERE POSTPONED due to COVID-19 - will take place in April 2021 via ZOOM / Bulgaria time zone (EEST) OPENING CONFERENCE “Looking at Things in Southeastern Europe: Regional Archaeology in Search of Viable Futures” 17-18 April 2021 *The time-slots include 25 min. presentation and 20 min. discussion *Bulgaria time zone (EEST)...
THE EVENTS FOR 2020 WERE POSTPONED due to COVID-19 - will take place in April 2021 via ZOOM / Bulgaria time zone (EEST) FIRST SPRING SCHOOL: THE IMPACT OF THE POLITICAL ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH April 2021 (Sofia) PROGRAMME LECTURES *The time-slots include 45 min. presentation and 45 min. discussion 19 April, 2021 (Monday) 11:00 -...
Dr. Lyubomir Pozharliev (MON Fellow, Oct ‘20 – Jun ‘21) will give his second talk on the progress of his research at CAS on the topic: Competing Interests. State and Private actors in the Development of Black Sea Infrastructure in Russia and Bulgaria (1856–1914) He will present more details on The Case of the Russian...
Dr. Alexander Popov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘20 – Jun ‘21) will give his second talk on the progress of his research at CAS on the topic: Narrating AI. Speculating through Science and Fiction on the Future of Machine and Human Intelligence 13 May, 2021 at 16:30 h. Moderated by Stanimir Panayotov --- Abstract This presentation...
Dr. Stanimir Panayotov (MON Fellow, Oct ‘20 – Jun ‘21) will give his second talk on the progress of his research at CAS on the topic: Feminisms beyond the Body: Towards a Feminist Theory of Disembodiment 20 May, 2021 at 16:30 h.
