Events

A regular discussion series on the topic "Bulgaria after Chernobyl" is set to start in Janury 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...

Ivo Danchev (Landis & Gyr Artistic Fellowship, Oct ’24 – Feb ‘25) will present his work on: Between Two Worlds 13 March 2025 (Thursday) at 16:30 Moderated by Konstantin Georgiev. Abstract: Bulgaria’s masked performers may vary by personas and names but are widely known as kukeri. Pillars of tradition, yet masters of disguise, the kukeri...

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. Hristo Hristozov on the “Colonization and Ecological Changes in the Southeastern Balkans...

Prof. Dr Wolfgang Höpken (University of Leipzig) will present a seminar on the topic "Belated Westernization" or "Religious Revival": Secularity and Religion in the orthodox Balkans" on Wednesday, 19 March 2025, at 17:30. Prof. Dr Wolfgang Höpken has studied History, Slavic Languages and Political Sciences at the University of Hamburg. Following his Ph.D. at the University of...

Malte Fuhrmann (Relevance of the Humanities Fellow, Mar – Jul ‘25) will present his work on: Roads to Happiness, Roads to Despair. Transport Infrastructure, Emotions, and Politics in Southeast Europe, 1839-1956 20 February 2025 (Thursday), at 16:30 Moderated by Stefan Peychev. Abstract: With the ongoing protests in Serbia and Greece, transport infrastructure politics have become...

Please note that this seminar is in Bulgarian. A regular discussion series on the topic “Bulgaria after Chernobyl” is set to start in Janury 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...

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...