On 17th and 18th of June 2019, an International Conference "Bulgarian-Croatian scientific, cultural and spiritual relations" will be organised as a result of the project collaboration between the scholars from "Early Modern History of the Balkans" and "Cultural History of the Balkan Nations" Sections at the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology, BAS with scholars from the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. It will be dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The main topics of the scientific forum will be the following:

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Montana Municipality, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Regional Academic Center - Montana, the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Tracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Branch Montana, the State Archives - Montana and the Regional History Museum - Montana are pleased to organise Day of the Bulgarian science dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
The scientific event will be held in the city of Montana on 14 June 2019 (Friday) at 14h00.

During the event, Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil. (corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) from the IBCT – BAS will be presenting the newly published scientific corpus "The Northwest Bulgaria in Europe - history and culture".

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Prof. Raya Zaimova, Dr. habil. was recently awarded three honorary diplomas: for her generous donations of scholarly literature to support researchers from the Institute for Bulgarian Language "Prof. Lyubomir Andreychin", for donation of books from the personal library of Prof. Vasilka Tapkova-Zaimova to the Center for Slavonic-Byzantine Studies "Prof. Ivan Dujchev" at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", as well as for promoting cultural and historical heritage, and the activities of the Regional History Museum in the city of Blagoevgrad.

On the 14th and the 15th of May 2019 the Centre of Thracology at the IBCT – BAS organised traditional Thracology Readings "ANCIENT THRACE AND THE THRACIANS: SACRAL AND PROFANE" decidated to Prof. Alexander Fol, Dr. habil.

The event is related to the date 15 May, when the Institute of Thracology started to work as an independent scientific unit of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, based on Order No. 185 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria dated 12.05.1972, headed by the founding director Prof. Alexander Fol, Dr. habil.

During the Thracology Readings, Prof. Valeria Fol delivered lectures about the Thracians to children from 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade from the Thomas Edison Private Primary School in Sofia, who received her book Tales for Children and Adults.

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The Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is pleased to organize a conference "The City in the Balkans: Spaces, Faces, Memory" to be held in Sofia in the period 2-4 October 2019.

Deadline for abstracts submission is June 23, 2019. The abstract should include title of the proposed paper (in Bulgarian and English) and summary (up to 300 words), and should be sent to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Conference "The City in the Balkans: Spaces, Faces, Memory"

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Donation campaign for restoration of the buildings of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, which are cultural monuments, for anniversaries, etc.

The rebirth of Bulgaria and its development as a modern state have become reality thanks to donations, patriotism and generosity of its children.
Let's restore this noble Bulgarian tradition with gratitude to our ancestors and responsibility for the future of our children.

Donation account:
IBAN: BG90 BNBG 9661 3100 1321 01
BIC: BNBGBGSF
BAS, Sofia, 15 November Street, No. 1
Bulstat 000 662018

Donations may also be deposited in cash at the cash desk of BAS-Administration

We are pleased to invite you to the lecture of Assoc. Prof. Ludmila Mindova, PhD "Anti-home. The Communist Camps in Central European and Balkan Literature". The lecture is part of the cycle EACH SECOND TUESDAY and it will take place on May 14, 2019 at 16h30 in the building of the Institute of Balkan Studies, Moskovska Street No. 45.

On 10th of May 2019 at 9h00, a one-day discussion forum will take place in Hall 1 of the Antique Cultural and Communication Complex Serdica (Largo), a branch of the Regional History Museum-Sofia. Feel welcome to join the discussion!

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS - MAY 2019 in PDF

On the 14th and the 15th of May 2019 the Centre of Thracology at the IBCT – BAS organises traditional Thracology Readings "ANCIENT THRACE AND THE THRACIANS: SACRAL AND PROFANE" decidated to Prof. Alexander Fol, Dr. habil. The event is related to the date 15 May, when the Institute of Thracology started to work as an independent scientific unit of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, based on Order No. 185 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria dated 12.05.1972, headed by the founding director Prof. Alexander Fol, Dr. habil.

The official opening and the plenary session of the scientific conference will be held with courtesy to the Sofia History Museum, at the Retro Cafe on the 2nd floor (1, Banski Square, Sofia) at 9:30 on May 14, 2019 (Tuesday).

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Open letter
from the Academic council
at the Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology
at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

*This is not a full translation but a synthesis of the document. There are missing explanatory parts from the text as well as the Introduction of the letter.

The letter addressed to the Minister of Education and Science concerns the recently accepted criteria of evaluation of the scientific outputs in the field of Humanities. The outlined concerns and proposed solutions are based on the following documents:

• Criteria of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for the ‘’factors for evaluation of research activity’’
• The Ministry of Education and Science’s ‘‘Criteria and indicators for evaluation of research activity of the organisations’’ taken from the Handbook for monitoring and evaluation of research activity of the higher education institutions and scientific organisations
• The overall activity of the Fund ‘‘Scientific Research’’

The Institute expresses concern of the omnipresent application of a predominantly Anglo-Saxon based criteria, argued to be more applicable for scientific disciplines rather than for Humanities research on a regional level.

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