On October 10, 2010 the presentation of the collective monograph 'The Refugee Crisis and the Balkans (2015-2016)' (compiled by Alexandre Kostov, Irina Ognyanova, Biser Banchev, Paradigma Publishing House, 2018, 362 p. took palce at the Information Center of the Ministry of Defense. The publication is  of the implementation of the project 'Contemporary Balkans and challenges Bulgaria', funded by the Scientific Research Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science and implemented by IBSCT - BAS.

The monograph is a historical and political analysis of the migration crisis, which has raised important issues for the future of the EU. Two thematic cores formed the publication.

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The Institute of Balkan Studies and Center of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is pleased to invite you to the presentation of the collective monograph

The Refugee Crisis and the Balkans (2015-2016)

Sofia, Paradigma Publishing House, 2018

The publication is an outcome of the implementation of the project 'Contemporary Balkans and challenges before Bulgaria' (№ ДН 20/2 dated 11.12.2017 of the Scientific Research Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science) coordinated by the IBSCT - BAS
The presentation will take place on October 10, 2018 at 17h30 at the Information Center of the Ministry of Defense, located on Georgi S. Rakovski Street No. 106 (at the corner with Gurko Street)

On October 2, 2018 at 15h00 at the Center of Thracology "Prof. Alexander Fol" at the IBSCT - BAS, located on Moskovska Street No. 13, there will be presentation of the new twenty-third edition of the series Thracia: Thracia XXIII, THRACO-ANATOLICA, dedicated to the 65 anniversary of Prof. Kalin Porozhanov, Dr. habil. The publication contains 16 articles of colleagues, students, postgraduates and adherents of the jubilee whose research activities outlines his broad scientific scope.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT 

Department of Mediterranean and Eastern Studies at New Bulgarian University (NBU), the University Archive at the Book Center, NBU and the Center for Thracology 'Prof. Alexander Fol' at the Institute of Balkan Studies and Center of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences are pleased to invite you to the solemn opening of the Jubilee Exhibition 'TIME TRAVELER' - JUBILEE EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO THE 85 YEARS OF PROF. DR. HABIL. ALEXANDER FOL'S BIRTH. The event will take place on October 9, 2018 at 16h00 in the corridor space on the fourth floor of the First Corps in NBU, located on Montevideo Street No. 21.
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Maya Vasileva, PhD
Participants: Prof. Valeria Fol, Prof. Vanya Lozanova and Alexandra Trifonova, PhD.
The exhibition can be seen until 30 October 2018. Accompanying event is the exhibition "Prof. Alexander Fol's past future" that will take place at the NBU's Library. Library, 1st floor, 1-31 October 2018.

INVITATION

7th National Balkan Studies Meeting. Weekdays and Holidays on the Balkans will be held on 23rd and 24th of November 2018. The event is organised by the IBSCT - BAS and the National Committee on Balkan Studies, and will take place at the Institute of Balkan Studies.

Preliminary programme of the event

International conference 'WESTERN BALKANS - TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, EUROPEAN INTEGRATION' will be held on Friday, September 28, 2018 at 9h00. The conference is organised by the Institute of Balkan Studies and Center of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences under the project 'Modern Balkans and the challenges facing Bulgaria' of the Scientific Research Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science.

The conference will take place in Sofia, Scholar's House - BAS, located on Shipchenski prohod Boulevard No. 50.

Programme

After long illness on September 9, 2018, Prof. VASILKA TAPKOVA-ZAIMOVA (1924 - 2018) dies. Bright to be her memory!
The funeral will take place on Thursday, September 13 at 14h30 in the Orthodox Church of the Central Sofia Cemetery. The burial service will take place after the feast, parcel 8.

Vasilka Tapkova-Zaimova (1924-2018)

BAS announces a competition for full-time and part-time PhD students for the academic 2018/2019.
The IBSCT - BAS announces four places for full-time PhD students:

in professional field 2.2. History and Archaeology for scientific specialty Ancient History and Thracology (one place), Medieval History (one place), Early Modern and Modern History (one place);

in professional field 3.1. Sociology, Anthropology and Cultural Sciences, scientific specialty Cultural Theory and History (one place). For more information, please see the attached documents.

Full text of the announcement

On July 4, 2018 an official presentation of the project 'Building and development of Center of Excellence 'Heritage.BG'  /BG05M2OP001-1.001-0001/ was held in the Rectorate of the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski".

The event was attended by all project partners, representatives of scientific teams, expert teams, as well as guests from institutions and realted organizations, representatives of business and media.

Prof. Olya Harizanova, Leading Coordinator of the project, opened the event by presenting the Project Manager, Prof. Ivan Ilchev, Dr. habil. corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He briefly presented the purpose, tasks and activities envisaged. A video card was then broadcast which includes the twelve project partners and their engagements in the project implementation process.

The event continued by presenting each partner of the institution concerned. Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil. introduced the specificities and tasks of the IBSCT - BAS under the project 'Heritage BG'.

On June 20, 2018 the team 'Thessaloniki and the Bulgarians: History, Memory, Modernity' presented new edition, which collects some of the most interesting documents related to the topic of the project under the same name. The presentation provoked great interest, and despite the hot weather, the 'Sofia Press' Gallery and Bookstore was overfilled with many people interested in the topic, including scholars, archivists, heirs of Bulgarian families from Thessaloniki, diplomats, journalists, writers and public figures. Due to the exhaustion of available paper items, it was decided to provide free access to the electronic version of the publication. The album has already been completely uploaded on the project website and can be downloaded from the following link:

https://www.solunbg.org/…/k…/482-history-memory-present.html

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7th National Balkan Studies Meeting will be held on 23rd and 24th of November 2018. The topic of this year's edition is Weekdays and Holidays on the Balkans.

The organisers of the meeting are the National Committee on Balkan Studies and the IBSCT - BAS which await suggestions related to the problematic of the weekdays and/or celebrations on the Balkans in the past and nowadays, as well as the ways of their representation in literature, art, the press, etc. Applications containing title, abstract, author and institution will be accepted by 20 July 2018 at the following e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

7th NATIONAL BALKAN STUDIES MEETING

On June 7, 2018, the official presentation of the book 'Masks down! Nationalism in the Balkans in the 20th century' took place in the Information Center of the Ministry of Defense.
The authors of the monograph - Naum Kaychev, Bobby Bobev, Yura Konstantinova, Kalina Peeva, Roumiana Preshlenova and Aneta Mihaylova - are attempting to demystify the noble prepositions that politicians often justify the minority and tyrannical attacks in six countries in Southeastern Europe: Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania. The authors share the belief that the public presentation of these topics from the recent past is indispensable for a better understanding of the current challenges facing the region where we live.

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