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The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) is pleased to invite you to the conference with international participation, organized by the journal "Balkani", "History and Modernity of the European Southeast: Sources and Conclusions".
The event will be held on March 19–20, 2026 at the IBSCT-BAS (Sofia, 45 Moskovska Street).
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The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) is pleased to invite you to the public lecture of Milen Markov, PhD (IBSCT-BAS) The Role and Place of Women in the Arian Conflict in the 4th Century.
The event is organized under the initiative Every Second Tuesday and will be held on March 10, 2026 (Tuesday) at 15:30 in the IBSCT-BAS building (Moskovska Street No. 45).
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The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) is pleased to invite you to the official premiere of the collection "Turkish Modernity – Political, Social, and Cultural Dimensions in the 19th and 20th Centuries".
The event will take place on February 24, 2026 (Tuesday) at 15:00 at the IBSCT–BAS (Moskovska Street No. 45).
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The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) is pleased to invite you to the public academic lecture of Prof. Antoaneta Balcheva, PhD (IBSCT-BAS) Travelling: "The poetry of modern civilisation". National and personal mapping in Bulgarian and Croatian travelogues from the early 20th century. The event is organized in pursuance to Art. 19 (19) of the Annex to the Regulations of the Scientific Council of the IBSCT-BAS regarding terms and conditions for acquiring scientific degrees and for holding academic positions.
The public lecture is organised under the initiative Every Second Tuesday and will be held on February 10, 2026 (Tuesday) at 15:00 at the IBSCT-BAS (Moskovska Street No. 45).
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The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) is pleased to invite you to the public academic lecture of Assoc. Prof. Elmira Vassileva, PhD (IBSCT-BAS) "An American in the Balkans: Ellen Stone and her mission". The event is organized in pursuance to Art. 18 (17) of the Annex to the Regulations of the Scientific Council of the IBSCT-BAS regarding terms and conditions for acquiring scientific degrees and for holding academic positions.
The public lecture will be held on January 20, 2026 (Tuesday) at 15:00 in the IBSCT-BAS building (Moskovska Street No. 45).
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The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) is pleased to invite you to the public academic lecture of Assoc. Prof. Georgi Kovachev, PhD (Regional History Museum Sliven/IBSCT-BAS) "The Hypalectryon". The event is organized in pursuance to Art. 18 (17) of the Annex to the Regulations of the Scientific Council of the IBSCT-BAS regarding terms and conditions for acquiring scientific degrees and for holding academic positions.
The public lecture will be held on January 13, 2026 (Tuesday) at 16:00 in the IBSCT-BAS building (Moskovska Street No. 45).
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The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) is pleased to invite you to the public lecture of Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Sirakov, PhD (Regional History Museum Sliven/IBSCT-BAS) "The secret aristocratic societies in Ancient Thrace according to archaeological findings from the Sliven region". The event is organized in pursuance to Art. 18 (17) of the Annex to the Regulations of the Scientific Council of the IBSCT-BAS regarding terms and conditions for acquiring scientific degrees and for holding academic positions.
The public lecture will be held on January 13, 2026 (Tuesday) at 15:00 in the IBSCT-BAS building (Moskovska Street No. 45).
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The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) is pleased to invite you to the public lecture of Prof. Dr. Jürgen Fuchsbauer (Faculty of Language, Literature and Culture, University of Innsbruck) "Byzantium in Slavic Voices: Translating Orthodoxy in the Digital Age".
The event is organised under the initiative Every Second Tuesday and will be held on December 9, 2025 (Tuesday) at 15:30 in the IBSCT-BAS building (Moskovska Street No. 45).
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The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) is pleased to invite you to the Third Round Table “The Obscured Balkans” on the topic “In the beginning was water”. It will be held on November 27 and 28, 2025. The event is organized under activity B “The Obscured Balkans”, project BG16RFPR002-1.014-0011 “Sustainable Development of the Center for Excellence “Heritage BG”.
The round table will be officially opened by Prof. D.Sc. Alexandre Kostov, Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, on November 27, 2025 (Thursday) at 9:30.
Both established and young scholars and doctoral students will participate in the forum. They will present the role of water in the history of the Balkans.
The event will be held hybrid – on-site in the Seminar Hall of IBSCT-BAS, 45 Moskovska Street, 3rd floor and remotely via ZOOM (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87326298581).
At a ceremony in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dr. Angel Zlatkov from the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was awarded the “Danubius” Young Scientist Award of the Federal Ministry for Women, Science and Research of the Republic of Austria and the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe.
Introduced in 2014, the Award seeks to highlight the scientific work and talent of young researchers and enhance the visibility of the scientific community in the region. Moreover, the award encourages young scientists to engage in the scientific examination of the multifaceted issues and questions specifically related to the Danube Region.
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The French Minister of Education honored Prof. Roumiana Preshlenova, Director of the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, with the title of Chevalier of the Order of Academic Palms of the Republic of France for 2025. This is one of the highest distinctions, testifying to France's recognition of her contribution to the French-Bulgarian cooperation in the field of university education and scientific research. The order was presented by H.E. Marie Dumoulin, newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France to Bulgaria, at a solemn ceremony on November 12, 2025 at the French Embassy. This is a high award for me as well as for all colleagues and partners with whom we worked together to strengthen ties between French and Bulgarian scholars in the field of humanities, emphasized Prof. Roumiana Preshlenova in her speech. She pointed out that she has always been guided by the understanding that the mission of science in the modern era is not only to create knowledge, but also to share and disseminate it.
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The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is pleased to invite you to the scholarly conference with international participation "The Modern City: Heritage, Technologies, Representations". The event will be held on November 20 and 21, 2025 in Sofia. More details can be found in the conference program.
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