The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Tracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) is pleased to invite you to an academic seminar with international participation "Spiritual and Cultural Heritage and Ethnic Identity in the Balkans".
Speakers
Miloš Rastović
Scholar-in-Residence at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, the United States of America, and Founder and President of the American Council for Eastern Europe
Topic: Spiritual and Cultural Heritage Sites of Serbia After WWII
Verzhin Hugasyan, PhD
Vice-Chairman of the Young Professionals (YP) of AGBU Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Topic: Preservation of the Material and Spiritual Heritage of the Armenian People and the Role of Armenian General Benevolent Union YP (Young Professionals) Plovdiv
Commentator
Prof. Golfo Alexopoulos, PhD
Director of the Institute for Russian, European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of South Florida, U.S.A.
Moderator
Prof. Dr. Nadia Boyadjieva, Doctor of Sciences in International Law and International Relations
Institute for Balkan Studies with a Center for Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
In his presentation, Miloš Rastović will discuss the importance of preserving Serbia's spiritual and cultural sites from World War II until today. He will discuss the Serbian Orthodox Church as a main pillar in preserving Serbian ethnic identity. Dr. Verzhin Hugasyan will discuss the factors preserving spiritual heritage of the Armenians with focus on Bulgaria case and the role of Armenian General Benevolent Union and its Young Professionals branch in Plovdiv.
The seminar will be from 8 a.m. – 9.30 a.m. EST (from 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. EEST) and will be held in a hybrid form – in person in the IBSCT-BAS (45, Moskovska Street, Sofia, Bulgaria) and online via Zoom on the following Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85633439644?pwd=WHJ5a2V2azNveXo3K09KYVB2QUZYdz09
Meeting ID: 856 3343 9644
Passcode: 165888
The event will be held in English.
The seminar with international participation is held under the auspices of the academic project "Ethnic, Religious and Minority Issues in the Balkans in 20th and 21st Centuries" of the Institute for Balkan Studies and Center for Thracology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences with Reg. № 2412130 in the Registry of the Bulgarian Current Research Information System of the National Center for Information and Documentation (NACID).
You are welcome to join us in person or at via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85633439644?pwd=WHJ5a2V2azNveXo3K09KYVB2QUZYdz09
Organizing Committee:
Prof. Dr. Nadia Boyadjieva, Doctor of Sciences in International Law and International Relations – Chair
Assist. Prof. Dr. Alexandra Milanova – Member
Assist. Prof. Dr. Dimitar Dobrev – Member