Fr. Bernard Ardura, O. Praem., President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, and Strahil Kavalenov, Bishop of the Diocese of Nicopolis, will present the book “Identità europea e radici cristiane. Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studio, Veliko Tarnovo, 26 maggio 2018” (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2021), edited by Kiril Kartaloff.

The event is organized by the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Tracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and will be held on February 15, 2023 at 18:00 in the Prof. Marin Drinov Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

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On February 13, 2023, at 16:00, the second meeting of the "Unknown Balkans" Discussion Club will be held in the building of the Institute of Balkan Studies & Center of Tracology - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences at 45 Moskovska Str. The topic of discussion will be “Thracian Tomb in Egypt? Architectural Associations" with lecturers Assist. Prof. Dr. Vesela Atanasova and Architect Dr. Adriana Serbova. Special guests will be Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maia Vasileva from New Bulgarian University and Assist. Prof. Dr. Kabalan Mukarzel from the Sofia University "Sv. Kliment Ohridski".

The event is part of the project Creation and development of a center of excellence "Heritage BG".

Abstract: In 2010 the Franco-Egyptian mission of excavations of the Persian fortress at the site of Tell el-Herr in Sinai, Northeastern Egypt, cames across to unusual architectural structure called by the discoverers "hypogeum". But what was the purpose and the origin of this building? The researchers themselves are having doubts about its interpretation. Our discussion also points out that the building is not typical for the Egyptian architecture but rather resembles the Thracian tumulus buildings and poses the question: Is it possible that the structure was built by a Thracian warrior? This is why we present an architectural parallel with the Thracian cult buildings in order to throw light upon the theme and eventually propose new hypotheses.  All this will be presented in the Discussion club.

The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is pleased to invite you to the lecture of Assist. Prof. Dessislava Nesheva, PhD (Medical University - Sofia) The Genetic Code of History.

As science developed, genetics became one of the approaches that provide answers to many questions and mysteries in both history and archaeology. It gave an opportunity to discover the missing link in human evolution and in the origin of modern humans. Where there is a lack of written sources and material evidence, the bones "speak" through the methods of genetic analysis. How has human evolution proceeded? Who are our ancestors? What is the origin of Bulgarians? What is their path in history? Thanks to the joint research of historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and geneticists, we will be able to answer those questions.

The event is organised under the initiative Every Second Tuesday and will be held on February 14, 2023 (Tuesday) at 17h00 at the IBSCT-BAS (Moskovska Street No. 45) and online via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89489470402.

We are looking forward to welcoming you!

This lecture is organized under the project "Ages of history - integration of genetic methods in historical research", funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund, contract No. KП-06-Н70-8/13.12.2022.

Dear colleagues and friends,

We are pleased to announce that the second book of Assist. Prof. Dr. Alexandra Milanova Touched by a Muse. Europe and urban music culture in the Balkans 19th – first half of the 20th century (Sofia: IBSCT-BAS, 2022, ISBN 978-619-7179-32-3, 463 p.) has been published.

The book is available at the IBSCT-BAS (Moskovska Street No. 45).

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On January 28, 2023, Marian Karagyozov, political analyst affiliated with the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, was a guest in the program "Saturday 150" on the Bulgaria National Radio's Horizont. The topic was the upcoming elections in the Republic of Turkey.

A full recording of the show is available here.

On January 24, 2023 Assist. Prof. Georgi Dimov, PhD will give a lecture Climate changes and cataclysms during the Middle Ages. The event is part of the cycle Climate and Geographical Features of the Balkans, organized by the Laboratory for the Study of Late Antiquity in the Balkans.

The lecture will be held in person at 17:00 at the IBSCT-BAS (Moskovska Street No. 45). You can also join via Zoom -https://zoom.us/j/93415907103 No pre-registration is required.

The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) is pleased to invite you to the lecture of Assoc. Prof. Kalin Yordanov A new look at the genealogy of despot Alexius Slav and the genesis of his principality. 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 lecture will be held on January 18, 2023 (Wednesday) at 16:00 at the IBSCT-BAS (Moskovska Street No. 45).

We are looking forward to welcoming you!

The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) is pleased to invite you to the lecture of Prof. Yura Konstantinova, Dr. habil. 100 shades of blue: Bulgarian ideas about Greece and the Greeks.

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 lecture will be held on January 31, 2023 (Tuesday) at 17:00 at the IBSCT-BAS (Moskovska Street No. 45) and will be broadcasted in Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81161695251

We are looking forward to welcoming you!

The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is pleased to invite you to the lecture of Assist. Prof. Petar Parvanov, PhD (National Archaeological Institue with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, ELTE Budapest) Medieval necropolitics in the archeology of the Balkans.

The event is organised under the initiative Every Second Tuesday and will be held on January 10, 2023 (Tuesday) at 17h00 at the IBSCT-BAS (Moskovska Street No. 45).

We are looking forward to welcoming you!

On December 19, 2022, Todor Chobanov, PhD and Svetoslav Stamov, both affiliated with the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences were guests in the program "History.BG" on the Bulgarian National Television. The topic of this edition was "The genes of the Bulgarians".

A full recording of the show is available here.

The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) is pleased to invite you to the lecture of Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Todorov, PhD (Regional History Museum - Silistra) The Shepherd Aristocracy.

The event is organized in pursuance to Art. 18. (17) of the Annex to the Regulations of the Scientific Council of the IBSCT-BAS. It will be held on December 15, 2022 (Thursday) at 17:00 in Zoom.

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83797687342
Meeting ID: 837 9768 7342

We are looking forward to welcoming you!

The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is pleased to invite you to the lecture of Prof. Roumen Daskalov, D. Sc. Tsar Samuel in the Bulgarian-Serbian-Macedonian historiographic disputes.

The event is organised under the initiative Every Second Tuesday and will be held on December 13, 2022 (Tuesday) at 16h00 at the IBSCT-BAS (Moskovska Street No. 45).

We are looking forward to welcoming you!