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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 Kaloyan Konstantinov (IBSCT-BAS) Forge of Myths: The 'Islamic' Revolution in Iran.

The event is organised under the initiative Every Second Tuesday and will be held on April 11, 2023 (Tuesday) at 17:00 at the IBSCT-BAS (Moskovska Street No. 45).

We are looking forward to welcoming you!

On April 12, 2023 (Wednesday) at 17:00 at the Regional History Museum in Sofia, Retrocafe hall (2nd floor), Banski Square No. 1, the collective monograph MIRABILIA: TIMES, SPACES, MYTHS (Studia balkanica 36 ) will be presented. Compilers and editors: Lozanova-Stancheva, V. and Fol, V. The book is a result of the third interdisciplinary conference on the same topic, held on June 8-9, 2021 at the American Research Center in Sofia (ARCS) and with its courtesy and partnership.

The collective monograph is aimed at research from various points of view, methodology and applying different scholarly tools of the mirabilia-myth relationship in diverse spaces and times. The main goal is to clarify the mechanisms of construction of the mirabilia phenomenon by means of the fundamental categories of time – space – myth in their dynamic interconnection. The focus is on the genesis of myths, their temporal and spatial dimensions in the context of the categories "miracles" and "miraculous". The papers trace the anatomy and evolution of these categories, as well as their metaphorical metamorphoses in sacred and profane contexts. The cultural categories of "miracles" and "myths" with an emphasis on their spatio-temporal parameters are interpreted in their dynamic relationships and functional characteristics in relation to various fields of humanities, such as religion and mythology, literature, politics and language in different historical eras.

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We are pleased to invite you to the next meeting of the "Unknown Balkans" Discussion Club, which will be held on April 10, 2023. Prof. Raia Zaimova, Dr. habil. and Prof. Raymon Detrez, PhD will discuss the topic "European modernity and Bulgarian historiography of the 18th and the 19th century".

The event will be held on April 10, 2023 at 16:00 at the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Tracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Moskovska Street No 45 and online via  Zoom platform: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82869799233. The discussion is open to everyone.

The "Unknown Balkans" Discussion Club is organized under the project Building a supreme achievements centre "Heritage BG".

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On March 29, 2023, the Department of History and Ethnology of the Faculty of Classical Studies and Humanities of the Democritus University of Thrace in Komotini honored Prof. Dr. Roumiana Ilieva Preshlenova, Director of the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Tracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, with the distinction doctor honoris causa for her contribution to the development of the Balkan Studies and Bulgarian-Greek scholarly cooperation. The ceremony was preceded by a scholarly meeting on the topic "Balkan culture in the age of modernity" with participation of Bulgarian and Greek scholars. The event was attended by teachers and students, as well as a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria Mr. Valentin Pavlov, counsellor at the Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Thessaloniki.

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The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Tracology in cooperation with the National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences are pleased to invite you to the public lecture of Assoc. Prof. Maria Torteka, PhD SMC in modern museum network of Ukraine: Problems of theory and practice.

The event will be held on March 28, 2023 (Tuesday) at 11:00 online via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81018731023

Meeting ID: 810 1873 1023

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On March 14, 2023, Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil., Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of sciences handed over to the director of the Regional History Museum in Silistra the certificates of the participants in the training of museum specialists, which was successfully held in February. Museum specialists had the opportunity to listen to eight lectures and participate in the subsequent discussions, asking important questions for their scholarly research. The discussion format after each lecture allowed lecturers to enrich their scholarly knowledge with new information provided by the museum specialists.

The training of museum specialists will continue in the upcoming months.

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On March 13, 2023, the third meeting of the "Unknown Balkans" Discussion Club was held. The topic was "Medicine and health care in the Balkans in the 19th and 20th centuries". The leading debaters Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil., Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Assist. Prof. Ivaylo Nachev, PhD presented the development of medicine and health care in several Balkan countries in the period from the 1870s to the middle of the 20th century. Prof. Stefan Panayotov, D.Sc. from the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases and Prof. Georgeta Nazarska, PhD affiliated with the University of Library Science and Information Technology actively participated in the discussion. Students and researchers, interested in the history of medicine in the Balkans also took part.

The Discussion Club is organized by the "Unknown Balkans" project, part of the Building a supreme achievements centre "Heritage BG".

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Media appearances of Marian Karagyozov, political analyst affiliated with the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, about the upcoming elections in the Republic of Turkey.

• "The world is business" on Bloomberg Bulgaria;
• "Your Day" on Nova News;
• "Saturday 150" on the Bulgaria National Radio's Horizont.

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 Svetoslav Stamov (IBSCT-BAS) Archaeogenetics in history – promises and pitfalls.

The event is organised under the initiative Every Second Tuesday and will be held on March 14, 2023 (Tuesday) at 17:00 online via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89489470402

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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.

We are pleased to invite you to the third meeting of the "Unknown Balkans" Discussion Club, which will be held on March 13, 2023. Prof. Alexandre Kostov, D. Sc., Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and Assist. Prof. Ivaylo Nachev, PhD will discuss the topic "Medicine and health care in the Balkans in the 19th and 20th centuries".

The event will take place on March 13, 2023 at 16:00 at the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Tracology at Moskovska Street No. 45. The discussion is open to everyone.

The "Unknown Balkans" Discussion Club is organized under the project Building a supreme achievements centre "Heritage BG".

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The Discussion Club "The Unknown Balkans" is an initiative of the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and is implemented as part of the project Building a supreme achievements centre "Heritage BG". For nearly a year, scholars from the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology, together with guests from other academic institutions in the country, will discuss monthly lesser-known or trivial historical processes focused on the Balkans. The events are open to anyone who wants to participate in the discussions and will be held on Moskovska Street No. 45.

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The two-volume collection of papers "Ancient Thrace: Myth and Reality. The Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Congress of Thracology, Kazanlak, September 3-7, 2017", St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, Vol. 1-2, Sofia, 2022, ISBN 978-954-07-5263-3 has been published.

It contains the papers from the 13th International Congress of Thracology. It is prepared as a joint publication of University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski", NAIM-BAS, IBSCT-BAS and Historical Museum "Iskra" - Kazanlak, edited by Petar Delev, Totko Stoyanov, Svetlana Yanakieva, Hristo Popov, Anelia Bozhkova, Maya Vasileva, Yulia Tsvetkova, Margarit Damyanov, Petya Ilieva, Juliy Emilov.

The volumes contain 101 of the reports presented at the congress, which cover various areas of the Thracology Studies, presented for publication by 119 authors from 17 countries.