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The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences presents the online exhibition 'Georgi S. Rakovski: Bright mind and invincible spirit'. It is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great ideologue of the Bulgarian organized national liberation movement.

The exhibition presents interesting and unknown facts about the life and work of Georgi Rakovski as a publicist, revolutionary, inspirer and leader of the Bulgarian national liberation movement. It leads the audience in his footsteps in Kotel, Constantinople, Brăila, Belgrade, Marseille, Novi Sad, Odessa and Bucharest. Stories and impressions of his contemporaries complement the image of Rakovski as the most far-sighted and cosmopolitan person in the Bulgarian National Revival.

The exhibition is available here (audio and video).

The Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is pleased to invite you to the first public event for 2021 organised under the initiative Every Second Tuesday - a lecture delivered by Assist. Prof. Dr. Arch. Adriana Sarbova. The topic of her presentation is "Thracian cult buildings in the context of modern sacred spaces". The event will be held on April 13, 2021 (Tuesday) at 17h00 in Zoom.
We are looking forward to welcoming you!

https://zoom.us/j/94953582249
Meeting ID: 949 5358 2249

Abstract

The National Committee for Balkan Studies is pleased to organize the Tenth National Meeting on Balkan Studies on the topic National Liberation Movements in the Balkans. The event will be held on November 2 and 3, 2021 in Sofia. The participation will be in person in case of favorable development of the epidemic situation. The meeting is dedicated to two significant anniversaries - the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great ideologue of the Bulgarian organized national liberation movement, Georgi S. Rakovski, and the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution.

Please submit your application for 20 minutes presentation until May 31, 2021 to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Please write the title of the proposed paper (in Bulgarian and English) and a summary (up to 300 words). Аpproved applications will be announced by June 7, 2021.

No participation fee is required.
Participants are responsible for organizing and paying their travel costs to the venue of the event, as well as the accommodation and the daily allowances.

The papers will be subsequently published in a peer-reviewed volume.

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The Institute of Balkan Studies & Professor Alexander Fol Centre of Thracology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), with the support of the INFRAMAT Project and with the cooperation of the National Archaeological Institute with Museum of BAS, the Regional History of Sofia Museum, the Regional Archaeological Museum in Plovdiv and the Ministry of Culture are pleased to show the exhibition Cinnabar – the Royal Colour in Thracian and Roman Culture in the Bulgarian Lands, 2-16 March 2021, in the Sredets Art Gallery, 17, Alexander Stamboliyski Blvd. in Sofia. Numerous sacral buildings with colour decoration have been examined.

The pigments used for very few of them have been tested. They follow entirely the pattern of the Mediterranean context for decoration of monumental constructions. Cinnabar is extremely precious and is charged with definite meanings and functions that can be revealed more comprehensively only through complex research that is predetermined by its qualities. The exhibition presents some of the most impressive sacral sites of Thracian and Roman culture in the Bulgarian lands, where the use of cinnabar has been documented or tests of the pigments used have been planned.

On February 19, 2021 a virtual scholarly workshop The concept of bilingual word indices to the Constantine of Preslav's Uchitel'noe evangelie ('Didactic Gospel') in the context of historical lexicography will be held. It is organised under the project The Vocabulary of Constantine of Preslav's Uchitel'noe evangelie ('Didactic Gospel'): Old Bulgarian-Greek and Greek-Old Bulgarian Word Indices, funded by the BNSF under the contract KP-06-H50.

Free access to the workshop is available via ZOOM: https://zoom.us/j/97785965057

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Dear colleagues and friends,

We are pleased to announce that the latest book of Assoc. Prof. Dr. habil. Bisser Petrov Diplomacy and Diversion in the Balkans: British Policy Towards Albania during and after World War II (Sofia: Gutenberg Publishing House, 2020, ISBN 978-619-176-178-4, 306 p.) has been published.

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Dear colleagues and friends,

We are pleased to announce that the book of Assist. Prof. Dr. Alexandra Milanova From Constantinople to Ioannina. Everyday Life in the Balkans through the Eyes of François Pouqueville (Sofia: IBSCT-BAS, 2020, ISBN 978-619-7179-16-3, 402 p.) has been published.

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

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Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to the lecture of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vladislav Ivanov The Order of Saint John and the Balkans, 11th - 13th Century.

The event will be held on January 18, 2021 (Monday) at 17h00 at the following link: https://zoom.us/j/96082802549

We are looking forward to welcoming you!

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2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Bulgarian Exarchate. On this occasion, IBSCT–BAS presents a virtual exhibition “Restoration of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church”.

The exhibition is available here (audio and video).

Във финалната фаза на проекта екипът представи основни резултати от извършените дейностите през 2020 г. Представянето беше проведено под формата на онлайн събитие, което може да се види в канала на ИБЦТ в популярна платформа за видео споделяне. В рамките на проекта „Дигитален архив на столичния кмет инж. Иван Иванов“ се дигитализират и популяризират оригинални документи на един от най-успешните кметове на столицата с цел да се допринесе за по-доброто познаване на наследството на инж. Иванов и да се обогати знанието за историческото развитие на столицата. Проектът е с водеща организация ИБЦТ към БАН и е финансиран от Програма „Култура“ на Столична община. Представянето може да бъде видяно на следния линк. 

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On the occasion of the Day of the City of Montana (December 2), the main city of the district of the same name, the collective volume Bulgarian Northwest: Transport, Communications and People from Antiquity to the Present Day (Tendril Publishing House) has been published. Compiler of the edition is Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil, Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

The book is another significant edition of the branch of the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) in the city of Montana, dedicated to the history and present of this region. It includes ten articles written by researchers from the IBSCT-BAS, the Regional History Museum (RIM) and the State Archives (DA) in Montana. The collective volume presents important issues about the development of the region, related to the construction and use of land roads (roadways and railways) and the first telecommunications, following the example of the telegraph. It also investigates the role of the Danube as an important international artery, and last but not least it studies the influence of different communication opportunities on the lives of people from the region from Antiquity to the present day.

The activity of the branch of IBSCT in the city of Montana as well as the preparation of this collective volume has been supported by Mr. Zlatko Zhivkov, Mayor of Montana, by RIM - Montana, DA - Montana, and the Regional Academic Center (RAC) - Montana. The publication became possible thanks to the financial support of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Borislav Velikov - Chairman of the 39th National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

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Dear colleagues and friends,

We are pleased to announce that the book Balkan studies is my life. The (un)known Vasilka Tapkova-Zaimova has been published. Complier and editor Raia Zaimova, Sofia: IBSCT-BAS, 2020, 310 p. (Studia balcanica 34) ISBN 978-619-00-1209-2.

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