The Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology 'Prof. Alexander Fol' at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in cooperation with Sofia Municipality is organizing an exhibition 'The City in the Balkans: Spaces, Faces, Memory in Postcards', which will be held at the Outdoor Gallery in the Crystal Garden from 21st of October to 10 November 2019.

The official opening of the event is on October 21 (Monday) at 17h00 at the Outdoor Gallery in the Crystal Garden. The exhibition is organized under the National Scholarly Program 'Cultural historical heritage, national memory and social development', funded by the Ministry of Education and Science.

The exhibition is part of the celebrations marking two major anniversaries of fundamental importance for the Bulgarian statehood and culture - the 140th anniversary of the proclamation of Sofia as the capital of Bulgaria and the 150th anniversary of the founding of BAS.

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On October 9, 2019 (Wednesday) at 17h00 the Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology 'Prof. Alexandre Fol' at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT–BAS) will present the new edition of the Centre of Thracology THRACIA 24: ΕΠΟΠΤΕΙΑ. A COLLECTION COMMEMORATING THE 85TH ANNIVERSARY OF PROF. ALEXANDER FOL, DR. HABIL., SOFIA, 2019. The event will take placeat the Sofia History Museum, Retro Café Hall (2nd floor), located on Banski Square No. 1.

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By decree of the President of the Italian Republic Prof. Dr. habil. Alexandre Kostov, Corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, from the Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology 'Prof. Alexander Fol' (IBSCT–BAS) was awarded the Order of the Star of Italy (Ordine della Stella d'Italia). He was honored for his contribution to the development of relations between the two countries in the fields of science and culture. The order was handed over by H.E. Stefano Baldi, Ambassador of Italy to Bulgaria.
Corresponding member Alexandre Kostov has various publications on the modern and contemporary history of the Balkans and in particular on the development of Italy's relations with the countries in the region. For ten years he has been the head of bilateral research projects of the IBSCT–BAS with the Roma Tre University (Rome), and more recently - with the Institute of Studies on Mediterranean Societies (Naples) at the National Research Council.

On September 27, 2019 at 9h00 at the Grand Hotel Sofia /Gen. Gurko Street No.1/ an international forum will be held to mark the 140th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Italy and Bulgaria. The event is organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Italy in Sofia and the Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology 'Prof. Alexander Fol' at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT – BAS).

The forum is organized under the research project 'Exchange of Economic, Political and Cultural Models and Ideas between the Balkans and Italy (18th-20th c.)', implemented by the IBSCT – BAS and the Department of Political Science at Roma Tre University.

From 3rd to 5th October 2019 an International scholarly conference “Late Antique Christianity in Southeastern Europe” will be held in Yambol. 56 scholars from 11 countries will attend the event. The conference is organized under the project "LABedia: Encyclopedia of the Late Antiquity of the Balkans, 4th Century", funded by the Scientific Research Fund and organized by the Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology 'Prof. Alexander Fol' at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in partnership with the Regional History Museum - Yambol.

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The Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology 'Prof. Alexander Fol' – BAS organizes an academic conference with international participation 'The City in the Balkans: Spaces, Faces, Memory', to be held in Sofia in the period 2-4 October 2019.

The official opening of the event is on October 2, 2019 (Wednesday) at 13:00 in the Grand Hall 'Prof. Marin Drinov', BAS, located on 15 November Street No. 1, Sofia.

More than 60 scholars from Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Turkey and Croatia will participate in the conference.

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The 12th International Balkan Congress, the highest scholarly forum for Balkan studies, was held in Bucharest (Romania) from September 2 to September 6, 2019. It was attended by over 400 people from 25 countries.

The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology 'Prof. Alexander Fol' – BAS (IBSCT–BAS) was presented with the most participants from Bulgaria. They delivered 12 papers about the history, culture and education in the Balkans from Ancient times to the present day. Scholars from other institutes of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, universities and regional history museums also attended the forum and delivered papers.

During the congress, Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil., corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, was re-elected president of the International Association of Southeastern European Studies (Association Internationale d'Etudes du Sud-Est Europeen - AIESEE), and Prof. Roumiana Preshlenova, PhD became a member of the International Committee. 

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On July 25, 2019 at 17h00 as part of the Academic Thursday initiative organized by the Regional Museum of History - Silistra, Assoc. Prof. Zlatomira Gerdzhikova, PhD will present the scientific and publishing activities of the IBSCT - BAS in her lecture The Institute for Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology: 55 years of Balkan Studies.

At the same event, Assist. Prof. Kalin Stoev, PhD will deliver a lecture 'Facing the Rising Storm: Durostorum and Lower Moesia at the time of the Emperor Maximinus Thrax' presenting his newly published book Providentia Imperatoris. Biography of Emperor Maximinus Thrax.

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On 19th and 20th June 2019, a Bulgarian-Romanian scientific conference "Southeast Europe through centuries: social history, language and cultural contacts" was held at the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology (IBSCT). The scientific forum dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was organized in cooperation with the Institute for South East European Studies and the Nicolae Iorga Institute of History at the Romanian Academy

Prof. Joanna Spassova-Dikova, PhD, Scientific Secretary of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in the field of Cultural-Historical Heritage and National Identity, Prof. Roumiana Preshlenova, PhD, Director of the IBCT, and His Excellency Ion Gâlea, Ambassador of Romania to Bulgaria gave welcoming speeches and greeting addresses to the participants in which they pointed out the role of Bulgarian-Romanian scientific cooperation. Its traditions date back to 1869, when the Bulgarian Literary Society, whose successor was the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, was founded in Braila.

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On 17th and 18th of June 2019, an International Conference "Bulgarian-Croatian scientific, cultural and spiritual relations" was held, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS). It was organized by the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology as a result of the bilateral cooperation between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (CASC). Bulgarian and 14 Croatian scholars participated in the conference. They were representatives from the partner organizations as well as from other scientific institutions in Bulgaria and Croatia.

The event started with a welcoming speech read by Prof. Yoanna Spassova on behalf of the President of the BAS Acad. Julian Revalski. Mrs. Ljerka Alajbeg, Ambassador of Croatia to Bulgaria, also welcomed the participants and attentively followed the conference. During the first plenary session, which took place in the "Prof. Marin Drinov" Hall at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, there was a presentation of the corpus with articles and studies "The Bulgarians and Zagreb" as a result of the previous conference held in Zagreb in 2017. The following meetings took place in the "Acad. Ivan Evstratiev Geshov" Hall at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and at the Institute of Balkan Studies. The reports covered topics from different historical eras and periods from the Middle Ages to nowadays. The intense relationship between the two brotherly nations led to revealing new and unknown facts.

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