On the 14th and the 15th of May 2019 the Centre of Thracology at the IBCT – BAS organised traditional Thracology Readings "ANCIENT THRACE AND THE THRACIANS: SACRAL AND PROFANE" decidated to Prof. Alexander Fol, Dr. habil.

The event is related to the date 15 May, when the Institute of Thracology started to work as an independent scientific unit of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, based on Order No. 185 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria dated 12.05.1972, headed by the founding director Prof. Alexander Fol, Dr. habil.

During the Thracology Readings, Prof. Valeria Fol delivered lectures about the Thracians to children from 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade from the Thomas Edison Private Primary School in Sofia, who received her book Tales for Children and Adults.

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The Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is pleased to organize a conference "The City in the Balkans: Spaces, Faces, Memory" to be held in Sofia in the period 2-4 October 2019.

Deadline for abstracts submission is June 23, 2019. The abstract should include title of the proposed paper (in Bulgarian and English) and summary (up to 300 words), and should be sent to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Conference "The City in the Balkans: Spaces, Faces, Memory"

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Donation campaign for restoration of the buildings of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, which are cultural monuments, for anniversaries, etc.

The rebirth of Bulgaria and its development as a modern state have become reality thanks to donations, patriotism and generosity of its children.
Let's restore this noble Bulgarian tradition with gratitude to our ancestors and responsibility for the future of our children.

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We are pleased to invite you to the lecture of Assoc. Prof. Ludmila Mindova, PhD "Anti-home. The Communist Camps in Central European and Balkan Literature". The lecture is part of the cycle EACH SECOND TUESDAY and it will take place on May 14, 2019 at 16h30 in the building of the Institute of Balkan Studies, Moskovska Street No. 45.

On 10th of May 2019 at 9h00, a one-day discussion forum will take place in Hall 1 of the Antique Cultural and Communication Complex Serdica (Largo), a branch of the Regional History Museum-Sofia. Feel welcome to join the discussion!

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On the 14th and the 15th of May 2019 the Centre of Thracology at the IBCT – BAS organises traditional Thracology Readings "ANCIENT THRACE AND THE THRACIANS: SACRAL AND PROFANE" decidated to Prof. Alexander Fol, Dr. habil. The event is related to the date 15 May, when the Institute of Thracology started to work as an independent scientific unit of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, based on Order No. 185 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria dated 12.05.1972, headed by the founding director Prof. Alexander Fol, Dr. habil.

The official opening and the plenary session of the scientific conference will be held with courtesy to the Sofia History Museum, at the Retro Cafe on the 2nd floor (1, Banski Square, Sofia) at 9:30 on May 14, 2019 (Tuesday).

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Open letter
from the Academic council
at the Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology
at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

*This is not a full translation but a synthesis of the document. There are missing explanatory parts from the text as well as the Introduction of the letter.

The letter addressed to the Minister of Education and Science concerns the recently accepted criteria of evaluation of the scientific outputs in the field of Humanities. The outlined concerns and proposed solutions are based on the following documents:

• Criteria of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for the ‘’factors for evaluation of research activity’’
• The Ministry of Education and Science’s ‘‘Criteria and indicators for evaluation of research activity of the organisations’’ taken from the Handbook for monitoring and evaluation of research activity of the higher education institutions and scientific organisations
• The overall activity of the Fund ‘‘Scientific Research’’

The Institute expresses concern of the omnipresent application of a predominantly Anglo-Saxon based criteria, argued to be more applicable for scientific disciplines rather than for Humanities research on a regional level.

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On April 8, 2019, a team of Italian researchers visited the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology for the first work seminar organised as part of the project named: ‘Economy of Dedication. Comparative aspects of Institutions, Social Practices and Care for the Sick in Italy and Bulgaria from a historical perspective’. The topics of the individual research were presented and discussed, and the future activities of the research teams were set during the seminar.

The project is coordinated on the one side from Italy by the Institute of Studies on Mediterranean Societies - National Reseach Council - Naples, Italy with a project’s lead Prof. Paola Avalone; and from the Bulgarian side, by the projects’ lead from the IBSCT Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil.

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On April 12, 2019, there will be a one day discussion seminar ‘Monasticism in Late Antiquity’ starting at 10h00 at Hall 1 of Ancient Cultural-Information Complex Serdica (Largo), affiliated to the Regional History Museum-Sofia.

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We have the pleasure to invite you to the lecture of the Associate Professor at the University of Athens Vangelis Karamanolakis:

Unwanted past. The Security files on citizens and their destruction in Greece at the end of the Cold War (1989).

In 1989, the first and sole Greek government which houses representatives from both Right-wing and Left-wing parties, burned to ashes 17 500 000 dossier files concerning the political loyalty and reliability of citizens. The police have been keeping those files since the Interwar period. The lecture will focus on the interlink between the dossier files with the past Greek Civil War and the resistance of the academically engaged historical community from 1989 to such maltreatment of this important part of the country’s heritage.

This lecture is part of the events’ cycle ‘Each Second Tuesday’ and will take place on the April 9, 2019 at 16h00 at the Institute of Balkan Studies, located at Moskovska Street No. 45.

We have the pleasure to invite you to the lecture of Assistant Professor Ivaylo Nachev, PhD:

‘Sofia at the Beginning of the 20th Century. A tour around the modernising capital’.

This lecture is part of the events’ cycle ‘Each Second Tuesday’ and will take place on March 12, 2019 at 16h15 at the Institute of Balkan Studies, located at Moskovska Street No. 45.