The leadership of the Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology, the Council for Bulgarian Studies Abroad at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Association for Bulgarian Studies of the USA are pleased to invite you to the presentation of the collection “LIVING BRIDGES ACROSS TIME. 12TH JOINT CONFERENCE OF BULGARIAN AND NORTH AMERICAN SCHOLARS/ЖИВИ МОСТОВЕ ВЪВ ВРЕМЕТО. XII-ТА СЪВМЕСТНА КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ НА БЪЛГАРСКИ И АМЕРИКАНСКИ УЧЕНИ“.

The collection is edited by Alexandre Kostov, Anissava Miltenova and Traci Speed. The edited volume is published by the Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2025, 285 p.).

The book includes a preface and 21 articles from the bilateral scholarly conference held on June 15 and 16, 2024 in Sofia, in which Bulgarian and American researchers participated. The scholarly forum was dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Bulgaria. The event and the publication of this collection are part of the implemenation of the National Scientific Program "Development and Promotion of Bulgarian Studies Abroad", funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria. The book presentation will take place at the Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology (45, Moskovska Street) on October 14, 2025 at 15:30.