On May 16 and 17, 2022, the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences will hold the 5th Thracian Readings "TRACOLOGY: A SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS", dedicated to Prof. Alexander Fol, Dr. habil. and the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Institute of Thracology at BAS. The event is traditionally connected with the date of May 15, when the Institute of Thracology started functioning as an independent scholarly unit of BAS. It was founded by Order № 185 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria dated 12.05.1972 with Prof. Alexander Fol, Dr. habil. as founding director.

The opening of the scholarly conference will take place on May 16, 2022 at 10 am in the hall "Prof. Marin Drinov ”(Great Hall) in the central building of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Thirty scholars from the most prestigious scholarly institutions - the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the National Archaeological Institute with museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; National Ethnographic Museum at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore with the Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski”, Southwestern University "Neofit Rilski" - Blagoevgrad, New Bulgarian University, National History Museum, will present various aspects of their research in the field of thracology.

The materials of the conference will be published in the series of the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology atthe Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Thracia 28.

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