The Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Tracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) in cooperation with Institut Universitaire de France, Université de Lorraine and Historical Museum - Isperih organized an International Conference Thrace between East and West with a colloquium on imitations in Ancient Thrace. The conference is dedicated to the memory of Professor Olivier Picard and will be held from October 5 to 8, 2023 in Isperih. Scholars from Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Italy, France, Belgium, Switzerland and the USA will take part in the event.

The conference is being implemented with the financial support of the Bulgarian National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science, contract No. № КП-06-МНФ/20 dated 08.08.2023.

The organizers of the prestigious scholarly forum are Assoc. Prof. Ivo Topalilov, PhD and Irina Shopova, PhD affiliated with the IBSCT-BAS, and Assoc. Prof. Aliénor Rufin Solas, PhD, from Université de Lorraine.