The Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) is pleased to invite you to the public lecture of Prof. Dobrinka Parusheva, PhD (University of Plovdiv/IBSCT-BAS) "They are all rotters!..." Political imaginary and caricature in Bulgaria (early 20th century).

The event is organised under the initiativeEvery Second Tuesday and will be held on February 13, 2024 (Tuesday) at 17:00 at the IBSCT-BAS (Moskovska Street No. 45).

We are looking forward to welcoming you!

Summary
Political imaginary is understood by Social Sciences as the collective construct organiing the imagination and symbolism of the political, but also as the process that produces the political. Caricature as a visual materialization of images already created or currently in the making opens up great possibilities for exploring the relationship between the ideal and the material, between the imaginary and the represented. The aim of the lecture is to show what kind of image of politics and the political was constructed by cartoonists in Bulgaria at the early 20th century and through what kind of images.