Dr. Venelin Todorov – PhD in Mathematics from the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is the winner of the John Atanasoff Grand Prize for 2021. […]
Traditional folk culture has developed over the centuries a system of healing practices and magical rituals to cure and prevent various diseases. Elements of empirical rationalism and magical notions are often intertwined in the remedies used. The lexemes from the thematic groups “health” and “disease” reveal the knowledge and experience of the Bulgarian in the treatment and prevention of diseases, the place of physical and mental health in their value system. The aim of the “Ethnolinguistic Dictionary of Bulgarian Folk Medicine” is to present the concepts of “health” and “disease” in the Bulgarian linguistic picture of the world in diachronic and synchronic aspects, revealing their linguistic representations in medieval manuscripts and in dialects from the entire Bulgarian linguistic area. […]
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Germany, presented research results in the field of Byzantine law during an international scientific conference entitled “The History of Byzantine Law in the Context of World Legal History” (Byzantinistik und Byzantinische Rechtsgeschichte im Kontext der Internationalen Rechtsgeschichte). The event was held from 28 September to 1 October in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of BAS and the National Archaeological Museum. […]
The Institute of Balkan Studies with the Center for Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences presents the exhibition "Balkan Studies, Diplomacy and Politics. 100 years since the birth of Acad. Nikolai Todorov". It can be viewed in the foyer of BAS (1, 15 November Street) until 8 October. The centenary of the birth of Acad. Nikolai Todorov (1921-2003), a prominent scientist, diplomat and politician in Bulgaria's recent history, is an occasion to recall his contribution as Ambassador to Athens in 1979-1983 to the building of good-neighbourly relations in the Balkans in the last years of the Cold War. As a member of the Executive Committee of UNESCO (1972-1976), he became President of the XXIII UNESCO General Conference in 1985-1987, held for the first and [...]
The scientific conference BEYOND4.0 Inclusive Futures for Europe BEYOND Industrie 4.0 and Digital Disruption is taking place at BAS on 30 September and 1 October. The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of the Academy, the Deputy Minister of Education and Science Corr.-Mem. Konstantin Hadjiivanov, the Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology Prof. Vesselin Petrov and the project coordinator Prof. Steven Dhondt opened the event in “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall at BAS. […]
We are pleased on behalf of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts to invite you to the 11th Danube Academies Conference, which will be held on October 22, 2021 online through the zoom platform. The conference is organised by the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and this year the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is co-organiser and host. […]
