On 15 November 2024, the Polish Institute in Sofia hosted the award ceremony of the “Prof. Wanda Smochowska-Petrova" Prize, organized by the Institute of Literature at BAS and the Polish Institute in Sofia. Established in 2017, the award was presented for the second time in connection with Poland's Independence Day - 11 November. Prof. Dr. Wanda Smochowska-Petrova (1919-2011) was a Polish woman who emigrated to Bulgaria during World War II. She devoted more than 60 years of her creative career to the study of Bulgarian literature, the links between the two cultures in the Bulgarian National Revival period and translated into Bulgarian classic works by Polish writers. Her merits to Bulgarian humanities and in strengthening Bulgarian-Polish cultural relations were presented by Prof. Margreta Grigorova. In [...]

The Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Bulgarian-Hungarian Historical Commission organized an international scientific conference "Foreign Humanities Studying Bulgaria and the Bulgarians" which took place from 11 to 13 November. The initiative was carried out in the framework of the "Development and Promotion of Bulgarian Studies Abroad" National Scientific Programme funded by the Ministry of Education and Science. The moderator was Prof. Penka Peykovska. The theme of the conference attracted 40 scholars from academic and university centres in ten European countries. Foreign fellows of the Institute under the Programme also presented the results of their research in our country. The conference was opened by the Director of the Institute, Prof. Dr. Daniel Vachkov, and the Scientific Secretary of BAS [...]

  On November 8, 2024, the date on which the Western Bulgarian Outlands Day is celebrated, the Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences organized the scientific conference "Western Bulgarian Outlands - History and Prospects". The forum was held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of Refugees from the Western Outlands, an event that united the Bulgarians who had left their homelands after the implementation of the provisions of the Treaty of Neuilly. The conference held its four sessions in the building of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The participants in the conference received a congratulatory address from the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Mr. Rumen Radev. The Minister of Defence Mr. Atanas Zapryanov [...]

The Institute of Balkan Studies with Center for Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences with the support of the Ministry of Culture and in institutional partnership with the State Cultural Institute to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Gallery organized an international conference on "Cultural Diplomacy and the Balkans: achievements and challenges in the present time". It took place on 23 October 2024 in the Panorama Hall of the National Gallery - Kvadrat 500. The event was realized within the framework of the project "Cultural Diplomacy in the Balkans in the 20th and 21st Centuries: achievements, challenges and the way forward ", funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria. The [...]

The solemn meeting of the University Senate: Prof. Ivan Biliarsky, Prof. Susana Reboreda Morillo (Universidad de la Rioja, Fac. de Historia), Prof. Anna-Maria Totomanova, Prof. Mariyana Tsibranska-Kostova. Three Bulgarian scientists were awarded with the Universitatis Lodziensis Amico Medal by the University of Lodz, Poland on 14 October. These are Prof. Mariyana Tsibranska, DSc (Institute of Bulgarian Language, BAS), Prof. Ivan Biliarsky, DSc (Institute of Historical Studies, BAS) and Prof. Anna-Maria Totomanova, DSc (Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"). The awards were presented at a ceremony at the University of Lodz where the Rector's insignia were given. The ceremony was also attended by the Bulgarian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Poland, Margarita Ganeva. The award is a recognition for both the scientists and the institutions where they [...]

  The exhibition "The Literary Heritage in the Library of the Bulgarian Exarchate in Istanbul" has been opened today at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The exposition presents the activities of the Central Library of BAS in the period September 2024-September 2025 under the "Development and Promotion of Bulgarian Studies Abroad" NSP. The exhibition was opened by the Director of the Central Library of BAS, Dr. Silviya Naydenova, who noted that thanks to an agreement between the library and the Bulgarian Exarchate in Istanbul, an inventory of the books in the Exarchate library had been made. The collection of books available to the Bulgarian Exarchate in Istanbul is remarkable and rich, said Dr. Silviya Naydenova, adding that the oldest book found by the researchers dated [...]