A public meeting-discussion on “Germany in Dialogue: Cultural Exchange in a European Context” was held at the “Prof. Alexander Fol” Institute of Balkan Studies with the Centre of Thracology at BAS (IBSCT-BAS). It is part of a series of events on cultural diplomacy in Bulgaria and the Balkans, organized by IBSCT-BAS in institutional partnership with the State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria (SIC). The initiative is implemented within the project “Cultural Diplomacy in the Balkans in the 20th and 21st Centuries: Achievements and Challenges in the Present Time” funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science. The public meeting-discussion was opened by the Director of IBSCT-BAS, Prof. Dr. Roumiana Preshlenova [...]

The "Living Bridges Across Time. 12th Joint Conference of Bulgarian and North American Scholars / Живи мостове във времето XII-та съвместна конференция на български и американски учени " collection was presented at the Institute of Balkan Studies & Center of Thracology on October 14. The publication is a collaboration of the Institute of Balkan Studies & Center of Thracology, the Council for Foreign Bulgarian Studies at BAS and the Bulgarian Studies Association of the USA. Published by the "Prof. Marin Drinov" Academic Publishing House, the collection is edited by Alexandre Kostov, Anissava Miltenova and Tracy Speed and includes a foreword as well as 21 articles, the product of the bilateral scientific conference held on 15 and 16 June 2024 in Sofia in which Bulgarian and [...]

The importance of linguistic data for the development of language technologies and tools based on artificial intelligence is discussed by experts from Bulgarian technology companies, public administration and academia at a seminar held today at “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The European Language Data Space and the Institute for Bulgarian Language at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences are the organisers of the event in Bulgaria. “In the context of increasing globalization and depersonalization of national languages, I believe that the Bulgarian language, as one of the symbols of our national identity, will find its worthy place in the digital future of the European language data space,” Assoc. Prof. Mario Ivanov, who is the Scientific Secretary in the “Cultural and Historical [...]

The team of the “Prof. Lyubomir Andreychin” Institute for Bulgarian Language helped over 100 visitors of different ages to cope with various language "challenges" related to the use of the Bulgarian language during this year's Language Fair. The event, which traditionally marks the European Day of Languages in Bulgaria, took place on 27 September between 10:00 and 14:00 in the garden in front of “Ivan Vazov” National Theatre. The language tasks and games prepared for young and old by the team of “The written remains. Write correctly!” campaign were not intended to assess the knowledge of Bulgarian language, but to be an occasion for free dialogue between the scientists and the visitors of the Fair as well as an opportunity for people to ask their [...]

1160 years since the conversion of Bulgarians, 1170 years since the creation of the Glagolitic alphabet and 1140 years since the Dormition of St. Methodius The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is hosting a scientific forum on the occasion of the celebration of three significant anniversaries - 1160 years since the conversion of the Bulgarians, 1170 years since the creation of the Glagolitic alphabet and 1140 years since the Dormition of St. Methodius. The official opening took place today in the "Prof. Marin Drinov" Hall. The President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, welcomed the participants in the forum. "These three dates are a living testimony to the deep roots of Bulgarian identity, faith and language. They illuminate our national history  but also the entire Slavic [...]