The “European South–East and the Middle East: At the Crossroads of Entangled Regions, Cultures, and Religions” international scientific conference was officially opened today in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. More than 30 established and emerging Bulgarian and international researchers are participating in the forum, which will continue through July 15. The Vice-President of BAS, Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov, delivered a welcoming address during the opening ceremony. He emphasized that hosting this prestigious forum was particularly important and noted that it coincided with the centennial of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and Egypt. Despite the geographical distance, our two countries share deep historical similarities, said the Vice-President. The director of the Institute for Historical Studies, Assoc. Prof. Nadya Filipova; [...]

Lyuben Genov’s exhibition, titled “Color Resonances,” is on view at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences through July 31, 2026. This is the third exhibition in the “Contemporary Art at the BAS” series, an initiative of Prof. Vassil Kirov, Chairman of the Academy’s General Assembly. “The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences possesses a significant collection of classical Bulgarian art. The time has come to turn our attention to contemporary Bulgarian art as well, to open up our spaces at the Academy and its campuses,” said Prof. Kirov at the exhibition’s opening which took place on July 1 in the central foyer of BAS. “I am convinced that science and art reflect the human spirit’s quest for knowledge and beauty,” noted BAS President Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva in [...]

Assoc. Prof. Nadya Filipova, Ph.D., is the newly elected director of the Institute for Historical Studies. Assoc. Prof. Nadia Filipova’s research focuses on Bulgarian foreign policy, the Arab world, international relations, and minority issues. She teaches in the bachelor’s and master’s programs of the Department of Arabic and Semitic Studies at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and participates in the training of young scholars, doctoral students, and postdoctoral researchers at the Institute of Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The primary objective of the Management and Development Program of the Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for the period 2026–2029 is to consolidate the leading position of this unit of BAS in the following areas: Conducting high-quality fundamental and [...]