BAS presents an exhibition on the April Uprising in Parliament

The President of BAS, Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva, and the Speaker of the National Assembly, Mihaela Dotsova, opened today in the Marble Foyer of the Parliament the “Bulgarian Revolutionaries and Men of Letters on the April Uprising” photo-documentary exhibition. The exhibition was organized by the Institute for Bulgarian Language of BAS and is part of the initiatives marking the 150th anniversary of the April Uprising. The exhibition was organized by young scholars and features revolutionaries, bookmen, and public figures who contributed to the preparation and execution of one of the most significant events in Bulgaria’s history of national liberation. We have made it our duty to ensure that the anniversary of the uprising is commemorated not only with memorial ceremonies, but also through academic research, [...]

2026-07-09T16:07:01+03:008 July 2026|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity, Selected|
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Contemporary art at BAS: “Color Resonances” exhibition by Lyuben Genov

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 [...]

2026-07-06T12:26:57+03:002 July 2026|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|
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BAS presents: the “Boryana vs. Geratsite” documentary film

A screening of the documentary film about Elin Pelin and Yordan Yovkov, “Boryana” vs. “Geratsite”, took place on June 17 in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of BAS. The event was part of the “BAS Presents:” initiative which began last year with the aim of having the Academy’s professional communities showcase contemporary artists through a series of exhibitions, concerts, screenings, and performances. The Vice-President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov welcomed the guests to the hall. The film’s screenwriter is Assoc. Prof. Teodora Stoilova-Doncheva, PhD, from the “Screen Arts” Department of the BAS Institute of Art Studies, and Assoc. Prof. Elka Traykova, PhD, from the BAS Institute of Literature appears in the film, he noted. “Boryana vs. Geratsite” (Boryana vs. the Gerak [...]

2026-06-19T15:22:55+03:0017 June 2026|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|Tags: |
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A documentary film about the women of the April Uprising tells the story of these unsung heroines

The new documentary film “Women in April: The Unknown Heroines of the April Uprising” was presented to the academic community in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of BAS. The Academy’s initiatives to mark the 150th anniversary of the April Uprising continue, said BAS Vice President Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov in his welcome address to the guests. “For us, the entire year is a jubilee which is why we did not limit ourselves to just the months when the uprising was raging,” he noted. The production’s consultants are Prof. Peter Stoyanovich and Assoc. Prof. Aleka Strezova from the Institute for Historical Studies of BAS. The film’s screenwriter is Dimitar Stoyanovich, director - Boya Harizanova, cinematographer - Kaloyan Bozhilov, and composer - George Strezov. The producer is Eleni [...]

2026-07-09T13:33:33+03:0012 June 2026|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity, Selected|
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Assoc. Prof. Nadya Filipova is the director of the Institute for Historical Studies

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 [...]

2026-05-08T15:42:12+03:008 May 2026|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|
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Bulgarian children are researching the impact of the April Uprising abroad

p The winners of a student competition dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the April Uprising were announced today at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences by Vasil Vasilev, chairman of the All-Bulgarian “Vasil Levski” Committee. Children from Bulgarian schools abroad participated with 24 projects on the topic “The Coverage of the April Uprising in the Press of the Country Where You Live.” The initiative was carried out as part of the Ministry of Education and Science’s program “The Untold Stories of Bulgarians.” The event was attended by Deputy Minister of Education and Science Natalia Mihalevska, the Vice-President of BAS Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov, and Corr. Memb. Atanas Semov. First place was awarded to the project by the “Young Revivalists” club from Spain in which the students [...]

2026-04-30T09:50:58+03:0029 April 2026|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|
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