Prof. Marzanna Kuczyńska from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań is visiting the Cyrillo-Methodian Research Center of BAS in July. The visit is taking place as part of the “Development and Promotion of Bulgarian Studies Abroad” National Scientific Program. Prof. Kuczynska is a Bulgarian studies scholar and Slavicist specializing in medieval studies and the author of three independent scholarly monographs. Currently, Prof. Kuczynska serves as chair of the Committee on Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poznan and as a member of the Balkan Studies Committee of PAS in Poznan. She has served as editor and co-editor of the renowned Polish scholarly journals and series: Poznan Slavic Studies, Krakow-Vilnius Slavic Studies, and Annals of the Supraśl Academy as well as individual books [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]