Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity – Page 17

The National Archaeological Institute at the age of 100

Honorary plaque of BAS - gold for the National Archaeological Institute with Museum A celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Archaeological Institute of BAS was held in the Central Hall of the National Archaeological Museum. It is the oldest scientific institute in Bulgaria, established by decree of Tsar Boris III on 16 July 1921. In 1947, the Institute was incorporated into the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), and in the following year, by a decree of the Council of Ministers, it was united with the National Museum into one institution under the name of the Archaeological Institute with Museum. The present name of the institution, the National Archaeological Institute with Museum (NAIM) at BAS, was determined at a General Assembly of BAS [...]

Румена Калчева2021-07-19T10:21:27+03:00Friday, 16 July 2021|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity, Selected|

Premiere of the book “Unity Makes Strength. Bulgarian recipients of Belgian national orders in the 21st century”

Premiere of the book “Unity Makes Strength. Bulgarian recipients of Belgian National Orders in the 21st Century” (Tendril Publishing House) took place in the Regional History Museum – Sofia on 13 July. Its author is Prof. Dr. Alexandre Kostov from the Institute of Balkan Studies with Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences who presented the exhibition. The event was organized by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium and was attended by representatives of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other institutions, foreign diplomats, scholars and public figures. A welcome speech was given by H.E. Ambassador Frédéric Meurice. […]

Румена Калчева2021-07-19T10:16:07+03:00Wednesday, 14 July 2021|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|

Four new books on Bulgarian-Ukrainian cultural relations

Four books on Bulgarian-Ukrainian cultural relations were presented at BAS by the Institute of Literature and the Embassy of Ukraine in Bulgaria. The comparative collection “Bulgaria and Ukraine – Culture at the Turning Points (XIX-XIX)”, the anthologies “Bulgarian Poetic Avant-Garde”, “Ukrainian Poetic Avant-Garde” and the phototype edition “The Ukrainian-Bulgarian Review: Cultural Diplomacy of the Embassy of the Ukrainian People’s Republic in Bulgaria” (1919-1920) show artistic facts, developments and documents unknown to the academic and cultural audience. […]

Румена Калчева2021-06-21T10:05:21+03:00Friday, 18 June 2021|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity, Selected|

The embroidered animated film “Marmalade” has been selected for two international festivals

The embroidered animated film “Marmalade” directed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Radostina Neikova from the Institute of Art Studies of BAS has been selected in the official programme of one of the most prestigious world festivals for animated cinema – the 31st edition of Animafest Zagreb, World Animation Film Festival (7-12.06.2021) in Croatia. It has also been selected to participate in the oldest and largest children’s film festival – the 61st Zlin Film Festival – International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Czech Republic (9-15.09.2021). […]

Румена Калчева2021-06-04T10:25:55+03:00Wednesday, 2 June 2021|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|

Dictionary of new words in the Bulgarian language (from the first two decades of the XXI century)

The Dictionary of New Words in the Bulgarian Language (from the First Two Decades of the 21st Century) has been published (Sofia, Nauka i Izkustvo Publishing House, 2021). The dictionary is the work of a team of authors from the Institute of Bulgarian Language "Prof. Lyubomir Andreychin”. It is the third part of a series of lexicographical reference books published since 2001, documenting the latest additions to the Bulgarian lexicon. It presents both words that have entered from other languages at the beginning of the new century (such as emoji, vlogger, blockchain) and neologisms formed on Bulgarian soil (such as blogoroman, e-identity). Also included are semantically updated words (such as cloud), new compound names and terminological combinations (such as secure school, digital inequality, circular economy, [...]

Румена Калчева2021-06-04T10:30:08+03:00Monday, 31 May 2021|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|

Stream through time: 8000 years of history presented at the National Archaeological Museum

On 26 May 2021, Wednesday, the National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NAIM at BAS) opened the exhibition “Stream Through Time: Rescue Archaeological Excavations along the Extension of the Gas Transmission Network of Bulgartransgaz EAD”. It presents over 400 finds from dozens of archaeological sites under the route of the gas pipeline and its accompanying structures. […]

Румена Калчева2021-05-31T11:14:09+03:00Thursday, 27 May 2021|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|