The Institute of Balkan Studies and Center of Thracology of BAS (IBSCT-BAS) celebrated 60 years since its foundation with a party in the "Prof. Marin Drinov" Hall of the Academy. The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of the Academy, presented an honorary plaquette - golden - to the Director, Prof. Roumiana Preshlenova. The prize is awarded for a significant contribution to fundamental and applied research of the history, culture, geopolitical processes in the Balkans and on the occasion of the anniversary. Over the past 60 years the Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology has gained both national and international prestige, said Prof. Revalski in his address to the scientists of the Institute. He pointed out that the IBSCT has been [...]

Prof. Dr. Marijana Stamova from the Institute of Balkan Studies with Center of Thracology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was awarded by the Military History Commission with a prize for research on Balkan military history and rapprochement of the countries and peoples of the region. The award was presented by the Deputy Chairman of the Military History Commission Ivan Sapunjiev at a ceremony held on 23 January. Official guests at the event for the presentation of the Annual Awards for 2023 were the Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to Bulgaria Inid Milo, Ambassador of the Republic of North Macedonia Agneza Rusi Popovska, Defence Attaché of the Republic of Serbia in Sofia Colonel Željko Simić, the President of the European Seniors’ Union Prof. Nikolay [...]

On 19 December, the new laboratory "Interactive Map of the Arts in Bulgaria", built and equipped under the BG05M2OP001-1.001-0001 "Creation and development of “Heritage BG” Centre of Excellence" project and funded under the "Science and Education for Smart Growth" Operational Programme 2014-2020, Priority Axis 1 "Research and Technological Development", co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)" was inaugurated at the Institute of Art Studies (IAS) - BAS. The official guests of the event were Prof. DSc Georgi Vayssilov, Executive Director and Head of the "Programme Education" Executive Agency, Prof. DSc Olya Harizanova, Coordinator of "Building and Development of the “Heritage BG” CoC", Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elka Traykova, Scientific Secretary of the "Cultural and Historical Heritage and National Identity" division of [...]

Prof. Dr. Ana Luleva of the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum has been awarded the John D. Bell Memorial Book Prize for outstanding publications in the field of Bulgarian Studies by the Bulgarian Studies Association for her monograph "Culture of (Dis)Trust in Bulgaria. Anthropological Perspectives”. The prize is awarded jointly to Prof. Luleva and Prof. Theodora Dragostinova for the book "The Cold War from the Margins: A Small Socialist State on the Global Cultural Scene”. Details on the reasoning behind the selection of the two editions can be read in the official news release about the award here: https://www.bgstudies.org/2023-john-d-bell-book-award-winners/ Contents and synopsis of the publication Culture of (Dis)Trust in Bulgaria. Anthropological Perspectives" can be read here: http://iefem.bas.bg/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/A.-Luleva.-Kultura-na-nedoverieto_titul-sadarzhanie-i-sinopsis-s-korica.pdf