The Vice-President of BAS Prof. Shtelian Shterionov welcoms the participants The International Scientific Conference "The Treaty of Craiova - Diplomacy instead of Violence. The Intertwinning Histories of the Balkans and Europe" was officially opened today in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The two-day event is dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Craiova on 7 September 1940 and the return of Southern Dobrudzha to Bulgaria. For the first time, the Treaty of Craiova has been the subject of an international conference in Sofia, with Bulgarian, Romanian and Italian scholars discussing the events that changed history. The aim of the scientific forum is to show a contemporary scientific view of the important events of the [...]

An archaeological exhibition on the life of the earliest settlement in the Sofia Valley, established by the first farmers and cattle breeders in Europe at the end of the 7th millennium BC and inhabited for more than 500 years, was officially opened on the eve of Sofia Day at the Regional History Museum in the capital. The exhibition includes dozens of artifacts, numerous photographs, graphic images and reenactments that show the lifestyle and spiritual world of the people who laid the foundations of the first European civilization. Еveryday objects, objects of cult and reconstructions related to the life of the community are among the highlights. The exhibition has been prepared on the idea of the archaeological team of Slatina - Sofia and is arranged on [...]

  The Vice-President of BAS Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov participated in the inauguration of the second stage of the “Heritage BG” Centre of Excellence project. The event was held at the Egg of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" which is the lead organization of the project. There are a total of 13 partners in the Centre, including six institutes of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. "During the first seven years of the project, a lot of scientific work was done. More than 30 monographs were published, many scientific articles were written, some of which were published in prestigious journals. We held two prestigious and boutique international seminars - on ancient numismatics and Byzantine epigraphy in which even a Japanese PhD student participated. This raised the value [...]

With a solemn scientific session, the Institute for Historical Studies and the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Faculty of History and the Faculty of Geology and Geography of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", the “G. S. Rakovski” Military Academy and other nationally significant scientific and museum institutions are commemorating 140 years since the Unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia. The official opening has taken place at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". The event is held under the patronage of the President of the National Assembly, Assoc. Prof. Nataliya Kiselova, and the Rector of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Prof. Georgi Valchev. "Unification is, in many ways, a historic example of important [...]

The 17th International Congress of Slavists is taking place between 25 and 30 August 2025 at the Sorbonne, Paris. Scientists from different units of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences are participating in the programme of this important scientific event. The names of doyens of medieval studies such as professors Svetlina Nikolova (Cyrillo-Methodian Research Centre-CMRC), Anissava Miltenova (Institute for Literature-IL), Lora Taseva (Institute of Balkan Studies & Center of Thracology), Elissaveta Mousakova (Institute of Art Studies) and others stand out among them. Another generation of researchers such as Prof. Maria Kitanova (Institute for Bulgarian Language-IBL), Prof. Rumyana Damyanova (IL), Prof. Luchia Antonova-Vasileva (IBL), Prof. Vladimir Penchev (Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum) are also represented. The participation of younger scholars from BAS, such [...]