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  

On 12 December 2023, the results of the participation of the Institute for Art Studies (IAS) in the project "Creation and development of “Heritage BG” Centre of Excellence" funded under the "Science and Education for Smart Growth" Operational Programme were presented. It focuses on the discovery and promotion of cultural heritage in Bulgaria and aims both to provide better conditions for conducting high-level research and to introduce new technologies in the field to enhance the potential of applied science. In its first phase (2018 - 2023), the IAS is involved with three sub-projects. The official event was attended by the head and coordinator of “Heritage BG”, Corr. Memb. Prof. DSc Ivan Ilchev and Prof. DSc Olia Harizanova from the leading organization SU “St. Kliment Ohridski". [...]

These are the results of a nationally representative survey conducted by scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences The contemporary identity of Bulgarian citizens is hybrid in nature, combining elements of national, supranational, ethnic and local identity. The share of identification with supranational structures is growing, with 30.8% of respondents perceiving themselves as "EU citizen". This is shown by the results of a nationally representative survey conducted by scientists from BAS within the research project "National and European Dimensions of the Contemporary Identity of Bulgarians", funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund. The leading place, with the largest share of 84.7%, is occupied by the national identity but its identification coordinates are changing. The importance of national identity understood as culture, history, memory and language [...]

  The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of the Academy, presented a GOLDEN honorary plaquette to the Director of the Institute for Literature Assoc. Prof. Penka Vatova on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of founding of the Institute. The celebration was held today at the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of the Academy. The Institute for Literature has established itself as one of the most important research centers of literature in Bulgaria. As scholars, you are confidently using new technologies in the creation of literary corpora, said in his address Prof. Revalski. Work on scholarly projects was a highlight in the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Institute for Literature. Scholars presented their work on 11 projects with different funding sources. The [...]

  Sen. Asst. Prof. Dr. Mina Hristova from the Section of Balkan Ethnology at IEFSEM-BAS was awarded on November 10 with the Karl Kaser Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of historical anthropology of Southeast Europe for young researchers for her first monograph "We are Bulgarians but not quite". Interspaces and Hybrid Identities in the Balkans in the 21st Century. The prize was shared between her and another young researcher from Slovenia, Dr. Daša Ličen, after a long and contested selection process. This is the first prize awarded since the loss of Prof. Dr. Karl Kaser (1954-2022), one of the most outstanding anthropologists of the last century. Its foundation is part of the rich legacy left by the researcher and professor in the Department [...]