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  

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". [...]