A meeting of experts from the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies and Ethnographic Museum with representatives of the National Assembly Committee on Policies for Bulgarians Abroad was held on January 20 in one of the halls of the museum. The conversation was initiated by Mrs. Antoaneta Tzoneva, Chairperson of the Commission and Prof. Dr. Vladimir Penchev, Director of IEFSEM – BAS, and among the guests was Mrs. Teodora Angelova, Chairperson of the National Center for Parliamentary Research. […]

The publication is nominated for publishing project with the greatest public importance The Bulgarian Book Association and the journalistic jury have nominated the special edition "Encyclopaedia Bulgaria" of the Bulgarian Encyclopaedia Scientific Information Centre at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Knigomania publishing house for the "Golden Lion" award for the publishing project with the greatest public importance. The nomination is a recognition of the enormous scientific work whose components shape the image of the concept of Bulgaria and encourage solidarity in our common life.

The event was organized jointly by the teams of the projects "Policies for the Safeguarding and Socialization of (Intangible and Movable) Cultural Heritage" and "Policies for the Safeguarding and Promotion of Immovable Cultural Properties of Local Importance in Bulgaria. Ethnological Analysis on the Examples of the Municipalities of Balchik, Kavarna, Garmen and Sandanski" (July 2021-July 2023) within the framework of the project BG05M2OP001-1.001-0001 - Building and Development of the Centre of Excellence "HERITAGE BG" (Activity B) and the scientifically applied seminar "Research Methods in Ethnology and Anthropology" of the Section "Balkan Ethnology" at IEFSEM - BAS. The lecture on "Contemporary methods for the assessment of intangible cultural heritage elements", delivered by Corr. Mem. Prof. DSc Mila Santova, presented basic principles and methods for the evaluation [...]

Traditional folk culture has developed over the centuries a system of healing practices and magical rituals to cure and prevent various diseases. Elements of empirical rationalism and magical notions are often intertwined in the remedies used. The lexemes from the thematic groups “health” and “disease” reveal the knowledge and experience of the Bulgarian in the treatment and prevention of diseases, the place of physical and mental health in their value system. The aim of the “Ethnolinguistic Dictionary of Bulgarian Folk Medicine” is to present the concepts of “health” and “disease” in the Bulgarian linguistic picture of the world in diachronic and synchronic aspects, revealing their linguistic representations in medieval manuscripts and in dialects from the entire Bulgarian linguistic area. […]

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Germany, presented research results in the field of Byzantine law during an international scientific conference entitled “The History of Byzantine Law in the Context of World Legal History” (Byzantinistik und Byzantinische Rechtsgeschichte im Kontext der Internationalen Rechtsgeschichte). The event was held from 28 September to 1 October in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of BAS and the National Archaeological Museum. […]