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The National Festival of Folklore in Koprivshtitsa has kept the tradition for 60 years

Scientists from the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum in partnership with the Institute of Art Studies jury and document the program of the assembly The Vice-President of BAS Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov attended the official opening of the 13th edition of the National Festival of Folklore in Koprivshtitsa. This year's edition was held under the patronage of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov who welcomed the participants. "Thanks to the work of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the current young performers can hear and see their grandparents and great-grandparents - how they danced 60 years ago. We must do our best to preserve this tradition, despite the difficulties and the change of generations," the Vice-President of BAS told the media in Koprivshtitsa. "The [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-08-11T16:26:43+03:00Monday, 11 August 2025|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity, Selected|

The restored second statue of Heraclea Sintica – for the first time in the National Archaeological Institute with Museum of BAS

The fully restored second ancient marble statue of Heraclea Sintica was shown for the first time to the public at the National Archaeological Institute with Museum of BAS (NAIM-BAS) - upright, fortified and with its head restored in place after months of intensive restoration work. The statue was unearthed in 2024 by Prof. Dr. Lyudmil Vagalinski's team during excavations at the ancient city of Heraclea Sintica and is the second of human stature to be found in the ancient city's Grand Canal near Rupite village. The marble monument has stood in the ground for over 1600 years. "Our lands are a cradle of antiquity, a cradle of civilizations, and thanks to the focused efforts of Bulgarian archaeologists, they are becoming available to the general public," [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-08-07T11:34:58+03:00Wednesday, 6 August 2025|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity, Selected|

“Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age” scientific conference held at BAS

The Institute of Balkan Studies & Center of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) held a scientific conference with international participation on the "Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age" theme. It was organized on 30 July at the "Acad. Ivan Geshov" Hall of BAS. The sessions of the conference were devoted to cultural heritage as an online resource and to the past, present and future of encyclopaedias. The programme of the National Roadmap for Research Infrastructure (Inframat) demonstrates brilliant mutual cooperation between scientists working in the field of cultural, social and natural sciences, Prof. Neli Koseva said. Acad. Ilza Pajeva, head of the Bulgarian Encyclopaedia project; Prof. Vessela Tsakova, Chief Coordinator of the Consortium for Modern Research Infrastructure in Support of Science, Culture [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-08-01T10:11:17+03:00Wednesday, 30 July 2025|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|

Exhibition presents artefacts from Heraclea Sintica in the Greek city of Dion

The "Secrets and Mysteries of Heraclea Sintica - a journey in time" exhibition of the History Museum - Petrich is presented within the framework of the "Olympus" festival which is held in the Greek town of Dion. At the 54th edition of the forum which started in June and will last until August 28, Bulgaria is an honorary partner and presents its rich cultural heritage. Prof. Lyudmil Vagalinski from the National Archaeological Institute with Museum of BAS, who is the head of the archaeological team exploring Herakleia Sintica, gave a lecture at the opening. In the presentation "Heraclea Sintica: a Contribution to the History of Ancient Macedonia," he presented the latest findings from the ancient city. The exhibition is innovative and has a clear [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-07-28T16:00:09+03:00Monday, 28 July 2025|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|

Interactive exhibition in Berlin of the Institute of Art Studies

In July and August, the "Architectural Heritage in Virtual Reality" exhibition realized by the Institute of Art Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and within the National Scientific Programme for the Development and Recognition of Bulgarian Studies Abroad (NSP "Bulgarian Studies") will be presented again in the hall of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Berlin. Due to the great interest it aroused among Berliners at its opening in May 2025, the exhibition will be available for a longer time for those wishing to visit it. The 15 panels show three-dimensional digital reconstructions of objects of architectural heritage in Bulgaria. Digital technologies are used to test the possibilities of exploring and presenting architectural spaces of buildings and facilities when access to them in reality is [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-07-08T16:15:29+03:00Monday, 7 July 2025|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|Tags: Институт за изследване на изкуствата|

Meeting-discussion “Greece’s culture is far more than the Acropolis” held at BAS

A public meeting-discussion on "Greece's culture is far more than the Acropolis" was held today at the “Acad. Ivan E. Geshov" Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. It is part of a series of events on cultural diplomacy in Bulgaria and the Balkans organized by the Institute of Balkan Studies & Center for Thracology at BAS (IBSCT-BAS) in institutional partnership with the State Institute for Culture to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria (SIC). The initiative is carried out within the framework of the project "Cultural Diplomacy in the Balkans in the 20th and 21st Century: Achievements, Problems, Challenges for the Future" funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science. The public meeting-discussion was [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-07-03T09:42:34+03:00Wednesday, 2 July 2025|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|