The Vice-President of BAS Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov has opened today the Fifth Annual Scientific Conference of the Centre of Excellence "Heritage BG" in his capacity as R&D Coordinator of the eponymous project for the construction and development of the CoE. The conference is held in the Egg Hall of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski" on 17 and 18 June. "Heritage BG" is the only such center that has an annual scientific conference and its own periodical publication," Prof. Moutafov said at the opening. For the fifth consecutive year, the representatives of the partners in the only centre of excellence that is in the field of humanities will also hold fruitful discussions - a basis for intra-project collaborations and ideas for improving the environment in which [...]

The book "Macedonia in European Ethnic Cartography (Mid-19th century - the end of the First World War 1918)" (Македония в европейската етническа картография (Средата на XIX в. – края на Първата световна война 1918 г.) by Acad. Ivan Ilchev was presented on June 10 at the Prof. Marin Drinov Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The publication includes 60 maps. "This is a remarkable book, which on the one hand continues the tradition of publishing similar maps in Bulgaria, and on the other - of publishing sources for Macedonia. This is the most serious argument when we talk about Macedonia," the director of the Institute for Historical Studies of BAS, Prof. Daniel Vachkov, who hosted the event said. The Vice-President of BAS Prof. [...]

The Bulgarian-Croatian cooperation in the field of history and humanities was presented at a forum held on 19 May at the National Library in Zagreb. The event was attended by Dr. Irina Ognyanova from the Institute of Balkan Studies of BAS.  At the forum, the "Croats and Bulgarians. Diplomacy, Politics, Culture and Science" collection published by the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts was also presented. The long-standing cooperation between the academies of sciences of the two countries was discussed during the event. For more than 28 years, a joint project between BAS and the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts has been going on within the framework of which forums on Bulgarian-Croatian relations have been organised in both countries and the reports published in [...]

The International Scientific Conference on "Christian Missions in the European Middle Ages and their Intellectual Heritage. History, Notions, Ideas" has been opened at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences today. More than 60 participants from 14 countries, representing 40 world Slavic and historical scientific centres, are taking part in the scientific forum. The Cyrillo-Methodian Research Centre of BAS (CMRC) is the organiser of the event, which is held in the days preceding the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, of the Bulgarian alphabet, education, culture and Slavonic literature. "The theme that brings us together today refers not only to one of the most significant phenomena in the spiritual and cultural history of Europe - the spread of Christianity, but also to the intellectual and [...]

On May 15, 2025, the Institute of Balkan Studies & Center for Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences held a public lecture by Professor Peter Schreiner, a visiting foreign Bulgarian Studies scholar. Professor Schreiner is a world-renowned scholar in the field of Byzantine and European medieval studies, a Doctor Honoris Causa of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and the "St. Cyril and St. Methodius" University of Veliko Tarnovo. For his outstanding services to the study of medieval Bulgarian history and the past of Samuil's Bulgaria, on October 3, 2024, he was awarded an honorary badge by the President of the Republic of Bulgaria. Prof. Schreiner is the author of dozens of books and over 1000 studies, articles and reviews. With his numerous publications, he [...]