On 17 January 2020, a scientific round table was held at the Central Military Club organized by the Institute for Historical Studies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Independent Historical Society on "Jewish labor service during World War II - rescue plan or repressive measure". The round table was attended by the Deputy Minister of Education and Science Petar Nikolov, the Deputy Minister of Culture Rumen Dimitrov, the Member of Parliament Assoc. Prof. Milen Mihov, the Vice-President of BAS Prof. Vassil Nikolov, the Director of the Office of the American Jewish Committee in Bulgaria, representatives of the organization Shalom, the Bulgarian-Jewish Research Institute, the Archives State Agency and other public and scientific organizations. The results of a scientific project of the Institute for [...]

An exhibition dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the arrival of Mkhailo Dragomanov in Bulgaria was opened on 18 December in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The exposition has been arranged by the Scientific Archives of BAS and is conducted under the auspices of the President of BAS, Prof. Julian Revalski, full member of the Academy and the Ambassador of Ukraine to Bulgaria, H.E. Vitaliy Moskalenko. The opening was also attended by the ambassadors of Poland, Serbia, Moldova and Russia. […]

The Minister of Education and Science Krasimir Valchev together with the President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, member of the Academy, visited two institutes of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in division "Cultural-Historical Heritage and National Identity". They became acquainted with the work and current projects of scientists at the Institute for Literature and the Institute for Historical Studies. The Institute of Literature has become a center for humanitarian and interdisciplinary studies of literature from the Middle Ages to the present day, said Assoc. Prof. Elka Traykova. She spoke about a series of digital science projects and attractive multimedia products that are freely available in the virtual space. Research at the Institute of Literature applies modern approaches developed in world humanities, said Professor Traykova. A [...]

The honorary sign of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences “Marin Drinov” on ribbon was conferred to Prof. Anatoly Turilov, a paleoslavic historian at the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. This took place during the opening of the international conference “Routes of Literary Communication of the Eastern and Southern Slavs in 11-20 Centuries” on 21 November in “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of BAS. […]

“Nomads and their Neighbors in the Middle Ages” is the topic of a conference organized by the Institute for Historical Studies at BAS and Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski “. The event was opened on 20 November in “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and is funded by the “Cultural Heritage, National Memory and Social Development” National Research Program. […]

Two collections were presented by the Council for Bulgarian Studies Abroad at GC of BAS on 11 November 2019 in “Academician Ivan Evstratiev Geshov” Hall in the building of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. […]