Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity – Page 31

Russian historian with the honorary sign “Marin Drinov” for the Day of the Institute for Literature

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. […]

Nikolay Ikonomov2019-11-27T03:18:35+02:0021 November 2019|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|

Over 60 historians from all over the world gathered at BAS for a conference on nomads

“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. […]

Nikolay Ikonomov2019-11-27T03:29:31+02:0020 November 2019|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|

Two books with collected works of the Council for Bulgarian Studies Abroad were presented at BAS

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. […]

Nikolay Ikonomov2019-11-19T18:01:23+02:0013 November 2019|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|

The Director-General of UNESCO visited the exhibition of BAS in Paris

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay visited, on 21 October, the photo exhibition of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences which is arranged in the UNESCO premises in Paris and presents the activities of the Academy to the international community. Ms. Azoulay was impressed by the wide network of BAS institutes developing many-year active work in various fields of human life as well as by the achievements of the Academy and its contribution to the international exchange of scientific and technical experience. […]

Nikolay Ikonomov2019-10-29T15:07:11+02:0022 October 2019|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|Tags: 150BAS|

Forty scientists are discussing the intangible cultural heritage at BAS

Bulgaria is one of the first countries in the world to fulfill the condition of the 2003 UNESCO Convention on the establishment of a National Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage. That was highlighted as a major contribution of the Academy’s scientists by corr.-mem. Mila Santova at the international scientific conference “Current Issues in the Study of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Implementation of the 2003 Convention. The Contribution of the Scientists of BAS”. The two-day conference has begun on 17 October at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Academy. It is organized by the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, in collaboration with the Regional Center for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage [...]

Nikolay Ikonomov2019-10-17T18:05:57+03:0017 October 2019|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity, General Academic News|Tags: 150BAS|

An international research team receives the prestigious European Research Council Synergy Grant

Assoc. Prof. Anelia Kasabova from the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum of BAS is part of the interdisciplinary and international research team whose project "Taming the European Leviathan: The Legacy of Post-War Medicine and the Common Good (LEVIATHAN)” is among the 37 proposals approved for funding by the European Research Council (ERC) for 2019. The project is in the synergy category for small teams of highly qualified researchers. For the first time a Bulgarian scientist has won recognition in this category. "Against the background of contemporary uncertainties and divisions, the project aims, through a historical account of complex developments in the fields of medicine and healthcare, to contribute to the consolidation of a common European identity, to enhance the dialogue on [...]