The “European South–East and the Middle East: At the Crossroads of Entangled Regions, Cultures, and Religions” international scientific conference was officially opened today in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. More than 30 established and emerging Bulgarian and international researchers are participating in the forum, which will continue through July 15.
The Vice-President of BAS, Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov, delivered a welcoming address during the opening ceremony. He emphasized that hosting this prestigious forum was particularly important and noted that it coincided with the centennial of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and Egypt. Despite the geographical distance, our two countries share deep historical similarities, said the Vice-President.
The director of the Institute for Historical Studies, Assoc. Prof. Nadya Filipova; Prof. Abdallah Abdel-Ati Al-Naggar from the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology – Eötvös Loránd University; the Egyptian Ambassador to Sofia, H.E. Nader Saad, as well as representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” welcomed the participants and guests to the academic conference.
The Middle East and the Balkans in international relations, interactions between societies, religions and identities, cultural and artistic exchange, and the historical and contemporary dimensions of the ties between Southeast Europe and the Middle East are the main thematic areas that researchers from various countries and academic organizations will discuss.
The conference is organized as part of the “Beyond the Boundaries of Time and Space: Bulgaria and Egypt in the Dynamics of Transformations in the Middle East” joint research project. It is being carried out from 2025 to 2027 by the Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Damanhour University pursuant to a bilateral agreement between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology.
The scientific forum will take place from July 13 to 15 in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski.”
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