Research division
Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity
Institutes and Academic Specialized Units
Mario Ivanov
Scientific secretary of division 8. Cultural-historical heritage and national identity
mivanov@cu.bas.bg
National Archaeological Institute with Museum
The research in this division is aimed at studying, preserving and popularizing the Bulgarian cultural and historical heritage as part of the common European cultural tradition and history.
The main spheres of research in the humanities are: Bulgarian studies, Balkan history, Thracology, Cyrillo-Methodian Studies, Linguistics, Literature, Historiography, Medievalism, Musicology, Dramatic Art, Fine Arts, Screen Arts, Architecture, Ethnology, Folklore, Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology , Museology and others.
Information technologies, electronic publishing and digitization of bulk information of the cultural, historical and scientific heritage are implemented, and digital repositories are created to systematize the samples of this heritage and to make effective access to them.
Planned, rescue and emergency archaeological researches and field studies are carried out, and active participation is taken in the preparation to realize national infrastructure projects – highways, gas pipelines, oil pipelines, coal and mineral mining as well as in projects related to the organization of cultural tourism.
Analyses of phenomena related to ancient, medieval, traditional, new, contemporary and modern culture in the context of its specific role in building national, Balkan and European identities in a globalizing world are made.
News
The National Ethnographic Museum presents a new exhibition “From the edges of embroidery”
The exhibition can be visited until the end of July 2021 The National Ethnographic Museum presents its new exhibition "From the edges of embroidery", located in three halls on the first floor of the Prince's [...]
200 years since the birth of Georgi Stoykov Rakovski
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great revolutionary Georgi Stoykov Rakovski with a poster exhibition which is arranged in the central foyer of BAS. The exposition [...]
Ancient genomes shed new light on the earliest Europeans and their relationships with Neandertals
An international research team has sequenced the genomes of the oldest securely dated modern humans in Europe who lived around 45,000 years ago in Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria. By comparing their genomes to the [...]
International Scientific Conference “The Balkans in International Relations: From Late Antiquity to the Age of Globalization”
International online scientific conference “X Drinov Readings” on “The Balkans in International Relations: From Late Antiquity to the Age of Globalization” will be held on 30 and 31 March 2021. The organizer of this forum [...]
The first “Fish Primer” is shown by the Central Library of BAS
21 March marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Dr. Petar Beron Three of the Revival editions of the "Fish Primer" by Dr. Petar Beron are stored in the Central Library of BAS (CL-BAS). [...]
125 years since the birth of the composer Academician Petko Staynov
A hundred and twenty-five years since the birth of Acad. Petko Staynov will be celebrated in 2021. An initiative committee chaired by Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of BAS, has adopted a programme to celebrate [...]
The Bulgarian tradition of decorating with martenitsa
The traditions associated with 1 March mark the transition between winter and spring and date back to the pre-Christian era. The most famous and widespread of them is the decoration with martenitsas of twisted white [...]
2020 – successful and important for Bulgarian archaeology
The National Archaeological Institute with a Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NAIM at BAS) opened the fourteenth national archaeological exhibition “Bulgarian Archaeology 2020” on 11 February 2021. The opening was attended by the [...]
The exhibition “Bulgarian Archaeology 2020” presents over 350 exhibits from Prehistory to the Middle Ages
The National Archaeological Institute with a Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NAIM at BAS) is going to present the fourteenth national archaeological exhibition "Bulgarian Archaeology 2020" from 12 February to 2 May 2021. [...]
“Awake Bulgaria” collected messages from all continents
Representatives of IEFSEM – BAS participated, on 17 December, in the last meeting for the year of the Council for Work with Bulgarians Abroad to the Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria, at which [...]
International Scientific Conference “Between the Worlds: Magic, Miracles and Mysticism”
The International Scientific Conference “Between the Worlds: Magic, Miracles, and Mysticism” (BEW 2020) will be held on 29-31 October 2020 in Sofia with working language English. It is part of the series “Between the Worlds” [...]
The richness of the Balkan church murals from the post-Byzantine period, collected in a bilingual monograph
In its new edition “Roads of Balkan Icon-Painters” the Institute of Art Studies of BAS will show the richness of the Balkan church murals from the post-Byzantine period. The presentation will take place from 17.00 [...]
The Institute of Balkan Studies-BAS presents the exhibition “The City of the Balkans: Spaces, Images, Memory in Postcards” in Kavarna
The exhibition “The City of the Balkans: Spaces, Images, Memory in Postcards” of the Institute of Balkan Studies with Center for Thracology of BAS was opened on 1 September 2020 in Kavarna. The event was [...]
Rare archeological finds of 8 000 years in the Neolithic settlement of Slatina
A team of archaeologists led by Corresponding Member Vassil Nikolov, Vice-President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences discovered four Early Neolithic graves almost 8 000 years old in the village of Slatina in Sofia. Together with [...]
International Scientific Conference “Computational Linguistics in Bulgaria”
On 25 and 26 June 2020, the fourth edition of the International Scientific Conference “Computational Linguistics in Bulgaria” took place (CLIB 2020: https://dcl.bas.bg/clib/). The forum was held in a mixed format – in person (in [...]
Digitalization and innovation in the field of cultural heritage
The main activities of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences related to the digitalization of cultural heritage were presented by the Vice-President of BAS, Corresponding Member Vassil Nikolov, at an international video conference on the problems [...]
Gained Independence – Polish and Bulgarian Perspectives in Volume XXXV of the Bulletin of the Institute for Historical Studies
All-focus Volume XXXV of the Bulletin of the Institute for Historical Studies has been published. The collection contains materials from the Polish-Bulgarian scientific conference held in November 2018 at BAS on the topic: [...]
Exhibition “Clothing and Linguistic Treasure” in the National Ethnographic Museum
The exhibition "Clothing and Linguistic Treasure" in the National Ethnographic Museum is open to visitors until 15 August 2020. The opening took place on 16 June, in Hall 11. The exhibition is part of the [...]
Exhibitions of the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology in Sofia and Plovdiv
The exhibition "MAN-NATURE-CULTURE: ANCIENT THRACIA AND MEDIEVAL BULGARIA" was opened on 10 June 2020 in the Ancient Cultural-Communication Complex "Serdika", "Largo" area, located under the "Independence" square. It is carried out by the Institute of [...]
BAS – Culture and Education Online
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences provides online access to its latest projects in the field of culture and education under the motto "Learn something new while at home". On the eve of Easter, you can [...]
Three jubilee editions for the 150th anniversary of BAS with free access
On the occasion of the bright Easter holidays and the unusual conditions in which we are welcoming them, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences makes freely available the three jubilee editions, prepared on the occasion of [...]
The Institute of Art Studies of BAS grants temporary on-line access to its rare and expensive publications
Under the conditions of physical distancing and closed cultural and educational institutions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists at the Institute of Art Studies (IAS) provide temporary on-line access to their rare and expensive editions [...]
The exhibition „First impression is from your clothes…“ is in Vienna on the occasion of 3 March
Exhibits of the National Ethnographic Museum are in Wittgenstein House on the occasion of the National Day of Bulgaria On the eve and on the occasion of the National Day of Bulgaria, on 3 March [...]
Laboratories for the digitization of cultural heritage are being built by IEFSEM
Two digitalization laboratories will be set up at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum of BAS which participates in the “Heritage BG” Center of Excellence. The “Digital Ethnographic Archive” laboratory will [...]