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
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 [...]
“Bulgarian Archaeology 2019” – results of the most active archaeological year in the last two decades
On 14 February 2020, the National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NAIM at BAS) presented the thirteenth national archaeological exhibition “Bulgarian Archaeology 2019”. By tradition, the exhibition presents the most [...]
Scientist from IEFSEM-BAS with an honorary doctorate by Södertörn University in Stockholm
The University of Södertörn in Stockholm, Sweden, has conferred the honorary title of Doctor Honoris Causa on Prof. Dr. Elena Marushiakova. The title is awarded in connection with her contribution to the development of Romani [...]
National Round Table “Jewish labour service during World War II – rescue plan or repressive measure”
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 [...]
An exhibition dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the arrival of Mikhailo Dragomanov in Bulgaria
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 [...]
Minister Krasimir Valchev visited the Institute for Literature and the Institute for Historical Studies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Scientist of BAS was awarded an Italian Order
Corr.-mem. Prof. Alexander Kostov, DSc of the Institute of Balkan Studies with Center of Thracology was awarded the Order of the Star of Italy (Ordine della Stella d'Italia). The high state distinction is for his [...]
A 7600-year-old grave was discovered in Slatina by archaeologists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Early Neolithic grave, about 7 600 years old, was discovered by a team of archaeologists led by corr.-member Vassil Nikolov, Vice-President of BAS, in Slatina settlement. The find is extremely rare. The forthcoming studies will [...]
Fifth Graders learned about the feasting rituals of lazaruvane with folklorists from IEFSEM – BAS
Scientists from the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum of BAS introduced pupils from the 4th Primary School “Prof. John Atanasoff” in Sofia to the traditions on Lazar Day’s holiday called “lazaruvane”. [...]
The finds from the necropolis in Trebeništa, near Ohrid, were first gathered in a joint exhibition in Skopje
The exhibition “100 years of Trebeništa” was opened on 14 March 2019 at the National Institute of the Archaeological Museum of North Macedonia in Skopje. It was co-organized by the National Archaeological Institute with Museum [...]
Presentation of the book “Thracian Antiquity: Technological and Genetic Studies, History and Intangible Heritage“
On February 15th 2018 at 11:00 in the Great Hall of BAS, the head of the general academic project “Thracians”- Corresponding Member Vasil Nikolov will present the book “Thracian Antiquity: Technological and Genetic Research, [...]