Prof. Dr. Ana Luleva of the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum has been awarded the John D. Bell Memorial Book Prize for outstanding publications in the field of Bulgarian Studies by the Bulgarian Studies Association for her monograph “Culture of (Dis)Trust in Bulgaria. Anthropological Perspectives”. The prize is awarded jointly to Prof. Luleva and Prof. Theodora Dragostinova for the book “The Cold War from the Margins: A Small Socialist State on the Global Cultural Scene”.

Details on the reasoning behind the selection of the two editions can be read in the official news release about the award here: https://www.bgstudies.org/2023-john-d-bell-book-award-winners/

Contents and synopsis of the publication Culture of (Dis)Trust in Bulgaria. Anthropological Perspectives” can be read here: http://iefem.bas.bg/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/A.-Luleva.-Kultura-na-nedoverieto_titul-sadarzhanie-i-sinopsis-s-korica.pdf