To engage the broader public with our research findings on urban–rural migration, our team member Dr. Petya Dimitrova presented the photo exhibition “Moving to the Countryside” at the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts in Plovdiv in early October. The eight posters turn towards internal and international migration from cities to Bulgarian villages. It …
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Members of the Balkan Ethnology Department took part in the sixth edition of the Cultural Seminar “The Unknown” (НЕПОЗНАТИТЕ), held in Plovdiv from 2 to 4 October 2026. This year’s edition marked ten years since the seminar was launched in 2016. It combined academic research, cultural heritage, the arts and many forms of public engagement. …
On September 25th 2026, the Balkan Ethnology Department hosted a seminar within the framework of IMPEA, entitled “Public Attitudes and Behaviour towards Communist Heritage in Bulgaria and Europe.” The event was held in a hybrid format at IEFSEM–BAS and online via Zoom. The guest speaker was Assoc. Prof. Katya Yankova, lecturer in Tourism at the …
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The Balkan Ethnology Department was represented at the international workshop “Decentering Empires: Local Communities and Cross-Cultural Interaction in the Black Sea Region (17th–Early 20th Centuries)”, held on 27–28 August 2026 at the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. The workshop gathered more than thirty researchers working on the premodern and modern …
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Members of the Balkan Ethnology Department took part in the international conference “Social and Cultural Contacts: Borders, Belonging and Mobility”, held at Gümüşhane University, Türkiye, from 20 to 23 July 2026. The conference was organised jointly by Gümüşhane University and the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of …
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From 29 June to 2 July 2026, IEFSEM–BAS hosted “Migration and Multicultural Societies”, an intensive course for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers led by Prof. Paolo Ruspini of Roma Tre University, Italy. The programme combined theory with case studies and ethnographic fieldwork. It covered historical and contemporary migration flows, transnationalism, socio-cultural processes and key challenges …
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Forty years after the world’s largest nuclear accident, a team at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences has launched an initiative to collect personal memories and stories from those days. The campaign is part of the project “Socio-Cultural Consequences of the Chernobyl Disaster in Bulgaria: Historical Context and Contemporary Dimensions,” funded by the National Science Fund …
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On June 15, New Bulgarian University hosted a Round Table on Inclusive Citizenship: Engaging Young People and Local Citizens in Creative Participation, Activism and Solidarity, moderated by Dr. Mina Hristova, a researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IEFEM-BAS) and a member of the …
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On 9 June 2026, the exhibition “Discovery. Bulgarian Cluster” was officially opened at the Panayot Volov House Museum, part of the Regional Historical Museum in Shumen. The exhibition is organized within the framework of the international project “Crimean Tatar Studies. Among the highlights of the opening events was a presentation by Polina Trifonova, a PhD …
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On 8 May 2026, an Ethnosociology class, part of the Sociology curriculum at the University of National and World Economy (UNWE), was held at the National Ethnographic Museum. The session included a lecture and a guided exhibition tour led by Assist. Prof. Julia Popcheva from the Department of Balkan Ethnology and Totyu Hristov, a museum …
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