The American Research Center in Sofia (www.arcsofia.org), in cooperation with the Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law (www.bcnl.org), is pleased to announce a grant writing and project development workshop for faculty and PhDs in the Humanities and Social Sciences on Monday, March 5 from 9.00 to 18.00 (registration begins at 8.30) at the American Research Center in Sofia, 75 Vasil Petleshkov St. The workshop will be in Bulgarian language.

Dr. Leah Davcheva, Founder, AHA MOMENTS, will lead a seminar on the topic of 'Engaging with a narrative study: Linguistic Identity-Play Amongst Sephardic Jews in Bulgaria'. This event is free of charge and open to the public. The language of discussion will be English. This seminar will take place at the American Research Center in Sofia, 75 Vasil Petleshkov St., 1510 Sofia.

The American Research Center in Sofia (ARCS)is pleased to invite you to the presentation of the results based on the research of students within the program for Advanced Doctoral Students FADS 2010-2011. The presentations will be held in English and the language of discussions afterwards will be in Bulgarian and in English. You’re welcome to come at 5:30 p.m. to get familiar with the Center and its various programs. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Dr. Todor Chobanov, Deputy Mayor, Municipality of Sofia, will lead a seminar on the subject of 'Key Features of the Protobulgarian Pagan Religion'. This event is open to the public and free of charge. The language of discussion will be English. The seminar will take place at the American Research Center in Sofia, 75 Vasil Petleshkov St., 1510 Sofia.

Professor Cyril Pavlikianov, Faculty of History, Sofia University, will lead a seminar on the subject of 'Athonite mentalities through the centuries - uniformity and diversity colliding. Reformation and Counter Reformation echoes on Athos under the shadow of the Great Turk'. This event is free of charge and open to the public. The language of discussion will be English. The seminar will take place at the American Research Center in Sofia, 75 Vasil Petleshkov St., 1510 Sofia.

Professor Evelina Kelbecheva, Department of History and Civilizations, American University in Bulgaria, will lead a seminar on the topic of 'The Treatment of Islamic Minorities in Bulgaria under Communism'. This event is free of charge and open to the public. The language of discussion will be English. This seminar will take place at the American Research Center in Sofia, 75 Vasil Petleshkov St., 1510 Sofia. This event has been postponed. It will be rescheduled for March or April.

Professor Maya Vassileva, Department of Classical and Mediterranean Studies, New Bulgarian University, will lead a seminar on 'Mainstream Religious Ideas in Thrace'. This event is open to the public and free of charge. The language of discussion will be English. The seminar will take place at the American Research Center in Sofia, 75 Vasil Petleshkov St., 1510 Sofia.

Professor Alexey Gotsev, National Institute of Archaeology with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, will lead a seminar on 'First Millennium BC Thracian Sanctuaries: Problems of Research'. This event is open to the public and free of charge. The language of discussion will be English. The seminar will take place at the American Research Center in Sofia, 75 Vasil Petleshkov St., 1510 Sofia.

The American Research Center in Sofia is pleased to announce books and materials acquired by the Library in December 2011 and January 2012.

The sensational discoveries in Bulgaria in the past two decades have cast unique light on the elite culture of Classical and Hellenistic Thrace. The manner and methods of these excavations, however, left much to be desired, as did the interpretation of recovered finds, which often remained captive to the dominant ideology of an earlier era.