American Research Center in Sofia

Fall 2013 Public Lectures

Sept. 10           Eric C. De Sena (ARCS), Constantine in the Imperial Palace of Serdica

Sept. 12           Stela Tasheva (Inst. Art Studies, BAS) Contemporary Architectural Graphics – Communication vs. Propaganda

Sept. 19-21     Conference: Heraclea Sintica: from Hellenistic polis to Roman civitas, 4th c. BC-6th c. AD (in Petrich, Bulgaria; with National Institute of Archaeology with Museum)

Oct. 1              Rossitsa Gradeva (Inst. Balkan Studies, BAS and American University in Bulgaria) Ottoman dispensal of justice 17th-18th centuries - view from the capital, view from the province (Sofia)

Oct. 8              Nadia Boyadjieva (University of Plovdiv) NATO-Russia partnership and Balkan security in the Post-Cold War Era

Oct. 9              Alexander Panayotov (Independent scholar) Jews and Jewish communities in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Balkans and the Aegean

Oct. 23            Emilia Zankina (American University in Bulgaria) Gender and politics -- descriptive and substantive representation of women, the communist legacy and the current attitudes towards gender equality, party regulation and gender equality

Oct. 24            Alexander Nikolov (Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”) Oghuz and Gagauz: Facts and Interpretations

Oct. 29            Stanislav Stanev (Inst. Art Studies, BAS) The Old Metropolitan Church in Nessebar

Oct. 31            Elissaveta Moussakova (Bulgarian National Library) Transfer of Images: copying in medieval manuscripts

Nov. 5             Julia Valeva (Inst. Art Studies, BAS) Domestic architecture and decor in the diocese of Thrace

Nov. 12           Bogdan Athanassov (New Bulgarian University) Producing and Consuming the Transition: Incorporating Animal Resources at the Turn from Bronze to Iron Age in Southwestern Bulgaria

Nov. 13          Presentations of ARCS Fellows, 2:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Nov. 26          Presentations of ARCS Fellows, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

*** Public lectures begin at 5:45 p.m. unless otherwise noted ***