On September 20-21, 2023, Hall 1 of the Rectorate of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" will host a national scientific conference entitled "Bulgarians in the Mirror of Near and Far Neighbors – Problems in Building an Image."
Conference program
September 20, 2023
10:00-10:10 a.m. - Opening of the conference (Prof. Ivan Ilchev, Center for Excellence "Heritage BG")
Conference moderator: Prof. Dimitar Veselinov, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
First session
Moderator of the first session: Prof. Nikolay Chernokozhev, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
10.10 -10.40 - Prof. Alexander Nikolov, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", introductory report - Problems in the perception of "the other". The example of the Crusades 12-14th century.
10.40-11.00 - Prof. Dr. Ivayla Lyubomirova Popova, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Bulgaria and the Bulgarians as seen by Western Europeans in the 14th-15th centuries.
11.00-11.20 - Dr. Evgeni Zasev, KMNC, BAS - "On the earliest topography of the cult of St. Sedmochislenitsi in Albania and North Macedonia." 11.20-11.40 - Teodora Georgieva, PhD student at KMNC, BAS - From the markets and fairs in the Bulgarian lands (12th-14th centuries).
11:20-11:40 - Teodora Georgieva, PhD student at the Center for Medieval Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - From the markets and fairs in the Bulgarian lands (12th-14th centuries): information from foreign authors about the quality of Bulgarian raw materials and goods
11:40-12:00 - Assoc. Prof. Radoslava Ilcheva, Institute of Literature, BAS - The image of Bulgaria and Bulgarians in Russian society in the first third of the 19th century. Components and mechanisms of formation.
12:00-12:20 - Prof. Ivan Parvev, PhD - Bulgarians in the Austro-Hungarian press in 1876. The steamship Radetzky as a case study12:20-13:00 - Discussion
Discussion moderator: Prof. Nikolay Chernokozhev, PhD
13:00-14:00 - Lunch
Second session
Moderator of the second session: Prof. Plamen Antov
14.00-14.30 - Prof. Nikolay Chernokozhev, PhD – Faculty of Slavic Philology, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski – The Mirror of the Guide14.30-14.50 - Radka Kalcheva – Director of Varna Library - On the digital "reading" of cultural heritage
14.50-15.10 - Assoc. Prof. Maria Baramova, Faculty of History, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski - If geographical maps could make political statements... The Balkan borders of the Habsburgs as a propaganda message in the 17th-18th centuries.15.10-15.30 - д-р Ваня Рачева, Исторически факултет, СУ „Св. Климент Охридски“ - Българо-сръбската етно-политическа граница от 19 век, наблюдавана през 60 и 70-те години от Феликс Каниц
15.30-16.10 - Кафе пауза
16.10-16.30 - Олга Смолина - България в очите на украинците на страниците на списания "Украинско слово" и "Украинско-български преглед".
16.30-16.50 - д-р Галин Георгиев – Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей – БАН - Тема на доклада: „Външните“ българи през погледа на изследователя-фолклорист от България: записи на Райна Кацарова сред преселници от Таврия в Добруджа през 1944 г.
16.30-17.30 - Дискусия
September 21, 2023
Third session
Moderator of the third session: Prof. Dimitar Veselinov
10:00-10:30 a.m. – Prof. Plamen Antov, PhD – In the mirror of the other: the traumatic complex of closeness
10:30-10:50 a.m. – Major Dr. Docho Nikolov – Military Geographic Center – Troyan; Hristina Kirilova – Regional History Museum – Vidin – Topographic map sheets owned by Junior Non-Commissioned Officer Ivan Surdulov from the village of Novo Selo (Vidin region), who served in the 36th Kozloduy Infantry Regiment.
10:50-11:10 – Oknay Aliyev, 4th year, majoring in History, SE – The image of the Bulgarian neighbor through the eyes of the Turks in Bulgaria. The example of the town of Glodzhevo, Ruse region
11.10 – 11.30 - Maria-Antoaneta Vangelova - The image of Bulgaria and Bulgarians through the prism of internet memes
11:50-12:30 - Discussion
12:30-12:40 - Conclusions/summaries - Prof. Dimitar Veselinov
Closing of the conference - Prof. Ivan Ilchev
