Aims
- Implementation of modern project-based programs that will boost the development of high-quality regional research and allow Sofia University to join the group of the best European educational establishments
- Application of innovative models and approaches in social sciences helping reconsider the past, explain the present and analyze and forecast the future
- Development of multidisciplinary research projects carried out by well-known Bulgarian and foreign experts
- Application of regional research for the needs of public, commercial and non-governmental sector
- Organization of academic forums and scientific events
- Publication of research results in both Bulgarian and English in cooperation with famous European publishers that would help the promotion of the Bulgarian humanitarian studies around the world.
Team
Associate professor Ivan Purvev, PhD, Head of Program,
Assistant professor Maria Baramova, PhD, Program Coordinator,
Grigor Boykov, PhD,
Senior assistant professor, Ivaylo Lozanov, PhD,
Professor, Krassimir Rabadjiev, PhD,
Associate professor, Vassilka Tankova, PhD,
Hristo Hristozov,
Maria Kiprovska,
Anelia Stoyanova,
Research projects under implementation in 2016
- Seminar in National and Regional History, 15th – 19th century: Project leader: Associate professor: Ivan Parvev
- Center for Regional Research and Analysis: designed as a think-tank body the Center will conduct research and analysis to assist planning and implementation policies of different decision-making institutions
- Post-graduate seminar, entitled: The Balkan City; Project leader, Professor Biliana Boteva
- Social dimensions of Southeast European periphery in XVI-XIX c.: Project leader, Dr. Maria Baramova
- Environment and Traditions: Cultural adaptation, economic models and identities; Project leader: Asociate professor Vesselin Tepavicharov
- Economic relations of the Ghets’ capital city of Helis: Project leader, Professor Totko Stoianov
Completed projects
Urban Development of Plovdiv during the period of the Ottoman Domination, XV-XIX c.”
Interdisciplinary research project, entitled “Social Dimensions of the periphery of Southeast Europe, 16th -19th c
Scientific Events in 2016
Research trip “Environment and Traditions”, July-August 2016
Discussion on “The Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire: Terms, Structures and Personalities”
Discussion on “Russian Policy in the Black Sea Region and in the Middle East”, June 2016
Early Career Seminar “International Society for Eighteenth Century Studies “Enlightenment and Peasant Life: Representations, Intellectual Debates, Cultural Conflicts, Socio-economic Transitions”, jointly conducted with Vienna University and the International Society for Research of XVIIIc., 26-30 June 2016
Annual meeting, Hisar, 09-11.12. 2016
Visiting lecturers, invited for the National and Regional History Seminar:
- Prof Dubravka Stoyanovic, University of Belgrade, 19 April 2016
- Prof Milan Ristovic, University of Belgrade, May 2016
- Prof. Hrvoe Petric, University of Zagreb, June 2016
- Prof Konrad Kleving, The Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung – IOS, Regensburg, October, 2016
- Prof. Wolfgang Hoepken, Leipzig University, November 2016
Visiting lecturers, invited for the Seminar “The Balkan City”:
- Prof Andreas Kultzer, Austrian Academy of Science
Lecturers visiting the Center for Regional Research and Analysis:
- Prof Turan Ilter, Istanbul University, New Conference Hall, 23 May 2016
Traveling seminar The Balkan City, jointly organized with the Athens University: 10-15.05. 2016, Athens
Seminar on “Graves, Tombs, Necropolis in their Settlement Environment in the Eastern Mediterranean – Classical to Hellenistic Period”, Sofia-Kazanluk-Isperih, 9–13 October 2016
Key Publications
Maria Baramova, Plamen Mitev, Ivan Parvev, Vania Racheva (eds.), Power and Influence in South-Eastern Europe, 16th 19th c., LiT Verlag: Berlin /Munster/ Zurich, 2013
Maria Baramova, Grigor Boykov, Ivan Parvev (eds.), Social Networking in South-Eastern Europe, 16th 19th c, collection of articles produced during workshops’ discussions, 2014
History of Southeast Europe, 16th – 21st c. (vol.1 and vol.2)
Essays in Regional History
Grigor Boykov, Ivaylo Lozanov, Daniela Stoyanova (eds.), Sequel in Regional Research, entitled Cities in South Eastern Thrace: Continuity and Transformation