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Updated announcement
The Eleventh Conference of the Bulgarian Studies Association
Bulgaria: Thirty Years after the Fall of Communism
Library of Congress,
Washington DC, June 9-10, 2022.
The Bulgarian Studies Association announces its 11th conference centered around the theme “30 Years After the Fall of Communism.” Scholars from Bulgarian, European and US institutions will assess the current situation of Bulgaria and Bulgarian Studies from a variety of perspectives with panels on History and Politics; Literature and Libraries; Language and Culture; Nation and Society.
The Bulgarian Studies Association and the Library of Congress invite you to attend the two-day hybrid conference taking place in person at the Library of Congress and virtually via Zoom. In-person attendees will also have the opportunity to enjoy a display of Bulgarian items from the Library’s collections and a tour of the magnificent Jefferson Building located across the street from the US Capitol Building.
The conference is open to all free of charge. No registration is required for in person attendance. To attend the conference virtually, you may register here:
Location: Montpelier Room of the Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540. Closest Metro: Capitol South (Blue, Orange, Silver lines) and Union Station (Red line). The Madison Building opens to the public at 8:30 am.
The program is below. For more information about the conference, please contact:
The Program:
Thursday, 9 June 2022
9.00-9.45 am EST – Opening remarks
10.00 – 11.30 am EST – Panel 1, History and Politics
Ben DeDominicis, Catholic Univ. of Korea, “Democracy in the European Union: The Social Identity Dynamics of the Europeanization of Bulgaria”
Stamatia Fotiadou, Democritus Univ. of Thrace, “A Never Ending Tug of War. The Greek-Bulgarian National Claims over Ottoman Macedonia and Thrace (1878-1913)”
Meto Koloski, United Macedonian Diaspora, “Bulgaria’s Post-Communist Constitution. Protection of Ethnic, Cultural, Linguistic and Religious Minorities”
Markus Wien, American Univ. in Bulgaria, “The Constitution of T?rnovo and the Bulgarian Monarchy”
11.45 am – 1.15 pm EST – Panel 2, Literature and Libraries
Angela Cannon, Library of Congress, “Todor Plochev and the Early Bulgarian Imprint Collection at the Library of Congress”
Stefka Tzanova, York College CUNY, “Bulgarian Libraries After the Fall of Communism – A Tale of
Resilience and Growth”
2:30-3:45 pm – Tour of Jefferson Building for conference participants (begins at the Information Desk, ground floor of the Jefferson Building)
Friday, 10 June 2022
9.00 – 10.30 am EST – Panel 3, Language and Culture
Ronelle Alexander, University of California, Berkeley, “Bulgarian Dialects in the Balkan Framework”
Iskra Dobreva, independent scholar, “The Month Names from the Norovskiy Psalter”
Angelina Ilieva, Univ. of Chicago, “A Post-Structuralist Longing for Divine Language (and what that
has to do with masculinity): Georgi Gospodinov’s Natural Novel (1999)”
Daria White, Liberty University, “The Cultural Restoration of the Self after Communist Rule and
Trauma”
10.45 am – 12.15 pm EST – Panel 4, Nation and Society
Danijel Keži?, University of Regensburg, “Infrastructure and National Space Construction in Bulgaria. The Case Study of the Unfinished Railroad Project Sofia-Kjustendil-Skopje and its Importance for Bulgaria’s “Unfinished” National Integration”
Albena Lutzkanova-Vassileva, Brooklyn College CUNY, “Bulgarian Wounds and Post-communist
Traumas: The Vision of Georgi Gospodinov’s “Empath””
Diliana Ivanova Zieske and Liam Zieske, Field Museum Chicago, “Bulgarians in the Chicago Metro
Area”
Mikhail Stanchev, University of Kharkiv, “????????-????????: 100 ?????? ?? ?????????????? ?????????” [Bulgaria-Ukraine: 100 years of Diplomatic Relations] (This talk will be in Bulgarian)
2-3 pm – Display of Bulgarian collection items, Rosenwald Room, Jefferson Building, Room 205