Restored masterpieces from China will be shown for the first time in Bulgaria The Bulgarian National Film Archive and the Chinese Film Archive present... Continue Reading
The collection ΡΗΤΟΡΙΣΣΑ. Research in honour of Prof. Biserka Penkova was officially presented on 8 May 2026. The event was held in Hall 1 of... Continue Reading
On 13 May 2026, Wednesday, at 18:00 The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Art Studies and the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies... Continue Reading
The editorial board of the Art Studies Quarterly journal invites established and early-career scholars to submit proposals for studies, articles, and reviews for publication in... Continue Reading
For another year, the Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, organises the international scientific conference Art Readings 2027, New Art Module, with the... Continue Reading
The proposed topic focuses on the relationship between art and authority – two areas of different nature and manifestations, but with common or opposing goals.... Continue Reading
On May 8 (Friday) 2026, at 6:30 PM the collection “ΡΗΤΟΡΙΣΣΑ. Studies in Honor of Prof. Bisserka Penkova“, published by the Institute of Art Studies... Continue Reading
On April 25, at 19:00, in the Music Hall of the Central Military Club in Sofia, the doctoral student of the Institute of Music Culture... Continue Reading
On April 23, 2026, the second module of the conference ‘Art Studies Readings 2026’, organised by the Institute of Art Studies at the Bulgarian Academy... Continue Reading
‘Art History as a Vocation. A Collection in Honour of Corr. Member, Prof. Ivanka Gergova, DSc, on the Occasion of her 70th Birthday’ will be... Continue Reading
The resumed seminar: ‘Art Studies, Archives, and the Internet. History and Perspectives’, part of the project ‘Cultural Heritage in the Archives of the Institute of... Continue Reading
SUMMARIES AND REFERENCES Ethnomusicology Goritza Naydenova. Ethnomusicology and Fieldwork with a Film Camera in Eastern Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, pp. 3 – 31. New Music Maria Kostakeva. Some Aspects of Terminology in New Music, pp. 32 – 55. Joevan de Mattos Caitano. Reconstructing a Forgotten Network: The Darmstadt – Bulgaria Relationship through... Continue Reading
Jakov Đorđević. On the Unusual Inscription of the Meteora Epitaphios, or Where Were the Epitaphioi Kept Nona Petkova. Notes on the Iconographic Program of the post- Byzantine Treasury Gospel Bindings Slobodan Jakovljević. Mirroring the Heavenly Liturgy: The Evolution of Liturgical Objects and Vestments Utilised in the Serbian Orthodox Church’s Episcopal Liturgy during the 17th... Continue Reading
Savas Patsalidis. Major Challenges Facing 21st Century Theatre Lyubomir Mikov. The Jesters of Yoan Leviev in the Context of European Medieval Culture Kamelia Nikolova. Nature and Sadness of the Crises in the Drama of Georgi Gospodinov Nikolay Iordanov. Modernisation Processes in Bulgarian Society and the Role of Theatre Albena Tagareva. Dance Movie The Fence and Its Way from Art... Continue Reading
Angela Gotsis. Editing Techniques in Film and Television – Perception, Aesthetics, and Functions Daniel Krasteva. From Index to Para- Index: Transformations of Documentary Testimony in the Digital Era Elitsa Staneva-Britton. Re-AI-l or Not? Human-Machine Creativity and the Authenticity Crisis in the Age of AI Irina Ivanova. The Cinema of Alice Rohrwacher: In Search of Lost... Continue Reading
MUSIC, MEDIA, DIGITAL CULTURE SUMMARIES AND REFERENCES Ventsislav Dimov. On the Thematic Issue “Music, Media, Digital Culture”, pp. 3 – 5. Ivanka Vlaeva. Flash Mob – Mobility in the Digital World. Messages with Music, pp. 6 – 20. Ventsislav Dimov. “Old Wine in New Wineskins”. Early 78-rpm Gramophone Records on Digital Platforms and... Continue Reading
SUMMARIES AND REFERENCES Early Music Kristina Yapova. The Byzantine Treatises of Music – an Attempt for Interpretation of the Interpretation, pp. 3 – 22. New Music Maria Kostakeva. The Musical Work as an Organism, pp. 23 – 43. Stanimira Withers. The Kerkelov’s Labyrinths and the Virtual World of “duermevela”: A Case Study, pp. 44... Continue Reading