Art and Context Youth Scientific Conference 2026 Ends

The youth researchers’ conference Art and Context, held on 8 and 9 October at the Institute of Art Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, has ended. The ninth edition of the forum brought together 26 young scholars, doctoral students, and postdoctoral researchers from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts “Prof. Asen Diamandiev” in Plovdiv, the South-West University “Neofit Rilski” in Blagoevgrad, the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology “Prof. Alexander Fol” at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Art Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. This year, participants again focused on various issues related to Bulgarian and world cinema, theatre, dance, music theatre, photography, fashion, cultural policy, architecture, and fine arts (from the Middle Ages to the present day). The papers are to be published in a collection of conference proceedings.