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ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING 2023

April 21, 2023April 25, 2023

This year, the Annual General Assembly Meeting of the Balkanski-Panitza Institute for Advanced Study will be held in Sofia on May 30, 2023, at 16:00 at the Cybersecurity Laboratory at Sofia Tech Park (111-G “Tzarigradsko Shosse” Blvd., Laboratory Complex Bldg., fl. 1).

All members of the Association are invited. Please renew your membership for 2023 and transfer your membership fee now (bank details in “Contacts“).

You can download the invitation (in Bulgarian) here.

For more information about membership related questions, visit the “Membership” section.

ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING 2022

May 20, 2022May 23, 2022

This year, the Annual General Assembly Meeting of the Balkanski-Panitza Institute for Advanced Study will be held in Sofia on June 24, 2022, at 17:00 at the Cybersecurity Laboratory at Sofia Tech Park (111-G “Tzarigradsko Shosse” Blvd., Laboratory Complex Bldg., fl. 1).

All members of the Association are invited. Please renew your membership for 2022 and transfer your membership fee now (bank details in “Contacts“).

You can download the invitation (in Bulgarian) here.

For more information about membership related questions, visit the “Membership” section.

presentation of the film and the book “Testament, my father’s letters” by prof. minko balkanski

April 20, 2022May 20, 2022

We are delighted to invite all members of the Balkanski-Panitza Institute for Advanced Studies to the presentation of the and the premiere of the short… Read More »presentation of the film and the book “Testament, my father’s letters” by prof. minko balkanski

The Professional High School of Computer Science and Mathematical Analysis in Stara Zagora named after prof. Minko Balkanski

June 15, 2021May 20, 2022

With 46 votes in favor and 1 against, the Municipal Council of Stara Zagora agreed for the Vocational School of Computer Science and Mathematical Analysis… Read More »The Professional High School of Computer Science and Mathematical Analysis in Stara Zagora named after prof. Minko Balkanski

Annual General Assembly Meeting 2021

May 14, 2021July 2, 2021

This year, the Annual General Assembly Meeting of the Balkanski-Panitza Institute for Advanced Study will be held in Sofia on June 16, 2021, at 12:00 at the “Architect’s Club” (Restaurant) at the Central Residence of the Architects (11 “Krakra” Str.).

All members of the Association are invited. Please renew your membership for 2021 and transfer your membership fee now (bank details in “Contacts“).

You can download the invitation (in Bulgarian) here.

For more information about membership related questions, visit the “Membership” section.

(6 December 2017) On Truth and University Today by Prof. Dr. Dimitar Vatsov

November 23, 2017November 23, 2017

When: 6 December 2017, 19:00
Where: Sofia University Rectorate, lecture hall 240 (floor 1)

In this lecture Dimitar Vatsov will shortly outline the performative theory of truth elaborated in his last book (This is True! Sofia: New Bulgarian University, 2016). He will show that truth-telling is a specific practical gesture, a particular speech device: the utterances of the type “This is true!” generalize what is declared to be true as a sample, as a model to be followed, as a paradigm that should be reiterated always in the same way (but mention that often delusions and for sure lies repeat the same formula). Being a practical gesture – being a performative, – truth-telling never ends in an absolute truth. The truths we utter even in mathematics and physics have certain degree of uncertainty.

This theory has its public consequences: it opens possibilities for its own political uses and abuses that are to be pointed out in advance…
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(14 January 2015) Historic memory or (not) knowing the Bulgarian history by Prof. Evelina Kelbetcheva

January 8, 2015March 17, 2016

When: 14 January 2015, 19:00
Where: Sofia University Rectorate, lecture hall 224 (hall America for Bulgaria)

(12 November 2014) Humanistic Education by Prof. Hristo Todorov, PhD

November 20, 2014March 17, 2016

When: 12 November 2014, 19:00
Where: Sofia University Rectorate, lecture hall 224 (hall America for Bulgaria)

Prof. Dr. Hristo Todorov is Deputy Rector of the New Bulgaria University. He graduated from the Philosophy Department at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. He has been a lecturer in History of Philosophy at Sofia University. Since 2003 he is Professor at the New Bulgarian University and from 2005 to 2012 was head of the Philosophy and Sociology Department at the same university.

(15 October 2014) Physics in the kitchen by Andrey Varlamov, Ph.D

October 8, 2014March 17, 2016

When: 15 October 2014, 19:00
Where: Sofia University Rectorate, lecture hall 224 (hall America for Bulgaria)

How heat propagates in the media, what is the difference between the pizza baking in a traditional wood-burning oven and the electric one, why the flavor of boiled meat and that one made on the grill are so different, how to calculate scientifically the cooking time for the egg alla cocque and spaghetti, why the cin-cin with the crystal glasses filled with champagne or sparkling wine is accompanied by beautiful sound of the crystal, why vodka typically contains 40% of alcohol, why the professional bartenders vary the degree of grounding of the coffee beans depending on the weather? In this seminar we will discuss these and many other questions of the Gastronomic Universe that surrounds us.

(25 June 2014) Europe, Ukraine and the Bulgarian strategic choice by Dr. Ognyan Minchev

June 23, 2014March 17, 2016

When: 25 June 2014, 19:00
Where: Sofia University Rectorate, lecture hall 224 (hall America for Bulgaria)

Dr. Ognyan Minchev holds a degree in Sociology from Sofia University. He specialized Political science and international relations in Washington DC, Los Angeles, Moscow, and Portugal. He taught International relations at Sofia University from 1999 until 2008.

You can read excerpts of this lecture and find more information in kultura.bg and dnevnik.bg.