The purpose of the american research center in bulgaria, inc. (arcb, inc. ) is organized is to provide support to: (1) the american research center in sofia, a non-profit foundation organized, registered, and operating under the laws of bulgaria; (2) support american scholars and academic researchers in the field of the humanities and social sciences in bulgaria; (3) facilitate collaboration and cooperation between scholars from north america, bulgaria, and countries from southeastern europe (including romania, greece, albania, kosovo, macedonia, serbia and montenegro, and turkey).

Education

Support to the arcs academic program with grants provided by arcb, inc. , arcs hosted several north american and eastern european scholars and students at its facilities in sofia, providing them with the logistical support necessary to conduct their research in bulgaria. The 2017 academic program of arcs (the arcs pre- doctoral and the arcs residential fellowship for southeast european ph. D. Students and junior postdoctoral scholars) accepted eight graduate students (four in the spring and four in the fall). Students attended lectures, presented their research, and participated in academic field trips around bulgaria. conferences november 9-12, 2017. For the fifth consecutive year, our team (from arcb, inc. And arcs) participated in the annual meeting of the association for slavic, east european and eurasian studies (aseees), which was held in chicago, il with different activities and paper presentations. Publications sponsored by arcs and arcb, inc. Were displayed in the aseees exhibit hall, where researchers from north america and europe viewed recent books in the field of eastern european, slavic, and eurasian studies. On november 10, the historical date of the advent of democracy in bulgaria in 1989, arcb co-sponsored a conference panel, titled "transgressing the borders between the public and the private in state socialist bulgaria. " official guest and participant in the panel was the consul general of the republic of bulgaria in chicago, dr. Ivan anchev, who is also a scholar in the field of political studies. public events january 2017 among the most important events organized by arcs and arcb inc. This year was the premiere of the book "shared childhood: behind the iron curtain," by the internationally recognized journalist and author nassya kralevska- owens. This event, titled "bulgarian-american evening of the arts" took place on january 21 at the botev academy, a bulgarian school in the washington, d. C. Area, which promotes multicultural education and artistic events. The event concluded with a moving performance by the renowned bulgarian pianist, dr. Ani gogova. February 2017 on february 7, 2017, arcs and arcb inc. Co-organized and hosted the annual eugene schuyler lecture in sofia, bulgaria. The honorary lecturer of the event was dr. Andrew bernstein (a visiting professor at the american university in bulgaria), who spoke on the nature of heroism. The event was attracted a diverse audience of international students, scholars, and members of the general public. May 2017 on may 18, the premiere of rumyana ivanova's book "the friendly manhattan" was co-organized and co-sponsored by arcb, inc. And arcs at the bulgarian consulate general in new york city. The event featured a moving piano performance by dr. Ani gogova. June 2017 on june 29, arcb coordinated and sponsored the premiere of the cold war novel "a dearth of eagles" at the stacy sherwood community center in fairfax, virginia. The author of the novel is the american philosopher and arcs eugene schuyler honorary lecturer dr. Andrew bernstein. Dr. Ani gogova performed select pieces by chopin, schuman, rachmaninoff, and other renowned composers. October 2017 on october 19, 2017, arcs and arcb co-sponsored the premiere of "medieval bulgarian art and letters in a byzantine context," a joint scholarly publication by u. S. And bulgarian byzantine historians, sponsored by arcs. The event took place at the american corner at the sofia city library in bulgaria. On october 27, arcb sponsored and coordinated the premiere of the smithsonian folkways recording project, entitled "sound pictures from bulgaria: photographs and recordings by martin koenig. " the event was hosted at the embassy of the republic of bulgaria in washington d. C. And attracted a large international audience. November 2017 due to popular demand, on november 25 arcs and arcb jointly presented the cold war novel "a dearth of eagles" by dr. Andrew bernstein at the arcs campus in bulgaria. p