OFFICIAL OPENING | 10:00

Assoc. Prof. Alexandre Kostov

Session 1 | MONUMENTS SPEAK

Nikolai Zhelev – moderator

10:10 – 11:00

The Scene from the Silver Rhyton with a Ram’s Head from Dalakova Mound – On the Potential of a Rejected Hypothesis

Eli Filipova

The Coinage of King Rhoemetalces III: Types, Denominations, Iconographic Characteristics

Asst. Prof. Svetoslav Yordanov, Ph.D.

The Thracian Hera in the Balkans and Asia Minor

Asst. Prof. Irina Shopova, Ph.D.

Late Antique Unguentaria/Ampoules from Durostorum

Svetlana Gancheva, Ph.D.

The Compilation of Maximinus, one of the few sources for Arianism in the Balkans

Assoc. Prof. Zlatomira Gerdzhikova, Ph.D.

The Pautalia Inscription in the Context of the Arian Controversies in the 4th–5th Centuries (Attempt at Historical-Theological Research)

Milen Markov

DISCUSSION

11:00 – 11:30

Session 2 | WAR: IDEOLOGY AND PRACTICE

Todor Todorov – Moderator

11:30 – 12:00

Praecepta militaria and the Development of the Hollow Square Infantry Formation

Nikolai Zhelev

The Holy Roman Empire and the Crusades in the “Long 14th Century” (1274–1396)

Milen Petrov

The Participation of the Ninth Divisional Heavy Artillery Company in the Covering Front, the Niš and Kosovo Offensive Operations during the Period May 20, 1944 – November 28, 1944

Marius Georgiev

DISCUSSION

12.00 – 12.15

Lunch break

12.15 – 13.30

Session 3 | IDEOLOGY OF POWER

Milen Petrov – moderator

13.30 – 14.30

The Last State Centers of Early Medieval Bulgaria (Late 10th – Early 11th Centuries)

Victor Petrov

The Slavic Council in Prague of 1908 and the Economic and Cultural Projects of Neo-Slavism

Kiril Iliev

State Security, Danube and Bulgarian River Navigation

Assoc. Prof. Lyudmila Mindova, Ph.D.

The role of Yugoslavia in NATO military planning (1950-1952)

Asst. Prof. Dimitar Dobrev, Ph.D.

Islam as an Instrument of External Influence in the Western Balkans

Kaloyan Konstantinov

The Wedging Center and Periphery: Some Notes on the Most Popular Debate in Turkish Political Science

Mariyan Karagyozov, Ph.D.

DISCUSSION

14.30 – 14.50

4 Session | THE BALKANS IN IMAGES AND IDEAS

Eli Filipova – Moderator

14.50 – 15.30

Blessed Augustine in the Eastern Tradition – Main Topos of Distinction

Dimitrina Cherneva

On a Surprising Translation Correspondence in an Early Old Bulgarian Monument

Asst. Prof. Ekaterina Dikova, Ph.D.

Interpretation and Analysis of a Little-Known Image of the City of Edirne from the 15th Century

Todor Todorov

The Frescoes from the Krupnik Episcopal Church “St. Trinity” in the collection of the National Archaeological Museum

Kristiyan Kovachev, Ph.D.

Bisera Tomova

The Balkans from the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries through the eyes of the Manaki brothers

Assoc. Prof. Gergana Doncheva, Ph.D.

DISCUSION

15.30 – 15.50

Session 5 | RESEARCH AS A PROCESS

Mariyan Karagyozov, Ph.D. – moderator

15.50 – 16.10

Archaeozoology in Bulgaria, a historical overview

Stella Nikolova

The Cittaslow Network in the Balkans. Digital Cartography of Slow Cities

Vasil Karadjov

DISCUSION

15.50 – 16.00