FIRST DAY (28 November 2024)

OFFICIAL OPENING | 10:00 AM

Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil, Corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Session I | THE INNOCENT RADICALISM OF RELIGION I

Moderator:  Christian Kovachev 10:15 – 11:20 AM

Sacred Wars in Antiquity

Asst. Prof. Irina Shopova, Ph.D. (IBSCT-BAS)

Radicalization of Christianity in the 4th Century

Assoc. Prof. Zlatomira Gerdzhikova, Ph.D. (IBSCT-BAS)

Radical Example – Radical Follower: The Possible Influence of Paul of Samosata on Arius’s Behavior

Ph.D. Candidate Milen Markov (IBSCT-BAS)

DISCUSSION 11:00 – 11:20 AM

Coffee Break 11:20 – 11:30 AM

Session II | THE INNOCENT RADICALISM OF RELIGION II

Moderator: Asst. Prof. Evlogi Stanchev, Ph.D. 11:30 AM – 12:35 PM

“Islamic Radicalism” in Kosovo: How this Phenomenon was Covered by the International Media: 2014-2019

Assoc. Prof.  Selim Bezeraj, Ph.D. (University of Pristina)

The Media in Bulgaria: Shield or Conduit of Radicalization among Muslims during the Rise of ISIS (2014-2019)

Ph.D. Candidate Kaloyan Konstantinov (IBSCT-BAS)

Religion and Radicalism in Serbian Politics in the 21st Century

Biser Banchev, Ph.D. (IBSCT-BAS)

DISCUSSION 12:15 – 12:35 PM

Lunch Break 12:35 – 1:45 PM

Session III | CLASSICAL RADICAL IDEAS

Moderator: Ph.D. Candidate Milen Petrov 1:45 – 2:50 PM

Minority Policy of the Ustasha Regime (1941-1945)

Assoc. Prof. Irina Ognyanova-Krivoshieva, Ph.D. (IBSCT-BAS)

Causes and Drivers of Radicalization and Violent Extremism in Kosovo

Assoc. Prof.  Bardhok Bashota, Ph.D. (University of Pristina)

Between Far-Right Extremism and De-Marginalization of Identity: The Bosnian Movement for National Pride

Asst. Prof. Evlogi Stanchev, Ph.D. (IBSCT-BAS)

DISCUSSION 2:30 – 2:50 PM

Coffee Break 2:50 – 3:00 PM

Session IV | SOCIAL RADICALISM

Moderator: Ph.D. Candidate Todor Todorov 3:00 – 4:35 PM

From Persian to Greek Abderos Assoc. Prof. 
Assoc. Prof. Ivo Topalilov, Ph.D. (IBSCT-BAS)

Emperor Justinian I’s Actions (527-565) Against Mimes as a Radical Element of His Policy

Angel Velinov, Ph.D. (IBSCT-BAS)

Communist Protest Politics, Political Uncertainty and Violence in Bulgaria after the First World War

Asst. Prof. Kristian Stefanov, Ph.D. (IPHS-BAS)

The Housing Relief Acts (1920–1924): Reducing or Increasing Public Discontent and Confrontation?

Asst. Prof. Boris Boev, Ph.D. (IPHS-BAS)

Climate Change – From Historical Narrative to Contemporary Policy

Assoc. Prof. Georgi Dimov, Ph.D. (IBSCT-BAS)

DISCUSSION 4:15 – 4:35 PM

End of First Day

SECOND DAY (29 November 2024)

Session V | BUILDING EMPIRES

Moderator: Asst. Prof.  Eli Filipova, Ph.D. 10:00 – 11:05 AM

The Army as the New Plebs

Assoc. Prof.  Kalin Stoev, Ph.D. (IBSCT-BAS)

The Conquest and Sack of Constantinople by the Crusaders in 1204

Assoc. Prof.  Kalin Yordanov, Ph.D. (IBSCT-BAS)

Political Radicalism in the Haitian Revolution

Assoc. Prof.  Simeon Simeonov, Ph.D. (IBSCT-BAS)

DISCUSSION 10:45 – 11:05 AM

Coffee Break 11:05 – 11:15 AM

Session VI | (UN)REALIZED RADICAL IDEAL

Moderator: Ph.D. Candidate Milen Petrov 11:15 – 11:50 AM

Venus without Furs. About an (Un)realized Radical Idea from the 4th Century BC

Asst. Prof.  Eli Filipova, Ph.D. (IBSCT-BAS)

Homo Bizarrus. Balkan Modernisms as a ‘Walk on the Edge’

Asst. Prof.  Malamir Spasov, Ph.D. (IBSCT-BAS)

DISCUSSION 11:45 – 11:55 AM

Coffee Break 11:55 – 12:05 PM

Session VII | RADICALISM IN SCIENCE

Moderator: Assoc. Prof.  Simeon Simeonov, Ph.D. 12:05 – 1:10 PM

Early Bulgarian History – A Field for Radicalization of Interpretations

Borislav Pavlov (Independent Researcher)

Michael Psellus’s Treatise Dialogue on the Actions of Demons and Its Role in the Development of Western European Occultism

Ph.D. Candidate Todor Todorov (IBSCT-BAS)

Science as War of Ideas

Christian Kovachev, Ph.D. (IBSCT-BAS)

DISCUSSION 12:50 – 1:10 PM

Session VIII | CASE STUDIES

Moderator: Ph.D. Candidate Todor Todorov 1:10 – 1:35 PM

The Killing of Prisoners and Interreligious Conflicts in Late Medieval Times: Examples from the Baltic and the Balkans

Ph.D. Candidate Milen Petrov (IBSCT-BAS)

DISCUSSION 1:35 – 1:45 PM

PRESENTATION OF THE FIRST VOLUME OBSCURED BALKANS 1:45 – 2:00 PM

END OF CONFERENCE