Letter from the President By Dilyana Ivanova Zieske Dear Readers, Welcome to the newest edition of the BSA Newsletter! It has been another exciting year for Daria, Traci and me in the leadership of BSA and we are delight...
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2023 John D. Bell Book Award Winners
We are pleased to announce that two authors are the winners of the John D. Bell Memorial Book Prize in 2023 for their outstanding publications in the field of Bulgarian Studies. The winners are: Ana Luleva for her book К...
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Newsletter 2023:1
Letter from the President By Dilyana Ivanova Zieske Dear Readers, The new BSA leadership was elected by the members almost a year ago. It has been an exciting year for Daria, Traci and me and we are happy to report that ...
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Newsletter 2014:2
Dear readers, We may be approaching the end of this newsletter’s life! But this is not due to a dwindling membership or a withering interest in Bulgarian studies: rather, we are considering expanding the publication that...
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Newsletter 2014:1
From the Associate Editor Happy summer, everyone! Things are hopefully a little slower and calmer right now in your academic and personal lives, but we hope that this issue will show you that there have been some excitin...
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Newsletter 2013:2
Dear Members of the Bulgarian Studies Association, Our second 2013 issue of the Bulgarian Studies Association Newsletter has arrived! In addition to the President’s let- ter, in this issue you will find a book review by ...
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Newsletter 2013:1
Dear Members of the Bulgarian Studies Association, Welcome to the newest edition of the BSA Newsletter and the first of the new year! Blake Shedd, associate editor, and I hope you will enjoy what’s inside. This is a spec...
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Newsletter 2012:2
Dear BSA Members: The second issue of 2012 of the Bulgarian Studies Association Newsletter has now arrived! The President’s letter along with a conference report submitted by John Leafgren will update you on the latest n...
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Newsletter 2012:1
Dear BSA Members: Welcome to the first 2012 issue of the Bulgarian Studies Association’s Newsletter! Blake and I are happy to have you back. We look forward to a prosperous and exciting year, and we hope the same for all...
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Newsletter 2011:2
Dear BSA Members, Our second issue of 2011 of the Bulgarian Studies Association Newsletter has arrived! The first thing to remind you of is the upcoming deadline for submissions to the Ninth Joint Meeting of North Americ...
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Newsletter 2011:1
Dear BSA Members: Our 2011 edition of the Bulgarian Studies Association Newsletter has arrived just in time for spring and heralds in the third year of the electronic version of the newsletter. As with past issues, this ...
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Newsletter 2010:2
Dear BSA Members: Hello again to all of you readers of the Bulgarian Studies Association’s Newsletter! It’s great to have you back. This issue of the Newsletter (2010:2) marks our third electronic version. We are very pl...
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Newsletter 2010:1
Dear Colleagues: It’s great to be back for Round Two of the new BSA Newsletter! When Cynthia Vakareliyska contacted me last year and asked me to restart our newsletter, I was excited to give it another go, but I had a bi...
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Newsletter 2009:1
Dear BSA members, With this issue, the BSA Newsletter goes electronic, except for a few hard copies that we’re still producing and mailing to those members who don’t have e-mail. Kudos to Newsletter Editor Don Dyer, Asso...
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Newsletter 1993: #34 May
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR It seems that the February 1993 issue or the new BSA Newsletter was well received. Thanks to all of you who have sent me your comments, as well as to those of you who have sent me materials for inc...
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Newsletter 1992: #32 June 1992
PRESIDENT’S REPORT I was in Sofia during February, and took the opportunity to discuss the prospects of future collaborative projects such as “tne next BSA Congress, or joint seminars devoted to specific topi...
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Newsletter 1992: #31 January
It appears inevitable that the Fifth BSA Congress, originally scheduled for June 1992 in Washington, will have to be postponed. Developments in Bulgaria — including changes in personnel and in the bodies that would...
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Newsletter 1990: #30 Fall
From the Committee for Preservation of Bulgarian Archives and Documents Duquesne University acquired ownership of the library and archives collection of the late James F. Clarke in early 1989 as part of a general transfe...
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Newsletter 1987: #29 Winter
Fourth North American-Bulgarian Scholarly Meeting The Fourth Joint Scholarly Meeting between the Bulgarian Studies Association and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was held June 22-24, 1987 in Smolyan, Bulgaria. After ...
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Newsletter 1977: #13 Fall-Winter
There was a meeting of the Bulgarian Studies Group on October 14, 1977, in Washington, D. C. Held at the George Washington University during the Ninth National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement ...
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Newsletter 1977: #12 Spring-Summer
Members of the Bulgarian Studies Group met at Ohio State University, Columbus, on the evening of Friday, April 8, 1977, during a symposium on Balkan culture held on the campus.
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Newsletter 1976: #11 Fall-Winter
STATUS REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE As several members of the Bulgarian Studies Group have expressed interest in the current status of the projected international conference on Bulgarian studies to be held in Bulg...
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Newsletter 1976: #10 Spring-Summer
BSG MEETS IN ST. LOUIS There will be a business meeting of the BSG in connection with the St. Louis meeting of the AAASS this October. final arrangements have not yet been made, but the meeting will take place at the noo...
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Newsletter 1975: #9 Fall-Winter
BSG MEETS IN ATLANTA The Bulgarian studies Group held a scholarly session and business meeting on Friday, October 10, during the seventh national convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Stu...
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Newsletter 1975: #8 Spring-Summer
BSG SESSION AT ATLANTA The Bulgarian Studies Group will hold a panel and a business meeting at the Atlanta ’75 Conference on Slavic and East European Studies sponsored by the AAASS and the Southern Conference on Sl...
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Newsletter 1974: #7 Fall-Winter
THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER The Bulgarian Studies Group has been in exis1cence for some little tine now, and has done much to stimulate Bulgarian studies in the West on a meager budget. All the members of the BSG have,...
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Newsletter 1974: #6 Spring-Summer
BULGARIAN FILMS AVAILABLE Mr. Zheliazko Dimitrov, Press and Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria in Washington, writes that the Embassy has a number of Bulgarian films available. In...
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Newsletter 1973: #5 Winter-Fall
In the months since ne First International conference on Bulgarian Studies a.t the University of Wisconsin in May, the activity of the Bulgarian Studies Group has continued on a more ordinary level. In the fall I sent o...
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Newsletter 1972/1973: #3-4 Fall-Winter
The University of Wisconsin, Madison, was the host, May 3-6, for the first International Conference on Bulgarian Studies to be held in the United States. Two years in preparation, the Conference was truly a historic even...
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Newsletter 1972: #2 Spring-Summer
The AAASS convention in Dallas (March 15-18, 1972) provided the occasion for the second annual–and still very informal–meeting of the Bulgarian Studies Group at breakfast on March 17. Interest was distinctly ...
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2023 Call for Nominations: John D. Bell Book Prize
The Bulgarian Studies Association announces a call for nominations for the John D. Bell BSA Book Prize. This award is given annually for the best book on Bulgarian topics in any field. Books that are nominated this year ...
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2022 John D. Bell Memorial Book Prize
The Bulgarian Studies Association is pleased to announce that Mary Neuburger’s book “Ingredients of Change. The History and Culture of Food in Modern Bulgaria”, published by the Cornell University Press: Ithaca and Londo...
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Proceedings Volume for the Seventh and Eighth Meetings of North American and Bulgarian Scholars
The combined proceedings volume for the Seventh and Eighth Meetings of North American and Bulgarian scholars (Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov, 2010) is now available for purchase. The volume contains 41 papers from both the Oh...
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2018
Books on Bulgarian Themes, May 2018
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2017
Books on Bulgarian Themes, December 2017
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2017
Books on Bulgarian Themes, August 2017
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2016
Books on Bulgarian Themes, September 2016
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2016
Books on Bulgarian Themes, March 2016
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Book Prize Award 2018
The Bulgarian Studies Association awarded its 2018 John D. Bell Memorial Book Prize to Anna Mirkova’s book: Muslim land, Christian labor : Transforming Ottoman imperial Subjects Into Bulgarian National Citizens, 1878-193...
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Book Prize Awards 2017
The winner of the 2017 John D Bell Book Prize is Adelina Anguševa, Margaret Dimitrova, Maria Jovčeva, Maja Petrova-Taneva, and Diljana Radoslavova, eds. Vis et sapient: Studia in honorem Anisavae Miltenova. Novi izvori, ...
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Book Prize Awards 1998-2016
2015-2016 The Book Prize Committee has not awarded the prize in 2015 and 2016. 2014 The Bulgarian Studies Association awarded its 2014 John D. Bell Memorial Book Prize to Elena Kostova’s book, Medieval Melnik from the La...
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Bulgarian Studies Journal Vol. 2 / 2018
Bulgarian Studies (ISSN 2638-9754) is an annual online peer-edited journal that includes content related to the study of Bulgaria and its culture. We welcome submissions of relevant scholarly articles and reviews of publ...
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Bulgarian Studies Journal, Vol. 1 / 2017
Bulgarian Studies (ISSN 2638-9754) is an annual online peer-edited journal that includes content related to the study of Bulgaria and its culture. We welcome submissions of relevant scholarly articles and reviews of publ...
