“Beyond the Borders” The 10th. Joint Conference of Bulgarian and North
American Scholars Sofia, June 26-30, 2016

For more than forty years the tradition of Bulgarian-American academic
dialogs has been carried on by the Council for Bulgarian Studies
Abroad at the Bulgarian Academy of Science and the Bulgarian Studies
Association.

The first conference was in 1973 in Madison, WI, followed by
conferences in Varna (1978), Boston (1982), Smoljan (1987), Pittsburgh
(1994), Blagoevgrad (1999), Columbus, OH (2003), Varna (2008), and
Eugene, OR (2012). It is Sofia’s turn to host the 2016
Bulgarian-Northern American conference in the field of Bulgarian

Studies.

The topic of this conference, “Beyond the Borders”, invites various
perceptions of “borders” (disciplinary, historical, cultural,
national, etc.) and their interpretation as liminal spaces of
distancing, interaction and transformation.

To participate, please submit an abstract (150-300 words) and a short
CV by April 15, 2016 to Dr. Catherine Rudin carudin1@wsc.edu and/or
Dr. Vessela Warner (warnerv@uab.edu, (for the U.S.), and Dr. Ana
Luleva analuleva@iefem.bas.bg and/or Dr. Анисава
Милтеноваamiltenova@gmail.com (for Bulgaria)

Participation will be confirmed by April 30, 2016.

All American participants will be provided with free room and board.

The working language of the conference is English.

Conference committee:
Ana Luleva, Bulgarian Academy of Science
Anissava Miltenova, Bulgarian Academy of Science
Lora Taseva, Bulgarian Academy of Science
Catherine Rudin, Wayne State College
Vessela Warner, University of Alabama at Birmingham