Summer Seminar

ЛЕТЕН СЕМИНАР

ПО БЪЛГАРСКИ ЕЗИК И КУЛТУРА
ЗА ЧУЖДЕСТРАННИ БЪЛГАРИСТИ
И СЛАВИСТИ

 14 юли – 03 август 2024,

София/Лозен

 

SUMMER SEMINAR

OF BULGARIAN LANGUAGE
AND CULTURE FOR FOREIGN SCHOLARS
AND STUDENTS

July 14 – August 03, 2024,

Sofia/Lozen

 

Program

 

Dear Colleagues:

It is our pleasure to inform you that the the 61th Summer Seminar of Bulgarian Language and Culture for Foreign Scholars and Students is scheduled to take place between July 14 and August 3, 2024 at the National Educational Centre of the Bulgarian Red Cross in the village of Lozen (25 min. away from Sofia). The Seminar is organized by the Faculty of Slavic Studies at Sofia Uni­versity with the financial support from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria.

 

The Seminar is aimed at professors, researchers, and students in the fields of Bulgarian and Slavic Studies, as well as at translators and everyone else interested in the Bulgarian language, literature, history, and culture.

 

 

The mandatory daily classes include 3 or 5 hours of Bulgarian Language Practice and 2 hours of specialized seminars in Bulgarian Linguistics and Translation or Bulgarian Literary Studies and Cultural Anthropology of the Bulgarians. There are afternoon classes in Bulgarian Folk Songs and Dances, which will be held five times a week for 2 hours for those who would like to attend.

 

Within the cultural program, there are planned trips to Rila Mo­nas­tery and the city of Plovdiv, a visit to the National Museum of His­tory, screenings of Bulgarian films, evenings of the world cultures, talents and folk songs and dances, discos, etc.

 

 

Participation in the Seminar (teaching, accommodation, meals and cultural activities) is free of charge for the fellows of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science (based on the cultural programs with the respective countries) [1] and of Sofia University (based on the University’s direct agreements with other foreign universities and educational institutions) [2]. The participation fee for those who wish to attend privately [3] is € 670 and for the accompanying persons who will not attend classes [4]  € 470. The travel expenses to Bulgaria and back and the health insurance are to be covered by the participants.

 

The 61th Summer Seminar of Bulgarian Language and Culture will be held at the following address:

Национален учебен център на Българския червен кръст

Ул. „Половраг” 31

с. Лозен 1758

България[1]

 

Contact Address:

Summer Seminar of Bulgarian Language and Culture for Foreign Scholars and Students

Faculty of Slavic Studies,

Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski

15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd.

1504 Sofia, Bulgaria

e-mail: summer_seminar@slav.uni-sofia.bg

 

If the circumstances do not allow for the Seminar to be held in-person, the classes in practical Bulgarian language and the Specialized Seminars will be conducted remotely on the Sofia University telecommunication platform “Moodle”.

 

Arrival:  July 14        Opening: July 15

Closing: August 2     Departure: August 3

 

 

Participants who would like to attend, should fill out and mail back the attached Application Form by May 20, 2024. Registration is complete after a Letter of Confir­ma­tion is received by the participant at the E-address provided in the form by June 15, 2024.

 

Prof. Panayot Karagyozov,

Director

 

 

 [1] The organizers of the Seminar reserve the rights to hold it during the specified period but in another location in Sofia or nearby.