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HIGHLIGHTS
Current Programmes
"How to Teach Europe" Fellowship Programme
2017-2020
The programme targets academics – highly qualified young and established university professors – from (South) Eastern Europe in the social sciences and the humanities to dedicate themselves to research work oriented toward a specific goal: to lend the state-of-the-art theories and methodologies in the humanities and social sciences a pan-European and/or global dimension and to apply these findings in higher education.
Advanced Academia Programme
2009-2019
Through this independent fellowship programme CAS ensures possibilities for conducting independent research in an international, interdisciplinary environment, without restrictions in the selected areas of study - an approach intended to stimulate excellent scholarship at the highest international level.
Research Network Dedicated to the History of the Monastic Economy
2017-2019
The NETWORK of scholars from South-Eastern (SEE) and Western Europe (WE) is devoted to the history of the monastic economy in a comparative perspective and to the assessment of its relevance in the longue durée.
Current Fellows
In 2018/2019 CAS hosts 17 research fellows from 8 countries in the framework of Advanced Academia programme. Another 6 scholars are involved in the How to Teach Europe in the XXI Century programme and 1 researcher in a new fellowship project, targeting artists from various disciplinary backgrounds.
Recent Publications
European Regions and Boundaries. A Conceptual History
Diana Mishkova and Balázs Trencsényi (eds.)Recent Publications » Books
News & Events
GRANTING OF RESEARCH ALLOWANCES
Scholarly Network dedicated to the History of the Monastic EconomyFellow Seminar
Dr. Wiktor Marzec will talk on: "Historical Sociology of Revolution and Welfare and Historical Semantics of Parliamentary Debates. Worker and Work as Keywords in Times of International Class War (First Polish Diet 1919-1922)".Fellow Seminar
Dr. Mathias Duller will present his research proposal on the topic: "Tradition and Dissidence in East European Social Science: A Study in Oral History" on 14 June 2018 (Thursday) at 16:30h.CAS Discussion Series: “Policies of the Rule of Law”
The fifth seminar of the CAS Discussion Series "Policies of the Rule of Law" will take place on 20 June 2018 at 17:00h at CAS conference hall. Dr. Mykola Riabchuk will give a talk on "Playing with the Rules. Democracy and Rule of Law in Ukraine".Fellow Seminar
Dr. Thomas Kneubuhler will talk on: "The Artist as a Researcher" on 21 June 2018 (Thursday) at 16:30h.Fellow Seminar
Dr. Alexander Panayotov will present his research proposal on the topic: "Jews and Samaritans in Early Byzantium" on 28 June 2018 (Thursday) at 16:30h.MONASTIC ECONOMY: Research Allowances granted
At the end of February a Selection Panel of three senior scholars approved three research proposal for support.CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS: Second Workshop of the NETWORK
Dedicated to the History of the Monastic EconomyFellow Seminar
Dr. Theodora Dragostinova will present her research proposal on the topic: "The Cold War from the Margins: Bulgarian Culture and the Global 1970" on 5 July 2018 (Thursday) at 16:30h.Fellow Seminar
Dr. Katherina Kokinova will present her research proposal on the topic: "Politics of(Un)Reading" on 12 July 2018 (Thursday) at 16:30h.