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20-21 September (Saturday 10.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m., Sunday 10.00 a.m.–2.00 p.m.) 2008
Red hall
The Centre for Liberal Strategies - Sofia, the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona in cooperation with the Open Century Project at the Central European University, Budapest present:
In a Search of a Fourth Way:  “New Left” and “New Right” in the European Union
international сonference
In 1992 “The Times Literary Supplement” provoked a heated debate in intellectual Europe after running a serial of articles discussing “What is Left?” and “What is Right?”. The discussion was soon forgotten but the issue remained open. 13 years later the third way leftism is in crisis in many West European countries. The traditional conservative centre right is challenged by the rise of new political actors capitalizing on anti-immigration fears of the publics. Central Europe is torn by populism and the rise of democratic illiberalism. The politics of Sarkozy in France and the desperate efforts of the left in Italy or Greece to re-invent themselves are symptomatic for the emergence of a “fourth way“ in European politics.
But what are the new ideas that shape left and right in Europe and who are the new social actors to spell them out?
This conference brings together politicians, academics and public intellectuals, people from “the left” and “the right”, representatives of different political generations and different political intuitions about the future of democracy, amongst which Andrea Romano, Andrej Pleshu, Arbian Maznikou, Aleksandur Smolar, G.M. Tamash, David Reeve, Denis Makshian, Ivan Krustev, Ivajlo Dichev, Ignasio Sanchez-Guensa, Federiko Fubini, Svetoslav Malinov, Jan-Verner Muler, etc.
Invitations only.
 

June 3 (Tuesday) 2008, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Is Bulgaria the Place for Highly Educated...Bulgarians?
a joint conference organised by the alumni associations of London School of Economics (LSE), Oxford, Harvard, Cambridge, College of Europe, Central European University in Budapest, London Business School (LBS) and Columbia.
The registration takes place between 6.30 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. In English and Bulgarian, no interpretation provided.
Tickets: 10 BGN (by invitation only)
 

September 28-30 2007
Red hall, Gulliver hall, Pesha Nikolova hall
The Bulgarian Society for Psychodrama and Group Therapy presents:
Dimensions of the Encounter – Psychodrama Practices
First national conference of Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Therapy open to psychodramatists (already certified or still in training) from all training institutions in Bulgaria as well as to professionals coming from related fields: therapists and trainees in other therapeutic modalities, students and professionals, showing interest in the tools of Psychodrama, Action Methods and Group Psychotherapy.
More information on: http://www.psychodrama-bg.org/ and http://actinplay.cult.bg/
The call for applications is closed.

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July 25 (Tuesday), 1.00 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.
July 26 (Wednesday), 9.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
Red hall
The Centre for Liberal Strategies and the Foreign Policy Journal – Bulgaria present:
Conference of Bulgarian Social Scientists
This conference aims at becoming a meeting point of Bulgarian and foreign scientists and providing them with an opportunity to present their work and network with fellow colleagues. The Foreign Policy Journal - Bulgaria hopes to find authors who will present their ideas and analysis on it’s pages.
In Bulgarian and English.
Free entrance
 

March 12 (Sunday) 2006, 1.00 p.m.
MATTI‘ D Hall (above Lumiere Cinema)
10 Sofia International Film Festival
Press conference of the film Factotum (Norway-USA-Germany, 2005, 132’, color)
(based on the novel of the same name written by Charles Bukowski)
With the participation of Bent Hamer, director, screenwriter and producer and Jim Stark, producer, screenwriter
Moderator: Yassen Atanassov, the first Bulgarian publisher of Charles Bukowski
In English and Bulgarian, with translation.
 

December 9 – 10 (Saturday-Sunday) 2005, 9.00 a.m.–5.00 p.m.
Pesha Nikolova hall
The Centre for Advanced Study presents:
Sociology and Interdisciplinary Knowledge
Part of the Mellon Disciplinary Workshops, held in Sofia, Bucharest, and Budapest, and supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The event is in Bulgarian.
Invitations only
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November 16 (Wednesday) 2005, 5.30 p.m.
Pesha Nikolova hall
CLS: ‘The Future Through the Culture of the Past: Bulgarian Economic and Social History’ Seminar presents:
Bulgaria and its Neighbours: Economic Lessons from the 20 Century
Rumiana Preshlenova (Institute for Balkan Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
The Seminar is led by Roumen Avramov (Center for Liberal Strategies), and Martin Ivanov (Institute of History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences).
The event is in Bulgarian.
Free entrance
 

November 9 (Wednesday) 2005, 5.30 p.m.
Pesha Nikolova hall
CLS: ‘The Future Through the Culture of the Past: Bulgarian Economic and Social History’ Seminar presents:
50 Years of Coin Findings in Bulgaria
Jordan Tabov, Asen Velchev, Kliment Vasilev (Institute of Mathematics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
The seminar is led by Roumen Avramov (Center for Liberal Strategies), and Martin Ivanov (Institute of History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences).
The event is in Bulgarian.
Free entrance
 

November 8 (Tuesday) 2005, 19.00 p.m.
Red hall
The Bulgarian Association of Social Workers (BASW) presents:
Variety in Social Workers’ Roles: Gain or Loss?
A discussion following the Social Work Action Day.
With the participation of representatives of St. Ivan Rilski State Psychiatric Hospital (Novi Iskar), St. Kliment Ohridski University (Sofia), as well as other state and municipal institutions, non-governmental organizations and users of social services.
The event is in Bulgarian.
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
 

November 3 (Thursday) 2005, 5.30 p.m.
Pesha Nikolova hall
‘Global/local’ Seminar presents:
New Global Horizons, New Local Identities
The seminar is led by Ivaylo Ditchev and Orlin Spassov
The Global Stage of Desire: History, Anthropology (Ivaylo Ditchev)
Personal Homepage, or How to Invent Ourselves (Orlin Spassov)
The event is in Bulgarian.
Tickets: 1 BGN
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October 26 Wednesday) 2005, 5.30 p.m.
Red hall
The Center for Liberal Strategies (CLS) presents:
‘The Future through the Culture of the Past: Bulgarian Economic and Social History’ seminar, led by Roumen Avramov (CLS), and Martin Ivanov (Institute of History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences).
The Impact of the Economic Ideas of the Third Reich in Bulgaria
Vladimir Zlatarsky (Institute of History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
 

October 21 (Friday) 2005, 7.00 p.m.
Red hall
Art Ceramics as Philosophy of Life
What is it to be a ceramic-artist? A talk about the status of ceramic-artists today and the possibilities open to them. Guest participants will be prof. Beril Aliamet (Turkey), Ivancica Tzvitic (Croatia) and prof. Velimir Vukicevic, (Serbia and Montenegro).
Visuals prepared by the guest participants will be presented.
Modaretor: prof. Bojidar Bonchev,  Bulgaria
The talk will be held in English, consecutive translation will be available.
Tickets: 1 BGN
 

October 20 – 21, 2005, 9.30 a.m. – 6.00 p.m.
Red hall
The Sociological issues magazine presents:
“The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism” by Max Weber and the modern appeal of his work on sociology of culture and economics
A conference with the participation of: Georgi Fotev (Sofia) Deyan Deyanov (Plovdiv) Dimitar Zashev (Sofia), Jean-Marc Tetaz (Lausanne), Johannes Weis (Kassel), Kolyo Koev (Sofia), Michael Mathiesen (Gottingen), Rumen Daskalov (Sofia), Svetlana Sabeva PhD (Plovdiv), Volkard Krech (Bochum), Hristo Todorov (Sofia), Vladimir Ignatov (Sofia) and Teodora Polimenova (Sofia).
With the support of Stifterverband fur die Deutsche Wissenschaft – Germany.
Working languages – Bulgarian and German, simultaneous translation will be available.
Free entrance
 

October 5 (Wednesday) 2005, 5.30 p.m.
Red hall
The Center for Liberal Strategies (CLS) presents:
‘The Future through the Culture of the Past: Bulgarian Economic and Social History’ seminar, led by Roumen Avramov (CLS), and Martin Ivanov (Institute of History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences).
Marxism in 21st century Bulgaria? How Ideas from the Past Shape Today’s Economic Condition?
A lecture by Gueorgy Ganev (CLS)
Tickets: 2/1 BGN
 


What is “organized crime” today? - part II
With the participation of Boriana Dmitrova, Daniel Smilov, Emilija Simoska (Macedonia), Ivanka Ivanova, Ivaylo Ditchev, Jovo Nikolov, Misha Glenny (Great Britain), Srdjan Bogoslavljevic (Serbia), Vladimir Milcin, Vladimir Shopov, etc.
In English.
Entrance: Invitations only
April 22 (Friday), 10.00 a.m. - 2.00 p.m.
The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate, Red hall
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What is “organized crime” today? - part I
Discussion and screenings of Balkan countries documentaries.
In English.
Tickets: BGN 3/2
April 21 (Thursday), 8.30 p.m.
The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate, Red hall
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Localisation! Localisation!
Conference for translation and localisation of software in Bulgarian
February 26 (Saturday), 2005, 10.30 a.m.
The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate, Gulliver hall
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International Internet Conference NET_USER_2
October 22 - 26, 2003
Sofia City Art Gallery, 1 Gen. Gurko Str.
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Contemporary Dance, Mime, Physical and Visual Theatre
Recent developments and trends

20-21 May 2002
Open Society Club, Bourgas
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Culture & Civil Society: "A Promising Relationship or a Missed Opportunity?"
A Seminar organised by the Red House Centre for Culture and Debate, the Soros Centre for the Arts - Sofia, the Ministry of Culture and the Council of Europe.
November 10-11, 2001
Radisson Hotel,
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