1. 10 Years

2. scholarly excellence and freedom of research interdisciplinarity
The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS)
provides financial and institutional support for post-doctoral qualification
and research programmes in the Humanities and the Social Sciences
supports individual fellows; initiates and hosts international
multidisciplinary projects
promotes practical academic collaboration between the countries
of Southeast Europe and further abroad
Defining priorities:
scholarly excellence and freedom of research
interdisciplinarity
international scholarly cooperation
academic independence

3. The CAS Fellows Ca. 200 Fellowships (2000-2011) 22 countries:
56 % for Bulgarian scholars
44 % for foreign scholars
Average age of Fellows:
35 years
from 46 universities
14 disciplines:
History, Sociology,
Anthropology, Philosophy,
Cultural Studies, Literature,
Linguistics, Policy Studies,
Economics, Legal Studies,
Journalism and Media
Studies, Film Theory, Art
History, Arts
22 countries:
Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA.

4. Structure Board of Trustees Director Academic Advisory Council Staff
1 Office manager 1 Newsletter editor
3 Project coordinators 1 Financial officer
1 Librarian 1 Accountant
Academic Associates
Other academic activities
workshops and conferences
guest-lectures
discussion series
publications
Individual in-residence Fellowships
Thematic research projects
Public lecture series
Related publications

5. Some figures Personnel Director 3 Academic Associates
7 administrative employees (4 part- time)
Total income : over 3 mln. Euro
Average annual budget: ca Euro
75 % research
25 % institutional expenses

6. Partners
CAS has working relations with leading Bulgarian and foreign academic institutions, among them:
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
the major Bulgarian universities
Central European University, Budapest
Fribourg University, Switzerland
New Europe College, Romania
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany
the network of IAS.
Main CAS funders
Federal Department of Home Affairs, Swiss Confederation
Ministry of Science and Research of Austria
Zuger Kulturstiftung Landis & Gyr, Zug, Switzerland
Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, Germany
America for Bulgaria Foundation
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, USA
The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation
European Research Council
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Germany
National Science Fund, Bulgaria
VolkswagenStiftung, Germany
Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe, Bulgaria

7. CAS Comparative European Research - I
The Sofia Academic NEXUS Project: ‘How to Think
about the Balkans: Culture, Region, Identities’
2000–2003
28 Fellows
Regional Identity Discourses in Central and Southeast Europe, 1775 – 1945
7 core-group Fellows and over 40 contributors;
4 volumes (CEU Press, )
Roles, Identities and Hybrids: Roles, Identities and Hybrids. Multiple Institutional Cultures in Southeast Europe within the Context of European Unification
26 Fellows; 1 collective volume
(Lit Verlag, 2009)

8. CAS Comparative European Research - II
We, The People. Visions of National Peculiarity and Political Modernities in the ‘Europe of Small Nations’
11 Fellows from Central and Southeast Europe;
1 collective volume (CEU Press, 2009)
Negotiating Modernity: History of Modern Political Thought
in East-Central Europe
5-year project funded by the European Research Council,
programme Ideas: ERC Starting Grants,
led by Dr Balázs Trencsényi
Regimes of Historicity and Discourses of Modernity and Identity, , in East-Central, Southeast and Northern Europe
3 Senior and 16 Junior Fellows
Collective volume under preparation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)

9. CAS Research on the State of Society - I
After the Accession… The Socio-Economic Culture of
Eastern Europe in the Enlarged Union: An Asset or a
Liability?
2002 – 2003
CAS-based Fellows: 10
&
DIOSCURI: Eastern Enlargement – Western Enlargement.
Cultural Encounters in the European Economy
and Society
Fellows: 10; one collective volume
Visual Seminar Project
2003 - 2005
9 Fellows

10. CAS Research on the State of Society - II
The Shaken Order: Authority and Social Trust in Post-Communist Societies Fellows
SCOPES : Institutionalisation of Scientific Networks and Scholarly Activities for the Promotion of Cross-Cultural and Inter-Disciplinary Approaches on Nationalism in the ‘Europe of Small Nations’
2005 – 2008
7 Fellows

11. Advanced Academia Programme for Individual Fellowships since 2009
 Module for Bulgarian Scholars, Junior and Senior (supported by the America for Bulgaria Foundation)  Module for foreign scholars, Junior and Senior (supported by a donator within the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft)  Advanced Academia Public Lecture Series
2011/2012 Call
 132 candidates
 from 34 countries
 for 15 fellowships

12. Online Community-Building Projects of CAS
Integrated Electronic Database
of the PhD Students
CAS Academic Gateway
Bulgarian Communism:
Critical Readings

13. Other Academic Activities
 Guest Lecture Series – lectures and seminars
of prominent international and Bulgarian scholars.
 Workshops and conferences
 Publications – electronic and printed
Discussion Series
Atelier for Biographical Research  History Club  Childhood under Socialism
Consolidation/ Desintegration of Public Institutions and the Political Process
Natural Sciences and Social Worlds
Seminar “The Concept of Reflection and Reflexive Approaches in the Humanities and the Social Sciences”

14. CAS Library and Information Resources
ONLINE FULL-TEXT DATABASES:
JSTOR
History E-Book
Questia  
EBSCO
Reference library
Vanguard online bibliographical resources
Collection of project-related books and periodicals
Computer laboratory

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