TRANSBORDER COMMEMORATION ROUTES AND RITUALS
1-2 November 2018
Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum –
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Bulgaria, Sofia, 6A Moskovska str.
Thursday 1 / 11
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00 | Opening |
| 10:15 – 12:15 | SESSION 1 | Chair: Lina Gergova |
| Cengiz Haksöz (USA) Commemorative Fountains as Transborder Memoryscapes: The Türkan Çeşme Fountains in Bulgaria and Turkey Onur Akbulut & Yakin Ekin (Turkey) The Tourism Potential of Balkan Wars’ (1912-1913) Battlefields: A Comparison of Turkey and Bulgaria Bojidar Alexiev (Bulgaria) The Media Reports on the Opening of the Restored Church “St. Stefan” in Istanbul as a National Commemoration Nikolai Vukov (Bulgaria) The Trespassing of Multilayered Borders and the Issue of Time Distance: Transborder Commemorative Visits to Eastern Thrace in the Perspective of the Historical Temporality |
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| 12:15 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 15:30 | SESSION 2 | Chair: Stefan Dechev |
| Lina Gergova & Yana Gergova (Bulgaria) Between Pilgrimage and National Commemoration: Sts Cyril and Methodius’ Heritage in the Bulgarian Travel Stories of 21st Century Olimpia Dragouni (Germany) Religious and Non-Religious Tourism to the Town of Ohrid: Sveti Naum as a Shrine Contested by Nations, and Shared by Religions Onur Akbulut & Yakin Ekin (Turkey) An Examination of the Battles (1910-1922) between Turkish and Opposite Parties with Site Sacralisation Theory Lozanka Peycheva (Bulgaria) Concert Practices of Bulgarian Cultural Heritage’s Presentation Abroad (the Case of Ilia Lukov) |
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| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 – 18:00 | SESSION 3 | Chair: Mariyanka Borisova |
| Liana Galabovа (Bulgaria) Sociocultural Roles of Transborder Eastern Orthodox Christian Pilgrimage in Rethinking of Sacral Elements of Bulgarian National Identity Grigor Har. Grigorov (Bulgaria) Constructing National Territory through Ritual Elena Aleksandrova (Bulgaria) Commemorative Celebrations and Worship in Connection with the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising in 1903 Stefan Dechev (Bulgaria) Commemoration after Silence: Тhe Worships on the Pogrom in Bosilegrad Region (May 15-16 1917) |
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Friday 2 / 11
| 10:00 – 12:00 | SESSION 4 | Chair: Тanya Matanova |
| Richard Witt (Greece) Singleminded Multitasking: Henry the Lion Visits the Lands of the East Roman Empire in 1172 Nevena Dimitrova (Bulgaria) Crossing Borders: Maria Skobtsova and Russian Émigré in Paris on Routes to Freedom Plamena Slavova Stoyanova (Bulgaria) Yatra – Indian Pilgrimage among Foreigners (Case Study) Evelina Hein (Bulgaria) The Cult of Mount Taishan beyond the Borders of PRC – Projection of the Center for the Ethnic Han Chinese |
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| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 15:30 | SESSION 5 | Chair: Nikolay Vukov |
| Mare Kõiva & Andres Kuperjanov (Estonia) Visits across Border, Secular and Sacral Integration based on the Mõla/Maly Church Mаriyanka Borisova (Bulgaria) Constructing Bulgarian Culture Heritage Abroad: Mikulchitse (Czech Republic) as a Pilgrimage Centre Тanya Matanova (Bulgaria) Journeys to Mount Athos – Motives and Bulgarian Places of Worship Valentin Voskresenski (Bulgaria) Transborder Religious Commemorations and Pilgrimage – The Case of Bulgarian Catholics |
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| 15:30 | Closing discussion |