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Evgenia Krusteva-Blagoeva's Lecture on the History and Future of Food Draws a Full House in Burgas
On September 18, 2024, a lecture by Dr. Evgenia Krusteva-Blagoeva, a professor at the Department of Anthropology at New Bulgarian...
Around the Table
Sep 27, 20241 min read
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Summer school explores Balkan food through the lens of sensory heritages and sensitive memories
Yesterday marked the beginning of the third edition of the summer school series "The Balkans: Spaces, Societies, History." This year, the...
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Jul 2, 20242 min read
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The old cuisine of the Rhodopes featured in a renovated potato storage
A new culinary project is materializing in the village of Varbovo in the Rhodopes. Maria Zhekova transforms a former storage for potatoes...
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Jun 12, 20231 min read
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Hummus to the Rescue: Bulgaria Steps up Chickpea Exports
The war in Ukraine is having unexpected effects far and wide. A key source of protein for countries in the Middle East and India, the...
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May 17, 20231 min read
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International conference on local festivals in Varna - call for papers
The recent COVID-19 pandemic did not suffocate public celebrations, it only proved their importance to local communities to overcome...
Albena Shkodrova
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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The Rebranding of Bulgarian Cuisine Behind the Iron Curtain
Can sweeping political changes impact what and how we eat? You bet, argues historian and writer Dr. Albena Shkodrova, author of...
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Feb 6, 20231 min read
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Dietary reform in the Baltic and East Central Europe. Special issue of BALTIC WORLDS 2022:1-2.
Baltic Worlds is a scholarly journal, published by the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies at Södertörn University, Stockholm. It...
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Dec 10, 20222 min read
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Culinary heritage in rural and small-town Bulgaria
On November 22, Tuesday, Bulgarian scholars will talk about the historical gastronomy in Bulgarian villages and small towns. The...
Albena Shkodrova
Nov 11, 20221 min read
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NEW: Y. Segers and L. Van Molle (eds.), Agricultural Knowledge Networks in Rural Europe, 1700–2000
Yves Segers and Leen Van Molle (eds.), Agricultural Knowledge Networks in Rural Europe, 1700–2000 (Boydell Studies in Rural History),...
Albena Shkodrova
Aug 10, 20223 min read
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Call for Papers for the Rural History conference in Clij-Napoca, Romania (September 11–14, 2023)
The sixth biennial conference of the European Rural History Organization (EURHO), which in 2023 will take place in Cluj-Napoca, released...
Albena Shkodrova
Aug 10, 20221 min read
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Seventh International Conference on Food History and Food Studies - Tours, France
The Seventh conference, organised by the European Institute for the History and Culture of Foods (IEHCA – University of Tours) will take...
Albena Shkodrova
May 26, 20221 min read
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Call for Papers: Multisensuality through History and Across Media
International Scientific Conference When: November 17-18, 2022 Where: Online (Zoom) Please send the paper proposal of no more than 500...
Albena Shkodrova
May 26, 20221 min read
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