Year: 1973
Type: article
Abstract: The University of Wisconsin, Madison, was the host, May 3-6, 1973, of the First International Conference on Bulgarian Studies to be held in the United States.Two years in preparation, the conference was truly a historic event, with delegations of scholars attending from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.The conference was chaired by Michael B. Petrovich of the History Department of the University of Wisconsin.Its executive secretary was Thomas J. Butler of the University of Wisconsin Slavic Department.More than forty papers were read on subjects ranging from education to foreign policy, from demography to folklore.The attendance of a Bulgarian delegation of ten top-level scholars, headed by Dr. Dimitfir Kosev, gave particular testimony to the importance of the conference.Papers were divided into two tracks, one for the social sciences and history, the other for literature, folklore, music, and linguistics.Both groups finished with plenary "state of the arts" sessions, at which scholars discussed the present state of research in their fields and prospective goals for the future.
Source: Slavic Review
Author: Thomas J. Butler
Institution: University of Wisconsin System
Language: English
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2586792039