12 юни International Conference “Cultural Heritage in Migration”: PROGRAMME
DAY 1
June 15 (Thursday)
9:00 OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE
9:20 – 10:40
SESSION 1: CULTURAL HERITAGE ABROAD: FACTORS FOR THE CONSOLIDATION AND INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF DIASPORA COMMUNITIES
Chair: Nikolai Vukov, IEFSEM-BAS
Native Language as Cultural Heritage and Social Instrument in Migration
Irina Sedakova, Institute for Slavic Studies – Moscow, Russian Academy of Sciences
Folklore as Legacy
Veneta Yankova, “Konstantin Preslavski” University of Shumen – Shumen, Bulgaria
Class and Religion in Shaping Tradition among the Istanbul-based Orthodox Bulgarians
Magdalena Elchinova, New Bulgarian University
The Town and the Heritage of Migration
Meglena Zlatkova, Plovdiv University “Paissiy Hilendarski” – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
11:00 – 12:40
SESSION 2: CULTURAL HERITAGE AND IMMIGRANT INSTITUTIONS
Chair: Magdalena Elchinova, New Bulgarian University
Institutions and Their Representations of Compatriotism (Slovak Diaspora Politics and Slovak Diaspora in Romania)
Natália Blahová, Slovak Academy of Sciences – Bratislava, Slovakia
Bulgarian Immigrant Community Institutions and the Policy of the Bulgarian State to Them: Phases of Their Development
Jordan Yanev, independent scholar – Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgarian Educational Institutions Preserving the Native Language of the Bulgarian Minority in Hungary
Ralitsa Savova, University of West Hungary – Sopron, Hungary
Bulgarian Schools in Chicago and their Role in Promoting Cultural Heritage of Bulgarian Immigrants in the United States
Boian Koulov & Mariyanka Borisova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – Sofia
Cultural Associations of the Bulgarian Diaspora in Spain and the Maintenance of Cultural Heritage in Migration
Nikolai Vukov & Valentin Voskresenski, IEFSEM-BAS – Sofia, Bulgaria
14:00 – 15:20
SESSION 3: IMMIGRANT HERITAGE “ON THE MOVE”: HISTORICAL AND PRESENT-DAY PERSPECTIVES
Chair: Meglena Zlatkova, Plovdiv University “Paissiy Hilendarski”
Immigration of Bulgarian Market-gardeners in Hungary – Integrated Migrant Model in the 19th and 20th c. in the Central Europe
Ferenc Bódi, Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Budapest, Hungary
Czech Migration to Bulgaria after 1878 – Mutual Influences
Pavel Zeman, Masaryk University – Brno, Czech Republic
Sociocultural Integration of Russian Émigré Iconographers in Local Church Units on the Two Sides of the Iron Curtain and Their Heritage, School, and New 20th c. Artistic and Spiritual Traditions
Liana Galabova, Independent researcher – Sofia, Bulgaria
Whose Songs I Am Singing
Anna Dantchev, University of Arts – Helsinki, Finland
15:40 – 17:00
SESSION 4: EXPRESSIONS OF HOMENESS – HERITAGE PROJECTIONS IN IMMIGRANTS’ EVERYDAY LIFE
Chair: Tanya Matanova, IEFSEM-BAS
The Common Language: Food
Leena Samin Naqvi, Independent researcher – Sweden
Is “Flija” Just a Food?! – Traditional Food As an “Icon” of Cultural Identity
Lumnije Kadriu, Institute of Albanology – Prishtina, Kosovo
Homes of Bulgarian Emigrants and Preservation of Cultural Heritage
Mila Maeva, IEFSEM-BAS – Sofia, Bulgaria
Transnationalism, Identity and Material Culture in the Finnish-Lithuanian and Greek-Lithuanian Families
Akvilė Motuzaitė, University of Turku – Turku, Finland
DAY 2
June 16 (Friday)
9:00 – 10:40
SESSION 5: HERITAGE AND THE MAINTENANCE OF ETHNO-CULTURAL IDENTITIES ABROAD
Chair: Lina Gergova, IEFSEM-BAS
Cross-crafting Heritage in the Lithuanian Diaspora in the USA: Expression of National Identity
Skaidrė Urbonienė, Lithuanian Culture Research Institute – Vilnius, Lithuania
Turkish Heritage in the UK and Its Role in the Formation of Identity and Belonging
Semra Eren-Nijhar, Cyprus Turkish Association – London, UK
Bulgarian National Identity and Cultural Heritage in Thuringia, Germany – Preservation, Transmission, and Obstacles
Tanya Dimitrova, Friedrich Schiller University – Jena, Germany
Inscriptions on the Landscape: Martenitsa in Cincinnati as an Invocation of International Community
Sarah Craycraft, Comparative Studies and Folklore – The Ohio State University, USA
11:00 – 12:40
SESSION 6: CULTURAL HERITAGE AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES
Chair: Irina Sedakova (Russian Academy of Sciences)
The Parish Abroad – Characteristics and Functions
Katya Mihaylova, IEFSEM-BAS – Sofia, Bulgaria
The Russian-Lipovans in Italy: Preserving Cultural and Religious Heritage in Migration
Nina Vlaskina, Russian Academy of Sciences, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Back to the Roots or “Import” of Protestantism in England
Velislav Altanov, IEFSEM-BAS – Sofia, Bulgaria
The Religious Rituals of the Anastenarides in Greece
Evy Johanne Håland, Independent researcher – Norway
Migration of Relics of Saint Petka as Symbol of Balkan Spiritual and Ethno-cultural Unity from Hesychasm to Nowadays
Luba Stefanova, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” – Sofia, Bulgaria
14:00 – 15:40
SESSION 7: CULTURAL HERITAGE AS A RESOURCE FOR IMMIGRANTS’ ADJUSTMENT AND ADAPTATION
Chair: Natália Blahová (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
Replacement: Real and Internalized Geography in the Psychology of Migration
Slobodan Dan Paich, Victor Babes University – Timisoara, Romania – Displacement
Migration, Cultural Heritage Management and Integration. “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb”
Fabio Carbone, Faculty of Business and Law, Coventry University – Coventry, UK
The Hybrid Identity: The Wonderful Feeling to Have Arrived. A Case History
Lilia Uslowa, Stadt- und Regionalbibliothek – Gera, Germany
Cultural Heritage in Immigration: The Bulgarian Cultural Center for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware
Iveta Pirgova, Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center – New Jersey, USA
European Cities and Heritage Contribution by Migrants: How to Consolidate the New Communities without Overriding Identities
Stefania Scarsini, Ekkentros – London, UK
16:00 – 17:20
SESSION 8: CULTURAL HERITAGE IN MIGRATION – USES, FUNCTIONALIZATION AND PROMOTION
Chair: Boian Koulov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Ethnic Entrepreneurship among Bulgarian Communities Abroad and Our Cultural Heritage
Vladimir Penchev & Tanya Matanova, IEFSEM-BAS – Sofia, Bulgaria
Between Grassroots Institutions and Ethnic Business (BBR Foundation, London)
Lina Gergova & Yana Gergova, IEFSEM-BAS – Sofia, Bulgaria
Monetarising and Monitoring Bulgarian Cultural Heritage: Culturometric Rapid Appraisals
Béatrice Boufoy-Bastick, The University of the West Indies – Trinidad and Tobago
The Reverie of the Past: Reconstructing National Symbolic Environments in “Destination Bulgaria” through Diaspora Tourism from North America
Rossitza Ohridska-Olson, UNIBIT – Sofia, Bulgaria
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