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Centres of Bulgarian Studies in Saint-Petersburg
G. V. Krylova Saint-Petersburg, Russia |
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Summary
This article gives a review of Saint-Petersburg (Russia) Bulgarian studies specialists activity for the last decade mainly. One of the centers of Bulgarian studies in St. Petersburg is the Department of Slavonic philology of St. Petersburg State University which keeps on the traditions inherited from the past. The great services of academician N. S. Derzhavin rendered to Slavonic and Bulgarian studies, his huge, various pedagogic and organizational activity are emphasized in this article. In 1991 with the support of academician D. S. Likhachev and other famous Petersburg Slavonic specialists another centre of Bulgarian studies - St. Petersburg Department of Interrepublican Association of Bulgarian Studies Specialists was organized (created on the initiative of the Ukrainian Bulgarian Studies Specialists in 1991). The main aim of Petersburg department is to unite Petersburg Slavonic specialists with various research interests considering the fact that Bulgarian studies present the interdisciplinary branch including literary criticism, linguistics, history, art, theory and history of culture, ethnography, archaeology, folklore. This aim is carried out through annual conferences called the „Derzhavin Studies". They are usually attended by our Bulgarian colleagues from Plovdiv University whith whom we have a research cooperation agreement. The materials of the conference are regularly published in various editions. The article describes the activity of other research and social organizations holding conference connected with Bulgarian studies. Those are St. Petersburg and Northern Region Research Institute as well as the Union of Bulgaria Friends. The article gives information on the new initiative of the Department of Slavonic Philology which is connected with the organization of „Slavistic studies in memory of Professor P. A. Dmitriev and Professor G. I. Safronov", where specialists mainly from Slavonic countries take part, but specialists from Italy, Spain, Sweden and Denmark are also revealing their interest to participate. „Summer school of Slavonic Studies" begins its activity under of the guidance of the department in 2001 (a fortnight program from 27.08 till 10.09). The program includes lectures and seminars on various Slavonic subjects.
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