Faculty of Arts, South-West University “Neofit Rilski” 

2 – 8 May, University Center “Bachinovo”, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 

Monday, 2 May

17.00 – 18.00         Opening ceremony 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georgi Apostolov, Vice rector of the SWU “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad 

Prof. Dr.Sc. Yordan Goshev, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, SWU “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad 

Dr. Velika Stojkova Serafimovska, Chair of the Study Group on Music and Dance of Southeastern Europe

18.00 – 19.00          Cocktail

19.00 – 20.00          Concert of traditional music, workshop

Tuesday, 3 May

09.00 – 10.30           Session 1: Myth, ritual and interpretations in / of music and dance of Southeastern Europe

11.00 – 13.00            Session 2: Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989 / Myth, ritual and interpretations in / of music and dance of Southeastern Europe

14.00 – 15.30            Session 3: Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

16.00 – 17.30            Session 4: Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

19.30 – 21.00            Traditional dance workshop

21.00 – 22.00           “May It Fill Your Soul”, a film by Timothy Rice

Wednesday, 4 May

09.00 – 10.30           Session 5: Representations of Music and Dance in audio-visual ethnographies in Southeastern Europe

11.00 – 13.00            Session 6: Myth, ritual and interpretations in / of music and dance of Southeastern Europе

14.00 – 15.30            Session 7: Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

16.00 – 18.00           Session 8: Representations of Music and Dance in audio-visual ethnographies in Southeastern Europe / Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

19.30 – 21.00            Concert of traditional music and dance

Thursday, 5 May

09.00 – 10.30           Session 9: Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

11.00 – 13.00            Session 10: Representations of Music and Dance in audio-visual ethnographies in Southeastern Europe

14.00 – 15.30            Session 11: Myth, ritual and interpretations in / of music and dance of Southeastern Europе / Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

16.00 – 18.00           Session 12: Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

19.30 – 21.00            The Night of the Bulgarian Ethnomusicology

Friday, 6 May

09.00 – 10.30           Session 13: Representations of Music and Dance in audio-visual ethnographies in Southeastern Europe

11.00 – 13.00            Session 14: Myth, ritual and interpretations in / of music and dance of Southeastern Europе / Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

13.00 – 14.00            Excursion – cultural heritage of the region

Saturday, 7 May

09.00 – 10.30           Session 15: Myth, ritual and interpretations in / of music and dance of Southeastern Europе / Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

11.00 – 13.00            Session 16: Myth, ritual and interpretations in / of music and dance of Southeastern Europе / Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe in post-1989

14.00 – 15.30            Session 17: Myth, ritual and interpretations in / of music and dance of Southeastern Europе

16.00 - 17.00             Final discussion

17.00 – 18.00            Business meeting

19.00 – 21.00            Closing ceremony

21.00                           Farewell party