A ceremonial academic session commemorating the 150th anniversary of the April Uprising of 1876 is scheduled to take place in Sofia on Monday. The St Kliment Ohridski Sofia University noted that the April Uprising was a significant Bulgarian undertaking whose outcome marked a pivotal moment in the nation’s struggle for freedom. To observe this important historical milestone, several institutions are collaborating on the academic session.
Organizers include Sofia University, the State Archives Agency, the G.S. Rakovski National Defence College, the St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo, the St Cyril and St Methodius National Library, and the Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The commemoration will commence at 11:00 AM with a ceremony held at the National Defence College.
The academic session proper will begin at 1:00 PM in the Rectorate of Sofia University, where historians will participate in discussions across two dedicated panels. Throughout the day, multiple exhibits will be available. At 1:45 PM, a poster exhibition focusing on the April Uprising will open in the second-floor foyer of the Sofia University Rectorate, curated by Asst.
Prof. Vladimir Terziev. Additionally, at 5:00 PM, the National Library and the State Archives Agency will jointly open the exhibition titled “For the Freedom of a Nation” at the National Library.
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