On July 1, 2016. The annual conference of SIETAR - Bulgaria was held.
For the fifth consecutive year, the host is Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski ”. The co-organizer is the NGO "Ethnotolerance" and the media partner is the electronic scientific journal "Rhetoric and Communications".
At the opening of the conference Prof. Dr. Yanka Totseva - Chairman of the Board of the Association "Ethnotolerance", as well as Chairman of the Board of SIETAR - Bulgaria and a member of the Board of SIETAR - Europe focused on the upcoming Congress of SIETAR - Europe, which will be held from 22 to 27 May 2017. in Dublin on "21st Century Waves of Change: Cultural Dexterity for Turbulent Times".
The work of the conference took place within two panels.
Leading the first - Multiculturalism in the new geopolitical situation and theoretical perspectives was Prof. Tsvetan Davidkov, and the second - Multiculturalism - new dimensions in the sciences of education, linguistic and literary research and practice - Prof. Plamen Makariev.
Ten reports were presented at the conference by lecturers at Sofia University "Kliment Ohridski", Technical University - Sofia, European Polytechnic University - Pernik, National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski" - Sofia, University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev" and Shumen University "Bishop Konstantin Preslavski" .
The thematic highlights in the first panel were related to the analysis of the semiotic, narrative and archetypal aspects of multiculturalism; cultural identity; the limits of intercultural competence, recognition, tolerance, manipulation; the connection of feminism with multiculturalism.
The second panel presented and discussed the problems of European identity and multiculturalism in speeches of Bulgarian and European politicians; the multicultural dimensions of Roma and social integration, as well as Olympic education and the study of translated literature in primary school as a basis for learning about the multicultural world.
The presentation of the conference on the SIETAR - Europe website can be seen here: http://www.sietareu.org/activities/news-archive/842-sietar-bulgaria-conference