The International Elias Canetti Society was a partner of "Across Europe", a large-scale two year literary project. Four writers were sent on a journey throughout Europe with the task to draw an up-to-date map of the European cultural space. "Across Europe" drew a geographic and ideollogic line through this cultural space and posed questions regarding More...
Creating a new knowledge-based ecological and civic culture through education – this was the main aim of the new project of the International Elias Canetti Society: “Man, Technology, Environment. Through education for sustainable ecological development in Ruse and the region”. The two-year-project was dedicated to the ecological changes and their consequences for people and environment, More...
Creating a new knowledge-based ecological and civic culture through education – this was the main aim of the project of the International Elias Canetti Society: “Man, Technology, Environment. Through education for sustainable ecological development in Ruse and the region”. The two-year-project was dedicated to the ecological changes and their consequences for people and environment, which More...
Nowadays Bulgaria and Romania encounter new realities – abolishment of the formal political boundaries, common market, and free movement of people, information and funds. Despite all, the physical boundary of the river Danube and that of alphabet, language and the political division barriers of the past continue to be determinant for the region. Getting to More...
In November this year Nataša Kramberger was our guest in Ruse as a HALMA scholarship holder. The young slovenian writer won this year's EU Prize for Literature.
On the 16th and the 17th of November 2010 the International Elias Canetti Society organized a public conference in Ruse on the political engagement of artists on both sides of the Danube. With support of the Austrian embassy Sofia and Goethe Institute Bulgaria. Information & program.
The International Elias Canetti Society and the Regional Library "Ljuben Karavelov" in Ruse presented an exhibition about Canetti's works and their translations from all around the world. Part of the exhibition was an exclusive collection of translated books, which were donated by a Swiss collector to the Canetti Society.
The Austrian HALMA scholarship holder Petra Ganglbauer was in October our guest in Ruse. On October 22 she presented some excerpts of her works on a literary reading.
The caricature exhibition "What does Bulgaria think of Germany!?" was officially opened on the 20th October 2010 in the City Gallery of Art. The results of the caricature contest with the identical name were also announced there.
The Civic Education department organized a discussion on the topic "Should I stay or should I go? - On the illusions and the reality of life abroad". Sponsored by Caritas Ruse and the Centre of Prevention through Information Ruse. Read more...
