Invitation: “The Modern City: Legacies, Technologies, Representations”

Dear colleagues,

The team of the project “Growing but not aging: semantic and 3D technologies for the history of streets and buildings in Sofia” with the lead organization IBCT-BAS and funded by the Scientific Research Fund in 2024, invites you to participate in a conference on the topic “The Modern City: Legacies, Technologies, Representations”, which will be held on November 20-21, 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The conference aims to bring together researchers and specialists to offer a current view and discussion on the following fields and their possible intersections: the history of the city from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, digital humanities and the reflection of the urban environment, the possibilities of modern technologies for presenting the city’s past. Reports with a comparative and/or interdisciplinary approach are encouraged. The thematic circles of the conference include, but are not limited to, the following research areas: – topography and space; – architecture and architectural influences; – continuity and change of the urban environment; – communities and memory, places of memory; – images and depictions; – globalization and transfers of ideas, knowledge, practices; – semantic and linguistic technologies for the study of urban history; – presentation of the ancient and medieval city in a modern urban environment; – 3D technologies and reconstructions of elements of the urban landscape; – technical applications for the socialization of cultural and historical heritage in an urban environment.

You can send an application for participation in the conference by July 31, 2025 to projectsofia2025@gmail.com .

The application must contain the following information: – name and surname of the author(s), email(s) – institution – topic of the proposed report (in Bulgarian and English) – abstract (maximum 300 words).

You will receive confirmation of acceptance of your application by July 15, 2025. There is no participation fee required for participation.

The official languages of the conference are Bulgarian and English. After the conference, participants will be invited to submit finished articles, and after anonymous review, the approved texts will be published in a specialized peer-reviewed publication.