Lectures

Maria Ignatova-Pfarr

Bulgaria: Building a Worker–Peasant Welfare State under the Aegis of the Soviet Union

32nd International Conference of Europeanists, University College Dublin, 16-18 June 2026

 

Maria Ignatova-Pfarr and Herbert Obinger

Wars and Social Policy in Bulgaria

23rd ESPAnet Annual Conference: The Welfare State in the 21st Century. On the Edge of a New Era or Back to Basics? European Network for Social Policy Analysis, Mailand, Italien, 27-29 August 2025. 

 

Maria Ignatova-Pfarr

Welfare State Development in Bulgaria during the Cold War

31st International Conference of Europeanists, Temple University, Philadelphia, 25-27 June 2025

 

Maria Ignatova-Pfarr and Carina Schmitt

Communist Social Policy: Pension Policy in Bulgaria

29th International Conference of Europeanists, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 27-29 June 2023

 

Maria Ignatova-Pfarr

Social Policy in Autocracies: Pension Policy in Bulgaria (1879-1989)

3rd VELNET Annual Meeting & DaWS Early Career Workshop, University of Southern Denmark (Odense), 20-21 April 2023

 

Maria Ignatova-Pfarr

How to Study Social Policy in Autocracies: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives

Brown Bag Seminar Summer 2022, University of Konstanz, 8. July 2022

 

Maria Ignatova-Pfarr

Communist Social Policy: the case of Bulgaria

University of Southern Denmark (Odense), 11. October 2022

 

Maria Ignatova-Pfarr

Social Policy in Autocracies: Pension Policy in Bulgaria

University of Southern Denmark (Odense), 3. October 2022

 

Maria Ignatova-Pfarr and Carina Schmitt

Communist Social Policy during the Cold War: Pension Policy in Bulgaria

4. Hermann-Weber-Konferenz zur Historischen Kommunismusforschung, Berlin, 8-10 June 2022