Intercultural Phenomenology and Hermeneutics

The International Conference on "Intercultural Communication Today: Virtual Opportunities and Real Challenges" will be held at the Sofia University "St. Kl. Ohridski", 25 September 2026

International Conference 2026

Intercultural Communication Today: Virtual Opportunities and Real Challenges

Sofia, 24. September 2026, Sofia University „St. Kl. Ohridski“

Organized by

The Department of "History of Philosophical and Scientific Ideas"
(Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

Co-Organizers:

Bulgarian Philosophical Society
Bulgarian Phenomenology Association
Austrian Embassy in Sofia
Institute for Axiological Research, Vienna
Escuela International de Filosofia Intercultural, Barcelona

Hall 1 of the Rectorate of Sofia University „St. Kl. Ohridski“

10:00-10:30 Opening and Welcome Remarks

I. Session Moderator: Bianca Boteva-Richter

10:30-11:10  Raúl Fornet-Betancourt: Intercultural communication: what is it about and what is its purpose?

11:10-11:50  Yvanka. B. Raynova: Translation and Intercultural Communication in the Age of AI: A Hermeneutic-Phenomenological Account

11:50-12:30  David Johnson: Past and/as Present: Notes on a Cross-Cultural Philosophy

12:30-14:30 Lunch Break

The Aula Magna, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

II. Session Moderator: Yvanka B. Raynova

14:30-15:10  Graham Parkes: Communicating across Cultures on Climate and Environment: A Real, Momentous, and Inescapable Challenge

15:10-15:50  Bianca Boteva-Richter: Intercultural communication as interaction or how do we communicate in between 

15:50-16:30  Patrick Becker: Narratives as a key. Towards an interculturally sensitive theology 

16:30-17:10  Iwona Krupecka: The intercultural history of philosophy: main Challenges

17:10-17:40 General Discussion & Concluding Words

18:30 Reception at the Austrian Embassy in Sofia for Conference Participants and Official Guests