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Balkan Ethnology Department (IEFSEM) at the Bulgarian Academy of Science is pleased to announce its forthcoming international conference “Between the Worlds: Magic, Miracles and Mysticism” due in October 29-31st 2020 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The magical world still has a hold on the modern reality whether it is through the saga of Harry Potter and the wizardry world, the zombies of “Walking Dead” or the Vampires of the “Vampire Diaries”. Baba Vanga’s prophesies are frequently part of the media and pop-culture takes on current political events not only on the Balkans, but Europe, and even the US and Russia. The miracles of natural areas, sacred places, icons, monuments are still bringing together a multitude of believers each year to different parts of the world. This comes as a testimony of the fact that the human still desires to know the unknown and reaches out for what cannot be seen, touched, felt and often accounted for. The magical and mystical perceptions, experiences, views, beliefs, and practices have become more visible in the contemporary globalized world. The contact spaces between people and supernatural forces have various social aspects that set the wide thematic range of the conference. After the first successful conference of the “Between the worlds“ (BEW) series the Balkan Ethnology Department at IEFSEM – BAS organizes its second international academic forum under the title “Between the Worlds: Magic, Miracles, and Mysticism” (BEW 2020). We invite scholars and researchers from all areas of humanities and social sciences for an inter- and multi-disciplinary discussion of their research results on the place and role of magic, miracles, and mysticism into the traditional and modern societies and communities.