What we currently call ‘The Neolithic Revolution’ was a complex and ample change in human life. As compared to previous prehistoric times, in Anatolia and the Fertile Crescent, people began to develop a new way of life marked by a Read More
The Executive Board of the Balkan History Association is pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural competition for the best dissertation. Four people expressed their interest, but only two were eligible and applied. For the two registered candidates, different Read More
We are pleased to inform you that the latest issue of Hiperboreea, Vol. 10, No. 1 (2023) has been released and is available online through the Scholarly Publishing Collective (managed by Duke University Press). Soon it will be available on Read More
“Pilgrimage in the Christian Balkan World: The Path to Touch the Sacred and Holy“, edited by Dorina Dragnea, Emmanouil Ger. Varvounis, Evelyn Reuter, Petko Hristov, Susan Sorek and published in April by Brepols, is the third volume of the Balkan Read More
CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference “Greek-Romanian relations from the decline of the Ottoman Empireto the end of the Cold War era (1821-1989)” Thessaloniki, Greece, 22-24 November 2023 The Department of Balkan Slavic and Oriental Studies (University of Macedonia), the Faculty Read More
Cyrillic medieval and early modern manuscripts behind the Slavonic world have been given less attention by scholars, and researchers on the region prefer to publish articles, not in English, but in the different Slavic languages. For example, during the International Read More
Turkish-Serbian relations began at the end of the 13th century, when troops consisting of the Serbs joined the Byzantine troops in their conflict with the Turks. After the crossing of Ottoman troops into the land of Rumelia, Ottoman-Serbian relations became Read More
The Balkan History Association was represented by its Vice-President, Dorina Dragnea, at the international conference “Ethnographies of Orthodox Christianity: Holism, Comparison, and Exploration”, organized on February 16-17, 2023 by the Department of Anthropology of the University College London. The Greek Read More
After the publication by Peter Lang of the first volume of the South-East European History Series, Old and New Insights on the History of Intelligence and Diplomacy in the Balkans, which explores intelligence and diplomatic activities in the Balkan region, Read More
The Treaty of Berlin (1878) reshaped the political landscape of the Balkans. The defeated Ottoman Empire had to recognize the independence of its once tributary provinces of Serbia, Montenegro and unified Romania, with new borders drawn mainly in favor of Read More
