New partnership with the European Defendology Center

The Balkan History Association has signed a Cooperation Agreement with the European Defendology Center from Banja Luka (BiH), aimed at promoting knowledge about civil society, education, research and security in the Balkans. The partnership contributes to a peaceful dialogue, tolerance Read More

CfP: “Old and New Insights on the History of Intelligence and Diplomacy in the Balkans”

The Balkans always were and continue to be the struggle area of the Great Powers on the diplomatic and intelligence field/level. Thus, they have played a prominent role in European intelligence and diplomatic activities over the past centuries, numerous intelligence Read More

New partnership with the Institute for Research and European Studies in Bitola

The Balkan History Association has signed a Cooperation Agreement with the Institute for Research and European Studies in Bitola, North Macedonia The Institute for Research and European Studies is a non-profit, nongovernmental and politically unconditioned think-tank, founded by several young Read More

CfP: “Islamic Radicalisation in the Balkans after the Fall of Communism”

The fall of communism has generated a security crisis in the Balkans, which was amplified by the ethnic and religious conflicts that took place during the Yugoslav Wars. Yet recent historiography does not contain enough solid accounts of on the Read More

The 8th International Symposium on Balkan History Studies

The Balkans, due to its strategic position, throughout the history hosted many great civilizations such as the Roman Empire, Alexander Empire, Ottoman Empire. All civilizations created in the Balkans or dominated the Balkans, have left permanent abstract and concrete traces Read More

CfP: “Pilgrimage in the Christian Balkan World: The path to touch the sacred and holy”

Religious pilgrimages are ritual journeys made individually or collectively to sacred places in order to gain the goodwill and help of the divinity, to improve your own spiritual life, to express the respect, devotion for holy figures (saints, apostles, and Read More

CfP: “Warfare in the Twentieth Century Europe: The Balkan Wars from the Ottoman Turkish Perspective”

Call for Book Chapters BHA: “Warfare in the Twentieth Century Europe: The Balkan Wars from the Ottoman Turkish Perspective” The end of the 19th century was a period when the colonial race between the Great Powers was intensified, especially with Read More

BHA Webinar: “391 CE: The Emperor Theodosius and the Triumph of Christianity”, 22 June 2020

BHA Webinar Series We are delighted to invite you to the first BHA Webinar. Jillian Mitchell, a member of the Balkan History Association will present “391 CE: The Emperor Theodosius and the Triumph of Christianity”. Monday 22 June, 6 pm Read More

New volume “Spring in the Festal Ritual Calendar: Tradition and Modernity”

The Balkan History Association is pleased to announce the launch of a new volume, Spring in the Festal Ritual Calendar: Tradition and Modernity. Conference Proceedings, Sofia, 17-18 April 2019, edited by Nina Debruyne, Sr. Asst. Prof. Dr., University of Library Read More