In the 1920s the Soviet authorities undertook a Latinization campaign for the Turkic languages used in the USSR. By 1940, Moscow ensured those languages were written in the Cyrillic script. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in the early Read More
“Deportation in East Central Europe in the 20th Century: Snapshots of Invisible Incarceration” is the 13th volume in the series South-East European History, edited by Mihai Dragnea and published by Peter Lang on behalf of the Balkan History Association (BHA). Read More
The Balkan History Association (BHA) is preparing a panel for the 2025 Triennial Conference of its partner, the Society for Romanian Studies. The event will take place on 29-31 May 2025 at the Faculty of European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. Read More
The Carpathian Mountains embrace the cultures of Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine. The historical relations and mobility along the Carpathian arc have left diverse imprints on the ethnographic character of the local communities and over Read More
The Balkan History Association has signed a cooperation agreement with the Institute of History “George Bariţiu” in Cluj-Napoca (Romanian Academy), well known to be the oldest institute in Romania dedicated to the research of history and its related disciplines. The Read More
This volume “Islamic Culture and Pre-Islamic Beliefs in Central Asia” published by Lexington in September 2024, which is a project initiated by the Balkan History Association, focuses on Islamic culture, traditions, and pre-Islamic beliefs in Central Asia. The chapters emphasize Read More
The community identities in a society organized according to certain political principles, in a state, is one of the most persistent, fertile, and controversial topics of debate in the social sciences and humanities. In a common understanding, regional identities have Read More
The Balkan History Association has signed a cooperation agreement with the Institute of Cultural Heritage in Chișinău, the main institution in the Republic of Moldova which conducts scientific research and organizes a doctoral school in the fields of Archaeology, Ethnology, Read More
We are pleased to inform you that the latest issue of Hiperboreea, Vol. 11, No. 1 (2024) has been released and is available online through the Scholarly Publishing Collective (managed by Duke University Press). Many thanks to all those that Read More
Theme : Memory Studies, Public History Date: November 29th-December 1st 2024 Place: Thessaloniki, Greece The Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, the Department of History, Faculty of Law and History, South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad, Read More
