New book series “Religious Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe, c. 800-1800” (AUP)

The peer-reviewed series published by Amsterdam University Press and edited by Mihai Dragnea, the President of the Balkan History Association, provides an opportunity for scholars to publish high-quality studies on the religious transformations in central and eastern Europe, contextualised within Read More

BHA at the international conference “Voices and Silences: 50 Years of the Society for Romanian Studies”, Cluj-Napoca (May 29–31, 2025)

Our member, Ioana Apostol, PhD, researcher at the “G. Oprescu” Institute of Art History in Bucharest (Romanian Academy), participated in the international conference “Voices and Silences: 50 Years of the Society for Romanian Studies“, held in Cluj-Napoca on May 29–31, Read More

CfP: Imperial Interfaces: Central Asia in Trans-Eurasian Exchange (ca. 500–1500 CE)

This volume investigates how Central Asia functioned as a zone of contact, exchange, and transformation between major imperial powers across Eurasia between roughly 500 and 1500 CE. Long portrayed as either a periphery or a conduit, Central Asia is increasingly Read More

Visit at the Odesa National University

The president of the Balkan History Association, Mihai Dragnea, and vice-president, Dorina Dragnea, met with representatives of the Department of History of Ukraine within the Faculty of History and Philosophy, Odesa I. I. Mechnykov National University, a partner of the Read More

International Conference “The Second Bulgarian Tsardom and Its Role in the Historical Development of Medieval South Eastern Europe”, Veliko Tarnovo, Oct. 24th–26th, 2025

The Faculty of History of “St. Cyril and St. Methodius” University of Veliko Tarnovo and its Centre for Medieval Studies, in collaboration with the University of Bucharest and the Balkan History Association, are delighted to invite you to an anniversary Read More

New Cooperation Agreement (American University of Central Asia, Bishkek)

The Balkan History Association has signed a working agreement with the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, an institution dedicated to politics, history, public relations, marketing, and data journalism in Central Asia and the Kyrgyz Republic. The agreement aims Read More

Visit at the American University of Central Asia, Bishkek

The president of the Balkan History Association, Mihai Dragnea, and vice-president, Dorina Dragnea, met with representatives of the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. Discussions for future collaboration took place with the director of International Student Office Read More

New Cooperation Agreement (Institute of History and Ethnology, Almaty)

The Balkan History Association has signed a cooperation agreement with the Chokan Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology in Almaty, the leading scientific institution of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan specializing in the history, ethnology, Read More

Visit at the Department of Archeology, Ethnology and Museology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty

The president of the Balkan History Association, Mihai Dragnea, and vice-president, Dorina Dragnea, met with representatives of the Department of Archeology, Ethnology and Museology within the Faculty of History, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, a partner of the association. Read More

Meeting with representatives of the Abu Rayhan Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies in Tashkent

The President of the Balkan History Association, Mihai Dragnea, and its Vice-President, Dorina Dragnea, met with Akbar Idiyev and Jakhongir Ostonov from the Abu Rayhan Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan Read More