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
Call for Papers for the thematic issue of Hiperboreea: Makers of their history: Collective subjects in historical narratives of the Balkans Guest Editor: Milan Vukašinović (Uppsala University) The figure of a hero – an individual, male, elite character – stands Read More
The Balkan History Association has signed a cooperation agreement with the Faculty of History and Social Science, Armenian State Pedagogical University in Yerevan, who is organizing teaching and research on the history of Armenia, world history, law and civil education, Read More
“Football in the Balkans II: A Social and Political Phenomenon” is the 9th 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). Two of the Read More
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
