Call for Papers: Makers of their history: Collective subjects in historical narratives of the Balkans

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

Call for Papers: The Latinization of the Turkic languages after the breakup of the Soviet Union

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

Call for Papers: The cultures and heritage of the communities along the Carpathian Arc

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

New issue of Hiperboreea – Vol. 11, No. 1 (2024)

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

New issue of Hiperboreea – Vol. 10, No. 2 (2023)

We are pleased to inform you that the latest issue of Hiperboreea, Vol. 10, No. 2 (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

Symbolism, Pre-Writing and Writing in Neolithic Anatolia, Fertile Crescent and Europe: An Introduction to Pre‑Historic Symbolism

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

New issue of Hiperboreea – Vol. 10, No. 1 (2023)

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

Call for Papers: “Cyrillic Manuscripts: From Medieval to Digital”

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

Call for Papers: Turkish-Serbian Relations, from the Ottoman Empire until 1939

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

BHA at the international conference “Ethnographies of Orthodox Christianity: Holism, Comparison, and Exploration”, London (16-17.02.2023)

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