Upcomingeventsactivities
Academic competition for full-time PhD students for the academic 2026-2027
- Deadline for submitting documents: from 14.08.2026 to 13.10.2026
- IBSCT-BAS
- IBSCT-BAS
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CfP: Round-table "Political Ideologies and Institutions in South-Eastern Europe"
- November 12-13, 2026
- IBSCT-BAS
- IBSCT-BAS
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CfP: Fourth Roundtable of the project “Obscured Balkans” – “Chaos of Transition: Mastering Change”, in honour of Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil.
- November 26-27, 2026
- IBSCT-BAS and online
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"Let's talk about the Balkans" - a podcast of the IBSCT-BAS
- since 2021
- online
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The Institute of Balkan Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was founded on January 15, 1964 by a decision of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Bulgaria under the auspices of UNESCO. It was established as a research and educational center for languages, history, culture and modern development of the Balkans.
The Centre of Thracology "Prof. Alexander Fol" is the successor to the Institute of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, founded in 1972.



