PROJECTS IN COOPERATION WITH FOREIGN ACADEMIES
Cultural Interactions between Armenians and Bulgarians in History and Present
Partner institution: Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Duration: 2026-2027
Project Coordinator for Bulgaria: Prof. Roumiana Il. Preshlenova, PhD
Byzantium and its neighbors: Rivalry and dialogue
Partner institution: Institute for Byzantine Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Duration: 2026–2028
Project Manager for Bulgaria: Assoc. Prof. Vladislav Ivanov, PhD
Languages and cultures in Southeast Europe and their dialogue with other European cultures from a philological and anthropological perspective
Partner institution: Institute for South-East European Studies, Romanian Academy
Duration: 2026–2028
Project Manager for Bulgaria: Prof. Lora Taseva, PhD
Social and religious interactions on both sides of the Danube, 15th–19th centuries
Partner institution: Nicolae Iorga Institute of History, Romanian Academy
Duration: 2026–2028
Project Leader for Bulgaria: Prof. Raia Zaimova, Dr. habil.
The intertwined histories of Bulgaria and Romania (19th–21st centuries)
Partner institution: Institute for South-East European Studies, Romanian Academy
Duration: 2026–2028
Project Manager for Bulgaria: Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil., Corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Romania and Bulgaria in the Age of Totalitarianism(s)
Partner institution: National Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism, Romanian Academy
Duration: 2024-2026
Project Manager for Bulgaria: Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil., Corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Serbo/Yugoslav - Bulgarian relations and the Great Powers in the 19th and 20th centuries
Partner institution: Balkanology Institute, Serbian Academy of Science and Arts
Duration: 2024-2026
Project Manager for Bulgaria: Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil., Corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE BULGARIAN SCIENCE FUND, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Genealogy and Politics of Memory: Digital Future of Family Chronicles for Generational Transition (GENEA)
Host organization: Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Duration: 2026-2029
Coordinator for the IBSCT-BAS: Assist. Prof. Alexandra Milanova, PhD
The Balkans and global challenges after 24 February 2022
Duration: 2022-2025
Project Manager: Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil., Corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Growing but not getting old: semantic and 3D technologies for the history of streets and buildings in Sofia
Duration: 2024-2027
Project Manager: Assist. Prof. Ivailo Nachen, PhD
https://historicalsofia.eu/en/ and Facebook page
Corpus Animalium Thracicorum (CAT): A digital corpus of the Thracian land’s fauna (1000 BC - AD 500)
Duration: 2024-2026
Project Manager: Asst. Prof. Eli Filipova, PhD
Cultural diplomacy in the Balkans in the 20th and 21st centuries: Achievements, challenges, and the way forward
Duration: 2023-2027
Project Manager: Assist. Prof. Alexandra Milanova, PhD
Ages in history – Integration of genetic methods in historical research
Duration: 2023-2026
Project Manager: Todor Chobanov, PhD
https://www.balkanstudies.bg/epohi/index-en.html
PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE BULGARIAN SCIENCE FUND, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE UNDER THE "RILA" PROGRAM FOR BILATERAL COOPERATION BULGARIA – FRANCE
Populism and migrations: An interdisciplinary study of the problem in Europe in the 20th and 21st centuries
Partner institution: Sorbonne Nouvelle University – Paris 3
Duration: 2024-2026
Project Manager for Bulgaria: Assist. Prof. Alexandra Milanova, PhD
PROJECTS AND NATIONAL PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
National Science Program "Cutting-edge Research and People for the Development of European Science 2024" (VIHREN–2024)
Project: Balkan Consuls: Extraterritorial Agents and the Making of the Modern State in Southeast Europe
Duration: 2025–2030
Project Manager: Assoc. Prof. Simeon Simeonov, PhD
National Scholarly Programme "Development and Promotion of Bulgarian Studies Abroad"
Duration: 2022-2026
Coordinator for the IBSCT-BAS: Prof. Roumiana Il. Preshlenova, PhD
National Interdisciplinary Research E-Infrastructure for Resources and Technologies for the Bulgarian Language and Cultural Heritage, integrated within the European Infrastructures CLARIN-ERIC and DARIAH (CLADA-BG)
Duration: 2018-2028
Coordinator for the IBSCT-BAS: Assoc. Prof. Yura Konstantinova, Dr. habil.
Website: https://clada-bg.eu/en/
INFRAMAT Distributed infrastructure of centers for synthesis and characterization of new materials and conservation of archeological and ethnographic artefacts
Duration: 2018-2028
Coordinator for the IBSCT-BAS: Prof. Roumiana Il. Preshlenova, PhD
PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION NextGenerationEU
Investment C2.I2 "Increasing of the Innovation Capacity of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in the Field of Green and Digital Technologies"
Procedure BG-RRP-2.015 "Strengthening Research Potential through the Attraction and Retention of Talented Researchers"
Project: Digitizing the Schism: establishing a thematic virtual fund and interactive corner with augmented reality (BG-RRP-2.015-0011)
Duration: 2024-2026
Scholarly Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Zlatomira Gerdzhikova, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher: Kristiyan Kovachev, PhD
Project: Digital historical paths in Bulgaria and Greece (BG-RRP-2.015-0008-C01)
Duration: 2024-2026
Scholarly Advisor: Prof. Yura Konstantinova, Dr. habil.
Postdoctoral researcher: Stamatia Fotiadou, PhD
Project: Rediscovery, Preservation, and Promotion of Cultural and Historical Heritage in Eastern Macedonia (BG-RRP-2.015-0010-C01)
Duration: 2024-2026
Scholarly Advisor: Prof. Yura Konstantinova, Dr. habil.
Postdoctoral researcher: Angel Zlatkov, PhD
PROJECTS FUNDED BY INTERNAL SOURCES
The Middle Ages in Transition
Duration: 2026–2028
Project Manager: Assoc. Prof. Zlatomira Gerdzhikova
The Balkans and Black Sea Region security after the Cold War
Duration: 2026-2028
Project Manager: Prof. Nadya Boyadzhieva, LL.D.
Political ideologies and practices in the Balkans in the 20th-21st centuries
Duration: 2026-2028
Project Manager: Assoc. Prof. Irina Ognyanova, PhD
Tradition and Modernity: Balkan and European Dialogues
Duration: 2025-2027
Project Manager: Prof. Raia Zaimova, Dr. habil., Asst. Prof. Elmira Vasileva, PhD
Leadership in the Balkans – Personalities, Policies, Strategies
Duration: 2025-2027
Project Manager: Prof. Bisser Petrov, Dr. habil.
Sources on the Balkan Peoples: Publications, Manipulations, Adaptations
Duration: 2025-2027
Project Manager: Prof. Yura Konstantinova, Dr. habil.
Conversations about literature and the peninsula - II
Duration: 2025-2027
Project Manager: Assoc. Prof. Lyudmila Mindova, PhD
Socializing the cultural heritage of the Balkans - II
Duration: 2025-2027
Project Manager: Prof. Roumiana Il. Preshlenova, PhD
Lecture series Every Second Tuesday - II
Duration: 2024-2027
Project Manager: Assist. Prof. Alexandra Milanova