PROJECTS IN COOPERATION WITH FOREIGN ACADEMIES

Bulgaria, Montenegro and the Balkans from the Berlin Congress to the Present

Partner institution: Department of Humanities, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts

Duration: 2016-2019

Coordinator: Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil., corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Itinéraires danubiens: communications, confessions et réseaux commerciaux (XV^e–XIX^e siècles)

Partner institution: Nicolae Iorga Institute of History, Romanian Academy

Duration: 2016-2019

Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Penka Danova, PhD

The Serbian/Yugoslav-Bulgarian relations and the interests of the Great Powers (19th–20th century)

Partner institution: Institute of Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Duration: 2017-2019

Coordinator: Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil. (corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

Traditional Culture, Social History, and History of Languages in Southeast Europe

Partner institution: Institute of Southeast European Studies – Romanian Academy

Duration: 2017-2019

Coordinator: Prof. Lora Taseva, PhD

Voices and Images of the Medieval Balkans, 4th – 16th centuries

Partner institution: Institute of Byzantine Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Art

Duration: 2017-2019

Coordinator: Prof. Liliana Simeonova, Dr. habil.

The Medieval Balkans Talking about Itself: the Voice of the Natives, 4th - 15th centuries

Partner institution: Department of Humanities, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts

Duration: 2017-2019

Coordinator: Prof. Liliana Simeonova, Dr. habil.

Between East and West: Foreign Patterns and National Approaches in the Socio-Political Development of Romania and Bulgaria in the 20th Century

Partner institution: National Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism, Romanian Academy

Duration: 2018-2020

Coordinator: Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil. (corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

Dynamique régionale, transformations urbaines dans les Balkans ottomans

Partner institution: Nicolae Iorga Institute of History, Romanian Academy

Duration: 2018-2020

Coordinator: Prof. Raya Zaimova, Dr. habil.

Economy of giving. Institutions, social practices of assistance and care in Italy and Bulgaria compared in the long run

Partner institution: Institute of Studies on Mediterranean Societies – National Research Council (CNR) Naples, Italy

Duration: 2019-2021

Coordinator: Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil. (corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

Religion, State and Society for Bulgarians and Croats over the Centuries

Partner institution: The Historical Sciences Division of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Duration: 2019-2021

Coordinator: Prof. Svetlozar Eldarov, Dr. habil.

Bulgarians and Croats in modern Europe. Cultural identities and parallels

Partner institution: Institute for the History of Croatian Literature, Theatrе and Music, HAZU

Duration: 2019-2021

Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Antoaneta Balcheva, PhD

PROJECTS WITHIN AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN INSTITUTES

The Balkans and the Cold War

Partner institution: Center of Cold War Studies at Harvard University

Duration: 2015-2019

Coordinator: Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil. (corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

Exchange of economic, political and cultural models and ideas between the Balkans and Italy (18^th – 20^th )

Partner institution: Dipartimento di studi delle relazioni internazionali – Università degli studi Roma Tre

Coordinator: Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil. (corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE BULGARIAN SCIENCE FUND, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

LABedia: Late Antique Balkans Encyclopedia, 4th century

Duration: 2019-2021

Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Zlatomira Gerdzhikova, PhD

Thessaloniki and the Bulgarians: history, memory, present

Duration: 2016-2020

Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Yura Konstantinova, PhD

Site: www.solunbg.org/eng

The Contemporary Balkans and the Challenges for Bulgaria

Duration: 2017-2021

Coordinator: Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil. (corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

Site: http://www.balkan-challenges.eu/bg/

PROJECTS AND NATIONAL PROGRAMS FINANCED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

INFRAMAT Distributed infrastructure of centers for synthesis and characterization of new materials and conservation of archeological and ethnographic artefacts

Duration: 2018-2023

Coordinator for IBCT: Prof. Valeria Fol, Dr. habil.

http://ipc.bas.bg/page/bg/dogovori/obschoinstitutski-infrastrukturni-proekti/proekti/inframat.php

Nasledstvo.bg

Duration: 2018-2023

Coordinator for IBCT: Prof. Alexandre Kostov, Dr. habil. (corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

http://www.nasledstvo.bg/

CLaDA.bg

Duration: 2018-2023

Coordinator for IBCT: Assoc. Prof. Yura Konstantinova, PhD

National Scholarly Program “Cultural historical heritage, national memory and social development”

Duration: 2018-2023

Coordinator for IBCT: Prof. Roumiana Preshlenova, PhD

https://kinnpor.uni-sofia.bg/

National program 'Young scientists and Postdoctoral candidates': Postdoctoral project 'Trade Routes in the Balkans, the Black Sea Region and the Central and Eastern Mediterranean Reflected in Italian Sources, 13th to 15th Centuries'

Duration: 2019-

Coordinator: Prof. Liliana Simeonova, Dr. habil. 

Postdoctoral candidate: Violeta Manolova, PhD

PROJECTS FUNDED BY INTERNAL SOURCES

Creation of the Late Antique World on the Balkans: Society, Institutions, Religion

Duration: 2018-2020

Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Zlatomira Gerdzhikova, PhD 

Mirabilia. Miracles and Monsters

Duration: 2017-2019

Coordinators: Prof. Vanya Lozanova-Stancheva, D.A., Prof. Valeria Fol, Dr. habil.

https://www.facebook.com/Mirabilia-Miracles-and-Monsters-1457446041186034/

Encyclopedia Ancient Thrace and the Trhacians

Duration: 2017-2019

Coordinator: Prof. Kalin Porozhanov, Dr. habil.

The Balkans – Opposition and Reciprocity, 19^th – 20^th Centuries

Duration: 2017-2019

Coordinator: Prof. Svetlozar Eldarov, Dr. habil.

The Balkans in the European cultural space

Duration: 2017-2019

Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Antoaneta Balcheva, PhD

The Greater Mediterranean: An Insiders’ and Outsiders’ View – Part Two

Duration: 2017-2019

Coordinator: Prof. Liliana Simeonova, Dr. habil. 

Interactiva. Thrace and the Eastern Mediterranea. Language and Culture, Society, Ethnos, Policy

Duration: 2018-2019

Coordinator: Prof. Svetlana Yanakieva, PhD

Sources about the Balkan nations

Duration: 2019-2021

Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Rositsa Gradeva, PhD