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

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: 2023-2026

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

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

https://bulgaristica.bas.bg/

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

https://inframat.bg/en/

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