On June 17, 2026, a Bulgarian-Romanian conference was held on the topic “The Dialogue of Languages and Cultures in Southeastern Europe”, organized by the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) and the Institute for Southeast European Studies at the Romanian Academy. The event was part of the activities of the joint project “Languages and Cultures in Southeast Europe and their Dialogue with Other European Cultures from a Philological and Anthropological Perspective” (IC-RO/11/2026-2028), funded within the framework of a bilateral agreement between the two academies. Besides scholars affiliated with both institutes, representatives of the Institute of Literature at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, which kindly provided a venue for the event, also participated in the forum.
The conference proceedings will be published in a special thematic collection.