On June 11, 2026, a scholarly conference on the topic "Shared Histories, Divergent Experiences: Romania and Bulgaria in the Age of Totalitarianism" will be held at the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS). The forum is organized within the framework of the joint research project of the IBSCT-BAS and the National Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism at the Romanian Academy "Romania and Bulgaria in the Age of Totalitarianism(s)", led by Prof. D.Sc. Alexandre Kostov, Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.