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
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