On May 19, 2023, in the "Ivan Evstr. Geshov" Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) an international conference "Historical Bulgarian Studies outside Bulgaria: State-of-the-art and Perspectives" will be held. This is the latest scholarly forum organized by the Bulgarian Studies Council at the BAS and is dedicated to the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, of the Bulgarian Alphabet, Education and Culture, and of Slavic Literature. Co-organizers are the Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Tracology and the Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences under the National Scientific Programme "Development and Promotion of Bulgarian Studies Abroad". 23 scholars from Bulgaria and abroad will take part in the conference. Their reports and speeches will address the state-of-the-art of historical Bulgarian studies in 14 countries in Europe and Asia.