AISEES Lecture – Vassil Tenekedjiev – January 26, 2022 (12:30 p.m. EST)

Balkan Journeys. AISEES Lectures in Cultural Heritage

The American Institute for Southeast European Studies is pleased to announce a public online lecture on January 26, 2022, 12:30 p.m. (EST). 

Dr. Vassil Tenekedjiev (Varna Regional Museum of History)

The Djanavara Monastery in Varna, Bulgaria: through the Maze of an Early Byzantine Cold Case

The Zoom link will be distributed through our mailing list and social media groups.

AISEES/ISTROS Lecture: Wednesday, Dec. 15, 6:00 p.m. (EEST – Bucharest)

The “ISTROS” Society for Historical Sciences, the Romanian representative of the American Institute of Southeast European Studies (AISEES) invites you to take part in the inauguration of the “Nicolaus Olahus – Connecting History” lecture series. Our partner is the Center for Compared History of Ancient Societies (CICSA), History Department, University of Bucharest.
Wednesday, December 15 at 6.00 p.m. (EEST – Bucharest)/11:00 a.m. (EST – New York) our guest speakers are:

18.00. Dr. Alexandra Clara Țârlea, Lecturer for the Department of Ancient History, Archaeology and History of Art, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest, Fragile, yet resilient. Ancient glass in the archaeological record of Dobrudja (Romania).

18.40. Dr. Tomasz Gralak, Assistant Professor, Institute of Archeology, University of Wrocław, From the Balkans to Central Europe – wandering of things, ideas, and people in the Early Iron Age. The Northern perspective.

For more details regarding the lectures and the ISTROS project, please, visit and follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Societatea-de-%C8%98tiin%C8%9Be-Istorice-Istros-111356484478591.
For the link to the online event, please, contact us at any of the following email addresses:

ssi.istros@gmail.com

florica.mihut@istorie.unibuc.ro

d_mihut@yahoo.com

AISEES Lecture – Eric De Sena – Nov. 30 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (EST)

Balkan Journeys. AISEES Lectures in Cultural Heritage

The American Institute for Southeast European Studies is pleased to announce a public online lecture on November 30, 2021, 6:00 p.m. (EST). 

Dr. Eric C. De Sena (AISEES)

Constantine in the Imperial Palace at Serdica

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AISEES Lecture by Stefan Peychev, May 12, 2021 2:00 p.m. (EST)

Balkan Journeys. AISEES Lectures in Cultural Heritage

The American Institute for Southeast European Studies is pleased to announce a public online lecture on May 12, 2021, 2:00 p.m. (EST)/8:00 p.m. in Western Europe/9:00 p.m. in Bulgaria/Romania. 

Dr. Stefan Peychev (Boston College)

Water Management and Urban Space in Early Modern Ottoman Sofia

The Zoom link will be distributed through our mailing list and social media groups.

AISEES lecture by Dhurata Osmani, April 21, 2021, 3:00 p.m. (EST)

Balkan Journeys. AISEES Lectures in Cultural Heritage

The American Institute for Southeast European Studies is pleased to announce a public online lecture on April 21, 2021, 3:00 p.m. (EST)/9:00 p.m. in Western Europe/10:00 p.m. in Bulgaria/Romania. 

Dhurata Osmani (University of California, Berkeley and AISEES Fellow)

Strong Women, Strong Nations: Feminist Organizations and International State-building in Kosovo

The Zoom link will be distributed through our mailing list and social media groups.

AISEES lecture by Cengiz Haksoz, March 31, 2021, 1:00 p.m. (EST)

Balkan Journeys. AISEES Lectures in Cultural Heritage

The American Institute for Southeast European Studies is pleased to announce a public online lecture on March 31, 2021, 1:00 p.m. (EST). 

Cengiz Haksöz (University of Pittsburgh and Middle East Technical University, Ankara)

Politics of (In)visibilities in a Peripheral Bulgarian Town

The Zoom link will be distributed through our mailing list and social media groups.

AISEES lecture by Sarah Craycraft, March 3, 2021, 6:00 p.m. (EST)

Balkan Journeys. AISEES Lectures in Cultural Heritage

The American Institute for Southeast European Studies is pleased to announce a public online lecture on March 3, 2021, 6:00 p.m. (EST). 

Sarah Craycraft (Ohio State University and AISEES Fellow)

“Young in the Village: Place, generation, and the project of rural revival in Bulgaria”

The Zoom link will be distributed through our mailing list and social media groups.

AISEES Lecture – February 10, 2021, 4:00 p.m. (EST)

Balkan Journeys. AISEES Lectures in Cultural Heritage

AISEES is pleased to announce a public lecture on February 10, 2021, 4:00 p.m. (EST). 

Anna Adashinskaya (New Europe College, Bucharest).

“Discovering History or Spying for the Country? Russian Imperial Research Expeditions by P.N. Milyukov and N.P. Kondakov to Macedonia.”

Zoom link will be sent via our mailing list and on our FB group (facebook.com/AISEESorg). To join the email list, please email us at aiseesorg@gmail.com

Inaugural AISEES Lecture – January 20, 2021

Balkan Journeys. AISEES Lectures in Cultural Heritage

We are pleased to inaugurate our online lecture series

January 20, 2021, 6:00 p.m. (EST)

Cameron Mailhot (Cornell University and 2020-21 AISEES Fellow).

“Public Attitudes Towards International Missions and their Effect on State-Society Relations: A Sentiment Analysis of Newspaper Archives in Early Post-Conflict Kosovo”

Zoom link will be sent to our mailing list. To join the list, please email us at aiseesorg@gmail.com

AISEES Lecture Series – Spring 2021

We are pleased to inaugurate an online lecture series in Spring 2021: Balkan Journeys! Links to the meetings will be posted on FB (www.facebook.com/AISEESorg) and through our mailing list.

Balkan Journeys. AISEES Lectures in Cultural Heritage

Spring 2021 Schedule

January 20, 2021, 6:00 p.m. (EST)

Cameron Mailhot (Cornell University and 2020-21 AISEES Fellow). “Public Attitudes Towards International Missions and their Effect on State-Society Relations: A Sentiment Analysis of Newspaper Archives in Early Post-Conflict Kosovo”

February 10, 2021, 4:00 p.m. (EST)

Anna Adashinskaya (New Europe College, Bucharest). “Discovering History or Spying for the Country? Russian Imperial Research Expeditions by P.N. Milyukov and N.P. Kondakov to Macedonia”

March 3, 2021, 6:00 p.m. (EST).

Sarah Craycraft (Ohio State University and 2019-20 AISEES Fellow). “Young in the village: Place, generation, and the project of rural revival in Bulgaria”

March 17, 2021, 2:00 p.m. (EST)

Sterling Wright (Penn State University), “The Integrity of Biomolecules Across the Oral Matrix from Histria, Romania”

March 31, 2021, 1:00 p.m. (EST)

Cengiz Haksoz (University of Pittsburgh and Middle East Technical University, Ankara). “Politics of (In)visibilities in a Peripheral Bulgarian Town.”

 April 21, 2021, 3:00 p.m. (EST)

Dhurata Osmani (University of California, Berkeley and 2019-20 AISEES Fellow). “Stronger women, stronger nations: Feminist organizations and international state-building in Kosovo”

May 12, 2021, 2:00 p.m. (EST)

Stefan Peychev (Boston College). “Water Management and Urban Space in Early Modern Ottoman Sofia”