Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology

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| name = Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology

Институт за балканистика с център по тракология

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| founder = Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

| established = {{start date and age|1964}}{{cite web |url=https://nauka.bg/intervyu-gl-as-r-aleksandra-milanova-institut-balkanistika/ |title=Интервю с гл. ас. д-р Александра Миланова, Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология при БАН |publisher=Nauka.bg |access-date=8 March 2025 }}

| chairman = Roumiana Preshlenova

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| location = Moskovska Street 45

| city = Sofia, Bulgaria

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| focus = Balkan studies

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| website = [https://balkanstudies.bg/bg/ balkanstudies.bg]

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The Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology ({{langx|bg|Институт за балканистика с център по тракология}}) of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is a Bulgarian national research centre and coordinating institution in the field of Balkan studies.{{Cite web|url=https://clada-bg.eu/en/institute-of-balkan-studies-and-centre-of-thracology-alexander-fol.html |title=Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology "Prof. Alexander Fol" |author=n.a. |date=n.d. |publisher=CLaDA BG}} The institute is based in the capital of Bulgaria Sofia.{{Cite web|url=https://ror.org/0132ebm72 |title=Institute for Balkan Studies and Centre for Thracology |author=n.a. |date=12 November 2024 |publisher=Research Organization Registry}} Founded in 1964 under UNESCO auspices, the institute was created as a research and educational centre focused on the languages, history, culture, and contemporary developments of the Balkans.{{Cite web|url=https://austria-bulgaria.eu/en/about/the-institutes.html |title=The Institutes |author=n.a. |date=n.d. |publisher=Austrian-Bulgarian Relations During the Cold War Project}} The institute is accredited to train PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and interns in fields such as early modern and modern history, archives and document studies, palaeography, and Balkan literature and culture.