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Let's go Bosnia & Herzegovina and Croatia!

AISEES is delighted to announce the awardees of our 2026 Travel Grant competition: Nevena Manic (Serbia), Andrea Pambuku (Albania), and Strahil Panayotov (Bulgaria)!

2026 AISEES Travel Grant Awardees – American Institute For Southeast European Studies Posted on May 9, 2026 by Cynthia Lintz2026 AISEES Travel Grant Awardees AISEES is delighted to announce the awardees of our 2026 Travel Grant competition. This grant allows southeast European scholars of the Humanities and Social Sciences who reside in SE Europe to present their work at internationa...

Congratulations to Bosnia & Herzegovina and Croatia for qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup!

Reminder: Upcoming AISEES Lecture, March 13, 2026!

The Lighting of Sacred Spaces and Imperial Ambitions in Post-Byzantine Moldavia – American Institute For Southeast European Studies Vladimir Ivanovici and Alice Isabella Sullivan, examine the economy of artificial light in medieval churches across Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean region, and the broader medieval spheres.

The cruel, relentless war against Ukraine began four years ago. Slava Ukraini!

AISEES is thrilled to announce our 2026 Fellows!

Lynn Roller Fellows:

Dr. Michael L. Galaty (University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (USA Fellow) – for archaeological research in Kosovo
Dr. Edlira Andoni (Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Science in Albania – (SE European Fellow) – for archaeological research in Albania

Graduate and Early Postdoc Fellows:

Amber Kearns (University of Texas, Austin) – for archaeological research in Serbia
Bakir Ovcina (Vanderbilt University) – for historical and ethnographic research in Bosnia & Herzegovina
Olivia Pape (University of California, Irvine) – for research in Serbia and Kosovo on early 20th century Socialist movements

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