The Third International Conference on Nordic and Baltic Studies of the Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies and Balkanalysis.com will be held from May 25-27, 2012 in Targoviste, Romania. Papers are welcome for the conference European networks: the Balkans, Scandinavia the Baltic world in a time of economic and ideological crisis. Deadlines for submissions: proposals for panels and roundtables (approx. 500 words): December 31, 2011, abstracts for individual papers (approx. 300 words): February 1, 2012.

The Center for Balkan and Black Sea Studies (Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul), the Department of History (University of Regensburg) and the Institute for the Study of Eastern and Southeastern Europe (IOS, Regensburg) have announced a call for papers for their international conference on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Balkan wars 1912/13. The conference The Balkan Wars 1912/13. Experience, Perception, Remembrance will take place on October 11-13, 2012 at the Center for Balkan and Black Sea Studies (Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul). Coordinators: Katrin Boeckh, Mehmet Hacısalihoğlu, Heike Karge, Sabine Ruta. Deadline for submissions: October 31, 2011.