From the Editors

Abstract

Finally, we have an academic open access peer-reviewed e-journal of archaeology and history of the Balkans in Late Antiquity!

Launched in 2025 under the aegis of the HAEMUS International Research Network (HAEMUS IRN), the Chronicles of Haemus (CoH) is a groundbreaking journal that aims to unite all scholars specializing in the archaeology and history of the Balkans and surrounding regions during the Late Roman and Early Byzantine periods, through an interdisciplinary and transnational perspective on the deep political, economic, and cultural transformations that shaped South-Eastern Europe during the transition that constitutes the 3rd-8th centuries. Our journal is designed to explore all possible themes within the disciplinary fields covered, including, to give some examples, the shift from Roman rule to the rise of “barbarian” kingdoms, urban and economic transitions, or the evolution of cultural and religious practices. Welcoming innovative contributions, mainly in English, but also in French, Italian, German or Spanish, the CoH seeks to foster scholarly exchange for a better understanding of a pivotal region and period in European and Mediterranean history, which are too often wrongly regarded as marginal.

Simply, our journal aims to become a key reference for researchers, teachers, students and enthusiasts of archaeology and history, by providing a forum for innovative research, as it will favour interdisciplinary work and new approaches, whether through case studies, regional summaries or cross-disciplinary thematic analyses. Through a rigorous and diversified approach, we also want to encourage young researchers to contribute and to take advantage of the platform to disseminate their research to an international academic public. The CoH thus aims to become a vehicle for intellectual and scientific exchange, while highlighting research that is often inaccessible outside the country of production. Alongside the studies, the publishers also want to make room for long critical reviews of fundamental works published in the Balkan countries, which would allow them to be made known throughout the world, while launching dialogues around them. This is the Editorial Board’s overall policy statement!

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