The Centre for Economic and Historical Research (CEHR) and the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) invite you to participate in a scientific conference on the topic “Wars, Revolutions, Insecurity”, which will be held on September 26 and 27, 2025 in Sofia.

A main characteristic of economic life is the presence of insecurity. Among the factors that cause insecurity are wars and revolutions. However, their impact on the economy is not assessed unambiguously in theoretical and empirical studies. In some cases, revolutionary changes have a positive effect on society. Some researchers draw attention to the fact that wars are a solid prerequisite for reducing inequalities in society. The organizers of the Annual Scientific Conference of the CEHR challenge researchers of the economic past to examine the significance of wars, revolutions and the insecurity they have caused on economic development in a historical perspective.

The significance of wars, revolutions and the insecurity they have caused on economic development is extremely diverse. The main effects could be systematized as follows:

• Institutional changes: legal disorder, corruption, regulations and over-regulations;
• Stimulation of the economy and/or destruction of civilizational achievements;
• Inflation and changes in international finance and trade;
• Demographic problems;
• Social tension;
• Long-term changes in the organization and functioning of the economy;
• Technological development and/or stagnation in technologies, etc.

Discussions during the conference will focus on several main areas:

• Main sources of uncertainty in Balkan/Bulgarian history throughout the ages;
• Institutional structure and wars;
• Economic factors for wars and revolutions;
• Economic consequences of wars and revolutions;
• Trade wars;
• Economic and social revolutions – economic prerequisites and consequences;
• The settlement/region in the conditions of uncertainty caused by wars and revolutions;
• Economic actors and wars, revolutions and uncertainty.

The conference is open to participation of historians, economists, lawyers, sociologists, etc. You can participate with a report lasting up to 15 minutes. Attendance at the conference and oral presentation of the report is mandatory due to review procedure and the subsequent publication. The conference reports, processed as scientific articles, will be proposed for printing in volume 10 of “Proceedings of the CEHR”. The publication of the articles depends on the result of their double anonymous review. In order to meet the requirements of the world’s scientific databases, your text must be formatted according to the following technical parameters:

• The text of the article proposed for publication must be up to 27,000 characters with spaces;
• It must have an abstract of 300–500 words in English, placed immediately after the title, which must also be translated into English;
• After the abstract, the keywords in the text must be written in English;
• The JEL classification must be indicated. For details, see here.
• Photos, tables, diagrams and schemes (if any) must be placed in the correct place in the text, be indicated with consecutive numbering and have annotating texts;
• Archival materials should be cited in footnotes;
• Citation of sources and literature should be in accordance with the so-called Harvard system (Harvard short reference system). For details, see here.
• When citing literature, transliteration of the names of the authors from Cyrillic to Latin according to the Streamlined system should be applied. For details, see here.
• When citing literature, the titles of publications in Cyrillic are translated into English, then in square brackets they are also indicated in the original.

For more details, see the published “Guidelines for Authors” on the CEHR website: https://csii.bg/issues/authors-guideline/

Applications for participation , including a short summary (up to 150 words), are accepted until July 1, 2025 ONLY to the following e-mail address: cehr.conference@gmail.com

Travel expenses are at the expense of the participants.

Additional information about the conference can be found on the website of the Centre for Economic and Historical Research (https://csii.bg/ )