The section ‘Balkan Studies, Modern Greek and Byzantine Philology’ primarily aims to introduce new material, up-to-date hypothesis and forefront ideas to the scientific community with a particular focus on promoting discussion on each report. It is concerned with the following: •                   grammar,  phonetics, and lexicon of the Balkan languages in typology, areal typology, and each language; •                   Balkan languages and sociolinguistics; •                   Balkan languages in diachrony; •                   Balkan dialectology (including the latest field data); •                   Balkan ethnography and anthropology; cultures of peoples of the Balkan peninsula; •                   theory and history of Balkan literature; •                   Byzantine literature; •                   history and cultures of Byzantine.