Irina Lyubomirova Ognyanova-Krivoshieva
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Associated Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Contemporary history and politics in South Eastern Europe; nationalism and religion.
Irina Dimitrova Shopova
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Ancient history, culture, and religion of Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean, Thracology, Ancient epigraphy.
Kalin Tsvetanov Stoev
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Associated Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Kalina Ivanova Peeva
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Lora Emilova Taseva
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Reception of Byzantine literature among the Balkan Slavs, edition of medieval manuscripts, Greek-Slavonic lexicography, historical onomastics
Ludmila Lubomirova Mindova
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Associated Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Balkan and Slavic literatures, literary comparative studies, literature and memory
Malamir Borisov Spasov
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Margarita Koleva Dobreva
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Modernization in the Balkans, cultural interaction, migration.
Maria Ivanova Shusharova
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Marian Dimitrov Karagyozov
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Political analyst
Areas of academic interest:
Turkish domestic and foreign policy, International relations in the Middle East and the Balkans
Mariyana Nikolova Stamova
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Associated Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Contemporary History of the Balkans, Cold War in the Balkans, ethno-territorial and ethno-religious problems, Albanians in Yugoslavia and the Balkans and post-World War II Albanian-Yugoslav relations, the Albanian factor in the People's Republic of Macedonia/the Socialist Republic of Macedonia (1945–1991) and the independent Republic of Macedonia from 1991 to the present days, disintegration of Yugoslavia and the Euro-Atlantic integration of the region.
Miroslav Ivanov Vasilev
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Ancient Macedonia, Ancient Thrace, Achaemenid Persia, Ancient Geography
Nadia Georgieva Boyadjieva
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Laws, Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Orlin Stamenov Sabev
Scientific degree and current position:
Dr. habil., Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Petia Velichkova Ilieva
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Ancient Thrace during the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age, contacts between the Thracians and Hellenes along the Aegean coast of Thrace before and after the establishment of Greek colonies there, the production and use of ceramic vessels in sites from the Aegean coast of Thrace during the period between the Late Bronze and Archaic Era, local ceramic styles.
Plamen Rangelov Petkov
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Raia Iordanova Zaimova
Scientific degree and current position:
Dr. habil., Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Evolution of ideas in modern Europe; history of the Francophonie in the Balkans; cultural and historical ties between the West and the East; sources and archives
Rositsa Stefanova Gradeva
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Associate Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Roumiana Ilieva Preshlenova
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor
Doctor honoris causa
Director of the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology
Areas of academic interest:
Modern Balkan history; cultural, social, and economic history; international relations; digital humanities
Ruja Tancheva Popova
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Samuil Munir Kamburov
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Medieval history and archeology, cultural and historical heritage, contemporary geopolitics in the Levant and the Middle East, cultural and historical contacts between the Balkans and the Middle East, medieval armaments and military affairs in Southeast Europe and the Middle East, medieval armaments and equipment in Northern Europe, production, development and distribution of medieval stabbing weapons in the Balkan Peninsula and in the Middle East, cultural and historical tourism.
Stela Petrova Stefanova
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Cultural heritage, archaeological heritage, Roman archaeological heritage, cultural tourism, classical archeology
Stefan Dimitrov Yanakiev
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor
Areas of academic interest:
Roman Thrace, Romanization
Stoyanka Petrova Dimitrova
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor
Areas of academic interest: