Malamir Borisov Spasov
Scientific degree and current position:
Doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor
Areas of academic interest:
20th Century, Southeast Europe, Balkan Studies, Cultural History, Comparative Literature, Modernity, Modernism, Modernist Prose, The Novel, Identity
Education and fellowships:
Education
2003–2008 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Higher Education Area 2. Humanities, Professional Field 2.1. Philology, Doctoral Program “Literature of the Peoples of Europe, America, Africa, Asia, and Australia”, Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Department "Culture of the Balkans"
1995–2000 Master of Arts (MA) in Balkan Studies, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Slavic Studies, Master’s Program "Balkan Studies"
1998–2000 Specialist – International Department Associate, Major "International Relations", Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Free Faculty (currently Center for Educational Services)
1990–1995 Secondary Education, Major: English Language, “Geo Milev” Secondary School of Foreign Languages, Dobrich
Fellowships
2012–2013 Post-doctoral Program, University Complex for the Humanities “Alma Mater”, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
2009–2010 Post-doctoral Program, Operational Programme “Human Resources Development”, Project “European Dimensions of Balkan Culture and History”
2004–2005 Regional Programme PhD Fellow, New Europe College (NEC), Bucharest, Romania
Visiting Researcher, Research fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS), Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) – Wassenaar, The Netherlands
Participation in scholarly projects:
2025– Bulgarian Scientific Periodicals
2023–2026 National Research Programme “Development and Promotion of Bulgarian Studies Abroad”
2023–2025 Continuity, Unity, Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Southeast Europe (from the Middle Ages to the Present Day)
2023–2024 Conversations on Literature and the Peninsula
2021–2022 CLaDA-BG: National Interdisciplinary Research E-Infrastructure for Resources and Technologies for Bulgarian Language and Cultural Heritage, integrated within the European infrastructures CLARIN and DARIAH
2020–2022 Ethnic and Cultural Relations in Southeast Europe as Reflected in the Languages and Literatures of the Region
2020–2022 Cultural Spaces in the Balkans: Dialogues and Transformations
2016–2020 Thessaloniki and the Bulgarians: History, Memory, Modernity
2017–2019 The Balkans in the European Cultural Space
2016–2019 Danube Routes: Communications, Confessions, Trade Networks (15th–19th Centuries)
2010–2018 The Balkans Facing the Challenges of Globalization: Educational and Cultural Policies
2015–2017 The Balkans Between East and West: Cultural and Civilizational Interactions
2014–2016 MIRABILIA: Wonders and Monsters
2013–2015 North and South of the Danube: Missionaries, Merchants, and Travelers (15th–19th Centuries)
Teaching:
2019– Visiting Professor, lecture series and practical course on Country Studies and Folklore of Romania, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology, Department of Romance Studies, Romanian Philology
2025 Erasmus+ Visiting Lecturer on Balkan Literatures, University of Innsbruck (Universität Innsbruck), Faculty of Language, Literature and Culture
2023, Lecturer in the course "The Balkans from Antiquity to the Present", Osaka University, Graduate School of Foreign Studies
2009–2011 Visiting Professor on "The Balkans at a Crossroads: The Human Condition in the Early 20th Century", "Contemporary Romanian Literature", "Balkan Literatures", and Romanian Language, South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad, Faculty of Philology Department of Slavic and Balkan Studies, Department of Bulgarian Language, Balkan Studies Major, Bulgarian Philology Major
Selected publications:
Spasov, M.The Story of a Farce Which Turned into a Prophecy: The Literary Miniature “Emil Gayk” by the Romanian Absurdist Urmuz. "Continuity, Unity, Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Southeastern Europe" Conference Proceedings, Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология „Проф. Александър Фол”, Българска академия на науките, приета за печат: 2024.
Спасов, М. „Млекарницата на Енаке или за Lactobacillus bulgaricus в румънския авангардизъм“. Zeszyty Cyrylo-Metodiańskie (Cyrillo-Methodian Papers), Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, 2024, ISSN: 2449-8297, DOI:undefined, 53-65.
Spasov, M. Solun and the Bulgarians. On Past, Memory, Recollections and History. SALONICA - SOLUN - THESSALONIKI: THE BULGARIAN TRACES, THE ISIS PRESS, 2022, ISBN:978-975-428-683-0, 337-366.
Спасов, М. Опасната литература или препрочитайки модернизма на Балканите. Разхвърлени записки. „STUDIA BALCANICA 35. Югоизточна Европа през вековете: социална история, езикови и културни контакти (Le Sud-Est européen à travers les siècles: histoire sociale, contacts linguistiques et culturels)“, сборник от едноименната конференция, посветена на 150-годишнината от основаването на Българска академия на науките, Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология „Проф. Ал. Фол“ – БАН, 2021, ISBN:978-619-7179-17-0, 506-523.
Юра Константинова, Елмира Василева, Власис Власидис, Тина Георгиева, Росица Градева, Надя Данова, Георги Дикин, Маргарита Добрева, Гергана Дончева, Йордан Желев, Рая Заимова, Синан Кунералп, Мария Литина, Таня Матанова, Здравка Михайлова, Елеонора Наксиду, Ивайло Начев, Владимир Пауновски, Румяна Прешленова, Маламир Спасов, Алека Стрезова, Евгения Троева. Солун, мечтаният град. Издателство на БАН „Проф. Марин Дринов“, 2021, ISBN:978-619-245-108-0, 231.
Спасов, М. Homo mirabilis: цинизъм, контра-култура, бизаризъм, трансгресия. Най-странните от странните в модернистичната проза на Балканите. STUDIA BALCANICA „MIRABILIA: ЧУДЕСНО И МАГИЧЕСКО“, 33, Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология – БАН, 2020, ISBN:978-619-7179-05-7, 468-492.
Spasov, M. Literary Transgressions: The Strange, The Stranger, The Strangest In Modernistic Fiction In The Balkans. Etudes Balkaniques, 3, Institute for Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology, 2019, ISSN:0324-1654, 421-44.
Spasov, M. North and South of the Danube: Imagination Travelers, Traveling Imaginations. Scattered Notes. “AU NORD ET AU SUD DU DANUBE/NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE DANUBE. Dynamiques politiques, sociales et religieuses dans le passé / Political, Social and Religious Aspects of the Past”, Editura Istros a Muzeului Brăilei “Carol I”, 2019, ISBN:978-606-654-334-7, 223-232.
Zaimova, R., Konstantinova, Y., Danova, N., Preshlenova, R., Georgieva, T., Vasileva, E., Doncheva. G., Nachev, I., Spasov, M., Zhelev, Y. Thessaloniki and the Bulgarians: History, Memory, Present. Documents. Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology, Archives State Agency, 2018, ISBN:978-619-00-0761-6, 141.
Спасов, М. Балкански трансгресии. Размисли върху балканските модернизми и отвъд тях. „(Не)сравнимото в европейските литератури. (Международна балканистична конференция, по случай творческия юбилей на проф. дфн Румяна Л. Станчева, 17 май 2018 г.)“, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, 2018, ISBN:978-619-7433-23-4; 978-619-7433-24-1 (pdf), 175-183.
Спасов, М. „Великият Левантинец“ или за границите на безграничното. „Литературна мисъл“, 61, 2, 2018, ISSN:0324-0495.
Spasov, M. »NIČ NI RESNIČNO, VSE JE DOVOLJENO.« ROMAN VLADIMIRJA BARTOLA ALAMUT – ZAPOZNELI VSTOP V SODOBNI BALKANSKI KONTEKST. – In: “Slovenci in Bolgari med zahodnimi in vzhodnimi vplivi”. Vpogledi 15, Ljubljana, 2016, p. 235-260, ISSN 2350-5656. 2016, ISBN:978-961-6386-75-3.
Спасов, М. Еквилибристики на Аза или кой разказва междувоенния психологически роман на Балканите. Фабер, 2011, ISBN:978-954-400-638-9, 362.
Contacts:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.