Curriculum Vitae

• 1989: High School "St. St. Kiril and Metodiy", Vidin
• 1990 – 1995: Student at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Faculty of History – History of Bulgarian Revival and Balkan History
• 1995: MA in History at the Faculty of History, Sofia University "Sv. Kliment Ohridski"; Master's thesis: "The Idea of the Autonomy in the Political Revival of the Bulgarians in the First Half of the 19th Century"
• 1996 – 2002: History teacher in public and private primary and secondary school; assistant professor of Bulgarian Revival in Faculty of History, Sofia University "Sv. Kliment Ohridski"
• 1998 – 2001: PhD student at the Department of Bulgarian History; PhD Thesis: "Patronage, Autonomy, Sovereignty – the Political Culture of the Bulgarian Revival Elite in the First Half of the 19th Century"
• 2001 – 2003: Senior Expert at the Committee for Disclosing the Documents and Announcing Affiliation to the Former State Security or the Former Intelligence Department of the General Staff
• 2004: Assistant Professor of History of Bulgarian Revival at the Department of Bulgarian History at the Faculty of History, Sofia University "Sv. Kliment Ohridski"
• 2017: PhD in History at Sofia University "Sv. Kliment Ohridski"

University Courses:

1. Bachelor Courses:

Lectures:

• History of the Bulgarian Revival for "History and Geopolitics of the Balkans" (in Bulgarian)
• History of the Bulgarian Revival for "History and Philosophy" (in Bulgarian)

Seminars:

• History of the Bulgarian Revival for "History and Geopolitics of the Balkans", "History", "History and Philosophy", "Ethnology", "Archival Studies" (in Bulgarian)
• Interpretations and Uses of the Balkan History, 16th – 19th Centuries (with M. Baramova) (in Bulgarian)
• Literature and Theatre during the Bulgarian Revival (in Bulgarian)

Specialization "History of Bulgarian Revival":

• Personalities in a Micro- and Macro-frame. Bulgarian Case Studies from the 18th and 19th Centuries (in Bulgarian)
• The Russian Empire and the Bulgarians during the Bulgarian Revival (with P. Mitev) (in Bulgarian)

Master Courses:

• Master Programme „Bulgarian Revival and Memory“:

1. Frontier politics in the 19th century (in Bulgarian)
2. In Clio's workshop. How to Forge a Bulgarian Revival Historiography (in Bulgarian)
3. Historical Terms and Concepts of the Modern Age (Focusing on Bulgarian 18th and 19th century) (in Bulgarian)
4. Bulgarian-Serbian Political and Cultural Relations in the 19th Century (with P. Mitev) (in Bulgarian)
5. In the Shadow of Clio: Unknown Foreign Documents about the Bulgarians of the 18th – 19th Centuries (with P. Mitev, N. Manolova-Nikolova, R. Spasov) (in Bulgarian)

• Master Programme „Diplomacy and Intelligence“:

1. Diplomacy before Statehood: Bulgarian Diplomats from the 19th Century (in Bulgarian)
2. The Diplomacy of Autonomous Serbia in the Context of Relations with the Bulgarians (in Bulgarian)

Research Interests

• Political and Social History of the Bulgarians and the Balkans in the 19th Century
• Russian-Bulgarian and Serbian-Bulgarian Relations during the Bulgarian Revival
• The Formation of Interstate and Interethnic Borders in Periods of National Building
• Myth-making and National Heroes; The Role of Humanities in their Multiplication

Projects:

"Cultural Heritage, National Memory and Social Development" National Research Program, National Strategy of Scientific Research 2017 – 2030. Bulgarian Ministry of Science and Education (Period: 2019 – 2021, Contract No: Д01-229/06.12.2018)

• March – November 2019: "Historia (Balcanica) magistra vitae (Bulgariae) est": Development of a New Modern Concept for the Development of Bulgarian Balkan Studies up to the Middle of the 21st Century, Part 1, member of the research team
• April 15 – November 30, 2020: "Historia (Balcanica) magistra vitae (Bulgariae) est": Development of a New Modern Concept for the Development of Bulgarian Balkan Studies up to the Middle of the 21st Century, Part 2, member of the research team
• March – November 2021: "Historia (Balcanica) magistra vitae (Bulgariae) est": Development of a New Modern Concept for the Development of Bulgarian Balkan Studies up to the Middle of the 21st Century, Part 3, member of the research team
• March – November 2019: The "Hidden" Archive: the Unprocessed Archive of Evlogi and Hristo Georgiev as an Untapped Resource for the Reconstruction of the Economic and Political Past", member of the research team

Operational Programmes of the EU Fundings:

Creation and Development of “Heritage BG” Centre of Excellence – Operational Programme “Science and Education for Smart Growth” 2014-2020 (Co-funded European Regional Development Fund) BG05M2OP001-1.001 – Research Fellow R 2. (Period: 2018 – 2023, Contract No: BG05M2OP001-1.001-0001)

• 2019: Visualization of the historical heritage of Northwestern Bulgaria, 15th – 19th centuries (phase "Vidin"), Part 1, member of the research team
• 2020 – 2021: Visualization of the historical heritage of Northwestern Bulgaria, 15th – 19th centuries (phase "Vidin"), Part 2, member of the research team

National Science Fund, Ministry of Education and Science: Center of Excellence in the Humanities "Alma Mater", The Regional Studies Programme, (Period: 2010 – 2017, Contract No: ДУНК01-1/22.12.2009)

• 2017: Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire, 19th Century: Concepts, Structures, Personalities, research team leader
• 2015 г.: Studies and Materials about Vidin and the Region, research team leader
• 2013 – 2015: Empires, Borders, Policies (Nineteenth Century), research team leader

Scientific Research Fund of Sofia University "Sv. Kliment Ohridski":

• 2008: Terrain Research of Vidin and the Vidin Region, 19th – 20th Centuries, Part 2, member of the research team
• 2007: Terrain Research of Vidin and the Vidin Region, 19th – 20th Centuries, member of the research team
• 2005: Philanthropy and Mutual Aid in Bulgarian Society (16th – Early 20th Century), member of the research team

Editing:

• 2021: Studies and Materials about Vidin and the Region. Vol. 3. Ed. by P. Mitev и V. Racheva. 2nd edition. София: Sofia: University Publishing House "St. Kliment Ohridski", 640 p. (first edition of 2018)
• 2021: Studies and Materials about Vidin and the Region. Vol. 2. Ed. by P. Mitev и V. Racheva. 2nd edition. Sofia: University Publishing House "St. Kliment Ohridski", 640 p. (first edition of 2018)
• 2017: Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire, 19th Century: Concepts, Structures, Personalities. Ed. by V. Racheva. Sofia: University Publishing House "St. Kliment Ohridski", 504 p.
• 2016: Empires, Borders, Policies (Nineteenth – Early Twentieth Century). Proceedings of an International Conference, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", 27th – 28th February 2015. Ed. by P. Mitev, V. Racheva. Sofia: University Publishing House "St. Kliment Ohridski", 344 p.
• 2013: Sofroniy of Vratsa: Man of Letters and Politician of the Modern Age. Proceedings of the International Conference Sofia, November 24, 2011. Ed. by P. Mitev, V. Racheva. Sofia: University Publishing House "St. Kliment Ohridski", 264 p.
• 2013: Power and Influence in South-Eastern Europe. 16th – 19th century. Eds. Maria Baramova, Plamen Mitev, Ivan Parvev, Vania Racheva. Berlin: Lit Verlag Dr. W. Hopf, 2010, 451 р.
• 2010: Еmpires and Peninsulas. Southeastern Europe between Karlowitz and the Pease of Adrianople, 1699 – 1829. Eds. P. Mitev, I. Parvev, M. Baramova, V. Racheva. Berlin: Lit Verlag Dr. W. Hopf, 2010, 280 р.
• 2008: The Balkan Dimensions of the Mustakov Family. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, Gabrovo, September 18 – 19, 2007. Ed. by P. Mitev, V. Racheva. Sofia: University Publishing House "St. Kliment Ohridski", 419 p.

Articles:

• 2019: The Bulgarian-Serbian Border in a Marin Drinov`s Record of December 20, 1877. – Notices of Historical Museum Breznik, vol. 2, 117–127 (in Bulgarian)
• 2019: Сербское княжество на страницах болгарского „Цариградского вестника” (1848 – 1862 гг.) в первые четыре года его издания. – Српске студиjе, књ. 10, Београд, 42–59
• 2019: The Serbian Principality on the pages of the Bulgarian "Tsarigradski Vestnik" (1848 – 1862) in the first four years of its release. – In: Central Europe and the Balkans, 19th – 20th centuries. Jubilee collection in honour of prof. Milcho Lalkov. Ed. by I. Parvev, M. Barumova and N. Kaytchev. Sofia: University Publishing House "St. Kliment Ohridski", 71–84 (in Bulgarian)
• 2017: The Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire, the Reforms and the Russian Imperial Policy. Or How in the mid-1840s a Monk Became a Politician. – In: Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire, 19th Century: Concepts, Structures, Personalities. Ed. by V. Racheva. Sofia: University Publishing House "St. Kliment Ohridski", 133–177 (in Bulgarian)
• 2017: In the Workshop of Clio: Theory and Practice of History in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century. The Case of Yuri Venelin. – Annuaire de l'Universite de Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski" – Faculte d'Histore, Sofia, Tome 102, 145–175 (in Bulgarian)
• 2016: Border Policies: 1877 – 1878. A Marin Drinov`s Record. – In: Empires, Borders, Policies (Nineteenth – Early Twentieth Century). Proceedings of an International Conference, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", 27th – 28th February 2015. Ed. by P. Mitev, V. Racheva. Sofia: University Publishing House "St. Kliment Ohridski", 157–192 (in Bulgarian)
• 2014: The Forgotten Vasil Atanasov Boyadzhiev (1876 – 1943) and the Museum Work in Vidin. – In: Modernization tendencies in the economic and cultural life in Vidin and Timoshko (19th-20th century). Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, Vidin, October 24-25, 2013. Ed. S. Krasteva. Sofia. "Veda Slovena", 103–116 (in Bulgarian)
• 2013: Sophroniy of Vratsa, the politician, and the Russian emigration policy during the Russo-Turkish War (1806 – 1812). – In: Sofroniy of Vratsa: Man of Letters and Politician of the Modern Age. Proceedings of the International Conference Sofia, November 24, 2011. Ed. by P. Mitev, V. Racheva. Sofia: University Publishing House "St. Kliment Ohridski", 136–147 (in Bulgarian)
• 2013: Serbia in the late 1820s and early 1830s: from Ottoman pashalak to autonomous hereditary principality. (Collection of documents "Porečki Magistrate"). – Српске студиjе, Београд, књ. 4, 353–363 (in Bulgarian)
• 2012: Russian Migration Policy, Bulgarians and the Peace Treaty of Adrianople of September 2, 1829. – Annuaire de l'Universite de Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski" – Faculte d'Histore, Sofia, Tome 100, 175–244
• 2011: Levski and Russia. – История, No 6, 15–20 (in Bulgarian)
• 2011: „… Кой бива някога голямий в малое?”. About the beginning of Bulgarian-Russian contacts in the era of Emperor Alexander I (1801 – 1825). – In: VIA EVRASIA Евразийски център, раздел „България и Русия–Евразия” (in Bulgarian)
• 2010: Dobrudzha in the Vortex of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828 – 1829. – In: The Time of Levski. Collection of Articles. Ed. P. Mitev. Sofia: Cultural and Educational Society „Rodno Ludogorie”, 9–50 (in Bulgarian)
• 2009: Неприметным образом. Начало болгарско-российских политических контактов при Александра І. – Российский исторический журнал „Родина”, Москва, No 6, 37–40
• 2008: About an agent of prince Milosh Obrenovich. An aspect of the political career of Dimitar Moustakov. – In: The Balkan Dimensions of the Mustakov Family. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, Gabrovo, September 18 – 19, 2007. Ed. by P. Mitev, V. Racheva. Sofia: University Publishing House "St. Kliment Ohridski", 200–238 (in Bulgarian)
• 2008: Haidut Velko Petrov(ič) on the Sinor of Bulgarian-Serbian Political Relations at the Dawn of Balkan Nationalism. – Минало, No 4, 32–43 (in Bulgarian)
• 2007: About the Memoir Legacy of Doctor Ivan Seliminsky. – In: History and Books as Friendship. In memory of Mitko Lachev. Ed. by Н. Danova et al. Sofia: Gutenberg Publishing House, 424–437 (in Bulgarian)
• 2006 Russian Politics and the Bulgarian Idea of Political Autonomy in Some Statements of the Bulgarian Emigration in the First Half of the 19th Century. – Исторически преглед, No 1–2, 44–66 (in Bulgarian)
• 2006: Velcho's Zavera (1835) in the Mirror of Bulgarian Historiography. – In: The challenges of change. Bulgarian historical science after 1989. Ed. I. Baeva, P. Mitev. Sofia: University Publishing House "St. Kliment Ohridski", 149–159 (in Bulgarian)
• 2005: The historian-witness Georgi Georgiev Dimitrov. – Bulgarian Revival. Ideas. Personalities. Events. Yearbook of the General Bulgarian Committee and Foundation „Vasil Levski”, vol. 7, 82–204 (in Bulgarian)
• 2003: To the Question of the Political Culture of the Bulgarian Revival in the Second Quarter of the 19th Century. – История, No 3–4, 50–60 (in Bulgarian)
• 2003: For the charitable activity of the Bulgarian emigration from Bucharest in the first half of the 19th century. – In: Philanthropy and Mutual Aid in Bulgarian Society (16th – Early 20th Century). Scientific order. P. Mitev. Sofia: IF-94 Cooperativ, 153–192 (in Bulgarian)
• 1999: The Russian Political Factor and the Bulgarian Idea of Autonomy (1806 – 1829). – Минало, No 1, 36–47 (in Bulgarian)
• 1995: Questions about the Political Activity of Sophroniy of Vratsa. – История, No 1, 31–40 (in Bulgarian)

Translations:

• 2017 (translation from Russian into Bulgarian): Anna А. Leontyeva. The Ottoman Rear during the War of 1735 – 1738 г. (According to the Data from a Country Town Sicil). – In: Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire, 19th Century: Concepts, Structures, Personalities. Ed. by V. Racheva. Sofia: University Publishing House "St. Kliment Ohridski", 57–66
• 2017 (translation from Russian into Bulgarian): Irina F. Makarova. The History of the Budapest Convention of 1877: New Archival Material. – Annuaire de l'Universite de Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski" – Faculte d'Histore, Sofia, Tome 102, 176–198
• 2013 (translation from Russian into Bulgarian): Alexandra M. Bazulina. The Vidin Treatises of Sofroniy Vrachanski. – In: Sofroniy of Vratsa: Man of Letters and Politician of the Modern Age. Proceedings of the International Conference Sofia, November 24, 2011. Ed. by P. Mitev, V. Racheva. Sofia: University Publishing House "St. Kliment Ohridski", 191–198
• 2013 (translation from Russian into Bulgarian): Irina F. Makarova. Reflections: Russian Subjects in Bulgarian Literature of the 18th Century. – История, Vol. 21, No 5, 384–391