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I. Popova

Curriculum Vitae

  • 2018 - Professor
  • 2016 – 2006 Associated Professor, Faculty of History
  • 2000, October Defence of Doctoral thesis: “Byzantine Intellectuals in the Italian Culture (Late 14th - Early 15th Century)” Certified degree: Ph.D.
  • 1998 -1996 Doctoral student at the Institute for Balkan Studies - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
  • 1995 – 1990 Ten semesters at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Okhridsky”; GPA 5.52 (out of 6.00). Major - History (profile - Byzantine and Balkan History). Minor - Theory and History of Culture. Thesis: “The Byzantine Scholar Manuel Chrysoloras and His Influence on Early Italian Humanism”. Qualification - Historian, Teacher of History. Certified degree - M.A
  • 1988 – 1983 Five years at the National Gymnasium for Ancient Languages and Cultures (nowadays: National Classical Lyceum) “St. Constantine Cyrill the Philosopher” – Sofia.

Specializations:

  • 2009, June – 2009 April Specialization in Munich, Germany, in the Institute for Byzantine Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Munich, under the leadership of Prof. Albrecht Berger, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  • 2003, June – 2003 April Specialization in Florence, Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies with three-month Andrew Mellon Fellowship.
  • 2003, March – 2002 February Specialization in Cologne, Germany, in the Institute for Byzantine Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cologne, under the leadership of Prof. Peter Schreiner (with “Roman Herzog” Fellowship for young scholars from South-Eastern Europe, Hertie Foundation, Humboldt Foundation
  • 2000, February - 1999, September Specialization in Athens, Greece, in the Center for Byzantine Research and in the Department of Byzantine History, University of Athens, under the leadership of Prof. N. Oikonomides.

Awards:

  • 2003 г. Rector award for Young Scholar of the Sofia University

Membership:

  • Association of Byzantinists and Medievalists in Bulgaria
  • Bulgarian historical society

Projects:

  • The regions of Vidin, Varna and Plovdiv in the Middle Ages through European eyes – 2014
  • The ethnoconfessional interactions on the Balkans seen from outside and inside – 2013
  • Multicultural space in the Balkan cities along the Lower Danube and Via Diagonalis – 2012
  • Multicultural space in the Balkan city during the transition from Middle Ages to modern times – 2011
  • The Balkan city as seen by the Western Travelers XI – XV century. Typology of the Western perception. - 2010

Research Interests:

  • History and Culture of Medieval Europe, Byzantine and Balkan History, Multicultural Interaction

Selected Publications:

Books

  1. Byzantium-Italy. Some Aspects of the Cultural Interaction (14th – 15th centuries). Veliko Tarnovo, 200 4. In Bulgarian,English Summary, pp. 219 –235.
  2. Byzantine Diplomacy and the West (1391 - 1425). Veliko Tarnovo, 2005. In Bulgarian, pp. 198.
  3. Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II) and the Balkans in the 15th Century. Veliko Tarnovo, 2006. In Bulgarian, English Summary, pp. 239 –263.

Articles

  1. The Balkans as Seen Through the Eyes of Three Western Travellers From the End of XVth century. – Bulgaria Mediaevalis,1/2010, 417 – 435.
  2. The Population of the Balkans as Seen by Western Travellers of the XVth century. – In: Mediaevalia. http://www.mediaevalia.eu/ Sofia, 2011, 348-363.
  3. The Balkans as seen by the three Western Travelers from the end of the XVth centuty. – Bulgaria Mediaevalis,1/2010, 417 – 435.
  4. Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II) and the Balkans. – In: CENTERS AND PERIPHERIES IN EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE CULTURE. Essays by East-Central European Mellon Fellows. Ed. by György E. Szönyi and Csaba Maczelka, Szeged, 2012, 47-57.
  5. The German pilgrim Bernhard von Breyenbach and his account for the Balkans in the 15th century – In: „Multicultural space in the Balkan city during the transition from Middle Ages to modern times (30.09.2011)“, In: Mediaevalia, 4, 2012, 177 – 186. http://www.mediaevalia.eu/
  6. Some curious accounts of the Western travelers in the 15th century about the cities along the Via Diagonalis – В: „Multicultural space in the Balkan cities along the Lower Danube and Via Diagonalis” – In: Mediaevalia, 5, 2012, 74 – 87, http://www.mediaevalia.eu/
  7. Three German pilgrims from the 14th century and their data for the Balkans – In: Българско Средновековие: общество, власт, история. Сборник в чест на проф. д-р Милияна Каймакамова. София, 2013, 87 – 96.
  8. Niccolo da Martoni and his dscription of Athens from te end of the 114th century – In: Средновековният българин и „другите“. Сборник в чест на 60-годишнината на проф. дин Петър Ангелов. София, 2013, 331 – 336.
  9. The Election of the Pope in the Middle Ages – the case of Pope Pius II, 1458 г. – In: Mediaevalia, 6, 2013, 53 – 58. http://www.mediaevalia.eu/
  10. The Balkans in the Eyes of Fifteenth-century West-European Pilgrims. Études Balkaniques, 2012, 1, 120 – 141.
  11. Fifteenth-Century Istria and Dalmatia in Four Memoirs of Western Pilgrims – In: Renaissance Studies in Honor of Joseph Connors, v. II, ed. by M. Israëls and L. A. Waldman, Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, 29, Florence, 2013, 255 – 262.
  12. Modon, (Methoni) in the end of the 14th Century as seen by the Western traveles. – In: QUOD DEUS VULT! Mediaevalia. Специално издание. Сборник в чест на проф. Дин Красимира Гагова, съст. И. Попова, Ал. Николов, Н. Дюлгеров. София, 2013, 374 – 394. http://www.mediaevalia.eu/
  13. Relics in Itria and Dalmatia in the 15th century.. – In: Етноконфесионални взаимоотношения на Балканите – поглед отвън и отвътре – Mediaevalia, 7, 2014, 34 – 46.
  14. The Balkans as seen by the Western Travelers, 14th – 15th Centuries. – В: Realia Byzantino-balcanica. Сборник в чест на 60 годишнината на проф. Христо Матанов, София, 2014, 435 – 452.