Curriculum Vitae

• 1987-1991 31st High School for Foreign Languages and Management "Ivan Vazov", Sofia.
• 1991-1996 MA in History, specialized in Ethnology, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”, Faculty of History.
• 1999-2002 MA in Management, University of National and World Economy, Faculty of Management and Information Technology.
• 2007-2012 PhD student at the Department of Ethnology at the Faculty of History, Sofia University. Dissertation: “Woman in the Bulgarian Family (mid 40-s - end of 80-s, 20th century)”.
• 1996-1999 Senior Expert, Head of dept. "International and Public Relations" and Secretary of the Accreditation Council in the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency (for Higher education), Sofia.
• 1999-2004 Marketing Manager in Bultrade-Ltd., Sofia.
• 2004-2006 Economy Analyst in the Legal dept. of Bulgarian Telecommunication Company, Sofia.
• 2013-2015 Visiting Assistant Professor of Ethnology at the Department of Ethnology at the Faculty of History, Sofia University.
• Since 2015 Assistant Professor of Ethnology at the Department of Ethnology at the Faculty of History, Sofia University.

Specialization:

• 1996-2000 Special training under PHARE projects on quality assessment, quality assurance and quality management in higher education.
• 1998 Special training under TEMPUS project “Institutional Systems for Quality Assurance” in Staffordshire University, UK.
• 2007-2013 Work under „Collegium Historicum“ doctoral and post-doctoral educational program at the Faculty of History, Sofia University.

Projects:

• 1993-1994 Project “Relations of Compatibility and Incompatibility Between Christians and Muslims in Bulgaria”, Foundation “International Center for Minorities Issues and Intercultural Relations”.
• 1994 Project “Research of Special gropes”, “Friedrich Naumann” Foundation, Bulgaria.

Research Interests:

Contemporary Ethnology; Bulgarian Culture and Society in the Socialist and Post-socialist Periods; Cultures in Periods of Transition; Family and Gender Problems; Bulgarian Traditional Culture.

Selected Publications:

Books:

1. The Previous Transition. Woman and Family During Socialism (Lagislation, Governmental Politics and a Case Study from a Bulgarian Village). Sofia, 2015.

Articles:

1. Birth Rates and Governmental Policy (Bulgarian Legislation from the Socialist Period). In: Birth Rates in Bulgaria and the Governmental Policy. Papers from the International Science Conference, Sofia 2009, pp. 592-610.
2. Woman and Family in the Legislation of Socialist Bulgaria. In: Ethnologia Academica, Vol. 5. Modern and Post-modern Etudes in Ethnology and Anthropology. Edd. V. Tepavicharov. Sofia 2010, pp. 61-85 (in Bulgarian).
3. Woman and Family in the Legislation of Socialist Bulgaria. - In: Ethnologia Academica, Vol. 5. Modern And Post-Modern Etudes In Ethnology And Anthropology. Edd. V. Tepavicharov. Sofia, 2010, 86-109 (in English).
4. Tradition and Modernization of the positions of Woman in the Bulgarian Family from the National Renaissance till the mid 20th century. In& Collegium Historicum, Vol 1, Sofia 2011, pp. 485-503.