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Thursday 13.00-14.00 in room 38

 

Phone: (02) 9308/ 354

E-mail: pdelev@uni-sofia.bg

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Faculty of History
15 Tzar Osvoboditel
1504 Sofia, Bulgaria

https://uni-sofia.academia.edu/PeterDelev

Peter Delev

 

Curriculum Vitae:

 

  • English Language School, Sofia (graduated in 1970).
  • St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia (graduated in 1977 as MA in History, minor in Archaeology, second major English Language).
  • Keeper of Antiquities, National Archaeological Museum, Department of Archaeology (1977-1979).
  • Assistant professor of ancient history, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Faculty of History (1979-1993 г.)
  • PhD 1987, dissertation “Early Thracian Funerary Customs and Beliefs”.
  • Associate professor of ancient history, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Faculty of History (1993-2014), habilitation thesis “Lysimachus” (published in Sofia, 2004)
  • Professor of ancient history, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Faculty of History (from 2014), habilitation thesis “History of the Tribes in South-Western Thrace in the First millenium B.C.” (published in Sofia, 2014).

Academic Positions:

  • Vice Dean, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Faculty of History (1995-1999).
  • Dean, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Faculty of History (1999-2003).
  • Chairperson, Department of Ancient History, Thracology and Medieval History, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Faculty of History (2007-2015).
  • Deputy President of the General Assembly, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia (2007-2011).
  • President of the General Assembly, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia (2007-2011).

Research Interests:

  • ancient history, thracology, archaeology

University Courses:

  • Ancient History
  • History of Ancient Greece
  • History of Ancient Rome
  • Problems of Hellenistic History
  • Problems of Thracian History
  • Sources for Ancient History
  • Thracian Tribes
  • Hellenistic Thrace
  • Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece
  • Greek Colonization
  • History of Ancient Macedonia

Language Proficiency:

  • English, French, Russian ,German, Ancient Greek, Latin

Archaeological Experience:

  • active field archaeologist with participation in excavations of numerous Thracian sites (Koprivlen, Cabyle, Isperihovo, Sceshtari, Malko Turnovo, Simeonovgrad, Harmanli, etc.).

Museum Experience:

  • 1977-1979 keeper of antiquities in the National Historical Museum.
  • 2008 curator of exhibition of Thracian treasures in Japan.

Selected Publications:

Books:

  1. The Megaliths in Thrace, Part 2, Pontic Thrace (Thracian Monuments, vol. 3). Sofia, 1982 (co-author) (in Bulgarian).
  2. Strandja. Past and Present, Sofia, 1989 (co-author) (in Bulgarian).
  3. Lysimachus. Sofia, 2004 (= University Library, No 435) (in Bulgarian).
  4. The Ancient World and Thrace. – In: Bulgarian National History. Vol. 1. Bulgarian Lands in Antiquity. Abagar, Veliko Tarnovo, 2011, 511-906 (in Bulgarian).
  5. A History of the Tribes of South-Western Thrace in the First Millenium B.C. Sofia,“St. Kliment Ohridski” University Publishing House, 2014 (in Bulgarian, English summary).

Articles:

  1. The Epitaph of Chreste and the Sanctuary of Zeus-Dionysus in Malko Turnovo. – Arheologia (Sofia), 1983, No 3, 1-11 (in Bulgarian).
  2. Les Odryses et les Kikones. Problèmes de géographie historique. – Pulpudeva, 4, 1983, 220-226.
  3. Megalithic Thracian Tombs in South-Eastern Bulgaria. – Anatolica, 11, 1984, 17-45.
  4. Two Tholos Tombs at Malko Tirnovo. – Thracia Pontica, 2, 1985, 74-84.
  5. The Thracian City near Sveshtari – a Possibility for a Historical Identification. – Terra Antiqua Balcanica, Acta IV, 1990, 97-109 (in Bulgarian).
  6. Philip II and the Downfall of the "Great" Odrysian Kingdom in Thrace. – "Episcop Constantin Preslavski" University of Shumen. Works of the Chairs of History and Theology 1, 1997, p. 7-40 (in Bulgarian).
  7. Proto-Hellenistic and Early Hellenistic Phenomena in Ancient Thrace. – In: The Thracian World at the Crossroads of Civilizations (Proceedings of the 7th International Congress of Thracology, Constanta – Mangalia – Tulcea 20-26 May 1996), II, Bucharest, 1998, 376-384.
  8. Lysimachus, the Getae, and Archaeology. – The Classical Quarterly 50/2, 2000, 384-401.
  9. Pliny the Elder (N. H. 4. 40) and the Thracian Tribes in the Middle Nestos Area. – In: Πιτύη. Studia in honorem Prof. Ivani Marazov. Sofia, 2002, 273-281 (in Bulgarian).
  10. Koprivlen and the Cultural Community of Soutrh-Western Thrace in the VIIth – Vth c. B. C. – Bulletin du Musée National de Bourgas 4, 2002 (= Studia in honorem Ivani Karayotov), 80-97 (co-author, with A. Bozkova) (in Bulgarian).
  11. Sepulchral Mounds in the Territory of the Village of Isperihovo, Pazardzhik District. – Rhodopica 2002, 1-2, 123-138 (co-author, with A. Bozkova and D. Boteva).
  12. The Middle Mesta Region in Antiquity. – In: Koprivlen, Volume 1. Rescue Archaeological Investigations along the Gotse Delchev – Drama Road 1998-1999, Sofia, 2002, 13-28.
  13. A Historical Commentary of the Settlement at Koprivlen. – In: Koprivlen, Volume 1. Rescue Archaeological Investigations along the Gotse Delchev – Drama Road 1998-1999, Sofia, 2002, 295-297.
  14. Some Aspects of the History of the Agriani. – In: Proceedings of the Museum of History Kyustendil, vol. VII, 2003, 8-12 (in Bulgarian).
  15. From Corupedion towards Pydna: Thrace in the Third Century. – Thracia 15, 2003 (In Honour of Alexander Fol’s 70th Anniversary), 107-120.
  16. Stratifying Herodotus: Local Tribes between the Lower Axios and the Nestos. – Thracia 16, 2005, 105-121.
  17. Zaichi Vruh and the hellenistic system of fortifications of Cabyle. – In: Settlement Life in Thrace 4, Yambol, 2006, 97-104 (in Bulgarian).
  18. The Edonians. – Thracia 17 (In honorem annorum LX Cirili Yordanov), 2007, 85-106.
  19. Philip and the Getae. – Jubilaeus 6, C. and H. Skorpil, Sofia, 2007, 116-123.
  20. Tribes, Poleis and Imperial Aggression in the Lower Strymon Area in the 5th c. BC – The Evidence of Herodotus. – Thrace in the Graeco-Roman World. Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Thracology, Athens, 2007, 110-119.
  21. The Burial Mounds by Simeonovgrad, the Odrysian Kingdom and the Thracian Tribes in the Hebros Valley. – In: Rescue Archaeological Excavations along the Railway Route Plovdiv-Svilengrad in 2005. Veliko Tarnovo, 2008, 211-232 (in Bulgarian).
  22. Once More on the Thracian Strategies of Claudius Ptolemy. – In: Gedenkschrift für Professor Velizar Velkov. Sofia, 2009, 245-253.
  23. Some Problems of Ethnonimy in Central and South-Eastern Thrace. – In: South-Eastern Bulgaria in the IInd and Ist Millenia BC. Varna, 2010, 96-111 (in Bulgarian).
  24. The Thracian Tribe of the Odomanti. – In: Мediaevalia. Special Edition. Studia in memoriam Georgi Sotirov (1946-1998). Sofia, 2011, 171-191 (in Bulgarian).
  25. Once again about the pottery with painted geometric decoration from Southwestern Bulgaria. – Arheologia 52, 2011, 2, 16-24 (co-author, with A. Bozkova).
  26. The Thracian Bessi. – Annuaire de l’Université de Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Faculté d’histoire, tome 100, 2012, 6-65 (parallel text in English and Bulgarian).
  27. On the Weight Standards of the Heavy Silver Coinage of the Derrones. – In: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ. Studies in honour of Ilya Prokopov from his friends and students on the occasion of his 6oth birthday. Veliko Turnovo, 2012, 61-72 (in Bulgarian)
  28. Getae. – In: R. S. Bagnall et all. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Ancient History. Blackwell, 1912, 2911-2912.
  29. Archaic Pottery with Painted Geometric Decoration from South-Western Bulgaria. – In: Η ΚΕΡΑΜΙΚΗ ΤΗΣ ΑΡΗΑΙΚΗΣ ΕΠΟΧΗΣ ΣΤΟ ΒΟΡΕΙΟ ΑΙΓΑΙΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΝ ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΙΑ ΤΟΥ (700-480 π.Χ.). Θεσσαλονίκη, 2012, 69-78 (co-author with A. Bozkova).
  30. The burning of the temple at Delphi, the Roman governor L. Scipio and the rout of the Scordisci. – In: A. Rufin-Solas (ed.). Armées grecques et romaines dans le nord des Balkans. Conflicts et integration des communautés guerrières. Gdansk – Torun 2013 (= Akanthina 7), 91-103.
  31. The Dentheletae and the Strategy Dentheletike. – In: Studies in Memory of Academician D. P. Dimitrov. Sofia, 2013, 367-377 (in Bulgarian).
  32. Thrace from the Assassination of Kotys I to Koroupedion (360-281 bce). – In: J. Valeva, E. Nankov, D. Graninger (eds.). A Companion to Ancient Thrace, Wiley Blackwell, 2015, 48-58.
  33. From Koroupedion to the Beginning of the Third Mithridatic War (281-73 bce). – In: A Companion to Ancient Thrace, Wiley Blackwell, 2015, 59-74.

Textbooks:

  1. A History of Ancient Societies, Sofia, 1992 (co-author with P. Barcello and M. Tacheva. The personal contribution of P. Delev consists of Part I: Ancient Near-Eastern Societies, p. 13-88) (in Bulgarian).
  2. History of Bulgaria for the 11th Grade. Open Society Publishers, Sofia, 1996 (co-author) (in Bulgarian).
  3. History of Bulgaria for the 11th Grade. A Book for the Teacher. Open Society Publishers, Sofia, 1996 (co-author) (in Bulgarian).
  4. The Religion of Ancient Greece. – In: A History of Religions. A Course of University Lectures, Sofia, 1999, 115-142 (in Bulgarian).
  5. A History of Bulgaria from Antiquity to the Present Day. A Textbook for the 11th Grade. Planeta 3 Publishers, Sofia, 2001 (co-author) (in Bulgarian).
  6. History of the Ancient World. A Textbook for the 7th Grade. Sofia, 2003.

Encyclopaedic and biographic articles:

  1. 14 articles in "A Short Encyclopaedia of Thracian Antiquity", Sofia, 1993 (in Bulgarian).
  2. Professor Gavril Kazarov. – In: Gavril Kazarov. Selected Works, Vol. І. Sofia, 2001, vіі-хv (in Bulgarian).
  3. Professor Velizar Velkov. – In: Gedenkschrift für Professor Velizar Velkov. Sofia, 2009, 9-14.
  4. 56 articles in "An Encyclopaedia of Malko Tarnovo and Strandja", Sofia, 2009 (in Bulgarian).

Editing:

  1. Selected Sources for the History of the Ancient World, Blagoevgrad, 1989 (with M. Tacheva) (in Bulgarian).
  2. Gavril Kacarov. Selected Works, vol. І. Sofia, 2001 (compiler, with T. Popnedelev) (in Bulgarian).
  3. Koprivlen, Volume 1. Rescue Archaeological Investigati­ons along the Gotse Delchev – Drama Road 1998-1999, Sofia, 2002 (co-editor, with A. Bozkova) (parallel edition in Bulgarian).
  4. Gavril Kacarov. Selected Works, vol. ІI. Sofia, 2004 (compiler) (in Bulgarian).