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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:
- The Megaliths in Thrace, Part 2, Pontic Thrace (Thracian Monuments, vol. 3). Sofia, 1982 (co-author) (in Bulgarian).
- Strandja. Past and Present, Sofia, 1989 (co-author) (in Bulgarian).
- Lysimachus. Sofia, 2004 (= University Library, No 435) (in Bulgarian).
- The Ancient World and Thrace. – In: Bulgarian National History. Vol. 1. Bulgarian Lands in Antiquity. Abagar, Veliko Tarnovo, 2011, 511-906 (in Bulgarian).
- 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:
- The Epitaph of Chreste and the Sanctuary of Zeus-Dionysus in Malko Turnovo. – Arheologia (Sofia), 1983, No 3, 1-11 (in Bulgarian).
- Les Odryses et les Kikones. Problèmes de géographie historique. – Pulpudeva, 4, 1983, 220-226.
- Megalithic Thracian Tombs in South-Eastern Bulgaria. – Anatolica, 11, 1984, 17-45.
- Two Tholos Tombs at Malko Tirnovo. – Thracia Pontica, 2, 1985, 74-84.
- The Thracian City near Sveshtari – a Possibility for a Historical Identification. – Terra Antiqua Balcanica, Acta IV, 1990, 97-109 (in Bulgarian).
- 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).
- 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.
- Lysimachus, the Getae, and Archaeology. – The Classical Quarterly 50/2, 2000, 384-401.
- 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).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- Some Aspects of the History of the Agriani. – In: Proceedings of the Museum of History Kyustendil, vol. VII, 2003, 8-12 (in Bulgarian).
- From Corupedion towards Pydna: Thrace in the Third Century. – Thracia 15, 2003 (In Honour of Alexander Fol’s 70th Anniversary), 107-120.
- Stratifying Herodotus: Local Tribes between the Lower Axios and the Nestos. – Thracia 16, 2005, 105-121.
- Zaichi Vruh and the hellenistic system of fortifications of Cabyle. – In: Settlement Life in Thrace 4, Yambol, 2006, 97-104 (in Bulgarian).
- The Edonians. – Thracia 17 (In honorem annorum LX Cirili Yordanov), 2007, 85-106.
- Philip and the Getae. – Jubilaeus 6, C. and H. Skorpil, Sofia, 2007, 116-123.
- 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.
- 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).
- Once More on the Thracian Strategies of Claudius Ptolemy. – In: Gedenkschrift für Professor Velizar Velkov. Sofia, 2009, 245-253.
- 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).
- The Thracian Tribe of the Odomanti. – In: Мediaevalia. Special Edition. Studia in memoriam Georgi Sotirov (1946-1998). Sofia, 2011, 171-191 (in Bulgarian).
- Once again about the pottery with painted geometric decoration from Southwestern Bulgaria. – Arheologia 52, 2011, 2, 16-24 (co-author, with A. Bozkova).
- 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).
- 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)
- Getae. – In: R. S. Bagnall et all. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Ancient History. Blackwell, 1912, 2911-2912.
- 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).
- 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.
- The Dentheletae and the Strategy Dentheletike. – In: Studies in Memory of Academician D. P. Dimitrov. Sofia, 2013, 367-377 (in Bulgarian).
- 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.
- 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:
- 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).
- History of Bulgaria for the 11th Grade. Open Society Publishers, Sofia, 1996 (co-author) (in Bulgarian).
- History of Bulgaria for the 11th Grade. A Book for the Teacher. Open Society Publishers, Sofia, 1996 (co-author) (in Bulgarian).
- The Religion of Ancient Greece. – In: A History of Religions. A Course of University Lectures, Sofia, 1999, 115-142 (in Bulgarian).
- 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).
- History of the Ancient World. A Textbook for the 7th Grade. Sofia, 2003.
Encyclopaedic and biographic articles:
- 14 articles in "A Short Encyclopaedia of Thracian Antiquity", Sofia, 1993 (in Bulgarian).
- Professor Gavril Kazarov. – In: Gavril Kazarov. Selected Works, Vol. І. Sofia, 2001, vіі-хv (in Bulgarian).
- Professor Velizar Velkov. – In: Gedenkschrift für Professor Velizar Velkov. Sofia, 2009, 9-14.
- 56 articles in "An Encyclopaedia of Malko Tarnovo and Strandja", Sofia, 2009 (in Bulgarian).
Editing:
- Selected Sources for the History of the Ancient World, Blagoevgrad, 1989 (with M. Tacheva) (in Bulgarian).
- Gavril Kacarov. Selected Works, vol. І. Sofia, 2001 (compiler, with T. Popnedelev) (in Bulgarian).
- 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).
- Gavril Kacarov. Selected Works, vol. ІI. Sofia, 2004 (compiler) (in Bulgarian).