Department of Arabic and Semitic Studies
Prof. Dr. Simeon Evstatiev Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic History, Head of Department | Medieval Middle Eastern and Islamic History, Modern and Contemporary Middle East and Islamic History, History of Arabic Philosophy and Islamic Thought, Schools and Approaches in Islamic Studies, History of Christian-Muslim Relations, Religion and Politics in the Middle East |
Prof. Dr. habil. Baian Rayhanova Professor of Modern Arabic Literature | Modern Arabic Literature, Contemporary Arabic Literature |
Prof. Dr. habil. Pavel Pavlovitch Professor of Medieval Arabo-Islamic Civilization | Medieval Arabo-Islamic Civilization, Introduction to Medieval Arabic and Islamic Sources, Society and Culture of Ancient Arabia, Problems of Medieval Arabic Sources and Source Criticism |
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Viktor Todorov Associate Professor of Afroasiatic and Arabic Linguistics | Modern Standard Arabic, Introduction to Afroasiatic Linguistics, Arabic Morphology |
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Galina Evstatieva Associate Professor of Arabic Culture | Introduction to the Anthropology of the Arab World, Introduction to Arab Society and Culture, Modern Arabic Culture, Arabic Art, Arabic Culture and Modernity, Art in the Context of Islamic Cultures |
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tsvetomira Pashova Associate Professor of Arabic Syntax and Text Linguistics | Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic Syntax, Text Linguistics, Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation and Interpreting |
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ivan Dyulgerov Senior Assistant Professor of Arabic Phonetics and Lexicology | Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic Phonetics and Phonology, Arabic Lexicology |
Asst. Prof. Dr. Stoyan Doklev Senior Assistant Professor of Arab Society and Culture | Modern Standard Arabic, History of Arabic Philosophy and Islamic Thought, Introduction to Arab Society and Culture |
Asst. Prof. Dr. Hristina Chobanova Senior Assistant Professor of Arabic Dialectology and Applied Linguistics | Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic Dialectology, Egyptian Arabic Dialect, Moroccan Arabic Dialect, Syrian Arabic Dialect, Teaching of Arabic as Foreign Language, Arabic through Songs, Consecutive Interpretation, Simultaneous Interpretation |
Asst. Prof. Ekaterina Krasimirova | Modern Standard Arabic, Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation and Interpreting |