Head of the Department of Ethnology
Office hours: Room. 26
Phone: +359 9308/ 356 E-mail: madzharov@uni-sofia.bg
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Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience:
- 2015 Assoc. Prof., Department of Ethnology, Faculty of History, Sofia University.
- 2009 Visiting Assist. Prof. on ERASMUS Program, Institute of Ethnography, “L. Eötvös” University, Budapest, Hungary.
- 2009 Part-time Assist. Prof., Department of Ethnology and Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and History, Plovdiv University.
- 2008 Visiting Assist. Prof. on ERASMUS Program, Department of Ethnography and Cultural Anthropology, Seged University, Seged, Hungary.
- 2001 Visiting Assist. Prof. on CEEPUS Program, Institute of Ethnography, „L. Eötvös“ University, Budapest, Hungary.
- 1998-2004 Part-time Assoc. Prof., Department Myth-Art-Folklore, Bachelor Faculty, New Bulgarian University, Sofia.
- 1998 Part-time Assist. Prof., Department of History, Faculty of Philosophy and History, Plovdiv University.
- 1995-2015 Assist. Prof., Department of Ethnology, Faculty of History, Sofia University.
- 1994-1995 Part-time Assist. Prof., Center of Ethnology, Faculty of History, Sofia University.
- 1992-1995 Junior Research Associate, Group for Scientific Research, Museum of History, Razgrad.
- 1992 Part-time Assist. Prof., Department of Middle Age History and Ethnography, Faculty of History and Law, University of Veliko Tarnovo “St St Cirill and Method”.
- 1986-1988 Part-time Teaching Assist., Department of Ethnography, Faculty of Humanities, “L. Eötvös” University, Budapest, Hungary.
Administrative Positions:
- 2015 Head of Department of Ethnology, Faculty of History, Sofia University.
- 1989-1995 Head of Department of Ethnography, Museum of History, Razgrad.
- 1982-1984 Senior curator, Department of Ethnography, Regional Museum, Razgrad.
Professional Membership:
- 2008 Bulgarian Ethnological Association, Sofia.
- 2006-2009 Center for Semiotic Studies, New Bulgarian University, Sofia.
- 2001 Hungarian Ethnographical Society, Budapest, Hungary.
- 2000-2003 Groupe de Recherche Gestes et Voix (GeVoix), Universite de Provence, Aix en Provence, France.
- 1997 Academic Ethnological Society, Sofia.
- 1993-1995 Ludogorie Country Researchers Club, Razgrad.
Awards:
- 2015 A medal “Hungarian Silver Cross for Services”, given by the President of Hungary.
Research Interests:
Function and semantic of ritual gestures; Comparative study on European cultures; Economic anthropology; Ethnographic museum and museum’s exposition.
Projects:
- 2015 Stimulation the Development of Scientific Potential in Researching Cultural Memory, Cultural Heritage and Identity. IEFEM by BAS.
- 2014-2015 The live memory – Preservation, Regeneration and Handing Down the Cultural Heritage of Karnobat’s Region. Karnobat Municipality. Project manager Assoc. Prof. V. Tepavicharov.
- 2014-2015 The Music can do it. Primary School „Daskal Dimitri”, Kjustendil.
- 2013-2014 Public procurement: Providing conditions for increasing training of kindergarten teachers and pedagogical specialists: Training of teachers for formation of knowledge, skills and competencies to work in a multicultural environment. Operational Program Human Resources Development. Tutor Operational Program N 8. Project manager Prof. I. Koleva, Assoc. Prof. V. Tepavicharov.
- 2012 Come to know by playing games and celebrations. COIDUEM by MEYS. Project manager Prof. I. Koleva.
- 2009-2012 The Traditions – up-to-date. FSR by MEYS, Bulgaria. Project manager Assoc. Prof. V. Tepavicharov.
- 2009-2011 Individual Remembrance and Collective Memory of the Stalinist and Post-stalinist Repressions in Bulgaria, Program Europe for Citizens, by Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, on 7-th FP of EU. Project manager Assoc. Prof. V. Tepavitsarov, Assoc. Prof. M. Gruev.
- 2009 Participant in international team for researching the culture of Egypt, with two personal topic: Middle Age Arab-Egyptian Influence on Traditional Bulgarian Gesture Culture and Researches on Culture of Christian - Coptic Society. Project manager Prof. F. Seif, Institute Isis, Seattle, USA.
- 1997-2000 Ethnographical Atlas of Slavic People. Articles on Agriculture topics. Project Manager – S. R. A. Mojmir Benza, Institute of Ethnography, Slovak Academy of Science, Bratislava, Slovakia.
- 1999 Bulgarian Orthodox Culture. Lexicon. Publisher SD “Logis-Pavlov and sons”, Sofia. Project manager Prof. G. Bakalov.
- 1994-1996 Ethnic Groups in Bulgaria. Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Project manager Prof. I. Georgieva,
- 1992 The Revival Process and the “Big Excursion” - researches in regions of Kjustendil and Razgrad. Project manager Prof. I. Georgieva.
- 1991-1992 Project on Ethnic Relations (PER), University of Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Project manager Assoc. Prof. I. Ilchev, Assoc. Prof. C. Georgieva, Prof. I. Georgieva.
- 1983-1984 Getica Program (1981-1984) – ethnographical research of alevies in region of Razgrad, Project manager Prof. A. Fol, Assoc. Prof. I. Georgieva.
Organizational and Expert Activities:
- 2014 Main organizer of an International Scientific Conference Един век българо-унгарски политически, стопански и културни връзки 1914– 2014 г. (A Century Bulgarian – Hungarian Historical, Political and Cultural Relations 1914-2014), organized by Sofia University, Hungarian Cultural Institute in Sofia and Institute of Literature by BAS.
- 2010 Organizer of an International Scientific Conference Университетски изследвания и преподавания по етнология и антропология (University’s Researches and Teachings on Ethnology and Anthropology), organized by Ethnology Department, Faculty of History, Sofia University.
- 2010 Organizer of Ethnology Department’s and Academic Ethological Society’s Internet site www.Ethnologia.com
- 1999-2015 Member of “IF-94” co-operative board, Faculty of History, Sofia University.
- 2008 Establisher of Bulgarian Ethnological Association (BEA), Member of its Temporary Board, Sofia.
- 2006 Member of a working group by Ministry of Culture for preparing a project of Law for Bulgarian Cultural Heritage.
- 2001-2002 Member of Social Committee for Cultural Industries and Cultural Tourism by Ministry of Culture.
- 1999 Organizer of Student Conference Многообразие на културата (Culture Variety), Sofia University.
- 1997 Organizer of Student Conference Културата в преход (Culture in Transition), Sofia University.
- 1993-1994 Establisher and first chairman of Regional Union of Historians, its local section – Ludogorie Country Researchers Club, Razgrad.
- 1993 Member of Consulting Board on Ethnology, by International Center for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations, Sofia.
- 1990 Co-organizer of scientific conference Народните традиции на Североизточна България (People’s Traditions in North-East Bulgaria), organized by Institute of Folklore and Museum of History, Razgrad.
- 1986-1988 Establisher and first chairman of Bulgarian Postgraduate Student’s Club, Budapest, Hungary.
Museum-expositional Experience:
- 2010 Photo exhibition Египет – красота и величие (Egypt – Beauty and Greatness), „Alma Mater” gallery, Sofia University.
- 2000 Temporary live experimental museum exposition Култура на пиенето (The Culture of Drinking), Museum of Sofia University.
- 1999 Constant museum exposition В света на представите и вярванията (In the World of Images and Beliefs), „Kapanci“ Ethnographical Compound, Museum of History, Razgrad.
- 1997 Temporary ethnographical exposition, Museum of Sofia University.
- 1983 Constant museum exposition Традиционно балканджийско облекло (The Traditional Dress of Mountaineers), Museum House in village Pobit kamak, region of Razgrad.
- 1981 Participation in creating a constant „Ethnographical Museum Exposition of Raba“, Regional Museum of History, Körmend, Hungary.
Film Scripts:
- 2009 Живот в Западната пустиня на Египет (Life in the Western Desert of Egypt) - my script and camera, producer - V. Dimchev, popular film for Travel Television I (T.TV.I.), 27 min.
- 1994 Тъкане на сватбени дарове (Weaving a Wedding Gifts) – my scenario, camera and producer - I. Radushev, popular film for Museum of History, Razgrad, 40 min.
Editorial Experience:
- 2012-2014 Member of Editorial Council, Faculty of History, Sofia University.
- 2007- Member of International editorial consulting Council by Ethnographia, Hungarian Ethnographical Society, Budapest, Hungary.
- 1999-2003 Member of Editorial Council, Faculty of History, Sofia University.
- 1990-1995 Member of Editorial staff by Годишник на музеите от Северна България (North Bulgaria Museum’s Annual), Veliko Tarnovo.
- 1991-1994 Member of editorial staff by Етнография на България (Ethnography of Bulgaria), Vol. III/a, Institute of Ethnography with Museum by Bulgarian Academy of Science.
Selected Publications:
Books:
- 2014 Функция и семантика на обредния жест в унгарската култура (монография), София, ИК „Гутенберг”, 360 с.
Editing:
- 2015 България – Унгария. Политика, история, култура през ХIХ – ХХI век, София, ИК „Гутенберг”.
- 2008 (заедно с Кр. Стоилов) В света на човека. Сборник в чест на проф. д.и.н. Иваничка Георгиева, Университетско изд. „Св. Кл. Охридски”, София, Т. 1 и 2.
- 2002 Общности и култури, Том 2 от поредицата Ethnologia Academica, София, Вулкан-4.
- 1999 Културата в преход, Том 1 от поредицата Ethnologia Academica, София, Вулкан-4.
Articles:
- 2015 Mágia eszközéből ünnepi dekoráció: a „martenica” 19-21. századi változásai a bolgár kultúrában (От магически предмет към украса: промени на мартеницата в българската култура през 19-21 в.) – Ethnographia, 126, 1 sz., 76 – 86.
- 2015 Етноложки подход за изследване на обредния жест – сп. Епохи. Историческо списание на Великотърновския университет „Св. Св. Кирил и Методий”, кн. 2. 2014 г., ХХІІ, 54 – 82.
- 2014 Обичаят „Избор на майски крал” при унгарските хусари от ХVІІІ век. – Във: Унгаристични изследвания. Юбилеен сборник по повод 30 години от създаването на специалност „Унгарска филология”, СУ „Св. Климент Охридски”. Състав. Й. Найденова, Л. Лесничкова, И. Маркова, София, Изток – Запад, 125-135.
- 2013 Функция и семантика на ритуала по издигане на главен жупан при неговото назначаване през ХІV-ХХ век в Кралство Унгария – Във: Quod Deus vult! Сборник в чест на проф. д.и.н. Красимира Гагова. Специално издание – Mediaevalia, съст. И. Попова, А. Николов, Н. Дюлгеров, София, 348-373, www.mediaevalia.eu/index.php/qmediaevaliaq/in-honorem
- 2012 Хващането на бас с палец – заемка или старо явление в българската култура – Във: Историята, истината, историкът. Състав. Н. Манолова-Николова и Г. Вълчев, Университетско изд., София, 82-90.
- 2011/2012 За превода на името Шарколия на унгарски език – сп. Език и литература, кн. 3-4, 186-196.
- 2011 Възможно ли е княз Арпад да е дюла, а Петър Делян – цар? Измеренията на жеста -In: Tanulmányok a magyarországi bolgár, görög, lengyel, örmény és ruszin nemzetiségek néprajzából, „A magyarországi nemzetiségek néprajza” sorozat, Magyar Néprajzi Társaság - kiadványa, 8. sz., szerk. Székely András Bertalan, Budapest, 11-60.
- 2011 A gesztus dimenziói. Lehet-e Árpád – gyula, illetve Delján Péter – cár? – In:Tanulmányok a magyarországi bolgár, görög, lengyel, örmény és ruszin nemzetiségek néprajzából, „A magyarországi nemzetiségek néprajza” sorozat, Magyar Néprajzi Társaság - kiadványa, 8. sz., szerk. Székely András Bertalan, Budapest, 61-106 o.
- 2011 L’histoire de Petăr (Pierre) Deljan – souverain legitime et du prince Arpad – dūla. Relations entre le rituel et la titulature – Bulgarian Historical Review, 39, Vol. 1-2, p. 3-40.
- 2011 Secular or Religious Gesture is a “Bet” in Bulgarian Culture? – In: The Fundamentals of our Spirituality. Materials of the International Scientific Conference. Volume III, edit. M. Loria, Shota Rustaveli State University, Batumi, 146-157.
- 2007 Семантики на целуването по бузите и челото при капанската традиционна сватба” –Във: Изследвания в памет на акад. Анание Явашов. Сборник статии от научна конференция, посветена на 150-годишнината от неговото рождение, Разград, 25 октомври 2005 г., съст. И. Иванов, М. Босева, Н. Николова, Академично изд. „Проф. М. Дринов”, София, 174-184 .
- 2004 Промяна от жест във фразеологизъм по примера на “целувам ви ръка” при българи и унгарци – Във: Унгаристиката в България. Език, история, литература, съст. и ред. Й. Найденова, ИЦ „Б. Пенев”, София, 122-142.
- 2004 Поздравяването с целуване на ръка и неговата семантика в българската традиция – Българска етнология, ХХХ, кн. 1, 61-79.
- 2004 Semantics of the Greeting with Handkissing in Bulgarian Traditional Culture – In: Times, Places, Passages. Ethnological Approaches in the New Millennium, (ed.-in-chief) Attila Paládi-Kovács, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 618-626.
- 1999 Ученият Христо Т. Вакарелски – мост между две култури – Във: Българи в Унгария, ред. Л. Пенева-Винце и A. П. Пападопулос, Будапеща, 53-63.
- 1993 Adaptation – Reality and Images – In: The Ethnic Situation in Bulgaria. Researches in 1992, Club ’90, Sofia, 104-121.
- 1993 Адаптацията – реалност и образи - Във: Етническата картина в България. Проучвания 1992 г., Club ‘90,София, 117-137.
- 1986 A XIV-XIX századi tejfeldolgozás a régi bolgár lakosságnál Észak-kelet Bulgariabán(Преработка на мляко при старото българско население от Североизточна България 15-19 в.) – In: A III.Békéscsabai Nemzetközi Néprajzi Nemzetiségkutató Konferencia előadásai (1985. оkt. 2-4), ed. Ernő Eperjessy and András Krupa, Budapest-Békéscsaba, 1986, II. köt, 540-548.
- 1983 Музей на традиционния капански бит и култура в Лудогорието – Музеи и паметници на културата, кн. 3, 37-38.