Vladimir Petrov Angelov

January 1, 1976, Sofia

e-mail:
vladimir(dot)angelov(at)ihist(dot)bas(dot)bg
vladimir(dot)angelov(at)gmail(dot)com

ORCID: 0000-0002-1346-1274

Academic Career

Education

1990–1995 – National High School for Ancient Languages and Cultures „St. Constantine Cyril the Philosopher“

1995–2000 – Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski“, major in History, specialization in Byzantine and Balkan History

2003–2006 – PhD student (full-time) at the Department of Medieval Bulgarian History, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski“

2006 – Awarded PhD in History after defending a dissertation titled „Bulgaria and the Bulgarians in 15th-century Byzantine Historiography“

Appointment

2007 – Chief Assistant at the Institute of History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Academic Qualification

Academic Degree and Title

2006 – PhD in History

Areas of Research Interest

History of Byzantium and the Balkan peoples, Byzantine historiography

Teaching Experience

2003–2006 – Part-time Assistant Lecturer in Byzantine History at Plovdiv University „Paisii Hilendarski“

Languages

English, German, French, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Russian, Latin, Ancient Greek

A. MONOGRAPHS:

  1. The Bulgarians and Their Neighbors in the Balkans in the Byzantine Historiography of the 15th Century. Sofia, 2007.
  2. Greek Sources for Bulgarian History, Vol. XII (introduction, compilation, translation, and commentary). Sofia, 2015.

B. SELECTED STUDIES AND ARTICLES:

  1. The Ottomans and the Ottoman Invasion through the Eyes of Byzantine Historians Doukas, Chalkokondyles, and Kritoboulos. – Istoriya, Issues 4–5, 2002, pp. 9–22.
  2. Serbia and the Serbs through the Eyes of Byzantine Historians Doukas, Chalkokondyles, and Kritoboulos. – Istoriya, Issues 3–4, 2003, pp. 28–41.
  3. Information about the Bulgarians and Bulgarian Lands in Laonikos Chalkokondyles’ „History”. – Macedonian Review, Issue 3, 2005, pp. 91–116.
  4. Information about Albanians and Vlachs in Late Byzantine Historiography of the 15th Century. – In: Tangra. Festschrift for Acad. Vasil Gyuzelev’s 70th Anniversary, Sofia, 2006, pp. 175–183.
  5. Thrace in 15th-Century Byzantine Historiography. – In: Thrace and Haemimontus, 4th–14th Century, Karnobat, 2006, pp. 228–232.
  6. The Image of the Ottomans in 15th-Century Byzantine Historiography. – Bulgaria Mediaevalis, Vol. I, Sofia, 2010, pp. 217–237.
  7. The Balkan Slavic Peoples in 15th-Century Byzantine Historiography. – In: The Medieval Bulgarian and „The Others” (Festschrift in Honor of Prof. P. Angelov), Sofia, 2013, pp. 337–363.
  8. Laonikos Chalkokondyles on Bulgaria and Bulgarian History. – Bulgaria Mediaevalis, Vol. III, Sofia, 2012, pp. 247–255.
  9. Information on Venice and Genoa in the Work of Laonikos Chalkokondyles. – Bulgaria Mediaevalis, Vol. II, Sofia, 2011, pp. 247–257.
  10. Bulgaria and the Bulgarians in the Work of the Byzantine Historian Doukas. – Istoricheski Pregled, Issues 5–6, 2011, pp. 115–123.
  11. Information on Western Peoples in the Work of Laonikos Chalkokondyles. – In: Eurasian Horizons: Past and Present (Festschrift in Honor of Prof. V. Stoyanov), Sofia, 2011, pp. 62–74.
  12. Eastern Bulgarian Lands in 15th-Century Byzantine Historiography. – In: Here Begins Bulgaria (Conference Proceedings), Shumen, 2011, pp. 439–446.
  13. Information on Bulgarian History in Late Byzantine Short Chronicles. – In: Memory and Oblivion in Byzantium, Sofia, 2011, pp. 93–100.
  14. Bulgaria and the Bulgarians in the Short Byzantine Chronicles of the 14th–15th Centuries. – In: Medieval Bulgaria: Society, Power, History (Festschrift for Prof. M. Kaymakamova), Sofia, 2013, pp. 410–417.
  15. Material Traces from the Past of Bulgarian Lands through the Eyes of Western European Travelers (15th–17th Century). – In: Bulgaria in the World Cultural Heritage, Shumen, 2014, pp. 728–734.
  16. Foreign Refugees in the First Bulgarian Empire (7th–11th Century). – In: Bulgaria in European Culture, Science, Education, Religion (4th National Conference „Journey to Bulgaria“), Shumen, 2015, pp. 197–206.
  17. On the Question of Slavery in the First Bulgarian Empire. – Bulgaria Mediaevalis, Vols. 4–5, Sofia, 2015, pp. 383–391.
  18. Several Cases of Foreign Refugees in the First Bulgarian Empire. – Bulgaria Mediaevalis, Vol. 6, Sofia, 2015, pp. 321–331.
  19. Some Observations on the Fate of Refugees from Medieval Bulgaria. – Bulgaria Mediaevalis, Vol. 7, Bulgarian Historical Heritage Foundation, 2017, pp. 317–329.
  20. Information on Monuments of Ancient and Medieval Culture in Bulgarian Lands in Western European Travelogues (15th–17th Century). – Studia in Memoriam Ioannis A. Božilov, Vol. I, Gutenberg, 2018, pp. 425–435.
  21. Plovdiv in the 15th-Century Byzantine Historical Writings. – The Bulgarian Kingdom (Festschrift for Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georgi Nikolov), Sofia University Press, 2018, pp. 768–774.
  22. Some Observations on the Fate of Political Refugees during the Reign of Tsar Simeon. – In: Simeon’s Bulgaria in the History of Southeastern Europe: 1100 Years since the Battle of Achelous, Vol. I, Sofia University Press, 2018, pp. 184–194.
  23. Noble Captives in the First Bulgarian Empire. – Bulgaria Mediaevalis, Vol. 8, 2019, pp. 357–373.
  24. Several Cases of Noble Captives during the Reign of the First Asenid Rulers. – In: Tsar Ivan Asen II (1218–1241). 800th Anniversary of His Accession, Bulgarian Historical Heritage Foundation, 2019, pp. 253–259.
  25. The Fall of the Byzantine Empire through the Eyes of Laonikos Chalkokondyles. – In: Empires and Imperial Heritage in the Balkans (Festschrift for Prof. Lyudmil Spasov), Vol. 1, Bulgarian Historical Heritage Foundation, 2019, pp. 259–267.
  26. Educated Foreigners in the First Bulgarian Empire. – Bulgaria Mediaevalis, Vol. 10, 2019, pp. 309–319.
  27. Slaves in the Daily Life of Medieval Bulgaria. – Bulgaria Mediaevalis, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2020, pp. 333–342.
  28. Information on Western Peoples in the Work of Laonikos Chalkokondyles (Laonici Chalcocondylae Historiarum Demonstrationes I, IV, V). – Bulgaria Mediaevalis, Vol. 9, 2020, pp. 213–219.
  29. Noble Captives in Medieval Bulgaria. – Annual of the Center for Slavo-Byzantine Studies „Prof. Ivan Duychev”, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”, Vol. 102, 2021.
  30. Serbian Refugees and Captives in the First Bulgarian Empire. – Bulgaria Mediaevalis, Vol. 15, 2023 (in print).
  31. Information on Bulgarian History in the Work of Laonikos Chalkokondyles. – In: In Memory of Prof. Ivan Kochev, 2025 (in print).

The above data are updated to 30.06.2025