Ch. Ass. Prof. Dr. Paulina Andonova
01.01.1984 г.
1. MAIN FIELDS OF RESEARCH
– architecture and charity in the Bulgarian lands
– Bulgarian lands during the period of reforms (Tanzimat) – social and cultural activities and the position of the central government in these processes
– socio-economic appearance, demographic processes and migrations of the population in the village and in the city during the period of Ottoman rule
2. ACADEMIC CAREER
Education
2013 – Ph.D. in History, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of History
2008 – M.A. in History, „The Balkans between Two Civilizations: Christianity and Islam”, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
2006 – B.A. History, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
Positions held
2025 – Chief assistant professor – Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2017-2018 – Archivist – Oriental Collections Department, „St. St. Cyrill and Methodius” National Library
2007-2024 – Senior teacher – 157. Instituto Bilingüe „César Vallejo“, Sofía
Degree and academic rank
2025 – Ch. Ass. Prof. Dr. – Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2013 – Ph.D. in History – Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, Faculty of History
Participation in joint projects
2025 – 2028 – „Villages, Population and Everyday Life in the Bulgarian Space (15th – 19th c.), Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (budgetary funding)
2025 – 2026 – „Sources for the History of Panagyurishte and Panagyurishte region 15th -19th centuries” (funding: „Lachezar Tsotsorkov” Foundation and Panagyurishte Municipality)
2022 – 2025 – „To the Roots of the Bulgarian Revival in Thrace (15th – 18th century)“, (funding: The Bulgarian National Science Fund (BNSF)), contract No КП-06-Н70/3, 13 December 2022, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
Specializations
2010 – 2009 – doctoral program, Karl-Franzens-Universität; Zentrum für Südosteuropeastudien (Austria, Graz) – academic supervisor – O.Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. Karl Kaser
Grants and research work on individual projects
February – April 2015
The ARCS „Robert and Nellie Gipson” (the Tianaderrah Foundation) Fellowship for recent PhDs in the humanities, 2014-2015 – Istanbul, Turkey – Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivi, ARIT, Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED), Netherlands Institute in Turkey (NIT)
Research title: ”Voynuk or Askeri? The Transformation of the Voynuks’ Landholdings into Askeri Chiftliks in the Context of the Ottoman Socio-economic History”
March – May 2011
Doctoral research grant (Collegium Historicum) – Istanbul, Turkey – Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivi, Sofia, Bulgaria – CSA (Central State Archives)
Research title: „The Natural Environment as a Factor for the Agricultural Characteristic of the Chiftliks”
June 2010
ARCS Bulgarian scholars’ program for research in Turkey – Istanbul, Turkey – Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivi, ARIT
Research title: ‘Clash, Interaction and Adaptation between Two Civilizations – the Ottoman Agrarian Administration and Bulgarian Socio-cultural and Economic Model.’
March – May 2010
Doctoral research grant (Centre of Excellence Dialogue Europe) – Istanbul, Turkey – Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivi, ARIT, ANAMED, NIT
Research title: „Adaptation of the Ottoman Muslims to the Balkan Social and Agrarian Model. Kaza Sofia, 16th – 18th Century”
September 2009 – Februrary 2010
Scholarship for dissertation research and Ph.D. study – Graz, Austria – University of Graz ‘Karl Franzens’, Center for Southeast European Studies under the supervision of O.Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. Karl Kaser
Public Lectures:
Voynuk or Askeri? The Transformation of The Voynuks’ Landholdings into Askeri Chiftliks in the Context of the Ottoman Socio-Economic History
American Research Center in Sofia (ARCS), 15th September, 2015
Languages
English, German, Spanish, Russian, Ottoman-Turkish, Turkish
3. PUBLICATIONS
Books
2020
Османският елит и благотворителността в центъра на провинция Румелия: имаретът на Софу Мехмед Паша при Черната джамия в София, XVI-XIX век. ИК „Гутенберг“, София, 2020, 262 с. (ISBN: 978-619-176-169-2) [The Ottoman Elite and Charity in the Centre of Rumeli Province: The Imaret of Sofu Mehmed Paşa at the Black Mosque in Sofia, 16th -19th Century]
(the book was published with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture – Financial support for creative projects under the „Help for the Book“ program, project No. 31-00-51/ 04.08.2020)
Papers
2023
- Architectural Structure and Functions of the Külliye of Sofu Mehmed Paşa in Sofia with a Special Focus on its Medrese and Kütüphane. – Vakıflar Dergisi 60 – Aralık 2023, pp. 23-39.
2022
- Architectural Structure, Function and Symbolism of the Black Mosque Complex in Sofia, In: 8th International symposium on Balkan History Studies. Culture, Architecture and Art in the Balkans (September 1st – 4th, 2022) Istanbul, Turkey. Proceeding book – v.1, Prof. Dr. Abidin Temizer (ed.), Livre de Lyon – Lyon 2022, pp. 81-104.
- Voynuk or Askeri? The transformation of the Voynuk’s Landholdings into Askeri Chiftliks in the Region of Sofia, 17th – 19th Centuries, In: XVIII. Türk Tarih Kongresi Kongreye. Sunulan Bildiriler (XII.Cilt) Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Tarihi, Ankara, 2022, pp. 379-408.
2021
- Богатството на софийските чифликчии, XVII – 30-те години на XIX век, В: „Приноси към българската ориенталистика. 110 години отдел „Ориенталски сбирки на Националната библиотека „Св. св. Кирил и Методий“: юбилеен сборник. А. Стоилова, Н. Граматикова, Р. Ковачев (съст.) София: Нац. библ. „Св. св. Кирил и Методий“, 2021, с. 125-155.
2020
- Градското облекло през XVII век според наследствените описи – културни различия и влияния, В: Облеклото и езикът. Сборник с доклади от конференцията „Облеклото в българските земи в миналото. Особености на изворите“, проведена на 24–25.I.2020 г. Университетско издателство „Св. Климент Охридски“, София, 2020, с. 125-139.
- Мястото на дервишките завиета в поселищната мрежа на Тракийската низина в началото на XVI век. Казите Стара Загора и Хасково, В: Тракия през Средновековието и османската епоха: характер и динамика на селищния живот (XII-XVIII век). Сборник статии от научна конференция, проведена на 27 – 28 ноември 2014 г. в София. Университетско издателство „Св. Климент Охридски“, София, 2020, с. 111-142.
- The Role of Sofu Mehmed Paşa’s Complex in the Urbanization and Establishment of Sofia as an Administrative Centre in Rumeli, Études Balkaniques, LVI/ 3, 2020, pp. 539-562.
2019
- The Role of the Waqf of Sofu Mehmed Paşa in the Ottoman Urban Economy, mid-16th – 18th centuries, Études Balkaniques, LV/ 4, 2019, pp. 762-800.
- Arzuhals as Sources of the Ottoman Economic History, In: 2ⁿᵈ International Archive Congress on Ottoman Lands, Cilt 2, H. Oruç, M. Yıldırır, S. Kadıoğlu (eds.), Ankara: Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanlığı Tapu ve Kadastro Genel Müdürlüğü Arşiv Dairesi Başkanlığı, 2019, pp. 1009 – 1021.
2016
- Аскери чифликът – вакъфът – държавата. Чифликът на мютевелията на вакъфа на Софу Мехмед паша от началото на XIX век – генезис, развитие, злоупотреби, печалба, В: Из живота на европейските провинции на Османската империя през XV-XIX век. Сборник изследвания в памет на проф. д.и.н. Елена Грозданова. О. Тодорова, Ст. Първева (съст.), София: ИК „Гутенберг“, 2016, c. 241 – 284.
2015
- Emergence and Development of Waqf Çiftliks during 16th – early 18th Centuries. The Case of Sofu Mehmed Paşa and his Waqf Çiftlik in the District of Sofia, Études Balkaniques, No 4, 2015, pp. 75-110.
2013
- Power and Influence of the Ottoman Ruling Class in the Landed Property. Askeri Chiftliks in the Region of Sofia 16th – 18th Centuries, In: Power and Influence in South- Eastern Europe, 16th – 19th Century. M. Baramova, P. Mitev, I. Parvev, V. Racheva (еds.) Series: Geshihte: Forschung und Wissenschaft – Vol. 38, Hamburg: LIT Verlag, 2013, p. 87-95.
2012
- „Чифликчията – аскери.“ Богатството в Oсманската империя през XVII – XVIII век, В: Стандарти на всекидневието през Средновековието и Новото време. Т. 1. Сборник. ред. колегия К. Мутафова, Н. Христова, И. Иванов, Г. Георгиева, Велико Търново: Изд. „Фабер“, 2012, c. 65 – 96.
- Екологичната среда като фактор за ефективността на чифлишките стопанства. Софийският регион през XVI – началото на XIX век, В: Collegium Historicum. Том 2. София: УИ „Св. Климент Охридски“, 2012, c. 589-613.
4. PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC FORUMS
2025
- International conference „To the Roots of the Bulgarian Revival in Thrace (15th – 18th century)“, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
2023
- International Conference „Readings in Memory of Prof. Tsvetana Georgieva: History and Anthropology“, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
- Academic Conference „Tradition and Modernity: Bulgarian Society during „the Long 19th century”, Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2022
- VIII. International Symposium on Balkan History Studies. Culture, Architecture and art in the Balkans, Istanbul, Turkey.
2021
- National Conference „Between the Center and the Periphery – Regional Connections and Economic Networks in Bulgarian History (15th – 20th century). Silistra, Bulgaria
2020
- International Symposium „Cultural Encounters in Southeast Europe”, Center for the Southeastern European Studies, Istanbul University. Istanbul, Turkey
- Academic Conference „Clothing in the Bulgarian Lands in the Past. Peculiarities of the Sources“, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
2019
- National Conference with International Participation „The City of the Balkans: Spaces, Images, Memory“, The Institute of Balkan Studies with Center for Thracology „Prof. Alexander Fol”, Bulgarian Academy of Science
2018
- International Symposium „Cultural and Economic History of Edirne”, Trakya University Edirne, Turkey.
- 18th International Turkish Congress in History, Ankara, Turkey.
- Round Table (discussion) „Bulgarian Transcription of Anthroponyms and Toponyms from Asian and African Languages“, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology, Sofia (Center for Eastern Languages and Cultures)
2017
- The 2nd International Archive Congress on Ottoman Lands, Istanbul, Turkey.
2015
- International Conference „The Ottoman Balkans: Personal Dimensions. Agents of Faith”, Sofia, Bulgaria
2014
- Academic Conference „Thrace in the Middle Ages and the Ottoman period: Features and Dynamics of Settlement Patterns (12th—18th centuries), Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
- Interuniversity Students Conference „Standards of Everyday Life in the Middle Ages and in Modern Time”, Gyulechitsa, Bulgaria (Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”)
2010
- International Conference „Power and Influence”, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
- Interuniversity Students Conference „Standards of Everyday Life in the Middle Ages and in Modern Time”, University of Veliko Turnovo „St. st. Cyril and St. Methodius”
2009
- Interuniversity Students Conference „Standards of Everyday Life in the Middle Ages and in Modern Time”, Zheravna, Bulgaria (Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”)