Assist. Prof. Dr. Konstantin Valeriev Golev
23 November 1984, Sofia
E-mail:
k(dot)golev(at)ihist(dot)bas(dot)bg
k(dot)v(dot)golev(at)gmail(dot)com
ORCID 0000-0002-6324-6978
Web of Science ResearcherID KMY-2422-2024
Scopus Author ID 57209748336
1. MAIN FIELDS OF RESEARCH
History of the Medieval Eurasian Nomads and their relations with the neighboring sedentary societies
2. ACADEMIC COMPETENCIES AND CAREER
Еducation
01.02.2009 – 07.06.2013
PhD in History Faculty of History, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
01.10.2007 – 12.07.2009
Master in History Faculty of History, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
01.10.2007 – 12.07.2009
Master in Archival Studies Faculty of History, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
01.10.2003 – 12.07.2007
Bachelor in Archival Studies Faculty of History, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
Positions held
12.02.2018 – CURRENTLY
Assistant Professor Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
01.10.2013 – 01.10.2017
Adjoin researcher Centre for Eastern Languages and Studies, Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
Degree and academic rank
PhD in History, Assistant Professor
Membership in academic organizations and associations
04.10.2016 – CURRENTLY
Member, Comité International des Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes
15.05.2016 – CURRENTLY
Member, Association of Byzantinist and Medievalists in Bulgaria
01.05.2016 – CURRENTLY
Board member, Ordu Research Group
20.07.2014 – CURRENTLY
Member, Georgian Manuscript Society
15.10.2008 – 07.06.2013
Founder and Chairman of the International Students of History Association Section at Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
Membership in editorial and publishing boards
01.01.2021 – CURRENTLY
Board member of the series „Europe in between. Histories, cultures and languages from Central Europe to the Eurasian Steppes”, Firenze University Press
Specializations and fellowships
01.06.2025 – 07.06.2025
Erasmus exchange at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
14.04.2024 – 21.04.2024
Erasmus exchange at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
30.04.2023 – 07.05.2023
Erasmus exchange at the Istanbul University, Turkey
25.05.2022 – 31.05.2022
Erasmus exchange at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
10.04.2022 – 16.04.2022
Erasmus exchange at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
14.10.2019 – 18.10.2019
Erasmus exchange at the University of Szeged, Hungary
22.10.2018 – 26.10.2018
Erasmus exchange at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom
11.01.2018 – 28.01.2018
Black Sea Scholars Fund Scholarship for research at the British Institute at Ankara
01.03.2017 – 30.10.2017
Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Slovak History, Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
23.02.2016 – 22.02.2017
Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey
01.02.2015 – 29.02.2016
Postdoctoral fellow at the Advanced Academia Fellowship Program, Center for Advanced Studies Sofia, Bulgaria
01.09.2014 – 01.12.2014
Postdoctoral fellow at the American Research Center in Sofia’s Residential Fellowship for Southeast European Scholars, Sofia, Bulgaria
03.08.2014 – 31.08.2014
Scholarship for participation in Ottoman Culture and History Summer School, İstanbul Bilimler Akademisi Vakfı (Istanbul Academy of Sciences Foundation) Istanbul, Turkey
30.05.2013 – 31.05.2013
American Research Center in Sofia’s International Conference Travel Award for Bulgarian Scholars for attendance of the International Scientific Conference „The Qipčaks of Eurasia: History, Language and Written records” dedicated to the 1100 Anniversary of the Kimek state in the Days of the Turkic Literacy and Culture, organized by the Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
12.05.2013 – 23.05.2013
Intensive Erasmus Program „Standards of Everyday Life in the Middle Ages and in Modern Times”, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
13.05.2012 – 24.05.2012
Intensive Erasmus Program „Standards of Everyday Life in the Middle Ages and in Modern Times”, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
01.10.2011 – 20.12.2011
Hungarian exchange program for young researchers, TÁMOP 4.2.1 „Európai Léptékkel a Tudásért, ELTE” 4. alprojekt „Kultúrák közötti párbeszéd” program, Budapest, Hungary
01.10.2010 – 01.10.2011
Fellow of Sofia University’s project „Collegium Historicum” dedicated to the development the capacity of the Doctoral, Post-Doctoral students and young scientists, Sofia, Bulgaria
01.10.2010 – 01.02.2011
Erasmus exchange at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
01.09.2009 – 01.09.2010
Fellow of Sofia University’s project „Collegium Historicum” dedicated to the development the capacity of the Doctoral, Post-Doctoral students and young scientists, Sofia, Bulgaria
Participation in joint projects
2022 – 2025
National Scientific Programme Development and Recognition of Bulgarian Studies Abroad – funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria
2019 – 2021
National Scientific Program „Cultural-Historical Heritage, National Memory and Social Development” – funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria
Individual research projects
01.05.2018 – 30.04.2021
The Late Nomads between Europe and Asia (11th–13th century)
The project examines in a comparative perspective of the main written sources for the history of the nomadic tribes, which inhabited the western part of the Eurasian Steppe Belt in the dynamic period between 11th – 14th century. During most of this time span the steppes on the border between Asia and Europe were dominated by the members of the Cuman-Qïpchaq tribal community. After its political collapse in the mid-13th century, the Mongol Empire expanded over these territories. The project aims at exploring the sources for the history of the Eurasian nomads in Central Asia and Eastern Europe before and after the appearance of the Mongols. It is expected that in this way both the parallel and the divergent trajectories in the behavior of the nomadic groups in the Balkans and in the Bulgarian Tzardom will be highlighted. Thus, the patterns of behavior of the nomadic tribes in the peninsula will be examined in the context of sources that stem from completely different written cultures and civilizational background. This way our knowledge for the Eurasian nomads in South East Europe will be extended and new interpretations of their behavior will be offered.
Teaching
20.02.2015 – 15.06.2015
„Turks and Mongols in Anatolia, Iran, and Central Asia in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Times”, Centre for Eastern Languages and Studies, Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria
01.10.2014 – 20.01.2015
„Ethnogenesis of the Turkic peoples in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Times”, Centre for Eastern Languages and Studies, Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria
Languages
| LANGUAGE | Reading | Speaking | Writing | |
| Bulgarian | Майчин език | |||
| English | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | |
| Russian | Excellent | Good | Basic | |
| Turkish | Excellent | Very Good | Very Good | |
| Persian | Very Good | Basic | Good | |
| Old Church Slavonic | Good | – | – | |
| Latin | Good | – | – | |
| Ottoman-Turkish | Good | – | – | |
| Ancient Greek | Basic | – | – | |
3. PUBLICATIONS
Books
Collective works
Papers
- „Crime and Punishment: The Mongol Invasion, Cuman-Qïpchaq Refugees, and the Second Bulgarian Empire” in: The Mongols in Central Europe: The Profile and Impact of their Thirteenth-Century Invasions. Ed. Balázs Nagy. Budapest: ELTE Eötvös Kiadó, 2024, pp. 463-494. ISBN 978 963 489 679 1
- „To Kill a Chinggisid: The Taboo of Shedding the Royal Blood of the Golden Lineage. A Case Study From Medieval Bulgaria” Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 26 (2021–2023), pp. 59-80. Harrassowitz Verlag, ISSN 0724-8822 . ISBN 978-3-447-18132-7
See also in Bulgarian: Голев, К. Да убиеш Чингизид: евразийски номадски традиции в политическия инструментариум на цар Теодор Светослав (1300–1322), Исторически преглед, 2020, кн. 1, с. 5-32. ISSN 03239748
See also in Russian: Голев. К. Убить Чингизида: евразийские кочевые традиции в политическом инструментарии царя Теодора Светослава (1300–1322). – В: Золотоордынское наследие. Сборник статей, посвященный 700-летию со дня рождения средневекового татарского поэта Сейфа Сараи. Выпуск 4. Ред. И. М. Миргалеев. Казань: Институт истории им. Ш.Марджани АН РТ, 2021, с. 179-189. ISBN 978-5-94981-000-4 - „Ecology of Warfare: The Seasonal Campaigns of the Cuman-Qïpchaqs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia” Chronica. Vol. 21, 2023: Nomads and Their neighbors in the Middle Ages. Eds. Konstantin Golev and Delyan Rusev. Szeged, pp. 117-181. ISSN 1588-2039
- „Preface” Chronica. Vol. 21, 2023: Nomads and Their neighbors in the Middle Ages. Eds. Konstantin Golev and Delyan Rusev. Szeged, pp. 5-7. ISSN 1588-2039.
- „Те не можеха да воюват повече поради лятото“: Асиметричната сезонна военна активност на кумано-кипчаките на Балканите. Исторически преглед, LXXVII (4), 2021, с. 5–23. ISSN: 0323-9748.
- The Cities along the Syr Darya in 11th–13th century: Jand and Sïghnaq between the Cuman-Qïpchaqs and the Khwārazmshāhs Anushteginids. Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 74, 1, Akadémiai Kiadó, 2021, ISSN:0001-6446, DOI:10.1556.062.2021.00001, 11-52.
- „Intra-Mongol Diplomacy and Witch-Hunt during the Dissolution of the Empire: The Witchcraft Trial at the Court of Hülegü” Eurasian Studies 17 (2019), pp. 327-368 Print ISSN 1722-0750; E-ISSN 2468-5623.
- „The Cuman-Qipčaks and Crimea: The Role of the Peninsula in the Relationships between the Nomads and the Outside World” Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi, Vol. 24 (2018), pp. 23-107 ISSN: 0724-8822.
- On the Edge of Another World: Crimea and Balkans as contact zones between the Cuman-Qipčaks and the Outside World” Études Balkaniques, Vol. 54 (2018), pp. 89-126.
- „About the Bulgarofily of the Cumans during the reign of the first Assenids” Golden Horde Review, Vol. 6, No. 3 (2017), pp. 37-56.
- „Witchcraft and Politics in the Court of the Great Khan: Interregnum Crises and Political Struggle among the Mongol Imperial Elite” CEU Medieval Annual, Vol. 23 (2017), pp. 132-144.
- „За българофилията на куманите при управлението на първите Асеневци“ Минало 4 (2017), с. 37-56.
- „Whitch-hunt in the Mongol Empire: Prolegomena” CAS Working Papers 8 (2015–2016), pp. 3-36
- „The Mongol Conquest of Western Eurasia: Was it a Total War?” In: Baku World Forum of Young Scientists, 2014. Collection of Abstracts. Baku, 2014, p. 301.
- Дешт-и Кипчак и Внешний мир. Типология контактных зон между кумано-кипчакской общностю и внешнего мира. В: Сборник материалов международной научной конференции „Кипчаки Евразии: изтория, язык и писменные памятники“ посвященной 1100 летию Кимекского государства в рамках Дней тюркской письменности и культуры. Ред. Б. Е. Кумеков, Астана, 2013, с. 142-151.
- Градове и номади в Златната орда. В: Collegium Historicum, Том 2, София, 2012, с. 515-539.
- Кризата в Златната орда – 60-те–70-те години на XIV век. В: „Русия, Европа и света“, Сборник с доклади на международна научна конференция провела се в Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски” през септември 2009. Ред. И. Баева, София изд. „Университетско издателство „Св. Климент Охридски“„, София, 2012, с. 31-40.
- Образът на куманите в „Повесть временных лет”, и съвременните ѝ руски извори. В: Collegium Historicum, Том 1, София, 2011, с. 412-432.
- Номадският удар: сравнение между историческата съдба на хуни и авари. В: Сборник на ежегодните „Кюстендилски четения“ 2009 г. „Кризите в историята“. Ред. Вл. Станев, София, 2011, с. 291-302.
- „Германия и Втората световна война – спомени на едно малко момиче“ . Голев, К., Гяурски, М. Минало 2, (2010).
- „Пигмалион“ В: Сборник с доклади от деня на архивистиката, организиран на 16 април 2010 г. в Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“ Ред. Нейкова, А. София, 2010.
- Защо избрах да уча архивистика? В: Университетски четения по архивистика. Том 1. Съст. А. Нейкова, София, 2009.
Academic reviews
Compiling and editing
Редактор на Chronica. Vol. 21, 2023: Nomads and Their neighbors in the Middle Ages. Eds. Konstantin Golev and Delyan Rusev. Szeged. ISSN 1588-2039.
Ехо от войната. Спомени на ветерани от Втората световна война. Том. II. Съст. Голев, K. София, 2015.
Ехо от войната. Спомени на ветерани от Втората световна война. Том. I. Съст. Голев, K., Гяурски, M. Добрич: Фолиарт, 2011.
4. PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC FORUMS
Organization of scientific forums
01.09.2024 – 27.06.2026
Member of the Organizing committee of the 26th Symposium of the Comité International des Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes (CIEPO), Varna, Bulgaria, 23 – 27.06.2026
15.12.2021 – 15.12.2021
Cochair of the Organizing committee of the National Round table „Nomadic Settlement in the Bulgarian Lands”, organized in a digital format as a final event of the project „Nomadic Settlement in the Bulgarian lands during the Late Middle Ages: history, memory and usage”
20.11.2019 – 23.11.2019
Head of the Organizing committee of the International Conference „Medieval Nomads: Nomads and their neighbors in the Middle Ages”, organized by Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski” and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, about 55 participants from Bulgaria and abroad
01.12.2017 – 02.12.2017
Member of the Organizing committee of the International Workshop „South Eastern Europe during the long 19th century: Persons and Personalities as Agents of Modernization“, financed by the Center for Excellence in the Humanities „Alma Mater”, Sofia University „St Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria, about 12 participants from 6 countries
29.09.2016 – 30.09.2017
Member of the Organizing committee of the Conference „The Diversity of Bulgarian Economic Development through the Ages“, held at the University of Economics – Varna, organized by the University of Economics – Varna and the Centre for Economic and History Research, 28 participants from Bulgaria
25.05.2017 – 26.05.2017
Head of the Organizing committee of International Workshop „Mongol Warfare between Steppe and Sown: Military, Social and Cultural Perspectives“ which took place at the Center for Advanced Studies – Sofia, Bulgaria. About 13 participants from 7 countries.
30.09.2016 – 01.10.2016
Member of the Organizing committee of International Conference „The Urban Economy in the Bulgarian Lands through the Ages”, which will be held at the University of Economics – Varna, Bulgaria, 25 participants from 4 countries
22.05.2014 – 26.05.2014
Member of the Organizing committee of ISHA Sofia Weekend Seminar 2014 „Conflict Situations and Their Consequences” held at Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria, 25 participants from 9 countries
23.09.2010 – 29.09.2010
Head of the Organizing committee of International ISHA Sofia Autumn Seminar 2010 „Unions trough History” held at Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria, 45 participants from 14 countries
Participation in peer-reviewed scientific forums
14.04.2025 – 15.04.2025
International conference „Balkan Gambit: Southeastern Europe between East and West (1185–1285)”, Sofia, Bulgaria, organized by Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”, the Institute for Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology – BAS and the Institute for Historical Studies – BAS
11.11.2024 – 13.11.2024
International conference „Bulgaria and the Bulgarians in the Foreign Humanitarian Studies”, Sofia, Bulgaria, organized by the Institute for Historical Studies and the Bulgarian-Hungarian Historical Commission
04.10.2024 – 06.10.2024
2nd Congress on the History of Turkic Statehood „Statehood of Turkic Peoples during the Chingisid Era”, Almaty, Kazakhstan, organized by the Turkic Academy, Türk Tarih Kurumu, and the Institute for the Study of the Ulus of Jochi
21.06.2024 – 25.06.2024
25th International Symposium of Pre-Ottoman and Ottoman Studies, Tirana, Albania, organized by the Comité International des Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes.
17.05.2024 – 18.05.2024
International Conference „30 Years Iranian Studies in Bulgaria”, Sofia, Bulgaria, organized by Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
05.12.2023 – 06.12.2023
International workshop: „Nomadic Tides, Settled Horizons: Examining Political, Social, and Economic Interactions in Ancient and Medieval Caucasia”, Naples, Italy, organized by the University of Naples „L’Orientale”, Department of Asia, Africa and the Mediterranean Studies
10.11.2023 – 11.11.2023
Conference „Economy and Commerce in the Medieval Balkans”, Sofia, Bulgaria, organized by the Department of Medieval History of the Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
13.07.2023 – 14.07.2023
Slavic-Eurasian Research Center 2023 Summer International Symposium „The Phase of Catastrophe: The Crisis of the 14th Century in AfroEurasian Context”, in Sapporo, Japan, organized by the University of Hokkaido
12.06.2023 – 14.06.2023
The Humanities and Social Sciences Fund Conference „Collective Sovereignty, Royal Clan, and Sacred Kingship in pre-Modern Central Eurasia”, Jerusalem, organized by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
13.09.2021 – 14.09.2021
5th M.E.S.S. 2019 „By Land & By Sea: Cultural and Other Networks of Exchange in Mongol Eurasia and beyond” Thessaloniki, Greece
26.11.2020 – 27.11.2020
International Conference „The Mongols in Central Europe: the Profile and Impact of their Thirteenth-Century Invasions”, via Zoom
27.10.2020 – 27.10.2020
International Scientific аnd Theoretical Online Conference „Kipchakh Studies – Conceptual Scientific Direction of Eurasian Scale“ Dedicated to the 80th Jubilee of Academician B. E. Kumekov, Almaty
15.12.2019 – 15.12.2019
International Workshop „Multilateral Dynamics between the Midlle East and Asia in the Mongol Era”, Jerusalem, organized by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
20.11.2019 – 23.11.2019
International Conference „Medieval Nomads: Nomads and their neighbors in the Middle Ages”, Sofia, Bulgaria, organized by Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski” and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
18.09.2019 – 21.09.2019
Humboldt Kolleg „Science without Borders: Alexander fon Humboldt’s Concept in Today’s world”, Varna, Bulgaria, organized by the Humboldt Union of Bulgaria
15.05.2019 – 15.05.2019
M.E.S.S. 2019 Religions in Mongol Eurasia, Vienna, Austria, organized by the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences
11.09.2018 – 15.09.2018
23rd International Symposium of Pre-Ottoman and Ottoman Studies, Sofia, Bulgaria, organized by the Comité International des Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes
10.05.2018 – 11.05.2018
International Workshop „The Mongols and the Silk Roads“, Szeged, Hungary, organized by the University of Szeged
18.12.2017 – 20.12.2017
International Conference „Migrations in Mongol Eurasia: People, Ideas, Artifacts”, Jerusalem, organized by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
23.11.2016 – 26.11.2016
6th International Conference on the Medieval History of the Eurasian Steppe „Medieval Nomads”, Szeged, Hungary, organized by the University of Szeged
04.10.2016 – 08.10.2016
22nd International Symposium of Pre-Ottoman and Ottoman Studies, Trabzon, Turkey, organized by the Comité International des Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes
30.05.2016 – 31.05.2016
International Workshop „Diplomacy in the Age of Mongol Globalization”, Jerusalem, organized by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
27.11.2015 – 27.11.2015
Lecturer at the seminar „Mongols, Chinese and Europe: Contacts and Interactions”, Budapest, Hungary, organized by the Central European University and Eötvös Loránd University
31.08.2015 – 04.09.2015
11th International Congress of South-East European Studies, Sofia, Bulgaria, organized by the Institute for Balkan Studies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
07.05.2015 – 08.05.2015
International Medieval Conference „Town and Country in the Byzantine World: Social and Economic Perspectives”, Sofia, Bulgaria, organized by the American Research Center in Sofia
08.04.2015 – 09.04.2015
Second Biennial Iranian Studies Conference „Symposia Iranica”, Cambridge, United Kingdom, organized by the University of Cambridge
26.05.2014 – 31.05.2014
Baku World Science Forum, Baku, Azerbeijan
30.05.2013 – 31.05.2013
International Conference „The Qipčaks of Eurasia: History, Language and Written records” organized by Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
23.05.2013 – 25.05.2013
World Congress of Bulgarian studies, Sofia, Bulgaria, organized by Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
22.09.2009 – 23.09.2009
International Conference „Russia, Europe and the World”, Sofia, Bulgaria, organized by Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
Participation in other scientific events
11.11.2024 – 13.11.2024
International Conference „Foreign Humanities about Bulgaria and the Bulgarians”, Sofia, Bulgaria, organized by the Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian academy of Sciences and the Bulgarian-Hungarian Historical Commision
24.04.2024 – 25.04.2024
Conference „Bulgaria, Europe and the World: Traditions and Transformations”, Sofia, Bulgaria, organized by the Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian academy of Sciences
03.06.2023 – 05.06.2023
27th Annual Conference „Kyustendil readings” on „Calamities and Disasters in History”, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, organized by Regional Museum of History – Kyustendil and Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
03.06.2022 – 05.06.2022
26th Annual Conference „Kyustendil readings” on „Falsifications and Manipulatuions in History”, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, organized by Regional Museum of History – Kyustendil and Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
15.12.2021 – 15.12.2021
National Round table „Nomadic Settlement in the Bulgarian Lands”, organized in a digital format as a final event of the project „Nomadic Settlement in the Bulgarian lands during the Late Middle Ages: history, memory and usage”
15.09.2020 – 15.09.2020
Conference „Migration and Cultural-Historical Heritage” within the framework of the National Scientific Program „Cultural-Historical Heritage, National Memory and Social Development”, Sofia, Bulgaria
25.09.2019 – 25.09.2019
Scientific seminar „Migration and Cultural and Historical Heritage”, Sofia, Bulgaria, organized by the Institute for Historical Studies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and funded by the National Scientific Program „Cultural-Historical Heritage, National Memory and Social Development”
01.06.2018 – 03.06.2018
24th Annual Conference „Kyustendil readings” on „Memory and Oblivion in History”, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, organized by Regional Museum of History – Kyustendil and Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
17.12.2015 – 18.12.2015
Annual Readings of the Doctoral Students and Postdoctoral Fellows of the Faculty of History, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
27.11.2015 – 27.11.2015
Lecturer at the seminar „Mongols, Chinese and Europe: Contacts and Interactions”, Budapest, Hungary, organized by the Central European University and Eötvös Loránd University
04.06.2015 – 05.06.2015
3rd International Conference „The Silk Road”, Sofia, Bulgaria, organized by Confucius Institute, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
18.12.2014 – 19.12.2014
Annual Readings of the Doctoral Students and Postdoctoral Fellows of the Faculty of History, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
31.10.2013 – 01.11.2013
Conference dedicated to the 175 anniversary of the birth of Marin Drinov „Bulgarian humanities in the context of European scientific inquiry”, Sofia, Bulgaria, organized by the Bulgarian Academy of Science
14.06.2013 – 16.06.2013
20th Annual Conference „Kyustendil readings” on „The Fatality in History”, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, organized by Regional Museum of History – Kyustendil and Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
04.06.2012 – 06.06.2012
19th Annual Conference „Kyustendil readings” on „Traditions and Transition in Bulgarian History”, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, organized by Regional Museum of History – Kyustendil and Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
04.07.2011 – 10.07.2011
International Seminar „Myths, Heroes and Identities”, Bucharest, Romania, organized by the section of International Students of History Association in Bucharest
01.06.2011 – 03.06.2011
Student Interuniversity Round table „Standards of the Everyday Life during the Middle Ages and Modern Times”, Gyolechitsa, Bulgaria, organized by Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski” and the St. Cyril and St. Metodius University of Veliko Tarnovo
25.04.2011 – 01.05.2011
International Conference „East and West: Bridging the Differences”, Pula, Croatia, organized by the section of International Students of History Association in Pula
23.02.2011 – 27.02.2011
International Seminar „History Used as Propaganda”, Leuven, Belgium, organized by the section of International Students of History Association in Leuven
04.06.2010 – 06.06.2010
17th Annual Conference „Kyustendil readings” on „Failures in History”, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, organized by Regional Museum of History – Kyustendil and Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
17.11.2009 – 18.11.2009
Annual Readings of the Doctoral Students of the Faculty of History, Sofia University „The Marginal in the History” –Gyolechitsa, Bulgaria, organized by Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
29.05.2009 – 31.05.2009
16th Annual Conference „Kyustendil readings” on „The Crises in History”, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, organized by Regional Museum of History – Kyustendil and Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
13.04.2009 – 19.04.2009
International Conference „Turning points in History”, Zagreb, Croatia, organized by the section of International Students of History Association in Zagreb
20.10.2008 – 24.10.2008
International Seminar „Historiography and Methodology”, Belgrade, Serbia, organized by the section of International Students of History Association in Belgrade
30.05.2008 – 01.06.2008
15th Annual Conference „Kyustendil readings” on „Conspiracies and Coups in History”, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, organized by Regional Museum of History – Kyustendil and Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
29.05.2007 – 31.05.2007
14th Annual Conference „Kyustendil readings” on „Crises in History”, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, organized by Regional Museum of History – Kyustendil and Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
5. PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES
Popular articles
- Анатомия на българската русофилия: първородният грях и изкупителната жертва. Фактор, 06.06.2022 (https:..faktor.bg.bg.articles.anatomiya-na-balgarskata-rusofiliya-parvorodniyat-gryah-i-izkupitelnata-zhertva )
- Quo Vadis Homo Liberalis? Стокхолмският синдром на българската либерална хуманитаристика в кривото огледало на Скопие. Моята българска история. https:..move.bg.quo-vadis-homo-liberalis?fbclid=IwAR13wL0-sSVD66XXYmKInZg1PAYhBEbC0gUgn0nEZ0_qg51OaKS6ppt7NxY
- Миграции през Късната Античност и Ранното Средновековие. Заселване на славяни и българи на Балканите. Миграциите и Първата българска държава. – В: Миграциите в българската история. Учебно помагало за профилирана подготовка по история и цивилизации. БАН – ИИстИ, София, 2022, с. 7-14.
- Миграции през периода на Византийското владичество в българските земи (XI–XII в.). – В: Миграциите в българската история. Учебно помагало за профилирана подготовка по история и цивилизации. БАН – ИИстИ, София, 2022, с. 14-19.
- Второто българско царство и миграционните процеси на Балканите в периода от края на XII в. до края на XIV в. – В: Миграциите в българската история. Учебно помагало за профилирана подготовка по история и цивилизации. БАН – ИИстИ, София, 2022, с. 19-23.
Lectures and other public events to promote academic achievements
21.07.2025
Discussion in the Podcast „Bulgarian History” on the topic: „The Cumans and Bulgaria”
23.05.2025
BA.MA lecture „The Cuman-Qïpchaqs and the Outside World” in Istanbul University
29.11.2024
Discussion in the Podcast „This is What I learned Today” on the topic: „The Rise of the Asenids”
16.12.2024
Bulgarian National Television Show „History.BG” on the topic: „Bulgarian and Vlachs in the Middle Ages”
29.11.2024
Discussion in the Podcast „This is What I learned Today” on the topic: „The Grand Duel of Byzantium and Bulgaria during the Reigns of Tzar Samuel and Emperor Basil II”
18.03.2024
Bulgarian National Television Show „History.BG” on the topic: „The Tatars and the Second Bulgarian Tsardom”
27.11.2023
Bulgarian National Television Show „History.BG” on the topic: „Turkic Migrations in the Bulgarian Lands, 11th – 14th century”
14.06.2023
Bulgarian National Radio, Program „Horizont” on the topic: „Chinggis Khan: The Terror of the Medieval Orient”
13.02.2023
Bulgarian National Television Show „History.BG” on the topic: „Pechenegs and Uzes in the Bulgarian Lands”
17.01.2022
Bulgarian National Television Show „History.BG” on the topic: „The of the Bulgarians in the Old Rus’ Sources up to the 12th century”
15.11.2021
MA lecture „The Cumans, the Second Bulgarian Empire and Byzantium” as a guest lecturer in the International Hellenic University, Thesalloniki, (due to the restrictions, caused by the Pandemic COVID-19 the lecture was presented online)
11.10.2021
Bulgarian National Television Show „History.BG” on the topic: „The Cumans: Friends or Foes”
25.09.2021
Public lecture „The Winter is Comming: Warfare and Migrations in the Pontic Steppes during the Middle Ages” as part of the activities of the „European Researchers’ Night” (due to the restrictions, caused by the Pandemic COVID-19 the lecture was presented online)
19.03.2020
BA lecture „The State, the Steppe and the Outside World: The Golden Horde and the Ilkhanate” as a guest lecturer in the Course „Global History – The Mongols and Global History” 070122-1 VO Summer Semester 2020 in Vienna University (due to the restrictions, caused by the Pandemic COVID-19 the lecture was presented online)
15.10.2019
BA lecture „The Cuman-Qïpchaq Tribal Community from Western Eurasia” University of Szeged, Hungary
27.09.2019
Public lecture „To Killl a Chinggisid: Eurasian Nomadic Traditions in the Reign of Teodor Svetoslav” as part of the activities of the „European Researchers’ Night”, MOVE.BG
18.04.2019
Public lecture „Bulgaria and the Cumans during the Second Bulgarian Tzardom” as part of the program of the Institute for Historical Studies for celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
28.11.2018
Round table „Bulgaria in the Last Rear of the „Great War”: 1918 on the Frontline and at Home”, as part of the series „Historians and Histories“, MOVE.BG
25.10.2018
MA Seminar „Comparison between De Administrando Imperio and Ḥudūd al-ʿĀlam as a source for the history of the Eurasian Steppe”, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
23.10.2018
BA Lecture „Facing the Steppe Winds: The Cuman-Qipchaq Frontiers with Rus’ and Khwarazm compared”, OCLA Lecture Seminar, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
29.03.2018
Public lecture „Echo of the War” as part of the series „Historians and Histories“, MOVE.BG
12.02.2018
Lecture „The Cuman-Qipčak Tribal Community in the Age of the Mongol Onslaught”, at the Institute of Archaeology, Slovak Academy of Sciences – Nitra, Slovakia
12.10.2017
Lecture „The Eurasian Nomads in the Middle Ages and Their Impact on East Central Europe”, at Comenius Bratislava, Slovakia
12.12.2016
Lecture „The Cuman-Qipčaks Refugees in the Age of the Mongol Onslaught”, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
27.04.2016
Public lecture „Witch-hunt in the Court of the Great Khan” at the American corner of Sofia Library for the program of Center for Advanced Studies – Sofia, Bulgaria
29.10.2014
Public lecture „Echo of the War: Memoirs of Bulgarian WWII Veterans. Methodology and Interpretation” at the American Research Center in Sofia, Bulgaria
12.05.2013 – 23.05.13
Lecturer at the Round table of Intensive Erasmus Program „Standards of Everyday Life in the Middle Ages and in Modern Times”, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, organized by Veliko Tarnovo University „St. Cyril and St. Metodius”, Bulgaria in partnership with University of Sofia „St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria, „Uludağ” University of Bursa, Turkey, Ankara University, Turkey, University of Lodz, Poland, „Ovidius” University of Constanta, Romania
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Preparation of museum collections, exhibitions and other cultural events
Expert activity for state institutions, foundations and organizations
01.10.2022 – CURRENTLY
Technical secretary of the Joint Multidisciplinary Expert Commission about History and Education between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia
01.07.2016 – CURRENTLY
Head of the team which is maintaining the website and the Facebook page, which are part of the campaign „Echo of the War” for collecting memories of Bulgarian veterans who took part in the World War II
Project managment:
17.12.2018 – 17.12.2021
Head of the project for young scholars „Nomadic Settlement in the Bulgarian lands during the Late Middle Ages: history, memory and usage”, funded by the Fund for Scientific Research of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria
01.01.2017 – 31.12.2017
Head of the Project „Echo from the War” Part VI, funded by the Humanitarian Complex „Alma Mater”, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
01.07.2016 – 31.12.2016
Head of the Project „Echo from the War” Part III, Humanitarian Complex „Alma Mater”, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”
01.07.2013 – 18.02.2015
Head of the Project „Echo from the War” Part II, funded by the National Centre for European Youth Programs and Initiatives
01.07.2010 – 30.06.2011
Head of the Project „Echo from the War” Part I, funded by the National Centre for European Youth Programs and Initiatives
01.10.2008 – 01.08.2009
Head of the Project „Second World War in personal memories” funded by the National Centre for European Youth Programs and Initiatives
6. AWARDS AND HONOURS
11.01.2018 – 28.01.2018
Holder of the Black Sea Scholars Fund Award of the British Institute at Ankara
30.05.2013 – 31.05.2013
Holder the American Research Center in Sofia’s International Conference Travel Award for Bulgarian Scholars for attendance of the International Scientific Conference „The Qipčaks of Eurasia: History, Language and Written records” Dedicated to the 1100 Anniversary of the Kimek state in the Days of the Turkic Literacy and Culture, organized by Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Data updated as of 30.06.2025