Senior Assistant Professor Dr. Aleksandar Zlatanov
6 September, Karlovo, Bulgaria
E-mail: alzlatanov(at)abv(dot)bg ; alzlatanov(at)ihist(dot)bas(dot)bg
ORCID: 0000-0002-2634-2661
SCOPUS ID: 57416104700
Web of Science ID: ABA-7202-2020
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1. RESEARCH INTERESTS
Bulgarian, Balkan and East-European History and Geopolitics (18th–19th c.); Source Studies; Foreign Sources and Travel Accounts on the Balkans (18th–19th c.); Cultural Heritage (15th–19th c.); Regional History; Genealogy.
2. ACADEMIC CAREER
Education
2020 – PhD in History, Sofia University „St Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of History.
Dissertation: „The Ottoman Cossack Regiment of Michał Czajkowski – Between Europe and the Ottoman Empire.”
2015 – MA in History, Sofia University „St Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of History.
2013 – BA in Book Publishing, University of Veliko Tarnovo „Sts Cyril and Methodius”.
Positions held
15 July 2024 – present – Senior Assistant Professor, Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
1 May 2022 – 15 July 2024 – Assistant Professor, Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
1 April 2021 – 30 April 2022 – Researcher (R2), Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
1 April 2021 – 31 December 2021 – Researcher (R2), Faculty of History, Sofia University.
9 March 2020 – 10 September 2020 – Researcher (R1), Faculty of History, Sofia University.
Academic degrees and titles
2024 – Senior Assistant Professor
2022 – Assistant Professor
2020 – PhD in History
Memberships in academic organisations and associations
15.09.2023 – present – Royal Historical Society (London), Associate Fellow.
15.08.2023 – present – British Institute at Ankara, Member.
14.02.2022 – present –Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies (Singapore/Liverpool), Founding Member.
30.09.2021 – present – EUROPA NOSTRA (Brussels/The Hague), Member.
27.11.2020 – 15.09.2023 – Royal Historical Society (London), Early-Career Fellow.
25.09.2020 – present – Centre for Economic History Research (Sofia), Member.
11.09.2018 – present – Comité International des Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes, Member
01.02.2018 – present – Society for Turkology, Ottoman and Turkish Studies (Vienna), Member.
01.01.2018 – present – Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (Pittsburgh), Member.
Research fellowships and specializations
February – March 2026, London (United Kingdom) – The National Archives (Foreign Office), British Library (Manuscripts Collection), The Royal Archives.
May 2024, Kraków (Poland) – The Princes Czartoryski Library.
October 2023, London (United Kingdom) – The National Archives (Foreign Office), British Library (Manuscripts Collection). Turkish & Black Sea Scholars’ Fund (BIAA).
May 2023, Istanbul (Turkey) – Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office; Archive of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
November 2022, Istanbul (Turkey): Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA).
December 2021, Istanbul (Turkey): Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA).
May–August 2021, Kraków, Kórnik (Poland): The Princes Czartoryski Library, Jagiellonian Library, Library of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow. Thesaurus Poloniae Scholarship, International Cultural Centre.
April 2018, London (United Kingdom) – The National Archives (Foreign Office), British Library (Manuscripts Collection). Doctoral mobility grant, Sofia University.
August 2017, Warsaw (Poland) – National Library of Poland; Adam Mickiewicz Literary Museum Archive.
July 2017, Lublin (Poland) – Intensive Polish language course, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Sciences Scholarship.
April–June 2017, Moscow (Russian Federation) – Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Empire; State Archive of the Russian Federation; Russian State Military Historical Archive; Russian State Library (Manuscripts Collection); National Historical Museum Archive. SYLFF Fellowship, Nippon Foundation.
May–June 2016, Kraków, Warsaw (Poland) – The Princes Czartoryski Library, Jagiellonian Library, Library of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow, National Museum in Krakow, National Library of Poland, Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature, Polish Army Museum.
Participation in research projects
February 2026 – June 2026 – Research project “Enhancing the Project Capacity of Researchers at the Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences under Horizon Europe in the Field of Digital Humanities” under procedure No. BG-RRP-2.025 “Support for BAS units in building international research networks and preparing project proposals for calls under the Horizon Europe framework program and other relevant programs,” NPVU. Project leader.
January 2026 – December 2027 – International joint research project between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Sciences: “The Shadows Empire: Informal Diplomacy and Trans-Imperial Entanglements in Eastern Europe and the Near East” IC-PL/19/2026-2027. Project leader.
January 2026 – December 2028 – Standard Research Project of the Czech Science Foundation (GA212046): “Kohlennot: Politics and Everyday Life in the Central Powers During the Great War and Beyond (1914–1920).”
December 2025 – November 2027 – Postdoctoral project, Research Council of Lithuania, No. P-PD-25-261: “The Geopolitical Rise of the Balkans: The Russo-British Rivalry, 1856–1878“, Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Humanities.
December 2024 – December 2026 – National Research Project for Fundamental Research of Young Scientists and Postdoctoral Fellows at the Bulgarian National Scientific Fund, Contract No. KN-06-PM 90/02: „Diplomacy and Intelligence in the Balkans, XVII-XIX Centuries: The Human Factor and Networks of Influence”.
August 2024 – November 2024 – International scientific conference „Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans: Historical Perspectives, Cultural Bridges and New Horizons” – BNSF, contract KP-06-MNF/26. Project leader.
September 2022 – August 2025 – National Programme „Development and Promotion of Bulgarian Studies Abroad” (Ministry of Education and Sciences), Institute of Historical Studies – BAS.
September 2022 – December 2026 – National Programme „Young Scientists and Post-Docs – 2” (Ministry of Education and Sciences), Institute of Historical Studies – BAS.
July 2021 – July 2026 – International Research Project in the National Science Centre – Poland (Narodowe Centrum Nauki) OPUS-20: „Social Changes of the Muslim Communities in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Bulgaria (1850–1914): Comparative Study.”
April 2021 – April 2022 – National Programme “Young Scientists and Post-Docs” (Ministry of Education and Sciences), Institute of Historical Studies – BAS.
December 2018 – December 2022 – National Research Project at the Bulgarian National Scientific Fund „Networks and mechanisms of Influence in the Regional Economy. Balkan and European contextualization of the archival heritage of the brothers Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi”, Contract KN-06-OPR 05/02. External expert (2019-20); Project member (2022).
September 2018 – September 2019 – National Research Project № RD 19-254 / 03.08.2018 „Archive of the Bulgarian Polar Explorers” at the National Center for Polar Research. Research, retrieval, digitization and popularization of the scientific and archival heritage of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute and its members and collaborators.
May – December 2016 – Scientific Research Project „The Ottoman Archives in Bulgaria. Acquiring, condition and terms of access”. Faculty of History at Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”, 46/2016.
Languages
English, Polish, Russian, Serbian (reading), French (basic), Turkish (basic).
3. PUBLICATIONS
A. Monographs
B. Edited volumes
C. Studies and articles
Zlatanov, A. Echoes of War: British Consular Observations of Strategic Zones in 1877 // Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 28, No. 4, 2026. DOI: 10.1080/19448953.2026.2633658.
(SCOPUS Q1)
Zlatanov, A. Shadows of War: The Region of Kazanlak according to the British Consul Blunt in 1877 // Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research. Vol. X. Wars, Revolutions, Insecurity. Varna, 2025, pp. 309–326. ISSN: 2534-9244 (print) / ISSN 2603-3526 (online). DOI: 10.61836/PDLL7515.
(SCOPUS Q2; ERIH PLUS; RePec; CEEOL; Google Scholar)
Zlatanov, A. Periodicals in Karlovo before 1945 // Proceedings of the Institute for Historical Research, Т. XLI. Sofia, 2025. pp. 526–539. ISSN: 2367-5187 (print) / 2815-2913 (online). DOI: 10.71069/III41.25.ZA30.
(CEEOL)
Zlatanov, A. The Periodical Press in Karlovo (1902–2024) // Journal for Historical and Archaeological Research, No. 1, 2025, pp. 46–81. ISSN: 1314-748X (print) / 2683-0418 (online). DOI 10.46687/GBML8404.
(SCOPUS; ERIH PLUS; CEEOL; Google Scholar)
Zlatanov, A. Pragmatic allegiance: The conversion case of the political agent Michał Czajkowski // Becoming Ottoman: Converts, Renegades and Competing Loyalties in the Early Modern and Modern Ages. Eds. Koese, Y., Kucera, P., Volker, T. I.B. Tauris: London, 2024, pp. 159–180. ISBN: 978-0-7556-4099-7 (print) / 978-0-7556-4100-0 (online). DOI: 10.5040/9780755641024.ch-008.
(SCOPUS)
Zlatanov, A. Water-related Natural Disasters as a Barrier to Development. The Example of Karlovo in the early 20th century // Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research, Vol. 9, 2024, pp. 375–386. ISSN: 2534-9244 (print) / ISSN 2603-3526 (online). DOI: 10.61836/MPUL7305.
(SCOPUS Q2; ERIH PLUS; RePec; CEEOL; Google Scholar)
Zlatanov, A. Michał Czajkowski/Sadık Pasha and his Ottoman Cossack Regiment as Agents of Modernization // Transforming Southeast Europe during the Long 19th century: Persons and Personalities as Agents of Modernization in the Ottoman and the Post-Ottoman space. Eds. Antonova-Goleva, B., Masheva, I. Brill: Leiden, 2024, pp. 33–65. ISBN: 978-3-506-76002-9 (print) / ISBN: 978-3-657-76002-2 (online). DOI: 10.30965/9783657760022_003.
(SCOPUS Q3)
Zlatanov, A. Cross-cultural Contacts during the Tanzimat: The Ottoman Cossacks Regiment and its Reception // Slovanský přehled (Slavonic Review), vol. 109, no. 2, 2023, pp. 267–283. ISSN: 0037-6922 (Print) / 2788-3248 (On-line).
(SCOPUS Q4; ERIH PLUS; EBSCO; CEJSH)
Zlatanov, A. Periphery or Semi–Periphery? When Were the Bulgarian Lands Included in the World-Economy? // Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research, Vol. 8, 2023, pp. 105–117. ISSN: 2534-9244 (print) / ISSN 2603-3526 (online). DOI: 10.61836/QWYE5768.
(SCOPUS Q2; ERIH PLUS; RePec; CEEOL; Google Scholar)
Zlatanov, A. Karlovo’s Textile Guilds in the 19th Century // Mehmet Genç Anısına. Osmanlı İktisat Tarihi Çalışmaları – I. Istanbul, 2023, pp. 449–456. ISBN: 978-605-72807-1-8.
Zlatanov, A. Comfortable numbness: The Case of Karlovo’s heritage // Heritage and Development. Kraków, 2023, pp. 33–47. ISBN: 978‑83‑66419-49-0.
Zlatanov, A. Networks of Local Influence: Karlovo Guilds in the 19th Century // Regional Networks in Context. Economy and Trade in the Lower Danube Balkans of the 19th Century. Berlin, 2023, pp. 83–92. ISBN: 978-3-643-91439-2.
Zlatanov, A. The Economic and Trade Network of Evlogi Georgiev in 1839 // Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research, Vol. 7, 2022, pp. 264–286. ISSN: 2534-9244 (print) / ISSN 2603-3526 (online).
(SCOPUS Q3; ERIH PLUS; RePec; CEEOL; Google Scholar)
Zlatanov, A. The Researcher Hristo Fargov – A Life, Devoted to Karlovo // Istoricheski pregled, Vol. 77, No. 4, 2021, pp. 24–40. ISSN: 0323-9748.
(SCOPUS; EBSCO Host; Publons; CEEOL; РИНЦ)
Zlatanov, A. Karlovo’s Merchants at the Beginning of 1860s // Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research, Vol. 6, 2021, pp. 284–295. ISSN: 2534-9244 (print) / ISSN 2603-3526 (online).
(SCOPUS; ERIH PLUS; RePec; CEEOL; Google Scholar)
Zlatanov, A. Hôtel Lambert and the Conversion of the Political Agent Michał Czajkowski // Istoricheski pregled, Vol. 76, No. 4, 2020, pp. 5–33. ISSN: 0323-9748.
(SCOPUS; EBSCO Host; Publons; CEEOL; РИНЦ)
Zlatanov, A. The Balkan Policy of Hôtel Lambert and the Establishment of the Eastern Agency in Istanbul (1831 – 1842) // History-Istoriya, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2020, pp. 250–269. ISSN: 0861–3710 (Print) / ISSN: 1314–8524 (Online).
(Web of Science; ERIH PLUS; EBSCO Host; CEEOL; РИНЦ; Google Scholar; Primo/Ex Libris; Summon/ProQuest)
Zlatanov, A. Socio-economic Development of Karlovo Region after 1878 // Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research, Vol. 5, 2020, pp. 319–332. ISSN: 2534-9244 (print) / ISSN 2603-3526 (online).
(SCOPUS; ERIH PLUS; RePec; CEEOL; Google Scholar)
Zlatanov, A. A Story of a Donation: Evlogi Georgiev’s Textile Factory in Karlovo // Donations and Enterprising in the Balkans during the 19th century by the Model of Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi’s brothers. Sofia, 2020, pp. 141–157. ISBN: 978-954-07-5038-5.
Zlatanov, A. Czajkowski’s Christian Army of the Sultan, 1853–1870 // Turkish Yoke or Pax Ottomana. The Reception of Ottoman Heritage in the Balkan History and Culture. Zeszyty Naukowe Towarzystwa Doktorantów UJ. Nauki Społeczne, Nr. 24, 2019. Kraków, pp. 45–57. ISSN: 2299–2383 / e-ISSN: 2082–9213. DOI: 10.26361/ZNTDSP.10.2019.24.3.
(Index Copernicus; Google Scholar; CEON; POL-Index; Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego; Polish Scientific Journals Database; e-Publikacje Nauki Polskiej).
Zlatanov, A. Niepublikowane wspomnienia o Michała Czajkowskiego–Sadyka Paszy // Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, T. LIII, z. 2. Warszawa, 2018, s. 111–130. ISSN: 1230–5057 / e-ISSN: 2353–6403. DOI: 10.12775/SDR.2018.2.08.
(ERIH PLUS; Index Copernicus; CEJSH; CEON; CEEOL; Google Scholar; POL-Index; BazHum; Crossref)
Zlatanov, A. Forest and Outlaws in the Bulgarian lands during the XVIIIth century // Les forêts européennes. Gestions, exploitations et représentations (XIe-XIXe siècles). Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, Pessac, 2018, pp. 105–115. ISBN: 979-10-300-0176-1.
Zlatanov, A. Unpublished memoirs about Michał Czajkowski – Sadık Pasha // Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire, XIX century: Concepts, Structures, Personalities. Sofia, 2017, pp. 107–132. ISBN: 978-954-07-4352-3.
Zlatanov, A. The Localization of Karlovo’s borders according to the Karlızâde Lala Ali bey’s vakfiye from 1496 // Proceedings of Regional Historical Museum of Gabrovo, Vol. 4. Gabrovo, 2017, pp. 27–38. ISSN: 2367–783X.
Zlatanov, A. The „Sveta Bogoroditsa” Church in Karlovo during the Bulgarian National Revival // Proceedings of Regional Historical Museum of Gabrovo, Vol. 3. Gabrovo, 2016, pp. 147–162. ISSN: 2367–783X.
Zlatanov, А. Two Ottoman Fountains from XIX century in Varna // March Students Readings. Fifth Scientific Conference in University of Veliko Tarnovo. Veliko Tarnovo, 2016, pp. 195–208. ISBN: 978-619-208-050-1.
Zlatanov, A. The Kazak Аlay of Sadyk Pasha // Proceeding of Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. 32. Poland and the Poles in Modern Bulgarian history (Mid 19th – Mid 20th Century). Sofia, 2015, pp. 66–78. ISSN: 2367-5187.
(CEEOL)
Zlatanov, A. Karlovo’s Bazaar (Charshiya) During The Bulgarian National Revival // Standards of everyday life in the Middle Ages and in Modern Times, Vol. III. Veliko Tarnovo, 2014, pp. 506–513. ISBN: 978-619-00-0176-8.
Zlatanov, A. The Topography and the Fortification in the Valley of Strumeshnica as a Factor in the Battle of Kleidion // 1000 Years of Samuil’s Bulgaria. Blagoevgrad, 2014, pp. 107–127. ISBN: 978-954-680-965-0.
4. PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC FORUMS
24 – 25 March 2026, Sofia, Bulgaria – International Conference “Diplomacy, Intelligence, and Influence in the Balkans and Beyond, 17th–19th Centuries”; Paper: “Russia’s Diplomatic Perspective on the Balkans after the Crimean War, 1856–1878”.
16 – 17 December 2025, Moscow, Russian Federation, online – All-Russian Congress of Slavists; Paper: “Pan-Slavism between Chimera and Reality in British Diplomacy (1875–1887).”
31 October 2025, Sofia, Bulgaria – Littera scripta manet: Roundtable in memory of Prof. Virginia Paskaleva (1923–2012); Paper: “The Dissertation of Virginia Paskaleva.”
26 – 27 September 2026, Sofia, Bulgaria – International Scientific Conference of the Centre for Economic and History Research „Wars, Revolutions, Insecurity“. Paper: “Shadows of War: The Region of Kazanlak according to the British Consul Blunt in 1877.”
18 – 20 September 2025, Mainz, Germany – Fifth European Convention on Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies (Turkologentag 2025); Paper: “Russian Intelligence Actions in the Ottoman Balkans in the 1860s and 1870s”.
17 – 20 July 2025, Birmingham, United Kingdm – SGNCS World Congress 2025 “Cultural Circulations, Global Mobilities, and Knowledge Translations: Turning Points in the Nineteenth Century”; Paper: “Empire’s Edge: Gen. Nikolay Ignatiev as a Turning Point of the Russian Near Eastern Strategy (1864–1877).”
24–25 May 2025, Istanbul, Turkey – XI International Symposium on Ottoman Istanbul. Paper: „Istanbul as a Centre for Polish Diplomatic and Intelligence Actions in the 19th-Century Ottoman Balkans.”
15 May 2025, Warsaw, Poland – Student Conference „Political and Social Transformations in CEE after 1989” Guest lecture: „The Polish Emigration in the 19th-Century Balkans and its Political Activity.”
24–26 Arpil 2025, Kaunas, Lithuania – International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference „History, Culture and Heritage of Manors in Central and Eastern Europe”. Paper: „The Case of Agush Manor House.”
4–9 March 2025, Warsaw, Poland – XXI Eastern Winter School. Guest lecture: „19th-Century Polish Emigration in the Balkans.”
16–19 January 2025, Kuwait City, Kuwait – SGNCS International Symposium „Translation, Transposition, and Travel in the Global Nineteenth Century”. Paper: „The Russian Intelligence Concept Reshaped: The Balkans through the lens of Captain Bobrikov’s secret mission in 1867.”
12 – 13 November 2024, Sofia, Bulgaria – International Scientific Conference „Foreign Humanities Studying Bulgaria and the Bulgarians”. Paper: „Bulgaria and the Bulgarians in the works of Ludwik Widerszal and Jerzy Skowronek.”
3 – 4 October 2024, Sofia, Bulgaria – International Scientific Conference „Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans: Historical Perspectives, Cultural Bridges, and New Horizons”. Paper: „A Geopolitical and Economic View of 19th century Eastern Europe and the Balkans.”
27 – 28 September 2024, Sofia, Bulgaria – International Scientific Conference of the Centre for Economic and History Research „Barriers to Economic Development in Historical Perspective”. Paper: „Water-related Natural Disasters as a Barrier to Development. The Example of Karlovo in the early 20th century.”
29 – 31 May 2024, Lille, France – International Scientific Conference „Moving Beyond the Center–Periphery Dynamics: Central and Eastern Europe from the mid-19th century to the Present”. Paper: „The Ottoman Balkans in the 19th Century: Peripheralization or Modernization?“
7 May 2024, Kraków, Poland – 19th-Century Seminar, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of History. Public lecture: „Hôtel Lambert and the Eastern Agency in Istanbul.”
24 – 25 April 2024, Sofia, Bulgaria – National Scientific Conference „Bulgaria, Europe and the World: Traditions and Transformations” at the National Scientific Program „Young Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – 2” at the Institute for Historical Research – BAS. Paper: „The Demographics of Karlovo in the 19th century.”
5 December 2023, Sofia, Bulgaria – Seminar „Current Problems of History and Historiography” at the National Scientific Program „Development and Promotion of Bulgarian Studies Abroad” at the Institute for Historical Studies – BAS. Paper: „Polish Emigration in the Bulgarian Lands in the 19th Century.”
14 November 2023, Sofia, Bulgaria – Seminar „Current Problems of History and Historiography” at the National Scientific Program „Young Scientists and Postdoctoral Fellows – 2” at the Institute for Historical Studies – BAS. Paper: „The town of Karlovo in the 19th and early 20th centuries.”
26 – 27 October 2023, Vilnius, Lithuania – International Scholarly Conference „A Foreigner Turned Native: Тhe Multifaceted Artistic Vilnius“. Paper: „Jonas Basanavičius and his Bulgarian period (1880–1905).“
19 – 20 October 2023 – ASEEES 55th Annual Convention. Paper: „A Repentant Rebel or a Pragmatic Renegade?: Czajkowski’s Return to the Russian Empire (1872–1886).”
29 – 30 September 2023, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria – – International Scientific Conference of the Centre for Economic and History Research „Factors of Economic Growth in Historical Perspective”. Paper: „Periphery or Semi–Periphery? When Were the Bulgarian Lands Included in the World-Economy?”
29 June – 18 July 2023, Warsaw, Poland – XXXII Wschodnia Szkoła Letnia, Studium Europy Wschodniej, Uniwersytet Warszawski.
6 February 2023, Sofia, Bulgaria – Scientific Conference „150 Years of Immortality: Vasil Levski, the Revolution and the Future World”. Paper: „Vasil Levski Monument in Karlovo.”
23 – 25 September 2022, Karlovo, Bulgaria – International Scientific Conference of the Centre for Economic and History Research „Dilemmas of Development”. Paper: „The Economic and Trade Network of Evlogi Georgiev in 1839.”
21 – 26 June 2022, Thessaloniki, Greece – 24th International Congress of CIEPO. Paper: „Cross cultural Contacts during the Tanzimat era: The Ottoman Cossack Regiments and their reception.”
19 May 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria – Scientific Conference „Networks and Mechanisms of Influence in Regional Politics, Economy and Culture”. Paper: „Networks of Local Influence: The Karlovo Esnafs in the Development of the Town in the 19th Century.”
17 – 19 December 2021, Istanbul, Turkey – The International Symposium of Ottoman Economic History. In memoriam of Mehmet Genç. Paper: „The Drivers of Proto-Industrializations: Karlovo’s Textile Guilds and Crafts in 19th century.”
24 – 25 September 2021, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria – International Scientific Conference of the Centre for Economic and History Research „Entrepreneurship in Historical Perspective”. Paper: „Karlovo’s Merchants at the Beginning of 1860s.”
16 – 18 June 2021, Kraków, Poland – 6th International Heritage Forum of Central Europe, Heritage & Development. Paper: „Comfortable numbness: The Case of Karlovo’s heritage.”
31 May 2021, Kraków, Poland – 19th-Century Seminar, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of History. Public lecture: „Kozacy sułtańscy Sadyka Paszy na Bałkanach.”
19 November 2020 – present, Online „Balkan Seminar”, Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
24 October 2020 г. – December 2021, Online Seminar „Ottomans Online”, Skilliter Centre Seminars on the Ottoman Empire and Early Turkish Republic, Cambridge.
25 – 26 September 2020, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria – International Scientific Conference of the Centre for Economic and History Research „Markets, Society, Power”. Paper: „Socio-economic Development of Karlovo Region after 1878.”
8 July 2020 – Online Seminar „Economic prerequisites for the formation of the Bulgarian Political Elite (on the example of the brothers Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi)”. Paper: „The Economic and Trade network of Evlogi Georgiev’s associates and commission agents in 1839.”
October 4, 2019, Sofia, Bulgaria – International Scientific Conference „Donation and Entrepreneurship in the Balkans in the 19th Century on the Example of the Brothers Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi”. Paper: „The Story of a Donation: The Textile Factory of Evlogi Georgiev in Karlovo.”
17 – 21 October 2018, Berlin, Germany – History Festival „War or Peace. Crossroads of history 1918 – 2018”.
12 – 13 October, 2018, Prague, Czech Republic – International Workshop „Late-Ottoman Identities: The National, Transnational and Marginal”.
19 – 21 September 2018, Bamberg, Germany – 3rd European Convention on Turkic, Ottoman & Turkish Studies, Turkologentag 2018; Paper: „The Conversion case of the renegade Michał Czajkowski, 1850 – 1870.”
11 – 15 September, Sofia, Bulgaria – 23rd International Congress of CIEPO. Paper: „Sadık Paşa and his Kazak Alayı as instruments of modernization in the Ottoman Empire.”
1 – 2 December 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria – International Workshop „Transforming South Eastern Europe during the Long 19th Century: Persons and Personalities as Agents of Modernization”. Paper: „Michal Czajkowski – Sadyk Pasha and his Ottoman Cossack Regiment as agents of modernization.”
1 – 12 October 2017, Warsaw, Białystok, Krynki, Kruszyniany, Tikocin, Supraśl, Krasnogrudy, Kraków, Świdnica, Krzyżowa, Wrocław, Wojnowiec, Poland – The First International School „Poland and Central and Eastern Europe”.
19 – 27 August 2017, Masuria, Poland – International Summer School „Memory and Law: Legal Perspective in Historical Assessments”.
8 – 30 July 2017, Lublin, Poland – Intensive Polish language course at the Centre of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners at the Maria Skłodowska-Curie University.
23 – 24 May 2017, Moscow, Russia – International Scientific Conference „The Slavic World: Community and Diversity”. Paper: „Michal Czajkowski’s Slavic Legion in Images and Pictures.”
6 – 7 October 2016, Gabrovo, Bulgaria – National Scientific Conference „Region of Stara Planina in the History of Bulgarian lands and in the Development of the Cultural Tourism”. Paper: „The Localization of Karlovo’s borders according to the Karlızâde Lala Ali bey’s vakfiye from 1496.”
17 – 18 November 2015, Chantilly, France – Conférence Scientifique Internationale „Les forêts européennes. Gestions, exploitations et représentations XIe-XIXe siècles”. Paper: „The Forest and the Outlaws in the Bulgarian lands during the 18th century.”
8 – 9 October 2015, Gabrovo, Bulgaria – National Scientific Conference „Region of Stara Planina in the History of Bulgarian lands and in the Development of the Cultural Tourism”; Paper: „The „Sveta Bogoroditsa” Church in Karlovo during the Bulgarian National Revival.”
31 August – 4 September 2015, Sofia, Bulgaria – 11th International Congress of South East European Studies, AIESEE; Paper: „Ivan Kishelski’s Project of Bulgarian liberation.”
27 – 28 March 2015, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria – Fifth Scientific Conference in University of Veliko Tarnovo – March Students Readings. Paper: „Two Ottoman Fountains from XIX century in Varna.”
3 – 4 September 2014, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria – National Scientific Conference „1000 years of tsar Samuel’s Bulgaria”. Paper: „The Topography and the Fortification in the Valley of Strumeshnica as a Factor in the Battle of Kleidion.”
1 – 6 August 2014, Region of Simitli, Bulgaria – National Student Scientific Expedition „Simitli – From Antiquity to the Present Day.”
1 – 6 June 2014, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, Albania – National Scientific Expedition „On the Traces of tsar Samuil’s Bulgaria”. Paper: „The Sveti Stefan Church in Kostur.”
11 – 22 May 2014, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria – International Intensive Program „Standards of everyday life in the Middle Ages and in Modern Times”. Paper: „Karlovo’s Bazaar (Charshiya) during the Bulgarian National Revival.”
20 – 21 March 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria – International Scientific Conference „Poland and the Poles in the New Bulgarian History (mid-19th – mid-20th century)”. Paper: „The Kazak Аlay of Sadyk Pasha.”
3 – 7 September 2012, Nowy Sącz, Poland – 7th Economic Forum of Young Leaders.
31 August – 29 September 2012, Nowy Sącz, Poland – Intensive Polish language course at the Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu – National-Louis University.
5. PRACTICAL ACTIVITY
Lectures, public events, promotion of academic achievements
12 – 16 May 2025, Warsaw, Poland – Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility at the Centre for East European Studies, Warsaw University.
29 September 2024, Bulgarian National Radio (programme „Stories about History”). Interview on „220 Years since the Birth of Michał Czajkowski.”
7 – 13 May 2024, Kraków, Poland – Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility at the Faculty of History, Jagiellonian University.
7 May 2024, Kraków, Poland – Public lecture „Hôtel Lambert and the Eastern Agency in Istanbul,” 19th-Century Seminar, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of History.
9 – 14 May 2023, Istanbul, Turkey – Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility at the Faculty of Letters, Istanbul University.
February 2023 – present – Co-author, National Exhibition „150 Years since the Death of Vasil Levski: Sites of Memory (1873 – 1933)”.
27 September 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria – Bulgarian National Radio (programme „Our Day”). Interview on „Prof. Şevket Pamuk as Special Guest at the Karlovo Conference” (with Hristo Tuchev).
21 March 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria – Bulgarian National Television, TV programme Istoriya.BG: „Well-Understood Civilisation: Modernisation, Railways, Telegraphs” (with Boryana Antonova-Goleva and Ivan Rusev).
31 May 2021, Kraków, Poland – Public lecture: „Kozacy sułtańscy Sadyka Paszy na Bałkanach.” 19th-Century Seminar, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of History.
April 2021, Karlovo, Bulgaria – Curator and organiser, public photo-documentary exhibition „(Un)Forgotten Karlovo (1898 – 1943)”.
6. AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
13.11.2024 – First prize, Best Humanities and Social Sciences Article by a Young Scholar (Acad. Ivan E. Geshov Award) in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
29.05.2019 – First place, „Doctoral Candidate of the Year”, Sofia University.
25.11.2018 – Rector’s Annual Award for Scientific and Research activities, Sofia University.
11.05.2018 – Third place, „Doctoral Candidate of the Year”, Sofia University.
25.11.2017 – Rector’s Annual Award for Scientific and Research activities, Sofia University.