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Chief assist. prof. Maria Stoyanova Levkova\u2013Muchinova<\/strong>, <\/strong>PhD<\/p>\n

Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n

Web of Science Researcher ID<\/strong>: MVY-3769-2025
\nORCID ID:<\/strong> https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-9380-7245<\/a><\/p>\n

Address: \u201eShiptchenski Prohod\u201c Blvd, No. 52, block 17 Sofia 1113, Republic of Bulgaria<\/p>\n

E-mail: m_levkova(at)abv(dot)bg, m_levkova(at)ihist(dot)bas(dot)bg<\/p>\n

MAIN FIELDS OF RESEARCH<\/strong><\/h3>\n

History of the Bulgarian lands during the 19th century, Bulgarian National Revival, Genealogy, Prosopography, History of Education, Social history<\/p>\n

ACADEMIC COMPETENCIES AND CAREER<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u0415DUCATION<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Master’s degree in history, Sofia University \u201eSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201c (1996)<\/p>\n

DEGREE AND ACADEMIC RANK<\/strong><\/h4>\n

2012 \u2013 PhD Degree (Topic: \u201eThe Chalakov Family during the Bulgarian National Revival\u201c)<\/p>\n

Assistant Professor in 2.2. History and Archaeology, Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2012 \u2013 2017)<\/p>\n

Chief Assistant Professor in 2.2. History and Archaeology, Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (since 2017)<\/p>\n

PARTICIPATION IN JOINT PROJECTS<\/strong><\/h4>\n

2012\u20132017 \u2013 collective scientific project \u201eMarin Drinov\u2019s epistolary legacy\u201c. <\/strong>In charge: Assoc.Prof. Plamen Bozhinov.<\/p>\n

Participant in a research project \u201eRevival Thrace. Documents\u201c. In charge: Prof. Prof. Iliya Todev DSc. Source of funding: Operational Program \u201eHuman Resources Development\u201c \u2013 Ministry of Youth and Sports, co-financed by the European Social Fund 2007\u20132013 (2012\u201331.12.2013).<\/p>\n

Member of the research project \u201eBulgaria – sources and documents\u201c. In charge: Prof. Iliya Iliev DSc, Prof. Iliya Todev DSc. The project is implemented with the financial support of the Operational Program \u201eHuman Resources Development\u201c, co-financed by the European Social Fund of the European Union (2013\u20132014).<\/p>\n

Participant in the Bulgarian-Macedonian project \u201eModernization Processes in the Balkans under Ottoman Rule in the 19th \u2013 Early 20th Century\u201d. In charge: Prof. Iliya Todev. Source of funding: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2014\u20132016).<\/p>\n

Participant in a collective research project \u201eModern nations and the role of elites for their establishment and further development\u201c <\/strong>of the Institute of Historical Studies \u2013 BAS. In charge: Prof. Tamara Stoilova, DSc. (2016).<\/p>\n

Participant in the research project \u201eEveryday Life of Empires. Middle Ages \u2013 20th Century\u201c. In charge: Prof. Dr. Tamara Stoilova (2018 \u2013 2021).<\/p>\n

Participant in the scientific project \u201eArchival Sources in Interdisciplinary Studies\u201c of the Department of Turkish Language and Literature at the University of Shumen \u201eBishop Konstantin Preslavski\u201c. In charge: Chief Assistant Professor Memish Merdan (2020).<\/p>\n

Member of the research project \u201eFeatures of the modernization of Bulgarian society during the \u201elong 19th century\u201c. In charge: Assoc. Prof. Plamen Bozhinov (July 2021 \u2013 July 2024).<\/p>\n

Member of the scientific research project \u201eEncyclopedia Thrace\u201c of the Union of Thracian Societies in Bulgaria and the Thracian Scientific Institute. In charge: corresponding member Prof. Vasil Prodanov (2022).<\/p>\n

Participant in the research project for the preparation of studies in memory of Prof. Olga Todorova (2024 \u2013 2025). In charge: Assoc. Prof. P. Bozhinov.<\/p>\n

LANGUAGES<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Bulgarian, Russian, English, Turkish<\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Co-authored works<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Thracian Bulgarians in the Bulgarian Revival periodical press. Collection of materials on the Bulgarian Revival history. Editor: Il. Todev. Institute for Historical Studies \u2013 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, National Library \u201eSt. St. Cyril and Methodius\u201d. Part I\u2013II. S., 2014\u20132015. ISBN: 978-954-2903-12-3 (in Bulgarian)<\/p>\n

Encyclopedia Thrace. V. I. The Bulgarian National Movement in Thrace. Sofia: Publishing House of the Union of Thracian Societies in Bulgaria, Thracian Scientific Institute, 2022. ISBN 978-619-92347-0-9 (in Bulgarian)<\/p>\n

Marin Drinov. Letters, telegrams, reports 1859 \u2013 1905. Compiled by: D. Hristov, L. Solenkova, M. Levkova-Muchinova, Pl. Bozhinov, V. Ivashchenko, S. Posokhov. Sofia: Publishing House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences \u201eProf. Marin Drinov\u201d, 2023. 925 p. ISBN 978-619-245-255-1<\/p>\n

Papers<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Publications in Bulgarian<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Levkova, M. Hungarian emigrants and the Bulgarian community in Shumen. \u2013 In: 1848\u20131850. Studies on the Hungarian War of Independence and its Bulgarian Context. Sofia, 1999, pp. 54\u201363.<\/p>\n

Levkova, M. The Benefactor Marincho Benli. \u2013 In: Izvestiya of the Historical Museum Shumen, vol. X, 2002, pp. 206-230.<\/p>\n

Levkova, M. Trade relations between Shumen and Gabrovo in the third quarter of the 19th century. \u2013 In: From the documentary heritage of the Gabrovo region. Vol. 2: Documentary evidence of Gabrovo’s relations with other cities. Materials from a scientific conference dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the State Archives \u2013 Gabrovo. Gabrovo, 2002, pp. 29-34.<\/p>\n

Levkova, M. Bronze seal with an inscription in the Ottoman Turkish language [from the village of Harsovo, Shumen region]. \u2013 Izvestiya of the Historical Museum \u2013 Shumen. Vol. 12, 2004, pp. 158-161.<\/p>\n

Levkova, M. An armor with an Arabic inscription. \u2013 Izvestiya of the Historical Museum \u2013 Shumen. Vol. 13, 2006, pp. 127-132.<\/p>\n

Levkova, M., Zh. Zhekova. Coins from the Seljuk Sultanate of Iconium from the 13th century from the Shumen region. \u2013 Izvestiya of the Historical Museum \u2013 Shumen. Vol. 14, 2008, pp. 65-76.<\/p>\n

Levkova, M. Ivan P. Kepov and his study on the Chalakovtsi family. \u2013 Genealogy, vol. XIII, vol. 4, 2008, pp. 51-54.<\/p>\n

Levkova, M. \u201eA man of action, a sensitive patriot\u2026\u201d \u2013 the Bulgarian National Revival activist Marincho Benli. \u2013 In: Shumen and people of Shumen in the national history. Veliko Tarnovo, 2009, pp. 78-86.<\/p>\n

Salim, M., M. Levkova. The Ottoman Calligraphic School in Shumen in the 19th Century. \u2013 In: Shumen and the People of Shumen in National History. Veliko Tarnovo, 2009, pp. 213-216.<\/p>\n

Levkova, M. The Revivalist Georgi Stoyanov Chalakov. \u2013 In: Papers from the scientific forum \u201ePlovdiv Contributions 2009\u201d on the topic \u201eGenus, Family, Fatherland\u201d (Plovdiv Families in the National History of Bulgaria). Yearbook of the Regional Historical Museum\u2013Plovdiv. Vol. VI. Plovdiv, 2009, pp. 31-34.<\/p>\n

Levkova, M. The Chalakov`s Family and the Bulgarian Educational Work in Plovdiv during the Revival. \u2013 In: Education and Change. Collection in Honor of the Corresponding member Prof. DSc. Rumyana Radkova and on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Bolgrad School. Sofia, 2010, pp. 300-313.<\/p>\n

Levkova M. The Bulgarian family of Chalakovtsi during the Revival. \u2013 Genealogy, vol. XV, \u2116. 2, July 2010, pp. 46-50.<\/p>\n

Levkova, M. Tradition and modernity in the life of Stoyan Todorov Chalakov (1768-1850). \u2013 In: Izvestiya of the Historical Museum of Stara Zagora. Volume IV: The Personality in History. Papers from the National Scientific Conference, dedicated to the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Alexander the Exarch, Zachary Knyazheski and Atanas Ivanov (April 22\u201323, 2010, Stara Zagora). Stara Zagora, 2011, pp. 394-401.<\/p>\n

Levkova M. The Chalakovtsi family \u2013 the leaders of the city of Plovdiv in the 19th century. \u2013 In: City and Memory. Papers from the National Scientific Conference with Scientific Supervisor Acad. Georgi Markov (Pazardzhik, October 13\u201314, 2011). Pazardzhik, 2012, pp. 207\u2013216.<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. The legend and history in the literary image of a Bulgarian woman from the 19th century \u2013 Rada Chalakova. \u2013 Rodoznanie\/Genealogia, 2012, No. 3-4, pp. 215\u2013220.<\/p>\n

Muchinov, V., M. Levkova-Muchinova. Demographic characteristics of a Bulgarian Revival family (the Chalakovtsi family in the second half of the 18th and in the 19th century). \u2013 In: Family and solidarity between generations. Scientific conference (Sofia, 17\u201318 October 2012). Sofia, 2013, pp. 27\u201334.<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. Family studies as a source for studying the historical and demographic development of the Bulgarian population during the Revival (the example of the Chalakovtsi family). \u2013 In: The Demographic Situation and Development of Bulgaria. Forum (Sofia, February 26\u201327, 2014). Sofia, 2014, pp. 607\u2013613.<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. On the legends in the history of the Revival Chalakovtsi family. \u2013 Rodoznanie\/Genealogia. Vol. XIX, No. 1-2, 2014, pp. 163\u2013170.<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. Bulgarian Women on the Threshold of Modernity (from the History of the Revival Chalakovtsi Family). \u2013 In: Third International Congress of Bulgarian Studies, May 23\u201326, 2013. Vol. 21: Section \u201eHistory and Archaeology\u201d. Subsection \u201eBulgarian Lands and Bulgarians 15th\u201319th Centuries\u201d. University Publishing House \u201eSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201d. Sofia, 2014, pp. 220\u2013239.<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. The life of Rada Plovdivska and the national emancipation of the Bulgarians during the Revival. \u2013 Istoricheski pregled, 1-2, 2014, pp. 189\u2013199.<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. The Chalakovtsi family in the history of Plovdiv in the 19th century. \u2013 In: Annual of the Regional Historical Museum \u2013 Plovdiv. Vol. 9, 2014. Scientific Forum \u201ePlovdiv Contributions 2014\u201d. Ivan Evstratiev Geshov \u2013 statesman, public figure, scientist, patron of Bulgarian science and culture. Plovdiv, 2014, pp. 227\u2013238.<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. The Contribution of the Chalakovtsi Family to the Development of Medicine in the Ottoman Empire and Post-Liberation Bulgaria in the Second Half of the 19th Century. \u2013 In: Bulgaria in European Culture, Science, Education, Religion. Part 2. Materials from the Fourth National Conference on Archaeology, History and Cultural Tourism \u201eJourney to Bulgaria\u201d (Shumen, May 14\u201316, 2014). Shumen, 2015, pp. 86\u201395.<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. Along the paths of the beglik (through the economic practices of the Chalaktsi family). \u2013 In: Studies in economic history and history of the socio-economic sphere in Southwestern Bulgaria. Papers from an Workshop, held on October 14, 2015 at the \u201eBachinovo\u201d Academic Center of the Southwestern University \u201eNeofit Rilski\u201d. Blagoevgrad, 2015, pp. 216\u2013229.<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. On the biography and public activity of two Plovdiv Bulgarians \u2013 graduates of the Richelieu Lyceum in Russia. \u2013 In: Drinovski Sbornik. Vol. VIII. Kharkov\u2013Sofia, 2015, pp. 178-183.<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. The Chalakovtsi family and Bulgarian literature during the Revival. \u2013 Istoricheski pregled, vol. 5\u20136, 2015, pp. 133\u2013143. ISSN 0323 \u2013 9748<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. Formation of the Bulgarian economic elite during the Bulgarian National Revival (following the example of the Chalaktsi family). \u2013 In: Izvestiya of the Institute for Historical Studies. Volume XXXIV. The role of elites in the processes of the consolidation of Nations and National construction. Papers from a scientific project with international participation of the Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Sofia, 2017, pp. 226\u2013245. ISSN: 2367 \u2013 5187<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. Konstantin Doganov \u2013 follower of Levski. \u2013 In: Vasil Levski and the Internal Revolutionary Organization in the Struggle for National Liberation. Karlovo: Zlaten zmey, 2017, pp. 262-269. ISBN: 978-954-776-038-7<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. On the History of the Doganov family from Koprivshtitsa. \u2013 Rodoznanie\/Genealogia, 2017, No. 1\u20132, pp. 111-122. ISSN: 0861-9573<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. Demographic development during the Revival of Panagyurishte, Koprivshtitsa and Klisura \u2013 centers of the April Uprising of 1876 in the Srednogorie (co-authored with V. Muchinov). \u2013 In: The April Uprising of 1876 in the Fate of the Bulgarian People. Collection of reports and announcements from the National Conference \u201eThe April Uprising of 1876 in the Fate of the Bulgarian People\u201d, Panagyurishte, 14\u201315 April 2016. Panagyurishte: Publishing House \u201eOborishte\u201d, 2017, pp. 36\u201351. ISBN: 978-954-682-066-2<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. The Plovdiv public figure Nikola Chalakov (1856\u20131923). \u2013 In: Annual of the Regional History Museum \u2013 Plovdiv. Vol. XI: Papers from the National Scientific Conference \u201ePlovdiv in the Second Half of the 19th and 20th Centuries \u2013 Society, Personalities, Local Government\u201d, held on June 8 and 9, 2017 in Plovdiv. Plovdiv, 2017, pp. 54-58. ISSN: ISSN: 1311 \u2013 9133<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. The Donation Tradition and the Bulgarian Revival Literature. \u2013 In: Literacy, Writers, Books: The Bulgarian Trace in the Cultural History of Europe. Annual of the Fifth National Conference on History, Archaeology and Cultural Tourism \u201eJourney to Bulgaria\u201d \u2013 Shumen, 26\u201328.04.2016. Shumen: University Publishing House \u201eKonstantin Preslavski\u201d, 2018, pp. 288\u2013294. ISBN: 978-619-201-213-7<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. Social and scientific issues in the correspondence of Marin Drinov with Grigor Nachovich. \u2013 Journal of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2018, \u2116 5, pp. 40\u201345. ISSN: 0007-3989<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. Ottoman documents in the Bulgarian family archives from the era of the Bulgarian Revival (following the example of the Chalakovtsi family). \u2013 In: Collection \u201eTurkological Studies \u2013 2020\u201d. Shumen, University Publishing House \u201e Konstantin Preslavski\u201d, 2020, pp. 22\u201340. ISSN: 1314-989X<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. The Bulgarian economic elite in Plovdiv in the 19th century (towards the social and property profile of a Plovdiv family). \u2013 In: The City of the Balkans: Spaces, Images, Memory. Ed. by R. Preshlenova. Sofia: Institute of Balkan Studies with the Center for Thracology \u201eProf. Alexander Fol\u201c, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2021, pp. 479-494. ISBN: 978-619-7179-25-5<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. The language of everyday life of Bulgarians in the 19th century (On Bulgarian-Turkish bilingualism according to documents from the archives of the Chalakov`s family). \u2013 In: Izvestiya of the Institute for Historical Studies. Vol. XXXVI: Everyday life of empires. Middle Ages \u2013 20th century. Papers from the scientific Conference, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, November 27 \u2013 28, 2019. Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of the BAS, 2021, pp. 242-253. ISSN: 2367-5187<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. The Family Archives as Sources for Genealogy and the History of the Bulgarian Revival. \u2013 In: The Bulgarian Lands in the Archives and Documents of the 18th – 19th Centuries: Modernity and Tradition. Sofia: Academic Publishing House \u201eFor Letters \u2013 About Writing\u201d, 2022, pp. 252\u2013265. ISBN: 978-619-185-584-1<\/p>\n

Publications in English:<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M.<\/em> The Bulgarian Economic Elite in Plovdiv in the 19th<\/sup> Century. \u2013 \u00c9tudes balkaniques, 2020, \u2116 3, pp. 626\u2013639, ISSN: 0324-1645<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M.<\/em> The Bulgarian Economic Elite in Plovdiv in the 19th<\/sup> Century (Social and Property Profile of a Plovdiv Family). \u2013 In: Cities in the Balkans: Spaces, Faces, Memories. Sofia: IBSCT-BAS, 2021, pp. 267-282. ISBN: 978-619-7179-20-0<\/p>\n

Scientific information, reviews:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Levkova, M. Zina Markova. Selected Works. In two volumes, Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of the BAS, V. 1. 2007, V. 2, 2008. \u2013 Istoricheski pregled\/Historical Review, \u2116 3-4, 2009, pp. 208-211.<\/p>\n

Levkova, M., A. Strezova. National Science Forum \u201ePlovdiv Contribution \u2013 2009: Kind, Family, Fatherland\u201c. Plovdiv, October 7\u2013 8, 2009. \u2013 Bulgarian Historical Review (BHR), 2009, \u2116 3-4, pp. 218-220.<\/p>\n

Levkova, M. A significant genealogical study. \u2013 Rodoznanie\/Genealogy, issue 3-4, 2010, pp. 108-109.<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M., D. Hristov, St. Dimitrov, Kr. Yordanov. \u201eIf we exclude the free play of the imagination\u201d. \u2013 In: On the path of corpses from Pleven to Bristol. Comp. by El. Alekova. Sofia, 2015, pp. 55\u201392.<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. Mercia McDermott at 95. \u2013 Bulgaristika, \u2116 44, 2022, pp. 107\u2013112. ISSN: 1311-8544<\/p>\n

Levkova-Muchinova, M. Worthy commemoration of an important anniversary (Naiden Gerov and the spiritual dimensions of the Bulgarian Revival (Sofia, 2023), ed. A. Kirilova, S. Keremidchieva. \u2013 Istoricheski pregled\/Historical Review, issue 1, 2024, pp. 163-167. ISSN: 0323-9748<\/p>\n

PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC FORUMS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Paper \u201eThe Revivalist Georgi Stoyanov Chalakov\u201c \u2013 Scientific Forum \u201ePlovdiv Contributions 2009\u201c on the topic \u201eGenus, Family, Fatherland\u201c (Plovdiv Families in the National History of Bulgaria), Plovdiv, October 7-8, 2009.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eThe Chalakov`s Family and Bulgarian Educational Work in Plovdiv during the Revival\u201c. \u2013 Enlightenment and Change. Conference, organized in honor of Corresponding Member DSc Rumyana Radkova and on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Bolgrad School, Sofia, November 23-24, 2009.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eTradition and Modernity in the Life of Stoyan Todorov Chalakov (1768-1850)\u201c \u2013 National Scientific Conference, dedicated to the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Alexander Ekzarh, Zachary Knyazheski and Atanas Ivanov, Stara Zagora, April 22\u201323, 2010.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eThe Chalakov`s Family \u2013 the Leaders of the City of Plovdiv in the 19th Century\u201c. \u2013 National Scientific Conference with scientific supervisor Acad. Georgi Markov, Pazardzhik, October 13\u201314, 2011.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eDemographic Characteristics of a Bulgarian Revival Family (the Chalakovtsi Family in the Second Half of the 18th\u201319th Century)\u201c (with V. Muchinov). \u2013 Scientific Conference \u201eFamily and Solidarity between Generations\u201c, organized by the Institute for Population and Human Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, October 17\u201318, 2012.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eLegend and History in the Literary Image of a 19th Century Bulgarian Woman \u2013 Rada Chalakova\u201c. \u2013 National Scientific Conference \u201eLegends as a Historical Source\u201c, organized by the Bulgarian Genealogical Society \u201eGenealogy\u201c and the Institute of Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, October 18, 2012.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eBulgarian Women on the Threshold of Modernity (from the History of the Chalakovtsi Family of the Bulgarian National Revival)\u201d \u2013 Third International Congress of Bulgarian Studies, organized by Sofia University \u201eSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201d, Sofia, May 23\u201326, 2013.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eThe Chalakov`s Family and Bulgarian Literature during the Revival\u201c – International Scientific Conference \u201eBulgarian Humanities in the Context of European Scientific Quest\u201c, organized by the Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the birth of Prof. Marin Drinov, Sofia, October 31 \u2013 November 1, 2013.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eLegends in the History of the Bulgarian National Revival Family Chalakovtsi\u201c \u2013 National Scientific Conference \u201eThe Legend as a Historical and Genealogical Source. 2\u201c, organized by the Bulgarian Genealogical Federation \u201eGenealogy\u201c and the Institute for Historical Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, October 24, 2013.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eGenealogical Research as a Source for Studying the Historical-Demographic Development of the Bulgarian Population during the Revival (Based on the Example of the Chalakovtsi Family)\u201d. \u2013 Forum \u201eThe Demographic Situation and Development of Bulgaria\u201d, organized by the Institute for Population and Human Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 26\u201327 February 2014.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eThe Contribution of the Chalakovtsi Family to the Development of Medicine in the Ottoman Empire and Post-Liberation Bulgaria in the Second Half of the 19th Century\u201d. \u2013 Fourth National Conference on Archaeology, History and Cultural Tourism \u201eJourney to Bulgaria\u201d on the topic: \u201eBulgaria in European Culture, Science, Education, Religion\u201d, organized by the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria, Shumen Municipality, National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Shumen University \u201eEp. Konstantin Preslavski\u201d and Regional Historical Museum \u2013 Shumen, Shumen, May 14\u201316, 2014.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eThe Revival Family of Chalakovtsi\u2013 sources and historiography\u201c. \u2013 Workshop \u201eBulgaria \u2013 sources and documents\u201c, organized by the Institute for Historical Studies \u2013 BAS, Sofia, March 12-14, 2014.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eThe life of Rada Plovdivska and the National Emancipation of the Bulgarians during the Revival\u201c. \u2013 Congerence \u201eBulgarian society between reformism and revolutions (19th \u2013 early 20th centuries): historical and historiographical aspects\u201c, dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the birth of Acad. Dimitar Kosev, organized by the Institute for Historical Studies \u2013 BAS and the Faculty of History of Sofia University \u201eSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201c, Sofia, 11 June 2014.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eOn the Paths of the Beglik (from the Economic Practices of the Chalakov Family)\u201c. \u2013 Conference \u201eStudies in Economic History and History of the Socio-Economic Sphere in Southwestern Bulgaria\u201c, held at the \u201eBachinovo\u201c Academic Center of the Southwestern University \u201eNeofit Rilski\u201c, Blagoevgrad, October 14, 2015.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eResearch on the history of Bulgarian Revival families\u201c. \u2013 National Scientific Conference \u201eGenealogies \u2013 for us, for society. 2\u201c, organized by the Bulgarian Genealogical Federation and the Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, November 19, 2015.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201ePolicy of the Ottoman authorities in modernization and urbanization of towns in the Danube Vilayet in the 60-ies and 70-ies of the XIX century\u201c (with V. Muchinov) \u2013 5th<\/sup> International Balkan Annual Conference. The Balkans \u2013 Past and Present: Mutual Influences and Interactions, Sofia, 26\u201328 November 2015.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eThe Doganov Family from Koprivshtitsa\u201c \u2013 National Scientific Conference \u201eGenealogy \u2013 Past, Present and Future\u201c, organized by the Bulgarian Genealogical Federation and the Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, November 17, 2016.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eDemographic Development during the Revival of Panagyurishte, Koprivshtitsa and Klisura \u2013 Centers of the April Uprising of 1876 in the Srednogorie\u201d (with V. Muchinov). \u2013 National Scientific Conference \u201eThe April Uprising of 1876 in the Fate of the Bulgarian People\u201d, organized by the Municipality of Panagyurishte, National Committee for Commemoration of the April Uprising, Institute for Historical Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Vasil Levski Foundation and Historical Museum \u2013 Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte, April 14-15, 2016.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eThe Donation Tradition and the Bulgarian Revival Literature\u201c. \u2013 Fifth National Conference \u201eJourney to Bulgaria\u201c on History, Archaeology and Cultural Tourism \u201eLiteracy, Writers, Books: The Bulgarian Trace in the Cultural History of Europe\u201c, Shumen, April 26-28, 2016.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eThe April Uprising in Genealogical Literature\u201c. \u2013 Conference \u201eThe April Epic – Batak. Reflections 140 Years Later\u201c, Batak, May 14\u201315, 2016.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eThe April Uprising in the Correspondence of Georgi Chalakov\u201c \u2013 Third National Scientific Conference \u201eCity and Memory. The April Uprising through the Prism of Memory\u201c, organized by Regional Historical Museum \u2013 Pazardzhik, Pazardzhik Municipality and the Institute for Historical Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Pazardzhik, October 6\u2013 7, 2016.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eThe Plovdiv public figure Nikola Chalakov (1856-1923)\u201c. \u2013 National Scientific Conference \u201ePlovdiv in the Second Half of the 19th and 20th Centuries \u2013 Society, Personalities, Local Government\u201c, Plovdiv, June 8-9, 2017.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eKonstantin Doganov \u2013 follower of Levski\u201c. \u2013 National Scientific Conference \u201eVasil Levski and the Internal Revolutionary Organization in the Struggle for National Liberation\u201c, Karlovo, June 22-23, 2017.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eThe Revival Family of Kesyakovs\u201c. \u2013 National Scientific Conference with International Participation on the topic \u201eGenealogy \u2013 Past, Present, Future. 2\u201c, Sofia, November 23, 2017.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eThe Bulgarian Economic Plovdiv Elite in the 19th Century (Social and Property Profile)\u201c. \u2013 National Scientific Conference with International Participation \u201eThe City of the Balkans \u2013 Spaces, Images, Memory\u201c, organized by the Institute of Balkan Studies with a Center for Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, October 2\u2013 4, 2019.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eThe Language of Everyday Life of Bulgarians in the 19th Century: According to Commercial Documentation and Business Correspondence of Bulgarian Merchants\u201c. \u2013 National Scientific Conference \u201eEveryday Life of Empires. From the Middle Ages to the 20th Century\u201c, organized by the Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, November 27\u2013 28, 2019.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eFamily Archives as Sources for Genealogy and the History of the Bulgarian Revival\u201c. \u2013 National Scientific Conference \u201eBulgarian Lands in Archives and Documents from the 18th\u201319th Centuries: Modernity and Tradition\u201c, organized by University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Sofia, October 29, 2021.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eModernization of Female Education during the Revival (Source and Historiographic Aspects)\u201c. \u2013 Eighth National Conference on History, Archaeology and Cultural Tourism \u201eScience, Education, Cultural and Historical Heritage. In Memory of Prof. Dr. Ivan Yordanov\u201c. Shumen, May 9\u201311, 2022.<\/p>\n

Paper \u201eModernization of Female Education during the Revival\u201c. \u2013 National Scientific Conference \u201eTraditions and Modernity: Bulgarian Society during the \u201eLong 19th Century\u201c, organized by the Institute for Historical Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the History Museum \u2013 Panagyurishte, Sofia, October 5-6, 2023.<\/p>\n

Report \u201eThe Historical Development of Koprivshtitsa during the Revival\u201c. \u2013 National Scientific Conference \u201eWith Pen and Sword for Freedom and Independence\u201c, organized by the Directorate of Museums \u2013 Koprivshtitsa, Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Sofia University \u201eSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201c, Koprivshtitsa, November 7-8, 2024.<\/p>\n

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