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\"\"<\/a>Senior Assistant Professor Dr. Aleksandar Zlatanov<\/strong><\/p>\n

6 September, Karlovo, Bulgaria<\/p>\n

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

ORCID: 0000-0002-2634-2661<\/a>
\nSCOPUS ID: 57416104700<\/a>
\nWeb of Science ID: ABA-7202-2020<\/a>
\nAcademia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

1. RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bulgarian, Balkan and East-European History and Geopolitics (18th\u201319th c.); Source Studies; Foreign Sources and Travel Accounts on the Balkans (18th\u201319th c.); Cultural Heritage (15th\u201319th c.); Regional History; Genealogy.<\/p>\n

2. ACADEMIC CAREER<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Education<\/strong><\/h4>\n

2020 \u2013 PhD in History, Sofia University \u201eSt Kliment Ohridski\u201d, Faculty of History.<\/p>\n

Dissertation: \u201eThe Ottoman Cossack Regiment of Micha\u0142 Czajkowski \u2013 Between Europe and the Ottoman Empire.\u201d<\/p>\n

2015 \u2013 MA in History, Sofia University \u201eSt Kliment Ohridski\u201d, Faculty of History.<\/p>\n

2013 \u2013 BA in Book Publishing, University of Veliko Tarnovo \u201eSts Cyril and Methodius\u201d.<\/p>\n

Positions held<\/strong><\/h4>\n

15 July 2024 \u2013 present \u2013 Senior Assistant Professor, Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n

1 May 2022 \u2013 15 July 2024 \u2013 Assistant Professor, Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n

1 April 2021 \u2013 30 April 2022 \u2013 Researcher (R2), Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n

1 April 2021 \u2013 31 December 2021 \u2013 Researcher (R2), Faculty of History, Sofia University.<\/p>\n

9 March 2020 \u2013 10 September 2020 \u2013 Researcher (R1), Faculty of History, Sofia University.<\/p>\n

Academic degrees and titles<\/strong><\/h4>\n

2024 \u2013 Senior Assistant Professor<\/p>\n

2022 \u2013 Assistant Professor<\/p>\n

2020 \u2013 PhD in History<\/p>\n

Memberships in academic organisations and associations<\/strong><\/h4>\n

15.09.2023 \u2013 present \u2013 Royal Historical Society (London), Associate Fellow.<\/p>\n

15.08.2023 \u2013 present \u2013 British Institute at Ankara, Member.<\/p>\n

14.02.2022 \u2013 present \u2013Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies (Singapore\/Liverpool), Founding Member.<\/p>\n

30.09.2021 \u2013 present \u2013 EUROPA NOSTRA (Brussels\/The Hague), Member.<\/p>\n

27.11.2020 \u2013 15.09.2023 \u2013 Royal Historical Society (London), Early-Career Fellow.<\/p>\n

25.09.2020 \u2013 present \u2013 Centre for Economic History Research (Sofia), Member.<\/p>\n

11.09.2018 \u2013 present \u2013 Comit\u00e9 International des \u00c9tudes Pr\u00e9-Ottomanes et Ottomanes, Member<\/p>\n

01.02.2018 \u2013 present \u2013 Society for Turkology, Ottoman and Turkish Studies (Vienna), Member.<\/p>\n

01.01.2018 \u2013 present \u2013 Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (Pittsburgh), Member.<\/p>\n

Research fellowships and specializations<\/strong><\/h4>\n

February \u2013 March 2026<\/strong>, London (United Kingdom) \u2013 The National Archives (Foreign Office), British Library (Manuscripts Collection), The Royal Archives.<\/p>\n

May 2024<\/strong>, Krak\u00f3w (Poland) \u2013 The Princes Czartoryski Library.<\/p>\n

October 2023<\/strong>, London (United Kingdom) \u2013 The National Archives (Foreign Office), British Library (Manuscripts Collection). Turkish & Black Sea Scholars\u2019 Fund (BIAA)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

May 2023<\/strong>, Istanbul (Turkey) \u2013 Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office; Archive of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.<\/p>\n

November 2022<\/strong>, Istanbul (Turkey): Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA).<\/p>\n

December 2021<\/strong>, Istanbul (Turkey): Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA).<\/p>\n

May\u2013August 2021<\/strong>, Krak\u00f3w, K\u00f3rnik (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.<\/em><\/p>\n

April 2018<\/strong>, London (United Kingdom) \u2013 The National Archives (Foreign Office), British Library (Manuscripts Collection). Doctoral mobility grant, Sofia University<\/em>.<\/p>\n

August 2017<\/strong>, Warsaw (Poland) \u2013 National Library of Poland; Adam Mickiewicz Literary Museum Archive.<\/p>\n

July 2017<\/strong>, Lublin (Poland) \u2013 Intensive Polish language course, Maria Curie-Sk\u0142odowska University. Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Sciences Scholarship<\/em>.<\/p>\n

April\u2013June 2017<\/strong>, Moscow (Russian Federation) \u2013 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<\/em>.<\/p>\n

May\u2013June 2016<\/strong>, Krak\u00f3w, Warsaw (Poland) \u2013 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.<\/p>\n

Participation in research projects<\/strong><\/h4>\n

February 2026 \u2013 June 2026<\/strong> \u2013 Research project \u201cEnhancing the Project Capacity of Researchers at the Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences under Horizon Europe in the Field of Digital Humanities\u201d under procedure No. BG-RRP-2.025 \u201cSupport for BAS units in building international research networks and preparing project proposals for calls under the Horizon Europe framework program and other relevant programs,\u201d NPVU. Project leader.<\/p>\n

January 2026 \u2013 December 2027<\/strong> \u2013 International joint research project between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Sciences: \u201cThe Shadows Empire: Informal Diplomacy and Trans-Imperial Entanglements in Eastern Europe and the Near East\u201d IC-PL\/19\/2026-2027. Project leader.<\/p>\n

January 2026 \u2013 December 2028<\/strong> \u2013 Standard Research Project of the Czech Science Foundation (GA212046): \u201cKohlennot: Politics and Everyday Life in the Central Powers During the Great War and Beyond (1914\u20131920).\u201d<\/p>\n

December 2025 \u2013 November 2027<\/strong> \u2013 Postdoctoral project, Research Council of Lithuania, No. P-PD-25-261: \u201cThe Geopolitical Rise of the Balkans: The Russo-British Rivalry, 1856\u20131878\u201c, Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Humanities.<\/p>\n

December 2024 \u2013 December 2026<\/strong> \u2013 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: \u201eDiplomacy and Intelligence in the Balkans, XVII-XIX Centuries: The Human Factor and Networks of Influence\u201d.<\/p>\n

August 2024 \u2013 November 2024<\/strong> \u2013 International scientific conference \u201eCentral and Eastern Europe and the Balkans: Historical Perspectives, Cultural Bridges and New Horizons\u201d \u2013 BNSF, contract KP-06-MNF\/26. Project leader.<\/p>\n

September 2022 \u2013 August 2025<\/strong> \u2013 National Programme \u201eDevelopment and Promotion of Bulgarian Studies Abroad\u201d (Ministry of Education and Sciences), Institute of Historical Studies \u2013 BAS.<\/p>\n

September 2022 \u2013 December 2026<\/strong> \u2013 National Programme \u201eYoung Scientists and Post-Docs \u2013 2\u201d (Ministry of Education and Sciences), Institute of Historical Studies \u2013 BAS.<\/p>\n

July 2021 \u2013 July 2026<\/strong> \u2013 International Research Project in the National Science Centre \u2013 Poland (Narodowe Centrum Nauki) OPUS-20: \u201eSocial Changes of the Muslim Communities in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Bulgaria (1850\u20131914): Comparative Study.\u201d<\/p>\n

April 2021 \u2013 April 2022<\/strong> \u2013 National Programme \u201cYoung Scientists and Post-Docs\u201d (Ministry of Education and Sciences), Institute of Historical Studies \u2013 BAS.<\/p>\n

December 2018 \u2013 December 2022<\/strong> \u2013 National Research Project at the Bulgarian National Scientific Fund \u201eNetworks and mechanisms of Influence in the Regional Economy. Balkan and European contextualization of the archival heritage of the brothers Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi\u201d, Contract KN-06-OPR 05\/02. External expert (2019-20); Project member (2022).<\/p>\n

September 2018 \u2013 September 2019<\/strong> \u2013 National Research Project \u2116 RD 19-254 \/ 03.08.2018 \u201eArchive of the Bulgarian Polar Explorers\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

May \u2013 December 2016<\/strong> \u2013 Scientific Research Project \u201eThe Ottoman Archives in Bulgaria. Acquiring, condition and terms of access\u201d. Faculty of History at Sofia University \u201eSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201d, 46\/2016.<\/p>\n

Languages<\/strong><\/h4>\n

English, Polish, Russian, Serbian (reading), French (basic), Turkish (basic).<\/p>\n

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

A. Monographs<\/strong><\/h4>\n

B. Edited volumes<\/strong><\/h4>\n

C. Studies and articles<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> Echoes of War: British Consular Observations of Strategic Zones in 1877 \/\/ Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies<\/em>, Vol. 28, No. 4, 2026. DOI:  10.1080\/19448953.2026.2633658.
\n(SCOPUS Q1)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> Shadows of War: The Region of Kazanlak according to the British Consul Blunt in 1877 \/\/ Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research<\/em>. Vol. X. Wars, Revolutions, Insecurity. Varna, 2025, pp. 309\u2013326. ISSN: 2534-9244 (print) \/ ISSN 2603-3526 (online). DOI: 10.61836\/PDLL7515.
\n(SCOPUS Q2; ERIH PLUS; RePec; CEEOL; Google Scholar)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> Periodicals in Karlovo before 1945 \/\/ Proceedings of the Institute for Historical Research<\/em>, \u0422. XLI. Sofia, 2025. pp. 526\u2013539. ISSN: 2367-5187 (print) \/ 2815-2913 (online). DOI: 10.71069\/III41.25.ZA30.
\n(CEEOL)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> The Periodical Press in Karlovo (1902\u20132024) \/\/ Journal for Historical and Archaeological Research<\/em>, No. 1, 2025, pp. 46\u201381. ISSN: 1314-748X (print) \/ 2683-0418 (online). DOI 10.46687\/GBML8404.
\n(SCOPUS; ERIH PLUS; CEEOL; Google Scholar)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> Pragmatic allegiance: The conversion case of the political agent Micha\u0142 Czajkowski \/\/ Becoming Ottoman: Converts, Renegades and Competing Loyalties in the Early Modern and Modern Ages<\/em>. Eds. Koese, Y., Kucera, P., Volker, T. I.B. Tauris: London, 2024, pp. 159\u2013180. ISBN: 978-0-7556-4099-7 (print) \/ 978-0-7556-4100-0 (online). DOI: 10.5040\/9780755641024.ch-008.
\n(SCOPUS)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A. <\/strong>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<\/em>, Vol. 9, 2024, pp. 375\u2013386. ISSN: 2534-9244 (print) \/ ISSN 2603-3526 (online). DOI: 10.61836\/MPUL7305.
\n(SCOPUS Q2; ERIH PLUS; RePec; CEEOL; Google Scholar)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> Micha\u0142 Czajkowski\/Sad\u0131k 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<\/em>. Eds. Antonova-Goleva, B., Masheva, I. Brill: Leiden, 2024, pp. 33\u201365. ISBN: 978-3-506-76002-9 (print) \/ ISBN: 978-3-657-76002-2 (online). DOI: 10.30965\/9783657760022_003.
\n(SCOPUS Q3)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> Cross-cultural Contacts during the Tanzimat: The Ottoman Cossacks Regiment and its Reception \/\/ Slovansk\u00fd p\u0159ehled (Slavonic Review)<\/em>, vol. 109, no. 2, 2023, pp. 267\u2013283. ISSN: 0037-6922 (Print) \/ 2788-3248 (On-line).
\n(SCOPUS Q4; ERIH PLUS; EBSCO; CEJSH)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> Periphery or Semi\u2013Periphery? When Were the Bulgarian Lands Included in the World-Economy? \/\/ Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research<\/em>, Vol. 8, 2023, pp. 105\u2013117. ISSN: 2534-9244 (print) \/ ISSN 2603-3526 (online). DOI: 10.61836\/QWYE5768.
\n(SCOPUS Q2; ERIH PLUS; RePec; CEEOL; Google Scholar)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> Karlovo\u2019s Textile Guilds in the 19th Century \/\/ Mehmet Gen\u00e7 An\u0131s\u0131na. Osmanl\u0131 \u0130ktisat Tarihi \u00c7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131<\/em> \u2013 I. Istanbul, 2023, pp. 449\u2013456. ISBN: 978-605-72807-1-8.<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> Comfortable numbness: The Case of Karlovo\u2019s heritage \/\/ Heritage and Development<\/em>. Krak\u00f3w, 2023, pp. 33\u201347. ISBN: 978\u201183\u201166419-49-0.<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> 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<\/em>. Berlin, 2023, pp. 83\u201392. ISBN: 978-3-643-91439-2.<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> The Economic and Trade Network of Evlogi Georgiev in 1839 \/\/ Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research<\/em>, Vol. 7, 2022, pp. 264\u2013286. ISSN: 2534-9244 (print) \/ ISSN 2603-3526 (online).
\n(SCOPUS Q3; ERIH PLUS; RePec; CEEOL; Google Scholar)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> The Researcher Hristo Fargov \u2013 A Life, Devoted to Karlovo \/\/ Istoricheski pregled<\/em>, Vol. 77, No. 4, 2021, pp. 24\u201340. ISSN: 0323-9748.
\n(SCOPUS; EBSCO Host; Publons; CEEOL; \u0420\u0418\u041d\u0426)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> Karlovo\u2019s Merchants at the Beginning of 1860s \/\/ Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research<\/em>, Vol. 6, 2021, pp. 284\u2013295. ISSN: 2534-9244 (print) \/ ISSN 2603-3526 (online).
\n(SCOPUS; ERIH PLUS; RePec; CEEOL; Google Scholar)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> H\u00f4tel Lambert and the Conversion of the Political Agent Micha\u0142 Czajkowski \/\/ Istoricheski pregled<\/em>, Vol. 76, No. 4, 2020, pp. 5\u201333. ISSN: 0323-9748.
\n(SCOPUS; EBSCO Host; Publons; CEEOL; \u0420\u0418\u041d\u0426)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> The Balkan Policy of H\u00f4tel Lambert and the Establishment of the Eastern Agency in Istanbul (1831 \u2013 1842) \/\/ History-Istoriya<\/em>, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2020, pp. 250\u2013269. ISSN: 0861\u20133710 (Print) \/ ISSN: 1314\u20138524 (Online).
\n(Web of Science; ERIH PLUS; EBSCO Host; CEEOL; \u0420\u0418\u041d\u0426; Google Scholar; Primo\/Ex Libris; Summon\/ProQuest)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> Socio-economic Development of Karlovo Region after 1878 \/\/ Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research<\/em>, Vol. 5, 2020, pp. 319\u2013332. ISSN: 2534-9244 (print) \/ ISSN 2603-3526 (online).
\n(SCOPUS; ERIH PLUS; RePec; CEEOL; Google Scholar)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> 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\u2019s brothers<\/em>. Sofia, 2020, pp. 141\u2013157. ISBN: 978-954-07-5038-5.<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> Czajkowski’s Christian Army of the Sultan, 1853\u20131870 \/\/ Turkish Yoke or Pax Ottomana. The Reception of Ottoman Heritage in the Balkan History and Culture. Zeszyty Naukowe Towarzystwa Doktorant\u00f3w UJ. Nauki Spo\u0142eczne<\/em>, Nr. 24, 2019. Krak\u00f3w, pp. 45\u201357. ISSN: 2299\u20132383 \/ e-ISSN: 2082\u20139213. DOI: 10.26361\/ZNTDSP.10.2019.24.3.<\/p>\n

(Index Copernicus; Google Scholar; CEON; POL-Index; Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Jagiello\u0144skiego; Polish Scientific Journals Database; e-Publikacje Nauki Polskiej).<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> Niepublikowane wspomnienia o Micha\u0142a Czajkowskiego\u2013Sadyka Paszy \/\/ Studia z Dziej\u00f3w Rosji i Europy \u015arodkowo-Wschodniej<\/em>, T. LIII, z. 2. Warszawa, 2018, s. 111\u2013130. ISSN: 1230\u20135057 \/ e-ISSN: 2353\u20136403. DOI: 10.12775\/SDR.2018.2.08.
\n(ERIH PLUS; Index Copernicus; CEJSH; CEON; CEEOL; Google Scholar; POL-Index; BazHum; Crossref)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> Forest and Outlaws in the Bulgarian lands during the XVIIIth century \/\/ Les for\u00eats europ\u00e9ennes. Gestions, exploitations et repr\u00e9sentations (XIe-XIXe si\u00e8cles)<\/em>. Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, Pessac, 2018, pp. 105\u2013115. ISBN: 979-10-300-0176-1.<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> Unpublished memoirs about Micha\u0142 Czajkowski \u2013 Sad\u0131k Pasha \/\/ Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire, XIX century: Concepts, Structures, Personalities<\/em>. Sofia, 2017, pp. 107\u2013132. ISBN: 978-954-07-4352-3.<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> The Localization of Karlovo\u2019s borders according to the Karl\u0131z\u00e2de Lala Ali bey\u2019s vakfiye from 1496 \/\/ Proceedings of Regional Historical Museum of Gabrovo<\/em>, Vol. 4. Gabrovo, 2017, pp. 27\u201338. ISSN: 2367\u2013783X.<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> The \u201eSveta Bogoroditsa\u201d Church in Karlovo during the Bulgarian National Revival \/\/ Proceedings of Regional Historical Museum of Gabrovo<\/em>, Vol. 3. Gabrovo, 2016, pp. 147\u2013162. ISSN: 2367\u2013783X.<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, \u0410.<\/strong> Two Ottoman Fountains from XIX century in Varna \/\/ March Students Readings. Fifth Scientific Conference in University of Veliko Tarnovo<\/em>. Veliko Tarnovo, 2016, pp. 195\u2013208. ISBN: 978-619-208-050-1.<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> The Kazak \u0410lay of Sadyk Pasha \/\/ Proceeding of Institute for Historical Studies<\/em>, Vol. 32. Poland and the Poles in Modern Bulgarian history (Mid 19th \u2013 Mid 20th Century). Sofia, 2015, pp. 66\u201378. ISSN: 2367-5187.
\n(CEEOL)<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> Karlovo’s Bazaar (Charshiya) During The Bulgarian National Revival \/\/ Standards of everyday life in the Middle Ages and in Modern Times<\/em>, Vol. III. Veliko Tarnovo, 2014, pp. 506\u2013513. ISBN: 978-619-00-0176-8.<\/p>\n

Zlatanov, A.<\/strong> The Topography and the Fortification in the Valley of Strumeshnica as a Factor in the Battle of Kleidion \/\/ 1000 Years of Samuil\u2019s Bulgaria<\/em>. Blagoevgrad, 2014, pp. 107\u2013127. ISBN: 978-954-680-965-0.<\/p>\n

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

24 \u2013 25 March 2026, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 International Conference \u201cDiplomacy, Intelligence, and Influence in the Balkans and Beyond, 17th\u201319th Centuries\u201d; Paper: \u201cRussia\u2019s Diplomatic Perspective on the Balkans after the Crimean War, 1856\u20131878\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

16 \u2013 17 December 2025, Moscow, Russian Federation, online<\/strong> \u2013 All-Russian Congress of Slavists; Paper: \u201cPan-Slavism between Chimera and Reality in British Diplomacy (1875\u20131887).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

31 October 2025, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 Littera scripta manet: Roundtable in memory of Prof. Virginia Paskaleva (1923\u20132012); Paper: \u201cThe Dissertation of Virginia Paskaleva.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

26 \u2013 27 September 2026, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 International Scientific Conference of the Centre for Economic and History Research \u201eWars, Revolutions, Insecurity\u201c. Paper: \u201cShadows of War: The Region of Kazanlak according to the British Consul Blunt in 1877.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

18 \u2013 20 <\/strong>September<\/strong> 2025, <\/strong>Mainz<\/strong>, <\/strong>Germany<\/strong> \u2013 Fifth European Convention on Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies (Turkologentag 2025); Paper: \u201cRussian Intelligence Actions in the Ottoman Balkans in the 1860s and 1870s\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

17 \u2013 20 July 2025, Birmingham, United Kingdm<\/strong> \u2013 SGNCS World Congress 2025 \u201cCultural Circulations, Global Mobilities, and Knowledge Translations: Turning Points in the Nineteenth Century\u201d; Paper: \u201cEmpire\u2019s Edge: Gen. Nikolay Ignatiev as a Turning Point of the Russian Near Eastern Strategy (1864\u20131877).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

24\u201325 May 2025, Istanbul, Turkey<\/strong> \u2013 XI International Symposium on Ottoman Istanbul. Paper: \u201eIstanbul as a Centre for Polish Diplomatic and Intelligence Actions in the 19th-Century Ottoman Balkans.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

15 May 2025, Warsaw, Poland<\/strong> \u2013 Student Conference \u201ePolitical and Social Transformations in CEE after 1989\u201d Guest lecture: \u201eThe Polish Emigration in the 19th-Century Balkans and its Political Activity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

24\u201326 Arpil 2025, Kaunas, Lithuania<\/strong> \u2013 International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference \u201eHistory, Culture and Heritage of Manors in Central and Eastern Europe\u201d. Paper: \u201eThe Case of Agush Manor House.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

4\u20139 March 2025, Warsaw, Poland<\/strong> \u2013 XXI Eastern Winter School. Guest lecture: \u201e19th-Century Polish Emigration in the Balkans.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

16\u201319 January 2025, Kuwait City, Kuwait<\/strong> \u2013 SGNCS International Symposium \u201eTranslation, Transposition, and Travel in the Global Nineteenth Century\u201d. Paper: \u201eThe Russian Intelligence Concept Reshaped: The Balkans through the lens of Captain Bobrikov\u2019s secret mission in 1867.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

12 \u2013 13 November 2024, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 International Scientific Conference \u201eForeign Humanities Studying Bulgaria and the Bulgarians\u201d. Paper: \u201eBulgaria and the Bulgarians in the works of Ludwik Widerszal and Jerzy Skowronek.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

3 \u2013 4 October 2024, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 International Scientific Conference \u201eCentral and Eastern Europe and the Balkans: Historical Perspectives, Cultural Bridges, and New Horizons\u201d. Paper: \u201eA Geopolitical and Economic View of 19th century Eastern Europe and the Balkans.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

27 \u2013 28 September 2024, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 International Scientific Conference of the Centre for Economic and History Research \u201eBarriers to Economic Development in Historical Perspective\u201d. Paper: \u201eWater-related Natural Disasters as a Barrier to Development. The Example of Karlovo in the early 20th century.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

29 \u2013 31 May 2024, Lille, France<\/strong> \u2013 International Scientific Conference \u201eMoving Beyond the Center\u2013Periphery Dynamics: Central and Eastern Europe from the mid-19th century to the Present\u201d. Paper: \u201eThe Ottoman Balkans in the 19th Century: Peripheralization or Modernization?\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n

7 May 2024, Krak\u00f3w, Poland<\/strong> \u2013 19th-Century Seminar, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of History. Public lecture: \u201eH\u00f4tel Lambert and the Eastern Agency in Istanbul.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

24 \u2013 25 April 2024, Sofia, Bulgaria <\/strong>\u2013 National Scientific Conference \u201eBulgaria, Europe and the World: Traditions and Transformations\u201d at the National Scientific Program \u201eYoung Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows \u2013 2\u201d at the Institute for Historical Research \u2013 BAS. Paper: \u201eThe Demographics of Karlovo in the 19th century.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

5 December 2023, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 Seminar \u201eCurrent Problems of History and Historiography\u201d at the National Scientific Program \u201eDevelopment and Promotion of Bulgarian Studies Abroad\u201d at the Institute for Historical Studies \u2013 BAS. Paper: \u201ePolish Emigration in the Bulgarian Lands in the 19th Century.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

14 November 2023, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 Seminar \u201eCurrent Problems of History and Historiography\u201d at the National Scientific Program \u201eYoung Scientists and Postdoctoral Fellows \u2013 2\u201d at the Institute for Historical Studies \u2013 BAS. Paper: \u201eThe town of Karlovo in the 19th and early 20th centuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

26 \u2013 27 October 2023, Vilnius, Lithuania<\/strong> \u2013 International Scholarly Conference \u201eA Foreigner Turned Native: \u0422he Multifaceted Artistic Vilnius\u201c. Paper: \u201eJonas Basanavi\u010dius and his Bulgarian period (1880\u20131905).\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n

19 \u2013 20 October 2023<\/strong> \u2013 ASEEES 55th Annual Convention. Paper: \u201eA Repentant Rebel or a Pragmatic Renegade?: Czajkowski’s Return to the Russian Empire (1872\u20131886).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

29 \u2013 30 September 2023, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 \u2013 International Scientific Conference of the Centre for Economic and History Research \u201eFactors of Economic Growth in Historical Perspective\u201d. Paper: \u201ePeriphery or Semi\u2013Periphery? When Were the Bulgarian Lands Included in the World-Economy?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

29 June \u2013 18 July 2023, Warsaw, Poland <\/strong>\u2013 XXXII Wschodnia Szko\u0142a Letnia, Studium Europy Wschodniej, Uniwersytet Warszawski.<\/p>\n

6 February 2023, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 Scientific Conference \u201e150 Years of Immortality: Vasil Levski, the Revolution and the Future World\u201d. Paper: \u201eVasil Levski Monument in Karlovo.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

23 \u2013 25 September 2022, Karlovo, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 International Scientific Conference of the Centre for Economic and History Research \u201eDilemmas of Development\u201d. Paper: \u201eThe Economic and Trade Network of Evlogi Georgiev in 1839.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

21 \u2013 26 June 2022, Thessaloniki, Greece<\/strong> \u2013 24th International Congress of CIEPO. Paper: \u201eCross cultural Contacts during the Tanzimat era: The Ottoman Cossack Regiments and their reception.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

19 May 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 Scientific Conference \u201eNetworks and Mechanisms of Influence in Regional Politics, Economy and Culture\u201d. Paper: \u201eNetworks of Local Influence: The Karlovo Esnafs in the Development of the Town in the 19th Century.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

17 \u2013 19 December 2021, Istanbul, Turkey<\/strong> \u2013 The International Symposium of Ottoman Economic History. In memoriam of Mehmet Gen\u00e7. Paper: \u201eThe Drivers of Proto-Industrializations: Karlovo\u2019s Textile Guilds and Crafts in 19th century.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

24 \u2013 25 September 2021, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 International Scientific Conference of the Centre for Economic and History Research \u201eEntrepreneurship in Historical Perspective\u201d. Paper: \u201eKarlovo\u2019s Merchants at the Beginning of 1860s.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

16 \u2013 18 June 2021, Krak\u00f3w, Poland<\/strong> \u2013 6th International Heritage Forum of Central Europe, Heritage & Development. Paper: \u201eComfortable numbness: The Case of Karlovo\u2019s heritage.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

31 May 2021, Krak\u00f3w, Poland<\/strong> \u2013 19th-Century Seminar, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of History. Public lecture: \u201eKozacy su\u0142ta\u0144scy Sadyka Paszy na Ba\u0142kanach.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

19 November 2020 \u2013 present<\/strong>, Online \u201eBalkan Seminar\u201d, Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.<\/p>\n

24 October 2020 \u0433. \u2013 December 2021<\/strong>, Online Seminar \u201eOttomans Online\u201d, Skilliter Centre Seminars on the Ottoman Empire and Early Turkish Republic, Cambridge.<\/p>\n

25 \u2013 26 September 2020, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 International Scientific Conference of the Centre for Economic and History Research \u201eMarkets, Society, Power\u201d. Paper: \u201eSocio-economic Development of Karlovo Region after 1878.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

8 July 2020<\/strong> \u2013 Online Seminar \u201eEconomic prerequisites for the formation of the Bulgarian Political Elite (on the example of the brothers Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi)\u201d. Paper: \u201eThe Economic and Trade network of Evlogi Georgiev’s associates and commission agents in 1839.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

October 4, 2019, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 International Scientific Conference \u201eDonation and Entrepreneurship in the Balkans in the 19th Century on the Example of the Brothers Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi\u201d. Paper: \u201eThe Story of a Donation: The Textile Factory of Evlogi Georgiev in Karlovo.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

17 \u2013 21 October 2018, Berlin, Germany<\/strong> \u2013 History Festival \u201eWar or Peace. Crossroads of history 1918 \u2013 2018\u201d.<\/p>\n

12 \u2013 13 October, 2018, Prague, Czech Republic<\/strong> \u2013 International Workshop \u201eLate-Ottoman Identities: The National, Transnational and Marginal\u201d.<\/p>\n

19 \u2013 21 September 2018, Bamberg, Germany<\/strong> \u2013 3rd European Convention on Turkic, Ottoman & Turkish Studies, Turkologentag 2018; Paper: \u201eThe Conversion case of the renegade Micha\u0142 Czajkowski, 1850 \u2013 1870.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

11 \u2013 15 September, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 23rd International Congress of CIEPO. Paper: \u201eSad\u0131k Pa\u015fa and his Kazak Alay\u0131 as instruments of modernization in the Ottoman Empire.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

1 \u2013 2 December 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 International Workshop \u201eTransforming South Eastern Europe during the Long 19th Century: Persons and Personalities as Agents of Modernization\u201d. Paper: \u201eMichal Czajkowski \u2013 Sadyk Pasha and his Ottoman Cossack Regiment as agents of modernization.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

1 \u2013 12 October 2017, Warsaw, Bia\u0142ystok, Krynki, Kruszyniany, Tikocin, Supra\u015bl, Krasnogrudy, Krak\u00f3w, \u015awidnica, Krzy\u017cowa, Wroc\u0142aw, Wojnowiec, Poland<\/strong> \u2013 The First International School \u201ePoland and Central and Eastern Europe\u201d.<\/p>\n

19 \u2013 27 August 2017, Masuria, Poland<\/strong> \u2013 International Summer School \u201eMemory and Law: Legal Perspective in Historical Assessments\u201d.<\/p>\n

8 \u2013 30 July 2017, Lublin, Poland<\/strong> \u2013 Intensive Polish language course at the Centre of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners at the Maria Sk\u0142odowska-Curie University.<\/p>\n

23 \u2013 24 May 2017, Moscow, Russia<\/strong> \u2013 International Scientific Conference \u201eThe Slavic World: Community and Diversity\u201d. Paper: \u201eMichal Czajkowski’s Slavic Legion in Images and Pictures.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

6 \u2013 7 October 2016, Gabrovo, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 National Scientific Conference \u201eRegion of Stara Planina in the History of Bulgarian lands and in the Development of the Cultural Tourism\u201d. Paper: \u201eThe Localization of Karlovo\u2019s borders according to the Karl\u0131z\u00e2de Lala Ali bey\u2019s vakfiye from 1496.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

17 \u2013 18 November 2015, Chantilly, France<\/strong> \u2013 Conf\u00e9rence Scientifique Internationale \u201eLes for\u00eats europ\u00e9ennes. Gestions, exploitations et repr\u00e9sentations XIe-XIXe si\u00e8cles\u201d. Paper: \u201eThe Forest and the Outlaws in the Bulgarian lands during the 18th century.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

8 \u2013 9 October 2015, Gabrovo, Bulgaria <\/strong>\u2013 National Scientific Conference \u201eRegion of Stara Planina in the History of Bulgarian lands and in the Development of the Cultural Tourism\u201d; Paper: \u201eThe \u201eSveta Bogoroditsa\u201d Church in Karlovo during the Bulgarian National Revival.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

31 August \u2013 4 September 2015, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 11th International Congress of South East European Studies, AIESEE; Paper: \u201eIvan Kishelski\u2019s Project of Bulgarian liberation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

27 \u2013 28 March 2015, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 Fifth Scientific Conference in University of Veliko Tarnovo \u2013 March Students Readings. Paper: \u201eTwo Ottoman Fountains from XIX century in Varna.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

3 \u2013 4 September 2014, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 National Scientific Conference \u201e1000 years of tsar Samuel\u2019s Bulgaria\u201d. Paper: \u201eThe Topography and the Fortification in the Valley of Strumeshnica as a Factor in the Battle of Kleidion.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

1 \u2013 6 August 2014, Region of Simitli, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 National Student Scientific Expedition \u201eSimitli \u2013 From Antiquity to the Present Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 6 June 2014, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, Albania<\/strong> \u2013 National Scientific Expedition \u201eOn the Traces of tsar Samuil\u2019s Bulgaria\u201d. Paper: \u201eThe Sveti Stefan Church in Kostur.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

11 \u2013 22 May 2014, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 International Intensive Program \u201eStandards of everyday life in the Middle Ages and in Modern Times\u201d. Paper: \u201eKarlovo\u2019s Bazaar (Charshiya) during the Bulgarian National Revival.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

20 \u2013 21 March 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 International Scientific Conference \u201ePoland and the Poles in the New Bulgarian History (mid-19th \u2013 mid-20th century)\u201d. Paper: \u201eThe Kazak \u0410lay of Sadyk Pasha.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

3 \u2013 7 September 2012, Nowy S\u0105cz, Poland<\/strong> \u2013 7th<\/sup> Economic Forum of Young Leaders.<\/p>\n

31 August \u2013 29 September 2012, Nowy S\u0105cz, Poland<\/strong> \u2013 Intensive Polish language course at the Wy\u017csza Szko\u0142a Biznesu \u2013 National-Louis University.<\/p>\n

5. PRACTICAL ACTIVITY<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lectures, public events, promotion of academic achievements<\/strong><\/h4>\n

12 \u2013 16 May 2025, Warsaw, Poland<\/strong> \u2013 Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility at the Centre for East European Studies, Warsaw University.<\/p>\n

29 September 2024<\/strong>, Bulgarian National Radio (programme \u201eStories about History\u201d). Interview on \u201e220 Years since the Birth of Micha\u0142 Czajkowski.\u201d<\/p>\n

7 \u2013 13 May 2024, Krak\u00f3w, Poland<\/strong> \u2013 Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility at the Faculty of History, Jagiellonian University.<\/p>\n

7 May 2024, Krak\u00f3w, Poland<\/strong> \u2013 Public lecture \u201eH\u00f4tel Lambert and the Eastern Agency in Istanbul,\u201d 19th-Century Seminar, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of History.<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 14 May 2023, Istanbul, Turkey<\/strong> \u2013 Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility at the Faculty of Letters, Istanbul University.<\/p>\n

February 2023 \u2013 present<\/strong> \u2013 Co-author, National Exhibition \u201e150 Years since the Death of Vasil Levski: Sites of Memory (1873 \u2013 1933)\u201d.<\/p>\n

27 September 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 Bulgarian National Radio (programme \u201eOur Day\u201d). Interview on \u201eProf. \u015eevket Pamuk as Special Guest at the Karlovo Conference\u201d (with Hristo Tuchev).<\/p>\n

21 March 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 Bulgarian National Television, TV programme Istoriya.BG: \u201eWell-Understood Civilisation: Modernisation, Railways, Telegraphs\u201d (with Boryana Antonova-Goleva and Ivan Rusev).<\/p>\n

31 May 2021, Krak\u00f3w, Poland<\/strong> \u2013 Public lecture: \u201eKozacy su\u0142ta\u0144scy Sadyka Paszy na Ba\u0142kanach.\u201d 19th-Century Seminar, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of History.<\/p>\n

April 2021, Karlovo, Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 Curator and organiser, public photo-documentary exhibition \u201e(Un)Forgotten Karlovo (1898 \u2013 1943)\u201d.<\/p>\n

6. AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

13.11.2024 \u2013 First prize, Best Humanities and Social Sciences Article by a Young Scholar (Acad. Ivan E. Geshov Award) in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n

29.05.2019 \u2013 First place, \u201eDoctoral Candidate of the Year\u201d, Sofia University.<\/p>\n

25.11.2018 \u2013 Rector\u2019s Annual Award for Scientific and Research activities, Sofia University.<\/p>\n

11.05.2018 \u2013 Third place, \u201eDoctoral Candidate of the Year\u201d, Sofia University.<\/p>\n

25.11.2017 \u2013 Rector\u2019s Annual Award for Scientific and Research activities, Sofia University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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