Received Sylff fellowship in 2024
Academic supervisor: Assoc. prof. Maya Vassileva, Assoc. prof. Julia Tzvetkova
Current affiliation: PhD candidat
STUDIES
• 01.02.2023 - : PhD Program in History Faculty, Department “Ancient
History, Thracian Studies and Medieval History”, Sofia University “St.
Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria.
• 04.04.2020 - 03.02.2021: Professional qualifi cation history teacher,
New Bulgarian University (NBU), Sofi a, Bulgaria.
• 01.10.2015 - 04.05.2018: Master's Program "Mediterranean World -
Greece, Rome and the Ancient Near East", Department of
Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, New Bulgarian University, Sofi a. Master's
thesis - "Idalion - between East and West" (in Bulgarian).
• 01.10.2013 - 10. 07. 2015: Bachelor's program "Ancient Balkan
Studies (Thracology)", Department of Art Studies, New Bulgarian University, Sofi a.
Bachelor's thesis - "The Poppy (Papaver somniferum) in Thracian culture"
(in Bulgarian).
• 01.10.2013 - 10. 07.2015: Minor program "History and Culture of Ancient Greece",
New Bulgarian University, Sofi a, Bulgaria.
• 01.10.1998 - 20.01.2002: Bachelor's program "Culturology", Faculty
of Philosophy, Sofi a University "St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria.
SPECIALIZATIONS / TRAINEESHIP
• 21.09.2024-05.01.2025: 2nd Erasmus + practice at ARU (Archeological Research
Union), University of Cyprus. Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Artemis Georgiou, PhD. 24.06 –
28.06 2024: History of Money and Numismatics Summer School, 24 – 28 June, 2024,
Koç University AKMED, online. Instructors: Prof. Dr. Oğuz Tekin, Koç University
AKMED and Dr. Peter van Alfen, American Numismatic Society.
• 05.01.2024 - 20.09. 2024: Erasmus + practice at ARU (Archeological Research Union),
University of Cyprus. Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Artemis Georgiou, Phd.
• 12.09. - 16.09.2023: Sofia Numismatic School, 12 – 16 September, 2023. Ancient
Coinages: Theory and Practice (focusing on Thrace and the Black Sea Region) - ancient
pre-monetary forms and coinages in Thrace and the Black Sea Region, concept of
Digital Numismatics and practice with coin collections of Septemvri Museum and
Museum of Hisarya, Bulgaria.
• 12.10.2022 - 12.04.2023: Online course “Phenicien et punique langues, L'école des
langues anciennes de Sorbonne Université (Élasu), Paris, France. Lecturer: Prof.
Françoise Briquel Chatonnet.
• 18.04 - 23.04. 2022: Semi-intensive online course "Phoenician language", Classics
Faculty in association with the Oxford Centre for Phoenician and Punic Studies
(Octopus) and the Institute for Classical Studies, Oxford University, Great Britain.
Lecturer: Dr. Vladimir Olivero.
• 02.01. - 12.05.2017: “Erasmus +” program, The University of Cyprus, Faculty of Letters,
Departments of “History and archaeology” and “Classics”
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
• 2024/2025: Sasacawa scholarship 2024/2025, Sofia University “St.
Kliment Ohridski”.
• 01.05. - 14.05.2017: Scholarship - master's thesis research,
University of Cyprus, Faculty of Letters, Department “Classics”,
awarded by Prof. Ana Panagiotou.
• 01.10. 2014 - 10.07.2015: Scholarship of the “Ivan Sabkov
Foundation”, awarded by the Director of the foundation - Prof. Milena
Sabkova-Benovska.
PARTICIPATION IN CONGRESSES / CONFERENCES
● 14-15. 05. 2025: "Relations Between Ancient Thrace and Cyprus - preliminary
remarks" (in Bulgarian). International Conference of the Institute of Balkan Studies
with Center of Thracian Studies "Prof. Alexander Fol".
● 04-05.10 2024: “Cyprum quondam novem regnorum sedem...: a multidisciplinary
approach to Cyprus’ Iron Age political and territorial fragmentation” 4th and 5th of
October 2024, Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Idalion (Dali), Cyprus. “The Great
Goddess of Cyprus and the Near Eastern/Phoenician Parallels in Her Cult: The Case
Study of Idalion.”
● 04-05.10.2024: Second Graduate Forum for Mediterranean Archaeology,
Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus, Nicosia. Poster session:
Some Thoughts on the Symbols of the Coins of the Kingdom of Idalion and Their Near
Eastern and Phoenician Parallels.
● 01 - 05. 12.2023: PostGraduate Cypriot Archeology, PoCA 2023, Athens, 1-3 December.
Becoming a ruler of the Other. Few Notes on the Phoenician Royals Attested in Some
Cypriot Kingdoms.
● 19 - 23. 06.2023: "10th Joint Meeting of ECFN and Nomisma.org & 2nd BulgNR
TOGETHER", Sofi a Bulgaria. Poster session 21.06.: “A Few Notes on the Iconography
of the Idalion’ Coins”.
● 17 - 21. 10.2022: 10th International Congress of Phoenician and Punic Studies,
Eivissa, Spain. Doctoral session 18.10.: “Using the Script and the Language of the
Other: The Case Study of Cyprus. Preliminary Remarks”.
PARTICIPATION IN PROJECTS
12-14.09.2024 Volunteer, the international workshop „DAAD Taziz – Workshop. Dealing with Material Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean between Excavation and Digitization. 12-14 September 2024, Nicosia, Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus. Organised by Phillips Universität Marburg, American University of Beirut, University of Cyprus, Ain Shams University (Egypt), Alexandria University (Egypt).
• 14-15.03.2024: Volunteer, the international workshop “Marks, Marketing and
Markets”, organised in the frame of Compass - ERC Starting Grant,
Archaeological Research Unit, UCY.
• 16. 06. - 21. 06. 2023: Participation in the Organizing Committee of the International
Numismatic Conference "10th Joint Meeting of ECFN and Nomisma.org & 2nd
BulgNR TOGETHER", Project 80 10-37 / 20.04.2023 FNI of SU, Member, FNI of SU “St.
Kliment Ohridski”
• 22. 02. - 26. 04. 2017: Participant in Mar. Lab. University of Cyprus, Master's and
Doctoral Program in Underwater Archaeology Nicosia, Cyprus. Supervisor:
Konstantinos Nikolaou. Restoration and protection of traditional vessels. Typology of
boats and marine vessels. Introduction to ancient shipping and sailing.
• 01.11.2014 - 31. 01.2015: Editing “The Thracians”, G. Mihailov, 2015, Publ. NBU, Sofia,
Bulgaria.
PARTICIPATION IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECTS
• 02.10. - 27.10. 2023: French archeological mission Kition, Larnaca, Cyprus. Director
Sabine Fourrier, PhD, University of Lyon, France.
• 01.05. - 14.05. 2017: Documentation and cataloging of archaeological fi nds from the
archaeological site "Idalion". Museum of "Ancient Idalion", Dali, Cyprus.
Supervisor: Maria Hadjikosti, PhD.
• 01.10. 2016 - 05.01. 2017: Program "Student Internships". Supervisor: Dr. Alexander
Stanev (Sofi a History Museum), co-supervisor: Associate prof. Dr. Maya Vassileva
(NBU). Excavations at one of the sites from the ancient Serdica complex, next to
Sheraton Hotel, Sofi a, archaeological documentation, guidance in the exhibition
halls, preparation and participation in children's workshops at Sofi a History Museum.
• 25.07. - 20.09. 2014: Program "Student Internships". Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Diana
Gergova (NAIM BAS), co-supervisor Dr. Rositsa Gicheva-Meimari. Archaeological
excavation of a Thracian burial mound, historical and archaeological reserve
"Sboryanovo", Shumen municipality, Bulgaria, archaeological documentation.
PARTICIPATION IN EXHIBITIONS
● 20.07. - 06.09.2023: Exhibition “Egyptian tales”, 18. 08. - 19.09.2023, Burgas, Bulgaria.
Project of Ahmed Nasr, PhD, Antika.museums. Under the aegis of the Embassy of
Egypt in Bulgaria and His Excellency Mr. Khalid Emara. Volunteer in the pre-
preparation stage of the exhibition, scientifi c text for guides, leading the opening
ceremony, guiding work.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
19.02. - 05.03.2025 Practical classes to lecture course “Ancient Greece”, Assoc. Prof. Julia Tsvetkova and Assist. Prof. Julij Stoyanov, PhD, SU “St. Kliment Ohridski”. 09.2024 Review of a Master thesis, Theodor Tsanev The History of Carthage Until the First Punic War“.
• 20. 04.2024: Lecture “ Cyprus during the 1st millennium BC”, in the frame of the
Master special course “Archaeology on Land of the Island”, Sofia University “St.
Kliment Ohridski”.
• 15. 09.2020 - 31. 06.2021: History teacher in “BRITANICA Park School” (secondary and
high stages), Sofia, Bulgaria .
• 06. 02. - 05. 2019: Course "History of Cultures and Art in Antiquity", in Preliminary
school "Celesten Frene", Burgas, Bulgaria.
TEACHING / ACADEMIC PROJECTS
• 06.04. 2024 - 12.04.2024: Co-organiser and assistant of a scientific expedition “Ancient
Cyprus Nicosia, Kition, Khirokitia, Salamis, Amathus, Kourion, Kouklia and Paphos” for
NBU (New Bulgarian University).
• 15.09. 2020 - 30.07.2021: for “Britanica Park School”, Sofia.
- "The Neolithic period and Antiquity in the Bulgarian lands"
- "The refugees in my family (due to the uprisings and wars of the late 19th and the
first half of 20th century)". Interdisciplinary project in the fi elds of history and
information technologies.
Expeditions:
- "The Valley of the Thracian Kings - Tombs, Rituals and Cultural Interactions with the
Other." Interdisciplinary project in the fi elds of history, literature, art, and English
language, Kazanlak, Bulgaria.
Co-organized expeditions:
- "Plovdiv during the Antiquity". Interdisciplinary project in the fields of history,
literature, art and English, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
- "Koprivshtitsa – the Bulgarian Revival in the sources of literature, historical records
and art”. Interdisciplinary project in the fields of history, literature, and art,
Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria.
PUBLIC LECTURES
• 18.05.2024: ”The History of the Bulgarian Lands During Antiquity”, in the frame of
26th edition of “Days of the Bulgarian Culture in Cyprus”, Nicosia, Cyprus, under
the aegis of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Republic of Cyprus.
• 11.05.2024:” The History of the Bulgarian Lands During Antiquity”, in Bulgarian
school “Nicola Vaptsarov”, Nicosia, Cyprus.
• 12.02.2019: "The Divine Drink from Antiquity", in the cultural center "Hamalogica",
Burgas, Bulgaria.
PUBLICATIONS
Articles:
• Forthcoming: Becoming a ruler of the Other. Few Notes on the Phoenician Royals
Attested in Some Cypriot Kingdoms.
• In press: An Ostrich Eggshell Jug from the Iron Age in Rousse Museum.
• In press: A Few Notes on the Iconography of the Coins of the Kingdom of Idalion.
• In press: The Great Goddess of Idalion.
• In press: Using the Script and the Language of the Other: The Case Study of Cyprus.
Preliminary Remarks.
• 2017: Thrace and the Eastern Mediterranean in the 2nd Millennium B. C. In:
ΟΦΕΛΤΗΣ 2016-2017 (΄Ομιλος Αρχαιολογιας Πανεπιστιμημιου Κυπρου, Λευκοσια), p.17-8.
LANGUAGES
Modern languages: Bulgarian (native), English (excellent command),
Russian (very good command), Greek (good command), French (good command).
Ancient languages: Ancient Greek, Latin, Phoenician, Biblical Hebrew (basic)
