Yura Konstantinova
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Yura Konstantinova
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Institute for Balkan Studies & Center of Thracology
45 Moskovska Str.
1000 Sofia
Work experience
1996-2000 Teacher in history
1997-1999 Lecturer in Greek language
2008-2011 Lecturer in Greek language
2006-2008 Researcher
2008 - 2014 Senior Research Fellow
1996- Translator
2014 - Associate Professor
Education and training
1988-1994 Master of Art in History and Greek philology, Sofia University "St. Kl. Ohridski"
1994-1999 Three courses of a month’s length in Modern Greek language in Greece
2000-2006 PhD thesis “The Balkan Policy of Greece in the late 19th and the early 20th century"
Major Fields of Scientific Research
Languages
Bulgarian
Greek
Russian
English
Fellowships
2014 - Mladena and Dianko Sotirov Fellowship, LSE
2012 - Onassis Foundation
2007 - The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
2005 - University of Panteion
Elites, identities, ideology, Greek-Bulgarian relations, conflicts in the Balkans, Thessaloniki, diaspora
Running Projects
Southeast Europe between East and West: economy, politics, culture (19-21 century)
Policy and borders on the Balkans: religion, ethnicities, nations
Cultural, historical and linguistic heritage of the "neighboring Bulgaria"