Yura Toteva Konstantinova
Scientific degree and current position:
Dr. habil., Professor
Areas of academic interest:
History of Greece, international relations in the Balkans in the 19th through the 21st Century, Bulgarians in Thessaloniki, diaspora, Balkan cinema, memory, digital humanities.
Education and fellowships:
Education
2020 Thesis defense for awarding a Dr. habil. degree. Topic of dissertation "The Bulgarians in Thessaloniki from the 1960s to the Balkan Wars
2006 PhD thesis defense. Topic of dissertation "Greek politics in the Balkans at the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th Century"
1994 Master's degree in Greek, Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology, Sofia University 'St. Kliment Ohridski'
1994 Master's degree in History, Faculty of History, Sofia University 'St. Kliment Ohridski'
Fellowships
2014 Mladena and Dianko Sotirov Visiting Fellowship, London School of Economic granted for project: The missing component: The Bulgarian community in Salonica in the early 20th Century
2012 Onassis Foundation scholarship granted for project: The Views of Eleftherios Venizelos on the Balkan Policy of Greece (1910-1916)
2007 Mellon Fellowship granted for project: The Place and Role of Stephanos Dragoumis in the Greek Political Elite in the late 19th and early 20th Century at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens
2005 Panteion University Fellowship, Athens granted for project: Greek-Bulgarian Relations 19th - 20th Century. Archives and bibliography.
Participation in scholarly projects:
Funded by the European Union (NextGenerationEU)
2024–2026: Project Leader, Digital Historical Paths in Bulgaria and Greece, implemented by Dr. Stamatia Fotiadou
2024–2026: Project Leader, Rediscovery, Preservation, and Promotion of Cultural and Historical Heritage of Eastern Macedonia, implemented by Dr. Angel Zlatkov
Funded by the Ministry of Education and Science (MES)
2018–2028: Coordinator at IBCT for the National Interdisciplinary Research E-Infrastructure for Resources and Technologies for Bulgarian Language and Cultural Heritage, integrated into the European infrastructures CLARIN and DARIAH (CLADA-BG)
2018–2025: Participant in the National Research Programme Cultural-Historical Heritage, National Memory and Social Development
Funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund (BNSF)
2024–2027: Participant in the project The Balkans and Global Challenges after February 24, 2022. Project Leader: Corresponding Member Prof. Dr. Sc. Alexander Kostov
2024–2027: Participant in the project Growing but not getting old: Semantic and 3D Technologies for the History of the Streets and Buildings in Sofia. Project Leader: Assist. Prof. Dr. Ivaylo Nachev
2023–2025: Project Leader, The Great Game, implemented by Dr. Nadezhda Vassileva under the National Research Programme Peter Beron. Science and Innovation with Europe (Peter Beron and NIE)
2020–2023: Project Leader, Vectors of Historical Development and National Identity in the Balkans (18th–21st Centuries), carried out jointly with the Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
2016–2020: Project Leader, Thessaloniki and the Bulgarians: History, Memory, Present
Participation in current internal academy projects
2025–2028: Participant in the project Between the Danube and the Aegean: Mutual Influences in History and Culture, implemented jointly with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2025–2027: Project Leader, Sources on the Balkan Peoples: Publications, Manipulations, Adaptations
Teaching:
- Training Centre to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, specialised course 'The Balkans between East and West. Historical Perspective'
- Modern Greek language
Selected publications:
Monographs:
1. The Balkan Policy of Greece at the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century. Faber, 2008 [in Bulgarian]
2. Bulgarians and Greeks in the Struggle for the Ottoman Legacy. Faber, 2014 [in Bulgarian]
3. The Bulgarians in Ottoman Salonica. Sofia: IBCT, 2020 [in Bulgarian]
4. The (In)visible Community: Bulgarians in Ottoman Salonica. Istanbul: The Isis Press, 2021
5. Bulgaria and Greece in a Labyrinth of Monologues. Sofia: IBCT, 2022 [in Bulgarian]
Edited Volumes:
1. The Balkans: Modernization, Identities, Ideas. Chief Editor: Y. Konstantinova. Sofia: IBCT, 2011 [in Bulgarian]
2. S. Velkova-Kozhuharova, Bulgarians and Greeks – Aspects of Their Mutual Perceptions. Eds. R. Zaimova, Y. Konstantinova. Sofia: IBCT, 2014 [in Bulgarian]
3. Thessaloniki and the Bulgarians: History, Memory, Present. Documents. Ed. Y. Konstantinova. Sofia: IBCT, State Archives Agency, 2018
4. Looking Towards America: The Emigration of Bulgarian Armenians from Socialist Bulgaria. Ed. Y. Konstantinova, I. Nachev. Sofia: Fakel, 2019 [in Bulgarian]
5. Thessaloniki and the Bulgarians: History, Memory, Present. Ed. Y. Konstantinova, N. Danova, Y. Zhelev. Sofia: IBCT, 2019 [in Bulgarian]
6. Greeks and Bulgarians: Parallels and Intersections in History and Culture. Eds. Y. Konstantinova, E. Naxidou. Sofia: IBCT, 2021
7. Thessaloniki, the Dreamed City. Ed. Y. Konstantinova. Sofia: BAS Publishing House, 2021 [in Bulgarian]
8. Salonica – Solun – Thessaloniki: The Bulgarian Traces. Ed. R. Gradeva, Y. Konstantinova. Istanbul: The Isis Press, 2022
9. Russia: Perspectives from the Balkans (19th–20th Centuries). Eds. T. Georgieva, Y. Konstantinova. Sofia: IBCT, 2023 [in Bulgarian]
10. Christian Networks in the Ottoman Empire: A Transnational History. Ed. E. Naxidou, Y. Konstantinova. New York–Budapest–Vienna: CEU Press, 2024
Author of over 80 articles and studies
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