Assoc. Prof. PhD Varban Todorov

BORN

16.2.1958, Sofia, Bulgaria

UNIVERSITY STUDIES

History, University of Athens 1980-1982; University of Sofia, 1983-1985, Specialization – Balkan history  19^th – 20^th Century

SCHOLARLY DEGREES

1990 – Ph.D. Thesis: “The Federalist Idea in Greek Political Thought during the Nineteenth Century”

LANGUAGES

English, Greek, Russian

OCCUPATION

Institute for Balkan Studies, Sofia, 1985 –

MARIATL STATUS

Married, two children

MOST SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS

– The Relations Between Bulgaria and Greece as Seen by Their Political Elites. ELIAMEP – Defence and Foreign Policy Studies, Athens, 1994

– Greek federalism During the Nineteenth Century (Ideas and Projects). East Europian Monographs, # CDVIII , Boulder, Colorado, 1995

– Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts and Printed Books (17^th – 19^th Century). The Collection in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. (Contribution to the History of the Greek Diaspora). Centre for Neohellenic Research, Tetradia Ergasias 22, Athens, 1999

– Ethnos, Nation, Nationalism on the Balkans. Aspects of Theory and Practice. Sofia, Paradigma, 2000 (in Bulgarian)

Author as well as of more than 20 articles, papers and essays in domestic and foreign periodicals

Editor and translator from Greek and English into Bulgarian of five books and numerous articles on Balkan history on the 19 ^th -20^th centuries. 

FIELDS OF INTERESTS

Modern and post-Modern history of the Balkans; History of ideas and politival development of the Balkan states in the 19 ^th -20^th centuries; Apchives and documents regarding the Balkan history in modern times; Ethnos, nation, state, nationalism as theoretical approach; National, religious, etc. minority problems in the Balkans from historical and contemporary point of view; Europian Union, the future of Europe and the place of the Balkans;

HOME ADDRESS

15, San Stefano str.

1504, Sofia

tel. (00359-2 ) 44-64-32

e-mail: vartodorov@hotmail.com

OFFICE

Institute of Balkan Studies

45, Moskovska str.

Sofia 1000

tel (00359-2) 9874979

tel/fax (00359-2) 9806297

e-mail: balkani@cl.bas.bg  (for V. Todorov)

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