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Department of FINE ARTS

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           Ancient & Medieval Art/staff
           New Bulgarian Art/staff
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Founded:
1948 as Institute of Fine Arts, without sections and with a staff of 4 academicians without payment: Ivan Lazarov, Stephan Ivanov, Nickolai Rainov and Alexander Boshzinov. First director: acad. Ivan Lazarov (1949/52). First salaried employee: Assen Vassiliev (since 1950, chairman of department “Theory and History of Bulgarian art”, 1954/59).

The first 50 years: The basement of Bulgarian Fine Arts History & Arts Theory was been got off. There were working here the most eminent Bulgarian scholars: Nickola Mavrodinov, Milko Bitchev, Vasil Zahariev, Mara Tsoncheva, Dimitar Drumev, Dimitar Stankov, Irina Mihalcheva, Tatjana Siljanovska, Alexander Obretenov, Atanas Stoikov, Liljana Mavrodinova, Vera Dinova-Russeva, Atanas Boschkov, Dimitar Avramov, Atanas Slavov, Dora Panaiotova, Nickolai Trufeshev, Valentin Angelov, Anna Roshkovska, Kostadinka Paskaleva, Elena Kotseva, Velina Bratanova, Violeta Janeva, Pavlina Galabova, Maximilian Kirov, Aksinia Djurova, Kipra Boracheva, Tchavdar Popov, Tatjana Dimitrova, Elizabet Musakova.
Staff at present 22 scholars + 4 doctorants, preparing Ph.D. thesis.
Object: Fine arts in Bulgarian lands dated from a period of »3000 years - from the appearance of the early culture in Thrakia up to contemporary modern art in Bulgaria.
General purpose: Prepare complete documentation of the objects & monuments of art in Bulgaria, their attribution, study and theoretical interpretation.
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Ancient & Medieval Art Section

Chair: Oksana Minaeva (b. 1957), Assoc. Prof., PhD, lectures in NBU, Crakow, Princeton, member of ICOMOS (UNESCO). Fields of scientific research - art of the First Bulgarian Kindom, culture of the barbaric societies.

Bisserka Penkova (b. 1955), Assoc. Prof., PhD, chief of the Ancient & Medieval Art Section, member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (section Criticism & Art Studies), lecturer in Academy of Fine Arts, NBU. Fields of scientific research - medieval and postbyzantine (15-17 c.) church painting (murals and icons).

Ivan Marazov (b. 1942), Professor, Dr., director of the Cultural History Department in New Bulgarian University (NBU), lecturer in Slavonic University, lectures in many European and American universities and museums, member of the editorial board of Talanta Revieu; member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (section Criticism & Art Studies), member of International Council for Thrakian & Indoeuropean Studies, member of The Medichi Academy - Florence. Fields of scientific research - Thrakian culture and arts, culture of the Ancient civilizations.

Tatjana Shalganova (b. 1956), Assoc. Prof., PhD, lecturer in NBU. Fields of scientific research - art and culture of the Late Antiquity.

Julia Vuleva (b. 1952), Assoc. Prof., PhD, lecturer in NBU, Slavonic University, University "St. Kliment Ochridski"; lectures in France, Japan, USA; membership in many international academic organizations, member of the Board of AIRMA. Fields of scientific research - Late-Antique and Early Christian art in Bulgarian lands and in Europe.

Vanja Popova-Moros (b. 1945), Assoc. Prof., PhD, lecturer in NBU. Fields of scientific research - Late-Antique art in Bulgarian lands.

Elka Bakalova (b. 1938), Prof. Dr., chief editor of THE ART STUDIES QUARTERLY, lecturer in Academy of Fine Arts, NBU, Slavonic University - Sofia, Turnovo University; member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (section Criticism & Art Studies), member of the Committee for Byzantine Art in the International Byzantological Association. Fields of scientific research - medieval and postbyzantine (15-17 c.) church painting (bonds of the images with the texts).

Georgi Gerov (b. 1956), Assoc. Prof., PhD, Director of the Icons Museum (Kripta) - Sofia, lecturer in Academy of Fine Arts, NBU, University in Varna; member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (section Crithic & Art Studies), member of the Committee for Byzantine Art in the International Byzantological Association. Fields of scientific research - medieval and postbyzantine (15-17 c.) church painting (murals and icons).

Juliana Boitcheva (b. 1969), Research Fellow, lecturer in NBU, Technical University. Fields of scientific research - medieval and postbyzantine (15-17 c.) applied arts (church embroderies).
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New Bulgarian Art Section

Chair:  Ivanka Gergova (b. 1955), Assoc. Prof., PhD, Academic Secretary of the Institute of Art Studies, lecturer in Academy of Fine Arts, NBU; member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (section Criticism & Art Studies), member of Council for the Cultural Monuments in Ministry of the Culture; autor of the project & manager of the International Conferences for Art Studies (Plovdiv '94, '96, '99). Fields of scientific research - postbyzantine (15-17 c.) arts, arts of the period of Bulgarian Revival (church architecture, church woodcarved iconostaseis, furniture; church painting - murals and icons), church arts at the Balkans (17-19 c.).

Elena Genova (b. 1953), Assoc. Prof., PhD, member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (section Criticism & Art Studies), lecturer in NBU. Fields of scientific research - art of the period of Bulgarian Revival (applied arts - esp. church utensils, painting - murals and icons), church paintings at the Balkans (18-19 c.).

Elena Popova (b. 1956), Research Fellow, PhD, member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (section Criticism & Art Studies),. Fields of scientific research - paintings of the period of Bulgarian Revival (murals and icons), church paintings at the Balkans (18-19 c.); modern Bulgarian fine arts (art criticism).

Nikolai Klisarov (b. 1938), PhD, art historian. Fields of scientific research - church murals of the period of Late Bulgarian Revival (19 c.).

Alexander Kujumdjiev (b. 1969), Research Fellow, PhD. Fields of scientific research - church murals and icons of the period of Late Bulgarian Revival (19 c.).

Krasimira Koeva (b. 1951), Assoc. Prof., PhD, secretary of THE ART STUDIES QUARTERLY, member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (section Criticism & Art Studies), lecturer in NBU. Fields of scientific research - social life of the arts in Bulgaria in the 1st half of 20 c. (painting), modern Bulgarian fine arts (art criticism).

Violeta Vassilchina (b. 1945), Assoc. Prof., PhD, member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (section Criticism & Art Studies), lecturer in NBU. Fields of scientific research - Bulgarian applied arts (history and theory), social life of the arts in Bulgaria in the 1st half of 20 c.; modern applied and decorative arts (art criticism).

Milena Georgieva (b. 1957), Research Fellow, PhD. member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (section Criticism & Art Studies), Fields of scientific research - social life of the arts in Bulgaria in the 1st half of 20 c.; Southslavonic Artistic Union “Lada”; modern art (art criticism).

Rumjana Dontheva (b. 1955), PhD, art historian. Fields of scientific research - connections berween Chesch and Bulgarian painters after 1878 (Jaroslav Veshin).

Irina Genova (b. 1959), Assoc. Prof., PhD, lectures in NBU, Slavonic University, member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (section Criticism & Art Studies), member of AICA. Fields of scientific research - social life of the arts in Bulgaria in the 1st half of 20 c. (graphic arts); modern art; nontraditional forms of arts and performances (art criticism, concepts and projects).
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Projects
Group scientific projects:
     - Encyclopaedia of Fine Arts in Bulgaria, I-III vol.;
     - History of Fine Arts in Bulgaria, I-V vol. (part of the general project of the Institute History of Culture in Bulgarian Lands);
     - Thrakies, Skits, Normans. Cultural Typology of Barbarous Societies (in common with Russian Academy of Sciences);
     - Corps of Antique Painting in Bulgarian Lands (in common with Austrian Academy of Sciences);
     - Treasures in Europe from Adriatic to Baltic (II mill. BC - I mill. AD);
     - Corps of the Church Mural Painting in Bulgaria from 17th c.;
     - Corps of the Church Mural Painting in Bulgaria from 18th c.;
    - Social Life of the Art in Bulgaria in the 1st Half of 20th c. Sources & Comments, etc.
Personal Projects: as result of the individual plans numerous monographs and studies are published..
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Educational Program
Training course for young scholars preparing Ph.D. thesis.
Fine Arts Department is the leading center of education in the field of the History of Art and of preparation for doctoral degree in Bulgaria since the very foundation of the Institute of Art Studies.
Tutorial system - each young scholar has individual plan of his education.
 He/she has all the help of the most qualified professionals, with the highest standards in the field.
 He/she has at disposal computers, photographic laboratory, unique photo-archives (150 000 photos and slides), library rich of literature on the fine arts particularly (20 000 volumes & art study periodicals)
 In the training period the young scholars become members of the section and take part in all forms of its scientific activities - discussions, lectures, seminars, research expeditions; they are included in the groups working on collective research projects. They are encouraged to take part in Bulgarian and international scientific conferences and to publish their studies, especially in THE ART STUDIES QUARTERLY - the only Bulgarian periodic specialized in Fine Art History; in its policy the publishing of studies of young scholars is a top priority.

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