Name:

Iordanka Bibina

Date and Place of Birth: 

June 28, 1954, Sofia, Bulgaria

Martial Status: 

Married

Nationality:
Bulgarian

Address:

T. Tarnovski 3, Sofia 1421, Bulgaria
Tel.: (359-2) 65 69 45
Fax: (359-2) 982 60 97
E-mail:

amexim5@omega.bg

Education:

1984-1988

Post-graduate Study in the Cultural History of Balkan Nations, Institute of Balkan Studies, Sofia, Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences.  Ph.D. Thesis: The Cultural Policy of post-war Turkey (1945-1960)
University of Sofia ”St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of West European Philology’s, Specialization - Turcology:

1973-1977
 

Turkish Philology (emphasis: Turkish Language, Old, New and Contemporary TurkishLiterature, Ottoman Turkish, Turkish Dialectology, Comparative Grammar of  Turkic Languages, Turkey’s Political Structure). State exams 1977 (equivalent to MA). Thesis: The Gagaouz Dialect in Voyvoda Village, Shoumen Region

1969-1972
35 Th Russian Secondary School:
1961-1969
35 Th Primary Russian School:
 

Fields of Interest:

Modern and contemporary Turkish culture, processes of  “Europeization” of Turkish culture, history of Turkish literature, comparative studies of Balkan cultures and literatures, cultural, ethnic and national identity of  Balkan peoples,  aspects of the relation between  society and culture in Balkan societies.

Employment:

July 4, 2001 -
Institute of Balkan Studies,
Senior Research Associate, II nd degree
(Equal to docent)

1988 to 2001
Institute of Balkan Studies, Department
of Cultural History of Balkan Nations,
Research Associate, I st degree, Dr.

1982-1984

Bulgarian Telegraph Agency, World Reports,
Department of Balkan States, reporter

1977-1979

Yeni Ishik (New Lights) Newspaper,
Documentation specialist

1972-1973

Radio and TV Advertising Department:

Teaching Experience:

2001 – 2002
“St. Kl. Ohridski” University of Sofia

M.A. Program on Turcology on the Balkans, Centre of Eastern languages and cultures, 120 hours

1998-2000 academic years:
"K. Preslavksi" University of Shoumen. Lecturing courses (160 hours) on:

       1. Old Turkish Literature
       2. New Turkish Literature.
       3. Introduction to the theory of Turkish Literature.

September 1998
 

Peace Corps in Bulgaria: Introductory Course in Turkish Language for Peace Corps Volunteers.

December 1998
      IST in Bulgarian Language for Peace Corps Volunteers

April 2000

Institute of Balkan Studies:
Public lectures on the Turkish Coffee Houses as a cultural space; Coffee Houses in processes of Europeziation

October 1996 - May 1997:

Public lectures on The History and Culture of Balkan Nations - The Development of Turkish Culture in period of Modernization

February-June 1995:

South-Western University of Blagoevgrad “St. N. Rilski”, Course of lectures on:

Part I. The History  of Turkish literature  (From the Beginning to Our Days);
Part II. Cultural History of Turkey from Tanzimat to the Present Day

May - June 1995:

American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad Summer School Lecturing on "The Development of Turkish literature".

Translations:
 

As a professional translator and a member of the Union of the Bulgarian Interpreters, I had been actively involved in interpreting from Turkish into Bulgarian, and vice verse.

This Vain World, by Orhan Kemal, Sofia, 1984, “Narodna Kultura” Publishing House, 326 p.

Since Love Down on me. Anthology of XIII-XXth Century Turkish Poetry, Zlatorog, 1999, Sofia. Translation of 700 verses.

Over 2000 pages of translations from Turkish, English, Russian newspapers, magazines and Agencies during my work in Bulgarian Telegraph Agency; over 1500 hours of the consecutive and simultaneous interpretation during the different trade negotiations.

Field works:
 

During my study at the University I participated to a  number of field expeditions, mainly to the regions with Turkish and Gagaouze population

Previous Projects:

2000-2002
 

Literature of minorities and ethnic groups in Bulgaria, Institute of literature, project chairman Prof. Vera Mutafcieva

1996 – 2000
 

The National and Cultural Identities in the Balkans, financed by the Ministry of Education and Sciences (continuing in 1999/2000)

1998

The Image of "Others" on the Balkans, financed by the Balkan Colleges Foundation

 1998
International Project, Bogazici University in Istanbul on the Image of the Turks in Europe - The Image of the Turks in Bulgarian Paintings

1993-1996

The Role of Balkan Writers in the Intellectual life on the Peninsula, financed by the Ministry of Education and Sciences

Current Projects:

2001 - 2002

Interrelations between Balkan cultures; Balkans and Europe; Institute of Balkan Studies

Expert Activity:
 

2001

Expert in working group for Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Francophone policy and Balkans

1998
       Expert on Turkish Literature and Translations Selection at the “Narodna Kultura” Publishers.

Specialization:

1991-1992

Fulbright scholarship,   University of Wisconsin,   Madison, WI, USA

 

Memberships:

2001

Co-founder and Executive Board Member of AKSLIT - Association of Comparative Literature Studies, Sofia
 

1996

CLIO Association of Bulgarian Historians /NGO/

1994 - to now

Member of the Bulgarian Fulbright Alumna Association

1995 - to now

Bulgarian Society for XVIII Th century studies

1984 – 1992

Union of Bulgarian Translators

1980 – 1984
Club of Young Bulgarian Journalists, Union of  Bulgarian Journalists, Youth   section

Other Information: I can speak very good English, Turkish and  Russian/Bulgarian

Date:        11/02/02

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