Faculty

I am a professor in the Department of Mediterranean and Eastern Studies at the New Bulgarian University. In 2005, my habilitation thesis “King Midas between Europe and Asia” was published.

I am a member of the archaeological team studying Gordion under the auspices of the Penn University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. I am responsible for the publication of the bronze objects from Gordion.

My teaching experience includes courses taught on a number of topics such as Thrace and Asia Minor, Ancient Greek and Roman History, Art and Religion in Anatolia, Art and Culture of Ancient Anatolia, History and Culture of the Hittites and the Phrygians, The ‘Dark Ages’ of Greece, and Greeks and Persians.

I have been a Mellon fellow at the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and have carried out scientific research and specializations in various institutions such as St. John’s College, Oxford, UK and UNC at Chapel Hill, USA (Fulbright Visitor Scholar).