Country of residence

Bulgaria

Brief introduction

Research Associate/Assistant Professor, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Education

PhD in Ethnology, 2006, Ethnographic Institute with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Academic profile

My main areas of interest in Romani Studies are related to Romani Evangelism and labour migrations from Bulgaria to EU Mediterranean countries. I received training in the Eastern European tradition of Ethnology I employ an ethnological approach to researched Romani communities. I have devoted most of my time in the last twelve years to studying and working on various issues concerning ethno-cultural features of Romani groups, religiosity, leadership of Romani pastors and Romani migrations. I have substantial fieldwork experience with Romani Evangelicals from Bulgaria and as a result of my research I published a book devoted on Romani Evangelism. Additionally, I have carried out ethnographic fieldwork among different Romani groups of Xoraxane and Dassikane Roma (Bulgarian and Turkish Roma), Erlii (locals), Millet (people), Kalajdžii (tinsmiths), Burgudžii (gimletmakers) etc. I have been carrying out ethnographic fieldwork on labour migrating to Spain and Greece Romanian speaking Rudari. I have published several articles on the topic. I have been involved in various funded research projects related to Roma and I actively participated in numerous academic conferences across Europe.

Publications

• Evangelical Gypsies in Bulgaria (In Bulgarian). Sofia: Paradigma, 2007.
• 2007. „Evangelical Gypsies in Bulgaria: Way of Life and Performance of Identity. – In: Romani Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2 (December). Pp. 205-247.
• 2008. “Being Gypsy in Europe: the case of Bulgarian Roma Workers in Spain.” – In: Balkanologie (Ed. by Association française d’études sur les Balkans), Vol. XI, No. 1-2 [http://balkanologie.revues.org/index1102.html].

Keywords

Romani Evangelism; Heterogeneity and Multidimensional identities; Labour Mobilities

Contact

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