Prof. Vassil Markov, Dr. Sc. - Director, e-mail: ve22@abv.bg, GSM: ++359 899 89 35 62

  • Department of History of Culture. "Ancient Cultures" - Prof. Vassil Markov Dr.Sc
  • Department of Music Folklore Prof. Jordan Goshev Dr.Sc.
  • Department of Ancient Cultures and mediterranean sea shipping - Prof. Kalin Porozhanov Dr.Sc., e-mail: kalinsp@abv.bg
  • Department of Archaeology - Assoc. Prof. Alexey Gotsev Ph.D, e-mail: alexiam@abv.bg
  • Department of Ethnology - Assoc. Prof. Angel Yankov Ph.D, e-mail: a_yankov@abv.bg
  • Department Arhaeoastronomiy - Assoc. Prof. Alexey Stoev PhD, e-mail: stoev52@abv.bg
  • Department of Students and Doctoral Studies - Dimitriya Spasova Ph.D, e-mail: dimitria_@abv.bg

 

University Research Center for Ancient European and easterly mediterranean cultures was created in 2008 by a decision of the Academic Council of SWU "Neophit Rilski" - Blagoevgrad. It is a interdisciplinary university research structure.

The construction of the center is in line with the strategy of SWU "Neophit Rilski" is significant and authoritative, modern, scientific-educational and socio-cultural institution in higher education in Southwestern Bulgaria and neighboring regions in the Balkans and Southeastern Europe as and working to the maximum extent to achieve the main strategic objective of the Southwestern University: SWU AS CONFIRMING OF SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER CULTURAL- EU requirements commensurate with academic institutions, Optimum Combining research BASIC TRAINING ... "

The center is created in partnership participation and support of the National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Sofia, Regional Ethnographic Museum Stoyu Shishkov - Plovdiv, the People's astronomical observatory with planetarium "Yuri Gagarin" - Stara Zagora.

Objectives:

The main objective of the Center is to study ancient cultures in Europe, particularly in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean. As interdisciplinary Research Unit Center apply methods and attracts experts from scientific fields such as: cultural history, cultural studies, history, archaeology, ethnology, linguistics, arhaeoastronomiy, geoarhaeologiy and other sciences related to the study of ancient cultures and the socialization of cultural and historical monuments. In their last aspect Center has research and applications and functions in this work to connect science with real business life.

Focus of research of the Center are complex field expeditions

Develop its business center works in cooperation and enter into partnerships with similar or close research units in the country and abroad.

The center periodically organizes international scientific symposium "Ancient easterly mediterranean and European cultures. As participate in the European and world leading scientists and young researchers - doctoral students and students just beginning their research time.

Each edition of the Symposium specify a field according to current issues in science. Center and SWU "Neophit Rilski" are the main host of the Symposium. In the interest of the partner organizations, it can be exported as a single household and other scientific institutions in the country and abroad.

The Center regularly publishes the results of scientific research in its publication entitled "Year of the Research Center for Ancient European and easterly mediterranean cultures in SWU" Neophit Rilski "- Blagoevgrad"

The center combines research and educational activities. He serves on the scientific basis for practical training of graduate students and students interested in research of ancient cultures through their inclusion in the actual research focusing field trips. Thus students have the opportunity to build a young research-workers and more scientists here on student bench.

University Research Center for Ancient European and easterly mediterranean cultures is accepted experience and research results of workers from 2001 and is currently National interdisciplinary research program "Thracian sanctuaries in the Western Rhodopes, Rila and Pirin, jointly organized by SWU" Neophit Rilski "- Blagoevgrad, National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Sofia, Regional Ethnographic Museum, Plovdiv and the People's astronomical observatory "Yuri Gagarin" - Stara Zagora.