DVV International

Coordination team

Project coordinator: Christian Geiselmann

Christian is the coordinator for project 6. He is a historian and is completing a PhD on the Orthodox Church in Bulgaria.

MICROCON projects:

Project 6: Muslim integration in Bulgaria and Serbia

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Research team

Researcher: Vanya Ivanova

Vanya is a project manager of the History project at DVV international – SEE region, and works in the field of interactive methods of handling and teaching recent history in the Balkans. In addition Vanya is a researcher at the New Bulgarian University’s Center for European Refugees Migration and Ethnic Studies (CERMES), where she is conducting her PhD research in the field of migration studies and more specifically in forced migration.

Her main geographical focus is Bosnia and Herzegovina.

MICROCON projects:

Project 6: Muslim integration in Bulgaria and Serbia

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Researchers collaborating through DVV International

Lead researcher: Prof. Daniela Koleva

Daniela is professor in Social and Cultural Anthropology and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sofia. Her research interests are in the field of oral history and biographical research (including their potential for the study of women's history); memory; anthropology of socialism and the socialist emancipation of women; and Bulgarian historiography.

Her main geographical focus is Bulgaria.

MICROCON projects:

Project 6: Muslim integration in Bulgaria and Serbia

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Researcher: Dr. Teodora Karamelska

Teodora is a Research Associate, Department of Sociology of Religions and Everyday Life, at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Assistant Professor in Theory of Religion, Department for History and Theory of Culture, Sofia University. Her research interests include the philosophy of history, theory and sociology of religion and oral history.

Her main geographical focus is Bulgaria.

MICROCON projects:

Project 6: Muslim integration in Bulgaria and Serbia

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