- Ivan Ilchev
Ivan Ilchev ( _bg. Иван Илчев),
Ph.D. in history, is the currentrector ofSofia University , the oldest and biggest higher education facility inBulgaria . He speicalises in the recent history of the Balkan peoples.Ivan Ilchev was born on June 25, 1953 in
Sofia . His father is Ilcho Dimitrov, also a famous historian and former minister of education. His mother is ofJewish descent. Ilchev graduated from the 114 English High School in Sofia. He continued his education in Sofia University, where he majored inhistory . After his graduation, in 1978, he becameassistant professor at the History Department of the Sofia University andassociate professor in 1987. He was awarded the title of professor of recent history of the Balkan Peoples in 1995.Ivan Ilchev has lectured in
Ohio State University in Columbus,Wilson Center inWashington D.C. , the University of Chiba, Japan, the universities of Leipzig, Thessaloníki, Oxford, Chicago and many other famous universities.He was dean of the History Department of Sofia University and member of the Academic Council from 2003 to 2007. Ilchev is also an active member of the Social Council of
Bulgarian National Television and the Public Museum Council at the Ministry of Culture.At the beginning of November 2007, professor Ilchev was elected
rector of the University, after aballot , by 218 votes to 90 for the other candidate.Publications
Ivan Ilchev has published 13 books, 2 of them in co-authorship with other academics. The most renowned of them are:
The Rose of the Balkans. A Short History of Bulgaria. Sofia 2005
Bulgarian Parliament and Bulgarian Statehood. 125 Years National Assembly 1879-2005 (with V. Kolev, V. Yanchev). Sofia 2005
Middle Time. Or the Bulgarian between two centuries. Sofia, Colibri 2005
Touching America (with Plamen Mitev). Sofia 2003
To the Wester, To the Westest — Japan. Letters of a gaijin. Sofia, Colibri 2001
My Fatherland — right or not. Exterior propaganda of Balkan peoples. 1821-1923. Sofia 1995
Advertisement during Bulgarian Renaissance. Sofia 1995
Bulgaria and the Triple Entente during World War I. Sofia 1990
Winston Churchill and the Balkans. Sofia 1989, second issue Riva, 2007
Sources
* [http://www.uni-sofia.bg/calendar+bg/news+bg/ilchev.html Artistic Autobiography] , in Bulgarian
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