Prof. Ass., Dr. Nikolai Gochev

Contact Information

Office address: University of Sofia “St. Kl. Ohridski”, Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology, Department of Classics, Sofia 1504, Tzar Osvoboditel 15 Blvd., Bulgaria
Office phone: +3592 930 83 76
Fax: +3592 846 51 43
e-mail:

Education and academic qualifications:

• 2002: Habilitation work: POIESIS. Classical and contemporary approaches on the theory of the ancient Greek literature.
• 1998: Ph.D. degree. Ph.D. thesis: “The Ancient Hermetism – sources, doctrine, studies and structure of the core myth”
• 1966-1991: Study at the National University of Athens, Greece.
  1991: MA in Linguistics at the National University of Athens
• 1985-1986: Study in Classical philology at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

Professional experience

• 2003-present: Associated Professor in Ancient Greek literature, Department of Classics, Sofia University
• 1999-2003: Chief assistant professor at Sofia University, Department of Classics
• 1997-1999: Senior assistant professor at Sofia University, Department of Classics
• 1995-2004: Visiting lecturer in ancient Greek culture and literature, ancient philosophy and religion of the late antiquity in the Depatment of Humanities, Mediterranean studies and Comparative religion at the New Bulgarian University, Sofia
• 1993-1995: Full-time Assistant professor at Sofia University, Department of Classics
• 1992-1993: Lecturer in Modern Greek at Sofia University, Department of Classics

Awards

• 1997: nominated as a winner of the young scholars’ national competition “The future of the humanitarian studies”

Courses taught

Compulsory courses:

• Ancient Greek literature – in the Bachelor’s program of Classical philology
• Ancient Greek literature – in the Bachelor’s program of Modern Greek philology
• Ancient Greek literature in the Roman epoch – in the Master’s program “Ancient culture and literature”
• The great books of the ancient world (the Greek part) – in the Master’s program “Ancient culture and literature”

Optional courses:

• The intellectuals in antiquity – in the Bachelor’s program of Classical philology and the Master’s program “Ancient culture and literature”
• The Platonism in Late Antiquity – topics and texts (co-lecturing-and-disputing with Vladimir Marinov) – in the Master’s program “Ancient culture and literature”

Participation in academic and other projects

• November 2004-September 2005: Director of the project “Development and fulfillment of the Master’s program in ancient culture and literature”, supported by Open Society Institute, Sofia. Web site: http://www.masters-classics.dir.bg
• 3-25 July 2000: Participation in the International Summer School “Theory in the Humanities” in Avignon, France.
• 20-22 July 2002: Participation in the first workshop and the establishment of the Southeast-European Association for Ancient Philosophy, SEAAP, Delphoi, Greece. Web site: http://www.uni-vt.bg/en/seaap

Involvement in publishing activities

Editor in chief of “Delos” – a series of books from and on the ancient Greek philosophy and rhetoric, edited by “Sonm” Publishing house. (Since 2000 there have been published the Bulgarian translation of “Metaphysics” by Aristotle, “Platon Lesen” by T. A. Szlezak and “Rhetoric to Alexander” by Pseudo-Aristotle).

Major publications

• The Ancient Hermetism. Sofia University Press/ SONM Publishers, 1999.
• ALEXANDRIA. Stories about people, books and cities.(Collection of articles and essays). Sofia: SONM Publ., 2002.
• POIESIS. Classical and contemporary essays in theory of the Greek literature. Sofia: SONM Publishers, 2004.
• Letters to Aegina. (A novel on the life of Plato). Forthcoming in 2005.

Major translations

• Sophocles, Antigone. In: Sfumato, No 1, 1998, p. 17-39.
  Aristotle. Metaphysics (books I, II, III, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV). Translation, notes and index. Sofia: SONM Publishers, 2000. Corpus Hermeticum. Forthcoming.
• Fields of professional interest: Ancient Greek culture and literature, reception of the ancient culture and literature, translation and editing of ancient philosophical and rhetorical texts.

Linguistic competence

English, Modern Greek, and Russian (fluent), German, French, Spanish and Italian (reading and writing knowledge). For the professional work: excellent knowledge in ancient Greek and very good Latin.