Prof. Associate, Dr. Habil. Petya Yaneva, Dean of the Faculty for Classical and Modern Philology

Contact Information

Office address: Sofia University, Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology, 15 Tzar Osvoboditel Blvd., Sofia 1504, Bulgaria.
Tel.: +3592 930 83 41
Fax: +3592 846 51 43
e-mail:

Education and academic qualifications

• 2001: Doctor Habil. thesis: “Textology and Language Peculiarities of the Greek Manuscripts - Sources of Symeon’s Miscellany” (according to Svetoslav’s Copy of 1073)
• 1998: Central European University, Budapest, participation in the workshop: “Borders on the land and in the mind”
• 1993-1994: 10-month specialization and research work in Medieval Greek at the University of Athens
• 1987: Specialization in Greek Palaeography at Moscow University
• Modern Greek language courses: 1981 and 1987 in IMXA, Thessaloniki, Greece; 1991, 1996 and 2001 at the University of Athens
• 1982: M.A. in Classical Philology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Second subject: Modern Greek

Professional Experience

• 2002-2004: Dean of the Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology, Sofia University Associate Professor in Ancient Greek, Department of Classics
• 2002-2003: Part-time lecturer in Ancient Greek, New Bulgarian University, Sofia
• 1991-2002: Chief Assistant Professor in Ancient Greek, Department of Classics, Sofia University
• 1989-1991: Senior Assistant Professor in Ancient Greek, Department of Classics, Sofia University
• 1983-1989: Assistant Professor in Ancient Greek, Department of Classics

Research grants

• 2004: Onassis fellowship in Athens, Greece

Courses taught

• Ancient Greek for students in Classical Philology
• Ancient Greek Theoretical Grammar – Syntax (lectures for students in Classical Philology)
• Medieval Greek for students in Modern Greek Philology
• Historical Greek Grammar – lectures and seminars for students in Modern Greek Philology
• Textual Criticism and Editorial Techniques – lectures and seminars for M.A. students in Classical Phililogy
• Medieval Greek for students in History and Arts – 2002-2003, New Bulgarian University, Sofia
• Ancient Greek for students in Ancient History and Archaeology

Selected publications:

Books and articles:

• Textology and Language Peculiarities of the Greek Manuscripts - Sources of Symeon’s miscellany (according to Svetoslav’s Copy of 1073). - Doctor Habil. thesis, about 300 p. (forthcoming).
• Symeon’s Miscellany (According to Svetoslav’s copy of 1073). Vol. I-II, Sofia, BAS, 1991-1993. 725 p., 219 p. - with co-authors, collation of the Greek and Slavonic texts and index of the Greek personal names by Petya Yaneva.
  Symeon’s Miscellany (According to Svetoslav’s copy of 1073), Vol. III. The Greek sources - studies and editio princeps of the text. (forthcoming, about 400 p.)
• Greek Old and New Testament Theology of Light in King Symeon’s Florilegium of 1073. - In Honorem Prof. Rumiana Pavlova (forthcoming)
• The Dogmatic Sermons of Patriarch Philotheus of Constantinople (XIV c.) - editio princeps of the Greek text and translation into Bulgarian, 200 p. (forthcoming)
• Greece - between the Myth and the Reality. Sofia: Open Society, 1999 (in Bulgarian).
• The Reception of Pseudo-Dionysius in Medieval Bulgaria. In: “Die Dionysius-Rezeption im Mittelalter, Rencontre de philosophie médiévale”. Luvain: Brepols, 2000, 85-101.
• Notions of Fate, Happiness and Unhappiness in Byzantine and Old Bulgarian Cultural Environment (based on material from Tzar Symeon’s Florilegium and its corresponding Greek anthologies). In: “Medieval Christian Europe: Easth and West”, 2-5 септември 2000 г., Sofia, 2002, p. 80-90.
• Gregorius of Nyssa. Comentary on the Song of Songs, book 1 and 4. In: “The philosophical eros”. Sofia, 1999, p. 29-65 (in Bulgarian).
• Maximus the Confessor. The First Hundred of the Chapters on Love, In: “The philosophical eros”. Sofia, 1999, p. 67-80 (in Bulgarian).

Editorship:

• The Greek Archive of Konstantine Photinov, editor in chief Nadya Danova, second editor of the Greek text Petya Yaneva. (forthcoming)

Languages

Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek (fluent), English (fluent), Russian (fluent), French (intermediate), Latin, Old Church Slavonic