Prof. Associate, Dr. Elia Marinova

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 41
Fax: +3592 846 51 43
Email:

Education and academic qualifications

• 2005: Research fellowship of Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel
• 2004: Habilitation work at Sofia University “The Myth of the World Ages in the Neo-Latin Literature (XV-XVIIth Century)”
• 1998: Ph.D. at the University of Hamburg. Ph.D. thesis with a tutor Prof. W. Ludwig: “Germanus Audebertus. “Roma”. Edition und Kommentar”
• 1994 - 1997: University of Hamburg, Institut für Lateinische und Griechische Philologie. A post-graduate fellowship of DFG at the Graduiertenkolleg “Textüberlieferung”. A postgraduate courses with following emphasis: Greek and Byzantine Textual Tradition (Prof. Dr. Kambylis, Prof. Dr. Harlfinger) - Neo-Latin and Renaissance Studies (Prof. Dr. W. Ludwig) - Greek Palaeography (Prof. Dr. D. Harlfinger) - Latin Palaeography (Dr. M. Maniaci).
• 1987-1992: Study in Classical Philology and German Philology at Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”. 1992: MA in Classical Philology at Sofia University. Master thesis: “Narrative elements in Propertius’ Elegies”.

Teaching experience

• 2004 - present: Associate Professor of Roman Literature in the Department of Classics, University of Sofia “St. Kl. Ohridski”
• 1998-2004: Assistant Professor of Latin in the Department of Classics
• 1992-1993: Lecturer in Ancient Greek and Latin in the Department of Classics and the Department of Slavonic studies at Sofia University.

Courses taught

• Roman Literature (BA program)
• Latin authors I-II c. A.D. (BA program)
• Ancient Mythology and Religion (MA program)
• Introduction to Neo-Latin Studies (optional course for BA and MA programs)

Selected publications

Monographs:

• Germanus Audebertus. “Roma”. Edition und Kommentar. Reihe Hamburger Beiträge zur Neulateinischen Philologie, Bd. 2, Hamburg: LitVerlag 2000.
• The Myth of the World Ages in the Neo-Latin Literature (XVth - XVIIth Century), Sofia University Press (in print).

Articles:

• Appraisal and Description of the City in the Late Renaissance. In: “Symposion, or Antiquity and Humanities”, Sofia: Sonm 2000, pp. 231-259.
• Latin as an Instrument of the Cultural Competition in the 16th Century. In: E. Milenkova (Ed.), “Language and Literature – Means of Understanding”. Conference of the Department of Slavonic Studies, University of Sofia 21-22 May 2001, 552-563.
• Myth and History in Pomponius Mela’s “De situ orbis”. In: “Ancient Civilisation on the Balkans and in the Mediterranean”, Conference of the Department of History, University of Veliko Tirnovo, 31 May-1 Juni 2002 (in print).
• The Fifth Generation: vivo indignans. In: “Critique and Humanism”, vol. 13, No. 1/ 2002, 51-77.
• Ancient Sculpture in the Literary Tradition of the 16th Century. In: Annual of the Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology, Sofia University "St. Kl. Ochridski", Vol. 93, (in print).
• Die antiquarischen “Lektüren” des Pantheons. In: “The Cultural Texts of the Past – Symbols and Ideas”, Conference in honour of Prof. K. Popkonstantinov, Veliko Tarnovo 29-31. 10. 2003, Sofia University Press, 2005, vol. IV, 113-120.
• The concept of officium in the Letters of Q. Aurelius Symmachus. In: V. Gerdjikova/ E. Marinova (Eds.), “Cultura animi. Studies in honour of Prof. A. Nikolova”, Sofia: Sonm 2004, 199-213.

Reviews:

• Demetrii Principis Cantemirii, Incrementorum et decrementorum aulae othmannicae libri tres. Ed. Dan Slusanşchi, Timişoara 2001. Review in German in: “Études Balcaniques”, vol. 3/ 2003, 17-20.