Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Gergana Georgieva
Member of CEHR
Associate Professor at Faculty of History, University of Veliko Turnovo
Associate Professor at Faculty of History, University of Veliko Turnovo
Academic degree
Dissertation title: Administrative Structure and Government in Rumelia During Sultan Mahmud II’s Reign, 1808-1839
Institute of Balkan Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2006
Awards and Scholarships
ARCS Residential Fellowship for Southeast European Scholars, American Research
Center in Sofia, 2015
ARCS Visiting Grant for participation at The 13th International Congress on Ottoman
Social and Economic History at Alcala de Henares, Spain, 2013
Gipson Fellowship by the American Research Center in Sofia – held in American
Research Institute in Turkey – Istanbul, 15 September-15 December 2012
Mellon Foundation/American Research Institute in Turkey – Fellowships for Research in
Turkey for Central and East European Scholars, 2007-2008 academic year
EUME fellow – “Europe in the Middle East, the Middle East in Europe†Program at the
Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin, 2007-2008 academic year
Visiting PhD student at the Center for Oriental Languages and Cultures, Heidelberg
University, Germany, 20 April – 20 May 2004
Regional fellow at New Europe College (Center for Advanced Studies), Bucharest,
Romania, 2003-2004 academic year
Visiting PhD student at Bilkent University, Ankara, March – April 2003
Central European University’s scholarship, 1997-1998 academic year
Annual Scholarship for High Academic Achievements, Open Society Foundation,
Bulgaria, 1995-1996 academic year
Research areas
Social and economic history of the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire (urban economy; professional profile and crafts in Balkan cities, financial status of certain social groups); Ottoman imperial rule and administrative organization; relations between the centre and the provinces
Selected Publications
One monograph and 36 chapters of books, articles, reviews; 5 books editing
Monograph
Arbanassi in 15th – 19th Centuries: Socio-Economic Profile. Varna, 2014, 190 p.
Articles
General Data about the Demographic, Social and Economic Structure of Gabrovo in the 1840s. According to Ottoman Documents. – In: Proceedings of the Museum of Gabrovo, vol. 3 (19 pages, forthcoming).
Tryavna in the Mid-Nineteenth Century. – In: Collection in Honor of Prof. Iv. Tyutyundzhiev (22 pages, forthcoming).
Financial Status of Rural Priests in the Region of Turnovo in the 19th Century (17 pages, forthcoming).
Urban Structure of the Towns in the Bulgarian Lands in the 1870s According to the Ottoman Yearbooks (Salnames). – Proceedings of the National Archives, vol. 106 (2016), p. 136-191 [In Bulgarian].
Varna in the Mid-Nineteenth Century According to an Ottoman Defter. – In: Varna, the Bulgarians, and Bulgarian Towns. Settlement Studies about the National Revival. Studia in Memoriam Velko Tonev. Ed. I. Russev. Varna, 2016, 59-80 [In Bulgarian].
The Rich in the Eighteen and Nineteenth-Century Arbanassi: Networks of Prosperity. – In: Wealth in the Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Balkans. A Socio-Economic History. Evguenia Davidova, ed. NY: Taurus Press, 2015, pp. 137-149.
The Economic Development of a Sub-Balkan Town in the Mid-Nineteenth Century – Lyaskovets. In: Proceedings of the Regional Museum of Gabrovo, vol. 2 (2014). V. Turnovo, 2015, 209-226 [In Bulgarian].
The Standard of Living of the Inhabitants of Arbanassi in the 19th Century. – In: Standards of Everyday Life in the Middle Ages and Modern Times. Vol. 3. V. Turnovo, 2014, p. 428-435.
Vidin in the Mid-Nineteenth Century According to Temettuat Defters. – In: Bulgaria, Bulgarians, and Europe. V. Turnovo, 2013, ñ. 125-142 [In Bulgarian].
Temmetuat Defters as a Source for History of Shumen. – In: Proceedings from the Second National Conference in Archeology, History, and Cultural Tourism, Shumen, 14-16 May 2010. Shumen, 2011, 531-542 [In Bulgarian].
Reviews
- Ãúðâåâà , Ñò. ÇÅÌßÒÀ È ÕÎÃÀÒÀ ÃÃÅÇ XVII – ÃÚÃÂÈÒÅ ÄÅÑÅÒÈËÅÒÈß ÃÀ XVIII ÂÅÊ. ÎÂËÀÄßÂÀÃÃ… È ÃŽÃÃÀÃÈÇÀÖÈß ÃÀ ÀÃÃÀÃÃÃŽÃ’ÃŽ È ÑÎÖÈÀËÃÃŽÃ’ÃŽ ÃÃÎÑÒÃÀÃÑÒÂÎ Â ÖÅÃÃ’ÃÀËÃÈÒÅ È ÞÆÃÈÒÅ ÃÀËÊÀÃÈ ÃÎÄ ÎÑÌÀÃÑÊÀ ÂËÀÑÒ [Parveva, St. Land and People. Reclamation and Organization of the Agrarian and Social Space in the Central and Southern Balkans unde the Ottoman Rule]. Sofia, 2011. – Etudesbalkaniques, 2 (2016), 365-373