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Place of Birth: Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
About Ivaylo Ditchev
- Ivaylo Ditchev (Bulgarian: ?????? ?????) is professor of cultural anthropology at Sofia University, Bulgaria.
- He has been teaching abroad, mainly in France and the USA.
- Honorary associate of the Graduate school for East and South-East European studies in Regensburg He has a PhD from Sofia and Paris-7 universities, began as assistant in aesthetics, then after 1989 became interested in social science focusing on political culture, urban anthropology, and Balkan identity.
- His latest research interests are citizenship, migration, and the anthropology of space.
- Directs a MA program in cultural anthropology, publishes the onlinejournal for cultural studies SeminarBG (www.seminar-bg.eu). Ivaylo Ditchev is also an active columnist in Bulgaria and Germany, author of books of essays and fiction.
- He was awarded the Essay prizes: « Panitza » 1999; « Chernorizetz Hrabar » 2002, “Dimitar Peshev” - 2005.
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