TASEVA, Lora
Bulgarische Akademie der Wissenschaften
lemtaseva@gmail.comLora Taseva
Date and place of birth 28.10.1960, Lom, Bulgaria
Nationality Bulgarian
Field of scholarly qualifications: Byzantine-Slav Translated Literature, History of Mediaeval Slavonic Texts, History of the Bulgarian Language, Bible Studies, Liturgical Books of the Orthodox Eastern Church, Historical Onomastics
Education:
1979-1984 Bulgarian philology and History and Theory of Culture (“St. Clement Ohridski” Sofia University)
1986-1989 Postgraduate PhD Study (“St. Clement Ohridski” Sofia University),
1997 PhD (“St. Clement Ohridski” Sofia University)
Academic positions:
1990-1999 Assistant Professor at the Academic Library of the BAS, the Institut for Bulgarian Language of the BAS and the Cyrillo-Methodian Research Centre of the BAS
1999-2009 Associate Professor at the Cyrillo-Methodian Research Centre of the BAS
2009-2012 Associate Professor at the Institute for Balkan Studies of the BAS
[parallel 2010-2013] Scientific researcher (SNF-Project) at the Institute of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University Bern
since 2012 Professor at the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology of the BAS
Fellowships:
1995-1996 Institute of Slavic Studies at the Vienna University and Institute of Byzantine and Neo-Hellenic Studies at the Austrian Academy of Science (7 Months, supported by the Austrian Ministry of Education and Science)
1998 Department of Byzantine Studies of Münster University (6 Months, supported by the Union of German Academies of Science)
2000-2001 Department of Byzantine Studies of Münster University (18 Months, supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
2003 Institute of Slavic Studies at the University of Bonn (3 Months, supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Fritz Thyssen Foundation)
2008 Institute of Slavic Studies at the Humboldt-University of Berlin (3 Months, supported by the German Research Foundation)
2016 Institute of Slavic Studies at the Humboldt-University of Berlin (3 Months, supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
Most important scientific projects:
1990-1996 Critical Edition of the Berlin Miscellany from the Beginning of the XIVth century
1995-1998, 2002-2006 The Old Bulgarian Translation of the Old Testament
1998 Slavonic Anthroponymy in Byzantine Financial and Legal Documents
2000-2001 The Synaxaria of Nikephoros Callistos Xanthopoulos for the Triodion and Pentecostarion
2005-2006 Analysis of Textological and Translatological Peculiarities of Old Bulgarian Texts in the Great Menologion of Metropolite Makarij
2006-2008 Old Bulgarian Hagiography and Hymnography as a Source for Cultural Contacts between East and West in Europe during the Middle Ages
2008-2010 The Serbian Translation of the Prolog Stishnoj in the Ms. Wuk 29 of the Berlin State Library
2010-2012 Encyclopedia Slavica Sanctorum
2010-2013 The Church Slavonic Translation of the Works of Gregios Palamas and Varlaam of Calabria
2014-2016 The Balkans as а Golbal Crossroads: Encounter and Exchang
2014-2019 The Greater Mediterranean, as seen from within and without
2017-2019 The Medieval Balkans Talking about Itself: the Voice of the Natives
Publishing activity:
Author of two monographies, Co-author of tree editions of Medieval manuscripts and a Catalogue of manuscripts; of more of 100 scholarly studies, articles and scientific communications, published in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Moldavia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, USA. Editor of two books with proceedings of conferences.
Other activities
2004-2008 Deputy chair of the section „Human and social sciences“ of the Humboldt-Union in Bulgariа
2008-2013 Chair of the section „Human and social sciences“ of the Humboldt-Union in Bulgariа
since 2014 Ambassador scientists of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation for Bulgaria
since 2014 Chair of the Scolarly Council of the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology of the BAS
since 2015 Chair of the Counsil for Bulgarian Studies Abroad of the BAS