AKSINIYA DZHUROVA Sofia, 18 September 1942

Foreign member

Department of Language and Literature

 

Membership of SASA
Foreign member since  2 November 2006

Field of study
Slavonic philology, history of art, Byzantine studies

Education
Sofia University, BA (1965); Lomonosov Moscow State University, BA (1969); PhD (1974); habilitation (1982)
Specialist training: University of Belgrade (1972); Виши институт за социјалне науке при Сорбони (1975)

Career
Director of the Centre for Slavonic-Byzantine Studies ‘Professor Ivan Duychev ‘ at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski (1986);
Sofia University, full professor (1984)

Membership of other academies
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, corresponding member (2008‒)

Awards and recognitions
Saints Cyril and Methodius Award of BAS (1981);
Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius (1981, 1986);
Order with Great Cross, Germany(1989);
Honorary doctorate of the University of Tokyo (2006)