Viktor Trajanovski studied Ethnology and Anthropology, at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Sts. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, (Macedonia). He did his doctorate on the topic “Ethnological and Anthropological Study of the Bektashi Dervish Order in Macedonia - Doctrine and Practice”. He works as an assistant professor at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology in Skopje where he gives lectures on Visual Anthropology, Ethnography and Field Research, Anthropology of Islam and Christianity, Anthropology of religious communities in Macedonia. His research interests include: Islam and Sufi orders, Anthropology of religion, Anthropology of magic.

Szeged Üniversitesi  Ingiliz Dili ve edebiyatlari bölümünden sonra Altayistik Bölümünden de MA mezun olduktan sonra ilk doktora tezimin konusu: Middle Mongolian Loanwords in Volga Kipchak Languages, ikincisi ise Folksongs and Religious Songs of a Mystic Turkic Order.

Türkce- Macarca ve Macarca - Türkce Sözlügü yazdim, dördüncü baskisi 2019-da cikti.

Kitaplarim, ve makalelerim hep karsilastirmali dilbilgisi, kültür ve etkilesim üzerine.

EDUCATION
1998-2001 Kharkov National University of Internal Affairs Post-graduate school (Philosophy and Political Science Department),
1990-1995 Kharkov National University named after V.N. Karazin (History Department), specialty - history, teacher of History and humanitarian sciences.

QUALIFICATIONS
2015 Professor,
2014 Doctor of Philosophical sciences (Dr.habil.),
2006 Associate professor,
2002 Candidate of Philosophical sciences (PhD), specialty – Social Philosophy,
1995 Master of History

WORK EXPERIENCE
2020 till now professor of Social Science Department of Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts,
2017 – 2020 professor of Cultural Management and Social Technologies Department of Kharkiv State Academy of Culture,
2014- 2017 professor of the Philosophy and Sociology Department of National University of Pharmacy (NUPh),
2015 – till now professor of Cultural Study and Media-communication Department of Kharkiv State Academy of Culture,
2015 – till now professor of Theory and History of Art Department of Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts,
2012-2014 associate professor of the Philosophy and Sociology Department (NUPh),
2004-2012 associate professor of the Philosophy and Political Science Department of Kharkov National University of Internal Affairs (KNUIА),
1998-2004 senior teacher of the Philosophy and Political Science Department ,
1995-1998 lecturer of the Philosophy and Political Science Department (KNUIА).

SKILLS
Languages: Ukrainian – native; Russian, English – fluent
PC skills: MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Adobe Acrobat – advanced level;
26 years of teaching and research experience; developed and implemented 19 training courses on philosophy, religious studies, philosophy of art, sociology of cultural, cross-cultural interaction and cultural identity; experience in the development and implementation of distance learning courses. 

Historian Amir Duranović, Associate Professor (University of Sarajevo), obtained his degree in history at the University of Sarajevo in 2007. Now holding a PhD in Modern Bosnian History, his main focus has been Church – State relations in Former Yugoslavia, especially Islam under Communism. So far Duranović has actively participated in dozens of conferences on modern Balkan history including history of political elites, nation building, religious communities, environmental history, diplomatic history etc. He has been involved as guest speaker at several European universities and in USA. Skilful in education capacity building, networking and research, Duranović is also fluent in English, Spanish and Turkish. Duranović's bibliography includes three books, four edited volumes and dozens of papers. Duranović has actively participated in different research and networking projects related to historiography, nationalism and history education. His papers have been published in Bosnian, English, German and Turkish.

Seda TAŞ İLMEK is an associate professor teaching at the Department of Translation and Interpreting in Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey. She obtained her MA in teaching of English at Trakya University and completed a PhD in Interlingual and Intercultural Translation Studies at Yıldız Technical University, İstanbul, Türkiye. Her research interests include translation theories, literary translation, translation criticism and intercultural communication. She is the editor of the books: From Recent Discussions to Conceptual Reflections in Translation Studies (2018, Hiperlink Publications), Observations on Translation (2019, Hiperlink Publications) and Research in Translation Studies (2019, Hiperlink Publications).