22 Ocak 1968’de Trabzon’da doğdu. İlk, orta ve lise öğrenimini aynı vilayette tamamladıktan sonra, 1985 yılında Atatürk Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Tarih Bölümü’nde yüksek öğrenimine başladı. Tarih bölümünü Haziran 1989’da birincilikle bitirdi. Aynı Üniversitede, yüksek lisans ve doktora eğitimi aldı. 1990 yılında Atatürk Üniversitesi, Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarihi Ensitüsü’nde araştırma görevlisi oldu. 1991 yılında “İstanbul Basınında Vilâyât-ı Şarkiye Meselesi” adlı master teziyle yüksek lisansını, 1996 yılında da “Türkiye ve Mavera-yı Kafkasya İlişkileri İçerisinde Trabzon ve Batum Konferansları ve Antlaşmaları (1917-1918)” adlı çalışmayla doktorasını tamamladı. 2 Ağustos 1996 tarihinde Sakarya Üniversitesi, Tarih Bölümü’ne öğretim üyesi olarak atandı ve halen aynı üniversitede çalışmaya devam etmektedir. California’da bulunan Stanford Üniversitesi başta olmak üzere, yurtdışındaki çeşitli üniversitelerde kısa ve uzun sürelerle “misafir öğretim üyesi” olarak bulundu. 2006’da doçentliğe, Temmuz 2011’de ise Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi anabilim dalında profesörlüğe yükseltildi. Ağustos 2009-Ağustos 2014 tarihleri arasında Türk Tarih Kurumu bünyesindeki Ermeni Masası’nda çalıştı. Yazar halen Sakarya Üniversitesi’nde öğretim üyesi olarak çalışmaya devam etmekte, ilgi alanları, Atatürk ve Cumhuriyet Tarihimizin çeşitli evrelerine ait lisans ve lisansüstü seviyede dersler vermektedir. Evli olan Prof.Dr. Şahin’in, yüz elliden fazla makale, bildiri, editörlük, yayına hazırlama, ansiklopedi maddesi, kitap bölümü ve kitapları bulunmaktadır.

Professor Ergün Laflı is a classical archaeologist at the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir, chairs the Division for Medieval Archaeology and is the founding director of the Center of the Archaeology of Western Anatolia (EKVAM). He was born in 1975 in Mersin, Turkey. He attended to the Sainte-Pulchérie French School in Istanbul and Tarsus American College, both in Turkey. He holds a B.A. degree from the University of Ankara (1996), a M.A. from the University of Tübingen (1999) and a Ph.D. from the University of Cologne (2003), all in classical archaeology. Since 2006 he edited or co-authored seven books on Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine terracottas, ceramics, metal figurines, glass finds and inscriptions from Asia Minor. Between 2005 and 2009 he directed an archaeological field project in Hadrianopolis, a Roman and Early Byzantine site in north-central Turkey and the main focus of this book. He organized numerous archaeological congresses in Izmir and published various material groups from Classical Anatolia. 

Born 29 December 1962 in Leverkusen, Germany.
1982 to 1983 Military service in Neumunster and Hamburg, Germany.
1984 to 1993 Academic studies at the University of Cologne: History of Law, Byzantine Studies, Ancient History, Medieval and Early Modern History; additional courses in Archaeology, Art History, Classics, and Ethnology.
1986 to 1990 several internships at the Roman–Germanic Museum in Cologne: Methods of archaeological research and presentation, Exhibition concepts etc.
1990 Magister Artium (Master of Arts), supervisor: Prof. Peter Schreiner.
1991 to 1993 fellow of German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) (Bonn).
1993 Promotion (PhD) (summa cum laude), supervisor: Prof. Peter Schreiner.
1994 to 1995 Research fellow of Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (Bonn).
1995 to 1997 Research fellow of German Research Foundation (DFG) (Bonn).
Since 1997 employee at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna; Senior Scientist.
1999 professorial qualification (Habilitation).
Since 2007 adj. Professor (apl. Univ. Professor) for Byzantine Studies at the University of Cologne.
Since 2015 Project leader Asia Minor / Anatolia of the long term project Tabula Imperii Byzantini (TIB) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

CURRICULUM VITAE


NAME AND ACADEMIC TITLE
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Prof. Ivelin Argirov Ivanov, PhD

CONTACT INFORMATION
________________________________________Name: Ivelin Argirov Ivanov
Gender: Male
Nationality: Bulgarian
Date of birth: 9 July 1967
Phone number: + 359 887 867375
Email: ivoar@abv.bg

ACADEMIC AFFILIATION
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Department of Ancient and Medieval History, Faculty of History, St. Cyril and St. Methodius University
2 Theodosij Tarnovski Str., Room 528
5000 Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Phone: +359 618 235

PRESENT OCCUPATION ________________________________________
October 2015 to present, Professor in Medieval History at the Department of Ancient and Medieval History, St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.

GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND RESEARACH MOBILITY
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April-June 2019, Latvian state reserach scholarships;
15 November, 2018: Organizer and Moderator of the Round Table "The Latvian and the Bulgarian Way in History" dedicated to Latvia 100, held at the University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. [ http://www.uni-vt.bg/bul/event.aspx?evid=rnd-1-1164&zid=1];
April-June 2018, Research scholarship from the Latvian Agency of Education;
June-July 2016, Research visit at the Arni Magnusson Institute in Reykjavik, Iceland;
May-June 2014, Scholarship from the Bulgarian ministry of education for research at the Ceraneum Institute, Lodz, Poland;

April-June 2013, Pesearch scholarship from the Latvian Agency of Education;
May-June 2011, Scholarship from the Bulgarian ministry of education for a research at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow;
May-June 2010, Research grant from the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and Architecture, London;
April-June 2007, Postdoctoral research scholarship at the Warburg Institute, London.


RESEARCH INTERESTS
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The Latvian lands during the Viking Age;
The Impact of Crusades on Latvian and Bulgarian lands in the 13th century;
War and Peace in Medieval Southeastern Europe;
Latvia and Bulgaria at the end of World War I and Post-War Europe.

PROJECTS INVOLVED
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2016 - to present day: Manager of a project aimed at establishing a new research journal in the humanities and social sciences (VTU Review: Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences);
2012-2014: Organizing committee member of Erasmus intensive program “Standards of Everyday Life in the Middle Ages and in Modern Times”;
2014-2015: Summer School lecturer in the“Go East” program of DAAD, St. Cyril and St. Methodius University, Bulgaria.

MEMBERSHIP
________________________________________2016- to present day: Co-editor of the academic journal “VTU Review: Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences” ISSN: 2603-3283 (Online) ISSN: 2603-3070 (Print)
2015 to present, Secretary and a project coordinator of the Centre of Medieval Studies (Faculy of History, St. Cyril and St. Methodius University, Bulgaria);
2014 to present, Member of the Ceraneum Institute (Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe) [http://ceraneum.uni.lodz.pl/en/about-ceraneum-2/members];


2015 to present, Member of Porta Historica (Network of Scholars and Institutions Editing Historical Sources). [http://www.portahistorica.eu/].


SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
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Computer skills: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, Netscape Communicator, Internet Explorer.
Languages: Bulgarian (native), English (writing, reading, speaking), Latin (writing, reading), good working knowledge of French and Russian.

Dr. Mansour Amini is an interdisciplinary researcher and a senior lecturer from the School of Languages, Literacies, and Translation, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). He has a Diploma in Mathematics and Physics, a B.A. in English Language and Literature, an M.A. in English Language Teaching, and a PhD in Translation Studies. He has published articles in Translation, Education, Humanities, and Social Sciences, and is the principal investigator of several research projects. He has conducted workshops, seminars, and talks on Thesis Writing and Research Methodology in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Iran, and China. Dr. Mansour Amini is a reviewer, editing manager, and editorial board member of several academic journals. He has tried to link research with teaching practice by applying the lessons learned from authentic research outputs to teaching scenarios.

Muhidin Mulalić is currently a professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2007 at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia. He began his academic career at the University Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Malaysia, where he taught for five years at the Institute of Liberal Studies. In 2007, Dr. Mulalic returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina and joined the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the International University of Sarajevo. At the International University of Sarajevo he began developing his academic-administrative career by holding the following positions: Program Coordinator of Social and Political Sciences (2007-2010), Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs (2010-2011), Vice-Dean of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (2011-2013), the Dean of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (2013-2016) and the Director of the Balkan Studies Center (2019-2023)

Stipica Grgić (born 1982) is a Research Associate at the Croatian Institute of History’s Department of Modern History. He finished his PhD in History (Administration in Sava banovina 1929-1939: Between the State Centralism and Subsidiarity) at the University of Zagreb’s Centre for Croatian Studies in 2014. In his most recent publication, Maček is our leader! Municipal elections in Banovina of Croatia (co-authored with Tomislav Kardum; Zagreb: Srednja Europa, 2023) Grgić offers some fresh insights into the political, national, and socio-economic situation in Croatia and Yugoslavia surrounding the events leading up the Second World War. Stipica Grgić is a member of the research groups “Researching emotions in the (re)construction of diaspora identity: Croats in Australia and New Zealand 1945-1991 – CROCEANIA” and “’Change is the Only Constant’: Urban Life and Development in Croatia in 19th and 20th Century”, projects financed by the Croatian Science Foundation and the European Commission (NextGenerationEU). His research focuses on social, political, and everyday history of Croatia and neighbouring countries in the late 19th and 20th century.

Charles Brian Rose is an American archaeologist, classical scholar, and author. He is the James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania in the Classical Studies Department and the Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World. He is also Peter C. Ferry Curator-in-Charge of the Mediterranean Section of the Penn Museum, and was the museum's Deputy Director from 2008-2011. He has served as the President of the Archaeological Institute of America,[1] and currently serves as director for the Gordion excavations and as Head of the Post-Bronze Age excavations at Troy.[2] Between 2003 and 2007 he directed the Granicus River Valley Survey Project, which focused on recording and mapping the Graeco-Persian tombs that dominate northwestern Turkey.

Dr Galina M.Yemelianova holds a PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies from the Institute of Asian and African Studies (ISAA, MGU). She has researched the history and Islam-related contemporary politics of the Middle East and Eurasia over three decades. Between 1996 and 2017 she researched and taught at the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies at the University of Birmingham UK, where she pioneered and taught the Masters course on the Caucasus and Central Asia. She is the author/editor of ten books, including Yemen under Ottoman Rule 1538-1635 (Nauka, 1988); Russia and Islam: A Historical Survey (Palgrave 2002); Islam in post-Soviet Russia (Routledge, 2003); Radical Islam in the former Soviet Union (Routledge, 2010); Many Faces of the Caucasus (Routledge, 2014); Meskhetian Turks in Kabardino-Balkaria (IGI RAN, 2019); Muslims of Central Asia: An Introduction (Edinburgh University Press, 2018); Routledge Handbook of the Caucasus (Routledge, 2020); Islamic Leadership and the State in Eurasia (Anthem Press, 2022) and Muslims of post-Communist Eurasia (Routledge, 2022). She is an editor of Caucasus Survey (London), a member of the editorial boards of Europe-Asia Studies (Glasgow) and Oriens (Moscow) and Universal Journal of History and Culture (Sakarya). She is currently affiliated to the Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.