Ivan Ilchev

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Ivan Ilchev (Bulgarian: Иван Илчев), Ph.D. in history[citation needed], is the current rector of Sofia University[citation needed], the oldest and biggest higher education facility in Bulgaria[citation needed]. He speicalises in the recent history of the Balkan peoples[citation needed].

Ivan Ilchev was born on June 25, 1953 in Sofia[citation needed]. His father is Ilcho Dimitrov, also a famous historian and former minister of education[citation needed]. His mother is of Jewish descent[citation needed]. Ilchev graduated from the 114 English High School in Sofia[citation needed]. He continued his education in Sofia University, where he majored in history[citation needed]. After his graduation, in 1978, he became assistant professor at the History Department of the Sofia University[citation needed] and associate professor in 1987[citation needed]. He was awarded the title of professor of recent history of the Balkan Peoples in 1995.[citation needed]

Ivan Ilchev has lectured in Ohio State University in Columbus[citation needed], Wilson Center in Washington D.C.[citation needed], the University of Chiba, Japan[citation needed], the universities of Leipzig, Thessaloníki, Oxford, Chicago and many other famous universities[citation needed].

He was dean of the History Department of Sofia University and member of the Academic Council from 2003 to 2007[citation needed]. Ilchev is also an active member of the Social Council of Bulgarian National Television[citation needed] and the Public Museum Council at the Ministry of Culture[citation needed].

At the beginning of November 2007, professor Ilchev was elected rector of the University, after a ballot, by 218 votes to 90 for the other candidate[citation needed].

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Ivan Ilchev has published 13 books, 2 of them in co-authorship with other academics[citation needed]. The most renowned of them are:

The Rose of the Balkans. A Short History of Bulgaria. Sofia 2005

Bulgarian Parliament and Bulgarian Statehood. 125 Years National Assembly 1879-2005 (with V. Kolev, V. Yanchev). Sofia 2005

Middle Time. Or the Bulgarian between two centuries. Sofia, Colibri 2005

Touching America (with Plamen Mitev). Sofia 2003

To the Wester, To the Westest - Japan. Letters of a gaijin. Sofia, Colibri 2001

My Fatherland - right or not. Exterior propaganda of Balkan peoples. 1821-1923. Sofia 1995

Advertisement during Bulgarian Renaissance. Sofia 1995

Bulgaria and the Triple Entente during World War I. Sofia 1990

Winston Churchill and the Balkans. Sofia 1989, second issue Riva, 2007

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