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Mariya Plamenova Ivancheva
MA Student, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central
European University, Nador ut.9, 1051 Budapest, Hungary
ivancheva_mariya@student.ceu.hu
+0036702152922
Obtained Degrees
Education Timeline
Communicative Skills
Working Experience
Scholarships&Awards
Activities&Conferences
Publications
Obtained degrees:
MA in European Studies from University College London (UCL), United
Kingdom
BA in Philosophy from the University of Sofia “Sv. Kliment Ohridski”,
Bulgaria
Education Timeline:
09.2006-06.2007 MA in Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European
University, Budapset, Hungary
09.2004-09.2005 MA in European Thought at the Centre for European
Studies, University College London, United Kingdom; Marie Curie Fellow,
grade 2.1
10.2003-04.2004: specialization in philosophy at the University of
Saarland, Saarbruecken, Germany; Socrates/Erasmus Scholar, 28 ECTS
10.2000-07.2004: Bachelor degree in Philosophy, at the University
of Sofia, Bulgaria; graduated with a grade of 1.1
1995-2000: I-st English Language Highschool, Sofia with a grade of
1.1
Foreign Languages and Communication skills:
Bulgarian: mother tongue, profound knowledge;
English: excellent oral, written, and editing skills - 270 CBt TOEFL
certificate;
German: written and spoken - DSH Certificate;
I am also read and understand French and Russian
Computer skills: In command of MS Office applications: Word and Excell;
confident Internet user and researcher.
Working experience:
09-11.2005: Full-time work internship at the research department of
the London based organization school works, active in involving communities
in participation in issues of school design. During the internship I have
carried out my own online research and created a database about the way
of operation of the European Union in general, and the potential funding
opportunities for School Works in particular.
07.2005: Part-time research assistant at a project for research of
the personnel economics carried out by the Economics Department of LSE,
University of Essex, and University of Chicago.
04.2003-09.2003: Translator and interpreter from and into English
on the Education Modernization Project, Loan of World Bank, No: 4576-
BG, Component 2: Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Resource
Allocation in Higher Education Sector, carried out by the Helsinki Consulting
Group;
11.2001-03.2002: Subeditor, translator and office manager at the publishing
house of the “EuromodelXXI” magazine, Sofia;
12.1999-08.2001: International relations coordinator of the National
Scout Organization of Bulgaria “St.George”; Leader of the Scouts in Sofia;
2000 and ever after: Honorary translator from and into English of
specialized literature, projects, as well as interpreter for foreign groups
and at conferences.
Awards of Excellence:
11.2006-03.2007 Fellow Marie Curie Series of Events, “Social Movements
Since the Cold War” (University of Halle, Heidelberg & Zurich)
09.2006: Full Fellowship George Soros Foundation, Open Society Institute
for MA Studies at the Central European University Insitute
08.2004: Marie Curie Fellowship for graduate study;
05.2004: Annual Award for an Excellent Student given by the Faculty
of Philosophy of the University of Sofia “Sv. Kliment Ochridski”;
10.2003-03.2004: Specialization at the University of Saarland, Saarbruecken,
Germany, with a Socrates/Erasmus scholarship;
24.05.2001: First award at the Essay contest “My idea about Bulgaria”,
initiated by the Bulgarian government.
Conference Participations and Extracurricular
Activities:
11.2006 Participation with a paper
“The Languages of Civil Society: The Case of Central European Intellectuals,”
Marie Curie Series of Events “Social Movements since the Cold War”, University
of Halle, Germany;
07.2005: Participation with a paper “Awakening from the Collective
Dream: Utopian Motives in the Philosophy of Walter Benjamin” at the annual
conference of the European Utopian Studies Society, University of Tarragona,
Spain;
07.2005: Participation with a paper “Utopia. Hope. Responsibility.”
at the annual conference of the European Utopian Studies Society, New
Lanark, UK
03.2005: Participation with a paper “Utopia and Allegory: Walter Benjamin”
at the Ralahine Centre for Utopian Studies, University of Limerick, Ireland;
04.2004: Participation with a paper at the annual conference in Philosophy
“Giuletchica”, Bulgaria;
08.2003; 08.2004: Participation with papers at the annual seminar
in Medieval philosophy, “Elena”, Bulgaria;
1995 and after I have been chosen for a representative of Bulgaria
in various Scouts's and Youth conferences, workshops and seminars, as such
using creative methods for dealing with the problems of racism, intolerance,
national identity, amongst which:
10.2002 “Exploring Europe” with the CommunityArts group Berlin. 08-09.2001
“Volunteers against Racism”, conceptualization and performance of a musical,
performed in 12 towns in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; a performance encouraging
youth activism and opposing right-wing radicalism in the area;08.1995 “Conference
on the problems of Youts” 20th World Jamboree, Dronten, Flevoland, the
Netherlands.
Publications:
(forthcoming) in 2007: Strawberry Fields Forever? The Bifurcation
of the UK Labour Market and the New Member States of the EU, in Focaal,
journal for critical anthropology, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands
(forthcoming) 01.2007: “On some Utopian Motives in the Philosophy
of Walter Benjamin”, submitted, approved and expected to be published
in the e-journal “Spaces of Utopia”: an on-line publication, edited by
the members of the research group “Mapping Dreams: British and North American
Utopianism” of the Institute for English Studies of the Faculty of Arts
of the University of Porto, Portugal, issue 3, Winter 2006, politics of
Utopia;
06.2003: “Literaturen Vestnik” newspaper, Sofia; translation of Theodor
W.Adorno's study “Kulturkritik und Gesellschaft”;
05.2003: “Ontology of the Scout's Scarf”, published at “Studies in
ontology”, Edition of the Sofia University Print;
04.2002: “Belgium: History and Society” an editorial block published
at the “Euromodel XXI” magazine, Sofia;
12.2001: “Volunteering for Me”, an article, published at the “Posoki”
magazine, organ of the United Nations Development Programme in Bulgaria.
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