Ivan Ilchev
Rector of SU
Dr. Ivan Ilchev is a historian (Doctor – 1993, PhD – 1982 and MA – 1978). Prior to his appointment as the Rector of SU (2007) he was the Dean of the Faculty of History and a member of the Academic Council at the same university (2003–2007). There he has been teaching Early Modern and Modern History of the Balkan Peoples – first as an assistant professor (1987) and associate professor (1987–1995), then as a professor (1987). He was invited as a visiting professor and lecturer in a number of leading universities Chiba University (Japan), the Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington, USA), Maryland State University (College Park, USA) and Ohio State University (Columbus, USA).
He is the author of numerous articles, reviews and popular science film scripts as well as of the following monographs:
- The Rose of the Balkans: A Short History of Bulgaria. Sofia: Colibri, 2005.
- Bulgarian Parliament and Bulgarian Statehood. 125 Years National Assembly 1879 – 2005 (with V. Kolev and V. Yanchev). Sofia, 2005.
- Mezhdeno vreme ili bulgarinut mezhdu dve stoletiia [Time of Transition. or Bulgarians between Two Centuries]. Sofia: Colibri, 2005.
- Dokosvaniia do Amerika [Touching America] (with P. Mitev). Sofia, 2003.
- Po na Zapad, naj na Zapad – Iaponiia. Pisma na edin gajdzhin [West-er, West-est – Japan. Letters of a Gaijin]. Sofia: Colibri, 2001.
- Rodinata mi – prava ili ne! Vunshnopoliticheskata propaganda na balkanskite narodi, 1821–1923 [My Country – Right or Wrong! The Propaganda of the Balkan Peoples Abroad in 1821–1923]. Sofia, 1995.
- Reklamata prez Vuzrazhdaneto [Advertising in the Period of the National Revival]. Sofia: Akademichno izdatelstvo “Marin Drinov,” 1995.
- Bulgariia i Antantata prez Purvata Svetovna Voina [Bulgaria and the Entente in the First World War]. Sofia, 1990.
- Winston Churchil i Balkanite [Winston Churchill and the Balkans] (with G. Gunev). Sofia, 1989, second edition, Riva, 2007.
