Krum Ernstov Bacvarov, Associate Professor PhD – Humboldt Union

Krum Ernstov Bacvarov, Associate Professor PhD

National Institute of Archaeology with Museum – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
[email protected]

Address
National Institute of Archaeology with Museum – BAS
2 Saborna St.
Sofia 1000

Scientific area:
Archaeology, prehistory, late prehistory of Southeast Europe and the Near East

Humboldt research stays:

2000 – 2001 – Saarbrücken, Saarland University, Institute for Pre- and Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology. Academic host: Prof. Jan Lichardus
2006–2007 – Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Prof. Dr. Rudolf Echt

2011 – 2012 – Saarbrücken, Saarland University, Institute for Pre- and Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology. Academic host: Prof. Rudolf Echt

Positions held

2013 – present – Head of the Prehistory Department • National Institute of Archaeology with Museum
2012 – present – Associate Professor • National Institute of Archaeology with Museum
2003 – 2011 – Chief Assistant Professor • National Institute of Archaeology with Museum

Activities related to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2015 – organisation of and participation in the Humboldt-Kolleg “Bulgarian-German Scientific Cooperation – Past, Present and Future” in Sofia
2014 – participation in the Humboldt-Kolleg “Northern Greece and the Southeastern Europe during the Neolithic. An interaction zone” in Thessaloniki, Greece
2013 – organisation of and participation in the Humboldt-Kolleg “National Policies for Stimulating High-Level Scientific Research” in Sofia
2012 – organisation of and participation in the Humboldt-Kolleg “Der Schwarzmeerraum vom Neolithikum bis in die Früheisenzeit (6000 – 600 v. Chr.)” in Varna
2011 – 2015 – Secretary of the Humboldt Union in Bulgaria
2011 – 2013 – Vice President of the Section “Humanities and Social Sciences” of the Humboldt Union in Bulgaria
2011 – participation in the Humboldt Colloquium “Scientific Cooperation in the Europe of the 21st Century” in Budapest, Hungary
2010 – organisation of and participation in the Humboldt-Kolleg “Salz und Gold: die Rolle des Salzes im prähistorischen Europa” in Provadia
2009 – participation in the Humboldt-Kolleg “Der Schwarzmeerraum vom Äneolithikum bis in die Früheisenzeit (5000-500 v. Chr.)” in Chisinau, Moldova
2008 – Return Fellowship with the project “Malak Preslavets Revisited: An early Neolithic site in the Lower Danube”
2007 – participation in the Humboldt-Kolleg “Der Schwarzmeerraum vom Äneolithikum bis in die Früheisenzeit (5000-500 v. Chr.)” in Tbilisi, Georgia
2006 – Europe Research Fellowship in Hungary, Macedonia and Turkey

Honours

“Golden Griffin” with a diploma of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria, 2015

Publications

K. Bacvarov. Saltmaking and boundaries: Within and Without at Provadia-Solnitsata. – In: V. Nikolov & K. Bacvarov (eds.) Salt and Gold: The role of salt in prehistoric Europe. Proceedings of the International Symposium (Humboldt-Kolleg) in Provadia, Bulgaria, 30 September – 4 October 2010. Provadia & Veliko Tarnovo: Faber, 2012, 119-122.

V. Nikolov & K. Bacvarov (eds). Salt and Gold: The role of salt in prehistoric Europe. Proceedings of the International Symposium (Humboldt-Kolleg) in Provadia, Bulgaria, 30 September – 4 October 2010. Provadia & Veliko Tarnovo: Faber, 2012.

V. Nikolov, K. Bacvarov & H. Popov (Hrsg). Interdisziplinäre Forschungen zum Kulturerbe auf der Balkanhalbinsel. Sofia: Humboldt Union in Bulgarien, 2011.

V. Nikolov, K. Bacvarov & M. Gurova (eds). Festschrift for Marion Lichardus-Itten. (Studia Praehistorica 14). Sofia: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum, 2011.

G. Markov, V. Nikolov, R. Popov, R. Bogdanova, M. Kaymakamova, V. Bozhinov, K. Bacvarov, E. Troeva-Grigorova & S. Nedev. Bulgaria. Historical Memory and National Identity. Sofia: Institute for Historical Studies at BAS, 2010. (in Bulgarian)

K. Bacvarov, V. Bozhilov & E. Anastasova. The prehistoric site at Harmanli, southeast Bulgaria. – Studia Praehistorica 13, 2010, 135-168.

V. Nikolov, V. Petrova, K. Bacvarov, P. Leshtakov, N. Hristov, E. Anastasova, M. Lyuncheva, D. Takorova, K. Boyadzhiev, S. Trifonov, E. Marinova, P. Penkova & B. Rangelov. Provadia-Solnitsata: Archaeological Excavations and Research in 2008. Preliminary Report. Sofia: Faber, 2009. (in Bulgarian)

K. Bacvarov. Neue Erwägungen zu Malăk Preslavec: Die frühneolithischen Bestattungen. – In: V. Becker, M. Thomas & A. Wolf-Schuler (eds.) Zeiten – Kulturen – Systeme. Gedenkschrift für Jan Lichardus. (Schriften des Zentrums für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte des Schwarzmeerraumes 17). Langenweißbach: Beyer & Beran, 2009, 39-45.

K. Bacvarov (ed). Babies Reborn: infant/child burials in pre- and protohistory. Proceedings of the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006) / Actes du XV Congrès Mondial (Lisbonne, 4-9 Septembre 2006) Vol. 24, Session WS26. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2008.

V. Nikolov & K. Bacvarov (Hrsg). Von Domica bis Drama. Gedenkschrift für Jan Lichardus. Sofia: Archäologisches Insitut mit Museum, 2004.

V. Nikolov, K. Bacvarov & P. Kalchev (eds). Prehistoric Thrace. Proceedings of the International Symposium in Stara Zagora, 30.09 – 04.10.2003. Sofia – Stara Zagora: Institute of Archaeology and Museum, 2004.

K. Bacvarov. Neolithic Mortuary Practices: Intramural Burials from the Bulgarian Lands in the Context of Southeast Europe and Anatolia. Sofia: Bard, 2003. (in Bulgarian)