Prof. Veselin Popov

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Roma, Roma studies, history and ethnography, Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, ethnic and national minorities

Prof. Veselin Popov works at the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the SAS, v. in. i. from 2023. For the past seven years, he worked at St Andrews University (UK), as a Research Professor. Prof. Veselin Popov focuses on Roma studies and has carried out field ethnographic and archival research in Central and Eastern and Southeastern Europe and Central Asia. Among his leading publications are the first monographs on the history and ethnography of Roma in Bulgaria (1997), on Gypsies in the Ottoman Empire (2000), a book about Roma in the Black Sea region (2008) and a book about Gypsies in Central Asia and the Caucasus (2016). He (together with Elena Marushiakova) is holder of the Romanipe Prize (2022) from the Initiative Group for Roma Culture in Bulgaria for their contribution to the research of the Roma community in Bulgaria and the world. Publication Roma Voices in History: A Source Book. Roma Civic Emancipation in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe from the 19th Century until the Second World War (Marushiakova & Popov, 2021) received the award of the American Library Association for the Best Historical Materials, published in 2020 and 2021.