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Elena Marushiakova Curriculum Vitae Elena Marushiakova PERSONAL INFORMATION Elena Marushiakova St Katharine’s Lodge, The Scores 14, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AR, Scotland, United Kingdom + 44 (0) 133446 / 2883 + 44 (0) 7496212882 [email protected]; [email protected] https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/staff/elenamarushiakova.html Academia.edu Elena Marushiakova Sex Female | Date of birth 15.03.1958 | Nationality Bulgaria WORK EXPERIENCE Research Professor / Principal Investigator University of St Andrews, School of History 2016 - Present Project Roma Civic Emancipation between the Two World Wars (ERC Advanced Grant 2015) Academic Research Global History Professor Fellow 2016 Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Imre Kertész Kolleg Academic Research Global History Leverhulme Visiting Professor University of St Andrews, School of History 2015 Academic Research and Lecturing Global History Professor Fellow Humboldt University of Berlin, 2013 – 2014 International Research Centre Work and Human Lifecycle in Global History Academic Research Ethnography / Ethnology, Global History Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin University of Leipzig, Institute of Ethnology 2001 – 2004 SFB Project Difference and Integration. Economical Symbiosis and Cultural Separation: Service Nomads in Rural and Urban Context Academic Research Ethnography / Ethnology Assoc. Prof. Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum 1999 - Present at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences [till 2010 – Ethnographic Institute and Museum at BAS] Academic Research, Ph.D. Students Supervising, Expert Activities Ethnography / Ethnology © European Union, 2002-2013 | http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu Page 1 / 25 Curriculum Vitae Elena Marushiakova Researcher Ethnographic Institute and Museum at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 1985 – 1999 Academic Research, Expert Activities Ethnography / Ethnology Researcher Ethnographic Institute at Slovak Academy of Science 1984-1985 Academic Research, Expert Activities Ethnography / Ethnology EDUCATION Ph.D. (1986) 1980 - 1984 Comenius University (Bratislava), Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Ethnography Dissertation: Contemporary Ethnocultural Processes among Several Gypsy Groups in Slovakia M.A. History and Ethnography (1980) 1976 - 1980 Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of History, Department of Ethnography Thesis: Contemporary Ethnocultural Processes among Bulgarian Gypsies PERSONAL SKILLS Mother tongue(s) Slovak, Russian and Bulgarian Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English C1 PROFICIENT C1 PROFICIENT C1 PROFICIENT C1 PROFICIENT C1 PROFICIENT German C1 PROFICIENT C1 PROFICIENT C1 PROFICIENT C1 PROFICIENT C1 PROFICIENT Czech C2 PROFICIENT C2 PROFICIENT B2 INDEPENDENT B2 INDEPENDENT B1 INDEPENDENT Polish C1 PROFICIENT C1 PROFICIENT B1 INDEPENDENT B1 INDEPENDENT A2 BASIC Ukrainian C2 PROFICIENT C2 PROFICIENT B1 INDEPENDENT B1 INDEPENDENT A2 BASIC Belorussian C2 PROFICIENT C2 PROFICIENT B1 INDEPENDENT B1 INDEPENDENT A2 BASIC Macedonian C2 PROFICIENT C2 PROFICIENT B1 INDEPENDENT B1 INDEPENDENT A2 BASIC Serbian / Croatian / C1 PROFICIENT C1 PROFICIENT B1 INDEPENDENT B1 INDEPENDENT A2 BASIC Bosnian / Montenegrin Romanes (Gypsy Language) C2 PROFICIENT C2 PROFICIENT C1 PROFICIENT C1 PROFICIENT C1 PROFICIENT Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Organisational / managerial 26 years – Chair of Scholar Organisation skills 9 years – Chair of Department 6 years – Chair of International Scholar Organisation 46 Projects Leader / Coordinator Citation Index Harzing’s Publish or Perish: 1152 citations, h-index 15. Web of Knowledge: 238 citations. Scopus: 201 citations. © European Union, 2002-2013 | http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu Page 2 / 25 Curriculum Vitae Elena Marushiakova ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Awards Fulbright New Century Scholars, VI Selection, 2009. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and Council for International Exchange of Scholars. Membership in Scholar Organisations Organisation Position Dates Network of Academic Institutions in Romani Studies Member of Scientific Committee 2016 – Present Founder Member 2016 Central Eurasian Studies Society (CEES) Member 2016 – Present Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Member 2013 – Present European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) Member 2011 – Present European Academic Network on Romani Studies Member of Scientific Committee 2010 – 2015 Founder Member 2010 International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) Member 2009 – Present International Council of Museums (ICOM) Member 2009 – Present International Committee for Museums Ethnography International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) Member 2007 – Present Study Group Music and Minorities Member 1991 – Present Gypsy Lore Society Board Member 2002 – Present President 2010 – Present Minority Studies Society Studii Romani Co-Chair 1991 – Present Membership in Editorial Bodies of Scholar Journals and Series Title Position Dates Bulletin Muzea romské kultury Editorial Board Member 2015 – Present Studia Romologica Editorial Board Member 2014 – Present Научное обозрение. Серия 2. Гуманитарные науки Editorial Board Member 2014 – Present Series Nationalisms Across the Globe at Peter Lang Verlag Editorial Board Member 2013 – Present International Journal of Romani Language and Culture Editorial Board Member 2009 – 2013 Romani Studies [till 2006 - Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society] Editorial Board Member 2002 – Present Academic Research Experience A. Project Leader / Country Coordinator / Individual Project Country Dates Title of the Project and Financing Unit Roma Civic Emancipation between the Two World Wars. Eastern Europe 2016 - 2021 European Research Council Advanced Grant 2015. School of History, University of St Andrews. Towards Modernity: Roma Organisations in the Interwar Period. Eastern Europe 2016 Research Fellowship of Imre Kertész Kolleg, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. In Search of Utopia: Roma Visionaries (1865-1971). Europe 2015 Fellowship of School of History, University of St Andrews. The Leverhulme Trust. Roma from Southeastern Europe: Living and Working in Migration. Germany 2013 - 2014 Research Fellowship in the International Research Center “Work and Human Lifecycle in Global History” at Humboldt University of Berlin. © European Union, 2002-2013 | http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu Page 3 / 25 Curriculum Vitae Elena Marushiakova Mobilität, Transnationalisierung und europäische Identität in Südosteuropa – überlieferte und aktuelle Dimensionen. Southeastern Europe 2012 - 2013 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). In Partnership with Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Slawistik. Turkey 2007 - 2008 Roma Poets in Turkey. Arts and Culture Network Program at Open Society Institute – Budapest. Ukraine 2007 - 2008 The Monument of the Roma in Babiy Yar. Arts and Culture Network Program at Open Society Institute – Budapest. Dynamics of National Identity and Transnational Identities in the Process of European Integration (CER 2006-051). Jean Monnet Action, Support for Study and Research Centres 2006, Program Europe 2006 - 2007 of the European Commission & Roma Participation Programme at Open Society Institute – Budapest & Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe. Central, Eastern and Romano Folkloros. Roma Folklore and Oral History in Romani Language. Southeastern Europe 2005 - 2007 Next Page Foundation. Economic Aspects of the Condition of Roma Women. Bulgaria 2005 - 2006 European Parliament. In Partnership with Berliner Institute for Comparative Social Research & University of Florence. Roma and the Economy. Bulgaria 2004 - 2006 DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities at European Commission. In Partnership with Berliner Institute for Comparative Social Research & University of Florence & Association “Dženo” (Prague). Roma and the Labour Markets. Bulgaria 2004 - 2006 DG Employment and Social Affairs at European Commission. In Partnership with Berliner Institute for Comparative Social Research, University of Florence and Association “Dženo” (Prague). Bulgaria, Poland, Roma in Eastern Europe and the Labour Markets. Slovakia, Hungary, 2004 DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities at European Commission. Czech Republic, In Partnership with Berliner Institute for Comparative Social Research & University of Florence & Greece Association “Dženo” (Prague). Roma and Roma Organization in Southern Russia. Russian Federation 2003 Roma Participation Programme at Open Society Institute – Budapest. European Research Forum on Migration and Ethnic Relations (EUROFOR). Bulgaria 2002 - 2006 Sixth Programme for Research and Technological Development – Human Resources and Mobility (Marie Curie Actions). In Partnership with Berliner Institute for Comparative Social Research. Creating a Nation – New Ethnic Identities of the Balkan Gypsies. Southeastern Europe 2000 - 2002 Research Support Scheme at Central European University. Minorities in Dobrudzha and Galicia – a Comparative Survey. Bulgaria 1999 East-East Program at Open Society Institute – New York. European Research Forum on Migration and Ethnic Relations (EUROFOR). Bulgaria 1998 - 2002 Fifth Programme for Research and Technological Development – Improving Human Research Potential and the Socio-Economic Knowledge Base. In Partnership with Berliner Institute for Comparative Social
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