Scientific group of the National History Museum
The National Historical Museum is a cultural and scientific organization that participates in the implementation of the state policy on the preservation of cultural values and museum work throughout the country. The main activity of the museum is the preservation and presentation of movable and immovable cultural values. In order to carry out this activity, the museum carries out scientific research, organizes and conducts scientific events (conferences, workshops and discussions), publishes scientific, popular science and advertising materials, publishes the results of the identification of cultural values - owned by individuals or legal entities, after receiving written consent of their owners, participates in field archaeological surveys on the territory of the country.
A scientific group of specialists with scientific degrees or holding an academic position has been created for the museum. The members of the scientific group, according to their expertise, carry out scientific processing of the museum fund, participate with reports in scientific forums, prepare and publish scientific works, study good practices in the field of museum work, engage in exhibition, collection and scientific popularization activities.
Members of the scientific group

Prof. Bonni Petrunova, PhD
Director
Prof. Dean Ivan Gatsov
curator
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Penchev
specialist in numismatics
Ch. Assistant Professor Mariela Inkova, PhD
Head of Department "History of Bulgaria in the Middle Ages"- Associate Professor Dr. Iliyan Boyanov; report for 2022
- Ch. Petranka Nedelcheva, PhD; report for 2022
- Dr. Ralitsa Katsova; report for 2022
- Dr. Emilia Tsenova
- Dr. Radostina Tsenkova; report for 2022
- Dr. Veselina Ivanova;
PhD students
Pavlina Devlova
Supervisor:Dr. Rumyana Georgieva
Dissertation topic:
"Emergence and development of urban life in Thrace - mid-XNUMXnd millennium BC. - IV century BC."
Panayot Antonov
Supervisor:Prof. Stanislav Stanilov
Dissertation topic:
"Amulets in medieval Bulgaria (VII - XI century), SSA BAS"
Alexander Vatov
Supervisor:Prof. Dr. Hr. Etropolski, NHA
Dissertation topic:
"Photographic collection of NIM from the end of the XNUMXth century and the beginning. XX century. Processes, preservation and characteristic features'
Violin Kiryakova
Supervisor:Associate Professor Dr. Iliyan Boyanov
Dissertation topic:
"Typology and Semantics of Ancient and Late Antique Amulets from the Balkan Provinces of the Roman Empire"
Mina Megala
Supervisor:Prof. Bonni Petrunova, PhD
Dissertation topic:
"Early Christian monastic communities in the Eastern Balkans and Egypt. Study of Analogous and Synchronous Phenomena'
Dimitar Vassilev
Supervisor:Assoc. Dr. Stanka Yaneva
Dissertation topic:
"Folk crafts in modern times, functions, presentation, perspectives"
Ivaylo Kanev
Supervisor:Prof. Dr. Konstantin Konstntinov, "Bishop Konstantin Preslavski" School
Dissertation topic:
"Late antique and medieval fortress in the town of "Balak Dere" municipality. Ivaylovgrad"
Elena Endarova
Supervisor:Prof. Bonni Petrunova, PhD
Dissertation topic:
"Political and economic contacts of the Dobruja despotism in the second half of the XNUMXth century. According to archaeological data"
Ekaterina Stamboliyska
Supervisor:Prof. Ivan Gatsov, Ph.D.
Dissertation topic:
"Development of the social and economic relations of the Chalcolithic population based on the studies of the necropolises of the Hamandzhia culture and the Varna culture"