CURRICULUM VITAE
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Dessislava Damyanova Damyanova
Bulgarian
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Institute for the Study of Societies and
Knowledge
6, Patriarch Evhtimi blvd.
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
359-2-981 07 91
(+ 359) – 86 - 271906
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Education
Area of scientific research:
Catholicism; social study of religion; Eastern philosophy,
civilization and culture; philosophy of history; globalization, cross-cultural dialogue,
intercultural relations; local and regional studies; religious identity and prevention of
fundamentalism.
Degrees
and academic ranks:
Ranks Postgraduate Student in Philosophy of Politics, Culture, Law and Economics
(Religious Studies)
Degrees
PhD – History of Philosophy (Eastern Philosophy)
Ph.D. degree 2010, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"; “The Conception of Man in
Early Daoism (According to Zhuangzi)”. Subject: a philosophical analysis of the ancient
Chinese debate on human nature, based on classical textual sources. The thesis throws
light upon the idea of man-on-the-Way in Daoism and explores aspects of Far-eastern
anthropology, which have not been discussed yet. The dissertation scholarly value is not
only the historiographical investigation, but also in the philosophical translation of the
classical Chinese treatise “Zhuangzi” – the meaningful source of early-Daoist thought.
Data of the defense: 02.07.2009
Specializations
Bulgaria, Center for Eastern Languages and Cultures (CELK),
Sanskrit, Oct.1999-March 2000
MA degree
MA of Philosophy, 2001, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", “The
Ontological Teaching of Ancient Sankhya System in India – a comparative Analysis with
the Aristotelian Metaphysics” Grade from the diploma thesis defence: Excellent 6.00
Awards,
scholarly or other distinctions:
1996, National Diploma No 003 of the Ministry of
Education, Science and Technology for excellent grades and achievements in the
humanities
1997, Honorary diploma of the Bourgas Municipal Foundation “St. Nikola” for
scientific achievements
Practical experience
Scientific positions: 2006-2009, doctoral student in the Faculty of Philosophy in Sofia
University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
2010, apart-time lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy in Sofia University "St.
Kliment Ohridski"
Teaching experience: 2002-2003, teacher of the philosophical disciplines in Foreign
Language Schools “Britanica” and “V. Levski”, Bourgas.
2008-2010, Courses of lectures, taught in Sofia University "St. Kliment Ochridski": “The
doctrine of Man in Early Daoism”, 2008/9; “The language of the Way in the Eastern
Sayings”, 2009/10
Training of specialists:
2006-2008, Reviewer of a dozen bachelor’s and master’s
diploma theses in Eastern philosophy
Expert and consulting activity:
Consultant in the Center for Studying of New
Religious Movements, Sofia. _ HYPERLINK
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Academic activities
Participation in schools
8-11.09.2008, Sunny Beach – International
and conferences:
Conference “Language, Individual & Society”.
10. 06. 2009, Confucius Institute, Sofia National Conference “China: Tradition and
Modernity”.
14-15.12.2009, Sofia, IPhR - BAS - Conference “The Language of Being”, part 1, in
Memoriam of Stefan Vasev.
26-27.04.2010, Sofia, IPhR - BAS - Conference “The Language of Being”, part 2, in
Memoriam of Nedyalka Mihova.
14-17.02.2011 – CELC, Sofia, International Conference “Eastern Europe and East
Asia: historical experience and systems”.
29-30.04.2011, V. Turnovo – International Conference “Balkan, Mediterranean and
Eastern Cultures and Religions”.
12-13.05.2011, BAS, Sofia, IV-th National School for Doctoral Students and Young
Scholars “The Social Studies in Support of Practice”.
3-5.6.2011, Confucius Institute, Sofia - International Conference “The Silk Road.”
Publications list:
The Concept of Man (Daoren) in the Context of Language and
Worldview of Ancient China in Language, Individual & Society. International Scientific
Publications, Vol.2, Part 1, (2008), 72-79;
Daoism – Philosophy of Man or Ontology of the Way. Philosophy 1 (2009), 37-43;
The Philosophy of Early Daoism in China: Tradition and Modernity. Confucius Institute,
Sofia, 2009, 194-198;
The Philosophy of the Dao-Man. Philosophy 2 (2010), 81-87;
Philosophy of ability (skill) vs. analytics of living. Philosophical Alternatives 1 (2010), 2531;
The Language of the Way in the parables of Zhuangzi in The Language of Being,
V.Turnovo, 2010, 149-162;
Korean Mountain Shrines and Bulgarian Monasteries in Eastern Europe and East Asia:
historical experience and systems, Academy of Korean Studies, 2011, 195-200;
Rethinking Religion: East and West in Balkan, Mediterranean and Eastern Cultures and
Religions, 2011, V. Turnovo (forthcoming); Social Studies in Knowledge-Based Societies Psychological Studies (forthcoming)
Reviews writing:
About a new ‘theo-ontology’, or the Problem of Choice as a
Temporal Ability. On V. Penchev’s book Historical Continuity in Globalized Overtaking.
Philosophical Alternatives (forthcoming)
Participation in national/international
scientific research projects: “Transformation of the Social Studies in Knowledge-based
Societies” – coordinator Senior Assistant Dr. Ivelina Ivanova, Young Scholars program of
the National Fund ‘Scientific Research’, 2009-2011
Courses attended to improve
2007-2008, Course in Practical Chinese
your qualifications:
(Basic) in Confucius Institute
Languages
English: Advanced
Russian: Upper-intermediate
Practical Chinese: Conversational
Computer skills
Microsoft Windows 2003 /2007 / 2010
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel; PPT, PPTx ; Microsoft Publisher)
Internet (Opera, Mozilla Firefox, MS Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Search Engines,
MetaCrawler, etc.); HTML Editor