CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal details
Name: Pravda Dobrinova Spasova
Birth date: 20.12.1953
Nationality: Bulgarian
Contact address: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Institute for Philosophical Research
6, Patriarch Evhtimi blvd.
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Telephone number: 359-2-981 07 91
GSM: (+ 359) –2-888149916
E-mail:
Education
Area of scientific research: Philosophy of Art, Culture studies
· Degrees and academic ranks:
D.Sc. 2006, Inst. Of Philosophical Research, BAN.
Ph.D. degree 1982, Warsaw University, Poland,
“The Tragic Pathos of Przybyszewski’s Characters” – philosophical trends in the decadent literature: esp. the Polish writer Stanislaw Przybyszewski and its impact on Bulgarian intellectual atmosphere in the first half of the last century.
Specializatin: Aesthetics, Culture studies, History of philosophy
MA degree 1976, Sofia University, “Philosophy in the Writings of Dostoyevski”
Awards,
scholarly or other distinctions: 1988-1989 – Scholarship in St. Anthony’s College, Oxford, UK
1992 – Finished the course “Art and Architecture” in CEU, Prague, Czech Republic
1994 – six months fellowship, at IWN, Vienna, Austria
Practical experience
Scientific positions: 1978-1979 editor in weekly “Kultura”
1982-83, taught Philosophy at SGPIS ,Warsaw
From 1984 – 2003 Researcher in the Institute of Philosophical Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia.
2003 – till now Professor, IISK, BAN
Teaching experience: 1982-83, taught Philosophy at SGPIS ,Warsaw
From 1996 till 1999 lectured the course “Introduction to Aesthetics” in New University of Sofia.
From 2000 - till now teaches Philosophy at the Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia.
Training of specialists: From 2009 till now supervises two PhD students in the section of Aesthetics and Culture Studies, IPR, BAS
Expert and consulting activity:
Membership in different institutions: Union of Bulgarian Scientists; Union of
Bulgarian Translators
Academic activities
Participation in schools
and conferences: 2009 – Festival of 4 cultures, Lodz, Poland
1992, 2000, 2002 – Varna International
Philosophical School, Varna, Bulgaria
1991 – International Conference Universalism Today, Berlin, Germany
1990 – International Conference of AIPA Metrum of Art, Krakow, Poland
1989 – International Conference of AIPA L’Interpretation de l’ouvre d’art, Kalamata, Greece
1988 – World Congress of Philosophy, Brighton,
1988 – World Congress of Aesthetics, Nottingham, UK
1987 – International Conference in Memory of Wl. Tatarkiewicz, Warsaw, Poland
Publications list:
Books:
American Analytical Aesthetics – Questions about Unconventional Works of Art, University Publishing House “Kliment Ohridski”, 2007
Short Guide Across European Philosophy for Painters, National Art Academy Publ. House, 2007
Love That Gone Astray, /Love as Aesthetic Notion/, Paradigma Publ. House 2001
Monographies:
Art between Theory and Reality, IFI. 1987
Metaphysical Love and Folk Realism – CEU, Prague 1993
Articles in periodicals in Bulgarian:
In Philosophical Thought:
“Feminism – an attempt of survey”, 11/91, pp. 3-9
“Nelson Goodman’s Analytical Aesthetics”. 6/91, pp. 43-51
“At the Congress of Aesthetics in Nottingham”, 1/89 pp. 97-101
“Decadent Ethics”, 5/88, pp 78-89
“St. I. Witkiewicz in Defiance of Philosophy”, 3/86, pp. 99-108
In other journals:
“Art as Habituation”, Philosophical Forum, 4/2000, pp. 43-48
“Arthur Danto’s Theory of Art”, Philosophy, 4-5/97, pp. 40-46
“Freud on Art”, Psychoanalysis and Philosophy, Sofia 1996, pp. 24-27
“Feminism and postmodernism”, Philosophical investigations, BAN, v. 1/93, pp. 261-265
“Art in Postcommunist society”, Philosophical investigations , v.2, pp. 125-133
“The Institutional Theory of Art”, Philosophical Alternatives, 3-4/92, pp. 77-89
“The Feminism”, Philosophy, 3/91, 90-96
“The Modernism of Witkacy”, Gestus, 7-8/90, pp.78-86
“The Ethical Views of Wladyslaw Tatarkiewicz”, Problems in Culture, 4/86, pp. 54-61
“On the Status of Man”, Culture, 21/78, pp. 3
In English and Polish:
“Aesthetics as Philosophical Discipline in Bulgaria”, Studies in East-European Thought, Kluwer Academic Publ., 2001, pp. 111-117
“Art as Habituation”, Philosophy between Two Centuries, Varna 2001, pp. 291-295
“Mythology of the Martyr”, Philosophy and Power, Varna 1992, . 127-137
Perspectives on Art after the Failure of Real Socialism”, Praxis International, vol.12/2, 1992, pp. 163-168
“Universal Fears of the Twentieth Century”, Universalism Today, Berlin 1992, pp 331-337
“Beauty and Symmetry in Contemporary Art”, Metrum of Art, Jagiellonian University Press, Krakow 1991, pp.173-179
“Perestrojka I cultura”, Dometi, 7-8, Rijeka 1990, pp. 530-533
“Understanding the Message of the Work of Art”, L’Interpretation de l’ouvre d’art, Paris 1990, pp. 27-30
“Wl. Tatarkiewicza traktat o szczesciu”, Estetyka pluralistyczna, Warszawa 1988, pp. 102-115
“Philosophy and Belles-lettres”, Darshana International, vol.28/1, 1988, pp. 1-8
Translations:
From Polish:
Apart from several philosophical articles for journal “Filosofska misl” in the years 1980-1988’
1986 – Wl. Tatarkiewicz, “O szczesciu”, “Nauka I izkustwo” 1986, together with V. Tomov
1989 – K. Zygulski, “Swieto i kultura”, “Hristo Botev” Publ. House
1993 – J. Glowacki, “My sweet Raskolnikow”, journal “Fakel”, 4/1993
2003 - Roman Ingarden, “Ksiazeczka o czlowieku”, K&D Publishers, Sofia
2006 - M.P. Markowski, “Anatomia ciekawosci”, SONM, Sofia
2006 – L. Kolakowski “Glowne nurty Marksizmu”, v. I, SONM, Sofia.
2008 - J. Tischner, “Filozofia dramatu”, SONM, Sofia
2009 – Wybrane Polskie bajki - SONM, Sofia
From English:
2003 – Terry Eagleton, “The Idea of Culture”, K&D Publishers, Sofia
Participation in national/international
scientific research projects: Two projects of the section of Aesthetics and Culture studies, IPR, BAS – 2008-2011:
1. Basic transformations in the aesthetic paradigm of contemporary global culture: anesthetization, visualization, virtual reality.
2. Bulgarian culture between the global,
regional and national
Languages
English – fluent;
Polish – fluent
Russian – fluent
French – intermediate
List any certificates and/or results like TOEFL scores, with date.
English as second specialization at the University : Sofia University , 1976
Computer skills
Text editing – Word and most internet browsers
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