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Alexander Kiossev
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Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

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Aleksander Kiossev – Professor of the History of Modern Culture; his research interests include the cultural history of totalitarianism and transition, the theory and history of reading, and the visual culture of the city. He has published four books in Bulgarian, has been the director and editor of collective research, and his scholarly articles have been translated into almost all European languages. He was editor of the collective volume Post-Theory, Games and Discursive Resistance, and the collective volume Rules and Roles. Fluid Institutions, Hybrid Roles and Identities in East European Transformation Processes (1989–2005). Many of his essays are translated in English, German, French, Dutch, Ukrainian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Serbian and Macedonian languages. Since 2000 he has been a leader of several international research projects dedicated to the Balkan cultures, reading problems and autobiographies.