Anisava Miltenova In memoriam Heinz Miklas (1948–2023)

• Summary/Abstract

  One of the most prominent palaeo-Slavists of our time has left us – Prof. Dr. Heinz Miklas from the University of Vienna, who devoted his entire life to the Glagolitic and Cyrillic writing, to the translation of Old Bulgarian literature, the study of its origin and spread in the Slavic written traditions.

  Subject: Language and Literature Studies , Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life , Obituary , Philology

  Keywords: Heinz Miklas

Andrej Boyadzhiev In memoriam Yavor Miltenov (1978–2023)

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  I first knew Yavor and his work when he was studying Bulgarian philology at the St. Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia (1996-2001). He was an alumnus of the National High School of Ancient Languages and Cultures, from which he had graduated with a thesis on The History of Mount Athos by Stefan the Hagiorite and it came naturally to him to specialize further in the field of Old Slavonic letters. His MA thesis Apocalypsis Johannis Apocrypha: Survey, Critical edition and Word Index (published in 20011) was distinguished by the depth of the analysis and by the accomplished methodology mastered by a very talented and a very promising specialist in the history of medieval Slavonic texts. It was to this area – medieval text history – that Yavor Miltenov would return to constantly over the years, creating a legacy.

  Subject: Language and Literature Studies , Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life , Obituary , Philology

  Keywords: Yavor Miltenov

Anisava Miltenova In memoriam Петя Янева (1957–2024)

In memoriam Petya Yaneva (1957–2024)

• Summary/Abstract

  On August 6, 2024, we lost a notable specialist in the field of Byzantine studies and Paleo-Slavic studies Petya Yaneva, DSc, professor at the Department of Classical Philology at the Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. For more than 10 years, she was a member of the editorial board of the Scripta & e-Scripta annual and contributed immensely to the high professional level of the publication. She especially supported the participation of young specialists with publications and their growth in the field of translated medieval literature.

  Subject: Language and Literature Studies , Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life , Obituary , Philology

  Keywords: Петя Янева

Regina Koycheva In Memoriam Georgi Popov (1943–2023)

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  In Memoriam Georgi Popov (1943–2023)

  Subject: Language and Literature Studies , Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life , Obituary , Philology

  Keywords: In memoriam , Georgi Popov

Anisava Miltenova In Memoriam Elena Tomova (1947–2023)

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  In Memoriam Elena Tomova (1947–2023)

  Subject: Language and Literature Studies , Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life , Obituary , Philology

  Keywords: In memoriam , Elena Tomova

Krasimir Stanchev Риккардо Пиккио: гражданин наднациональной Respublica litterarum. К столетию со дня его рождения

Riccardo Picchio: a citizen of the supranational Respublica Litterarum. To the centenary of his birth

• Summary/Abstract

  Риккардо Пиккио: гражданин наднациональной Respublica litterarum. К столетию со дня его рождения (Riccardo Picchio: a citizen of the supranational Respublica Litterarum. To the centenary of his birth)

  Subject: Language and Literature Studies , Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life , Cultural Essay , Obituary , Scientific Life , Philology

  Keywords: Риккардо Пиккио

Rumyana Zlatanova Das 100-jährige Jubiläum von Rudolf Aitzetmüller

The 100th anniversary of Rudolf Aitzetmüller

• Summary/Abstract

  Das 100-jährige Jubiläum von Rudolf Aitzetmüller (The 100th anniversary of Rudolf Aitzetmüller)

  Subject: Language and Literature Studies , Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life , Cultural Essay , Obituary , Scientific Life , Philology

  Keywords: Rudolf Aitzetmüller

Anisava Miltenova In Memoriam Keiko Mitani 1957–2022

In memoriam Кейко Митани

• Summary/Abstract

  On January 17, 2022 Keiko Mitani, а prominent representative of Japan Palaeoslavistics, who contributed greatly to the development of the contemporary history of the Old Church Slavonic, Russian, Croatian and Old Bulgarian passed away. Keiko Mitani was born in 1957 in Tokyo. She received a bachelor’s degree in Russian Language and Russian Literature, from the Faculty of Letters, the University of Tokyo (1981) and an MA degree in the same subject from the Graduate School of Humanities, University of Tokyo (March 1983). Keiko Mitani continued her research work during her doctoral studies at the Graduate School of Humanities (April 1983 – March 1989). At that time she was able to study Croatian and Slavic literatures in the Balkan context at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb (October 1986 – September 1988) under the supervision of Professor Stjepan Damjanović (of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts). In 1990 she got the position of Research Associate at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters (Russian Language and Literature), and later – Lecturer at the Department of Literature and Linguistics, University of Tsukuba (1993) where she was Assistant Professor (1997). Developing active research and teaching activities she became an Associate Professor at Kyoto University, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies (1999), and Professor (2005). In 2013 she was a Professor at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology (Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures). Her rese

  Subject: Language and Literature Studies , Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life , Obituary , Philology

  Keywords: Keiko Mitani

Anisava Miltenova , Margaret Dimitrova Cynthia Vakareliyska аt 70

Синтия Вакарелийска на 70 години

• Summary/Abstract

  Cynthia Vakareliyska is a remarkable scholar who has significantly contributed to the fields of mediaeval Slavonic studies and the history of the Slavic languages. She was born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. In 1973 she became BA in Russian magna cum laude at Princeton University and in 1976 received the degree of J.D. from the School of Law at Columbia University. For five years (1985–1990) she was a Teaching Fellow at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, where in 1990 she obtained a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures. In 1986 she was awarded the Certificate of Distinction in Teaching by the Danforth Institute at Harvard University. Later she worked as Assistant Professor in Russian at Georgetown University (1990–1994) and Assistant Professor in Slavic Linguistics (1994–1997) at the University of Oregon, Eugene, where she became Associate Professor in Slavic Linguistics (1997–1998), Associate Professor of Linguistics (1998–2008) and from 2008 to 2018 she was Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at that university, and since 2018 Professor Emerita. She read courses on Old Church Slavonic, historical phonology of the Slavic languages, computer collation of mediaeval Slavic Menologies, the structure of Lithuanian and Russian, neuro- and gender linguistics.

  Subject: Language and Literature Studies , Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life , Obituary , Scientific Life , Philology

  Keywords: Anniversaries , Cynthia Vakareliyska

Elissaveta Moussakova , Dilyana Radoslavova Catherine Mary MacRobert at 70

Катрин Мери МакРобърт на 70 години

• Summary/Abstract

  Catherine Mary MacRobert, M.A., D.Phil., formerly University Lecturer in Russian Philology and Comparative Slavonic Philology at the University of Oxford, is presently Emeritus Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, and Senior Research Fellow at Somerville College. Her main research interests have been in the history of mediaeval Slavonic translations from Greek and comparative grammar. A great deal of her work is devoted to the textual tradition of the mediaeval Slavonic Psalter. It would be not an exaggeration to say that nowadays she must be esteemed as one of the best experts on the subject.

  Subject: Language and Literature Studies , Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life , Obituary , Scientific Life , Philology

  Keywords: Anniversaries , Catherine Mary MacRobert

Iskra Hristova-Shomova , Margaret Dimitrova , Andrej Boyadzhiev Johannes Reinhart at 70

Йоханес Райнхарт на 70 години

• Summary/Abstract

  Professor Johannes Reinhart is one of the most outstanding figures in palaeo­ slavistics, the author of more than 100 articles and studies, a man who discovered hitherto unknown Slavonic texts, an untiring researcher into the Slavonic manuscript heritage and a noted etymologist. He was born on March 2, 1951, in Vienna, where he graduated, defended his doctoral thesis and lectured. With his erudition and precision Professor Reinhart, a disciple of the remarkable scholar František Mareš, is a typical representative of the famous Viennese school of Slavonic studies, the foundations of which were laid by the great Vatroslav Jagić.

  Subject: Language and Literature Studies , Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life , Obituary , Scientific Life , Philology

  Keywords: Anniversaries , Johannes Reinhart

Anisava Miltenova Anatolij Turilov at 70

Анатолий Турилов на 70 години

• Summary/Abstract

  The Russian historian, manuscript specialist and Slavonic mediaevalist Anatoly Turilov has earned a classic reputation in the field of research into mediaeval Slavonic manuscripts and Slavonic literatures. Born in Yaroslavl’ in 1951, Turilov graduated from the Faculty of History of Moscow State University, specialising in the study of primary sources (1973). He was a doctoral student at the Institute of Slavonic and Balkan Studies (1973–1976). Turilov worked as a senior librarian at the Manuscript Department of the Lenin Library (now the Russian State Library) in Moscow (1977–1979). In 1980 he successfully defended his dissertation on the topic of „Болгарские и сербские источники по средневековой истории Балкан в русской книжности конца ХІV– первой четверти ХVІ вв.“ This continued to be a leading topic throughout his academic career. Turilov worked as a research associate and a senior research associate at the Archaeographic Commission of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, today the Russian Academy of Sciences. Turilov currently holds the position of research associate at the Institute of Slavonic Studies.

  Subject: Language and Literature Studies , Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life , Obituary , Scientific Life , Philology

  Keywords: Anatolij Turilov , Anniversaries

Anisava Miltenova , Adelina Angusheva-Tihanov In memoriam Francis J. Thomson (1935–2021)

In memoriam Франсис Дж. Томсън (1935–2021)

• Summary/Abstract

  Professor Francis J. Thomson, one of the most remarkable scholars in the field of the Byzantine and Slavonic cultures, passed away on 21 May 2021. A medievalist with an outstanding erudition and intellectual rigor, he shaped the studies of medieval Slavonic written cultures in the last six decades.

  Subject: Language and Literature Studies , Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life , Obituary , Scientific Life , Philology

  Keywords: In memoriam