Yvanka B. Raynova

Yvanka B. Raynova

Education and Academic Experience

1978-1979 German Language and Literature at University Paris-Sorbonne
1979 Philosophy at Humboldt University, Berlin
1979-1984 Philosophy at Sofia University, 1984 M.A.
PhD 1989, thesis on "Two Forms of French Anthroplogism: Existentialism—Personalism" (in Bulgarian)
1984-89, Assistant Professor in philosophical Translation at the Department of Foreign Languages, Sofia University
1989-95, Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophical Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
1995 Habilitation on Contemporary Western Philosophy
1995 to present, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophical Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
1999 to present, Professor of Contemporary Western Philosophy at the New Bulgarian University

1989 - 1998 Member of the Editorial Board of Filosofski Alternativi (Filosopfska Misul)
1990 -1996 Editor in Chief of Anthropos, Journal of the Bulgarian Society for Francophone Philosophy
1993 to present, General Editor of the Series Philosophers of the XX Century, Nauka i Izkoustvo Publishings, Sofia
1993 to present, General Editor of the Series Philosophical Heritage, Nauka i Izkoustvo Publishings, Sofia
1993 to present, General Editor of the Series World Mystic, Arcanum Publishings, Sofia
1995 to present, General Editor of the Series Contemporary Philosophers, EA Publishing House, Pleven
1999 to present, Founder and Co-Editor of Labyrinth, International Journal for Philosophy, Feminist Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics, Vienna
1999 to present, Editor of the Phenomenologysection in Mozilla's Open Directory Project

Administrative Duties

1987-1990, Advisor - International Relations, Bulgarian Philosophical Society
1995-1997, Scientific Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research (IPR)
1995 to present, Chair of the Library Advisory Bord (at IPR)
1990 to present, President of the Bulgarian Society for Francophone Philosophy and Culture
1993-1998, President of the Assocition for human and axiological studies "Arcanum", Sofia
1995 to present, Deputy Governor at the American Biographical Institute Research Association
1992-1995, Director of the Research Project "Postmodernism and the Bulgarian way towards Europe" (at IPR)
1995-1998, Director of the Research Project "Phenomenology and Post–Phenomenology in the Context of Western Philosophy" (at IPR)
1998 to present, Member of the "Phenomenological Atelier", Sofia
1998 to present, Vice-President of the Association for human and axiological studies "Arcanum", Sofia
1999–2001, Director of the Research Project "Modernism, Anti-modernism, and beyond" (at IPR)
1999 to present, Chair of the Research Group on Contemporary Western Philosophy (at IPR)
1999 to present, Director of the Institute for Axiological Research, Kaltenleutgeben - Vienna

Distinctions and Awards

Order of International Ambassadors, Ambassador, Medal (ABI 1995)
The International Cultural Diploma of Honour (ABI)
Gold Record of Achievement (ABI 1995)
Man of the Year Commemorative Medal (ABI 1995)
World Lifetime Achievement Award (ABI 1995)
Deputy Governor, Board of Governors of the American Biographical Institute Research Association (1995)
Honorary Advisor on the Research Board of Advisors, International Division - ABI (1996)
Order of International Fellowship, IBC Cambridge (1995)
The International Women of the Year, IBC Cambridge (1995-96)
IBC Adivisory Council, IBC Cambridge (1996)
20th Century Award for Achievement, IBC Cambridge (1996)
World Who’s Who Hall of Fame, IBC Cambridge (1996)