Academic position: assistant professor
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Research areas: Chinese linguistics, prehistory and ancient history of China, Silk Road archaeology
Academic profile: Maria Marinova is an assistant professor in the “Chinese Studies” major at Sofia University since 2007, teaching a number of theoretical disciplines in the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes. She is also author of scientific publications, translator of books, compiler of conference proceedings, member of the editorial and review committees of scientific books and journals. Member of the European Association for Chinese Studies and the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology.
Main disciplines: Chinese Phonetics and Phonology, Chinese Dialectology, Modern Chinese History, Specialised Translation (Law, Economics, IT).
List of publications:
“Ritual Bronze Vessels from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties”. Societas Classica, Veliko Tarnovo University Press, 2006, pp. 300-308.
“The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Soul Taken Captive by Death”. Societas Classica, Veliko Tarnovo University Press, 2006, pp. 272-299.
“The Ancient Linear Script as an Argument Against the Theory of the Phoenician Origin of the Alphabet”. Anniversary Collection of Studies “45th Anniversary of the Department of Philology”, Veliko Tarnovo University Press, 2009, pp. 142-154.
“The Sacred Tripod in Ancient China and in the Balkans: A Survey of the Semantic Parallels”. China – Traditions and Modernity, Confucius Institute in Sofia, 2009, pp. 88-105.
“The Ethnic Continuity on the Territory of Little Bukharia in Northwest China”. The Silk Road: Papers from the International Conference, Organized by the Confucius Institute in Sofia, Bulgaria, June 3-4, Confucius Institute in Sofia, 2011, pp. 133-144.
“Chinese Prewriting Symbols”. The East-Asian Countries and the World: Relationships and Interactions. Sofia, 2013, pp. 138-155.
“Aurel Stein – The Archaeologist Who Unearthed the History of Two Civilizations”. Journal of the Confucius Institute in Sofia, July 2014, 2, pp. 14-19.
“Sixty Years Since the Visit of the First Bulgarian Cultural Delegation to China”. Journal of the Confucius Institute in Sofia, December 2015, 5, pp. 28-37.
“Retracing the Roots of the Early Indo-European Population in Xinjiang”. Journal of the International Silk Road Studies, Vol. 1, SDX Joint Publishing Company, 2017, pp. 147 – 165.
“Origin and Interpretation of the Custom of Placing Objects in the Mouth of the Deceased in Ancient China”. China and the World: Language, Culture, Politics, Vol. 1, 2020, pp. 304-317.
“Relative Analogies in the Ritual Use of Red Mineral Pigments (Ochre, Hematite) in Neolithic and Eneolithic Burials from Xinjiang and Bulgaria” – in print.
“Typological Characteristics of Prehistoric Burials in Xinjiang” – in print.
“Status of Women in Ancient Sogdian Society” – in print.
Translated books:
于丹 《论语心得》 (Yu Dan. Confucius from the Heart)，Cibea Publishing House, 2010.
《中国历史常识（中保对照）》 (Common knowledge of Chinese History (Chinese-Bulgarian edition)), Sinolingua Publishing House, 2011.
和风《和文化思想》（保加利亚文板）(He Feng. On the Culture of Harmony), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Publishing House, 2019.
Links to external profiles with publications:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria-Marinova-3
https://uni-sofia.academia.edu/MMarinova?from_navbar=true
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MXwXgPsAAAAJ&hl=bg