Education
He has a Doctor of Philosophy from Sofia and Paris-7 universities, began as assistant in aesthetics, then after 1989 became interested in social science focusing on political culture, urban anthropology, and Balkan identity.
He has a Doctor of Philosophy from Sofia and Paris-7 universities, began as assistant in aesthetics, then after 1989 became interested in social science focusing on political culture, urban anthropology, and Balkan identity.
He has been teaching abroad, mainly in France and the United States of America. His latest research interests are citizenship, migration, and the anthropology of space. Ivaylo Ditchev is also an active columnist in Bulgaria and Germany, author of books of essays and fiction. He was awarded the Essay prizes: « Panitza » 1999.
« Chernorizetz Hrabar » 2002, “Dimitar Peshev” - 2005.
Sporadic blog at Editor of the olline journal for cultural studies SeminarBG at
Krasteva, Kasabova, Karabinova, Ravena Longo editore, 2010. Sofia, fluid city, Eurozine
Die geheimen Freuden des Provinzialismus
Crossing borders, Eurozine
Sieg der Essiggurke, TAZ
Fluid citizenship, Eurozine
The Eros of Identity
The frame that enslaved our gaze, Lettre international - Berlin.
From a socialism of migrants towards a Europe of mobilities, in Migrations to and from SOutheastern Europe, eds.