Elena Marushiakova is a Romani studies scholar, of Slovak and Russian origin, lived and studied in Slovakia and Bulgaria. She started her professional career in the Ethnographic Institute at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, followed by work in the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies and Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
From 2001 till 2004 Elena Marushiakova conducted research of Gypsies in Former Soviet Union in framework of the Complex Research Programme “Difference and integration” of the Universities of Leipzig and Halle. From 2013 till 2014 she was Professor Fellow in International Research Centre Work and Human Lifecycle in Global History at the Humboldt University of Berlin, in 2015 Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the University of St Andrews, and in 2016 Professor Fellow in Imre Kertész Kolleg at Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
From September 2016 Elena Marushiakova is Principal Investigator of ERC Advanced Grant and works as Research Professor in the School of History at the University of St Andrews.
Elena Marushiakova is the president of the Gypsy Lore Society and Funding and Scientific Committee member of the European Academic Network on Romani Studies. She is holder of the 2009 Fulbright New Century Scholars Award from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and the Council for International Exchange of Scholars.
Main Activities
Elena Marushiakova and her co-author Veselin Popov conducted numerous ethnographic field researches and have published about Gypsies/Roma in Bulgaria, the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia. Their major works include the first book on Roma in Bulgaria (1997), a book on Gypsies in Ottoman Empire (2000), a book on Roma on the Black Sea (2008)2008), and a book on Gypsies in Central Asia and Caucasus (2016).
Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov also published in the fields of Roma folklore and oral history – the "Studii Romani" Series. They initiated the first museum exhibition about Roma in Bulgaria in 1995-1996 and the first international museum exhibition "Roma/Gypsies in Central and Eastern Europe" in 1998-1999 in Budapest.
Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov read lecture’s courses and hold public lectures at universities and research institutes, and at summer schools in Bulgaria, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Finland, Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Republic of Moldova, Turkey, the USA and Australia.
A. Books
Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov. 2016. Gypsies of Central Asia and Caucasus. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Марушиакова, Елена и Веселин Попов. 2012. Цигани в Източна Европа. Курс лекции. София: Парадигма.
Марушиакова, Елена и Веселин Попов. 2007. Студии Романи. Том VII. Избрано. София: Парадигма.
Marushiakova, Elena, Udo Mischek, Vesselin Popov and Bernhard Streck. 2005. Dienstleistungsnomadismus am Schwarzen Meer. Zigeunergruppen zwischen Symbiose und Dissidenz. In Orientwissenschaftliche Hefte (16).
Марушиакова, Елена и Веселин Попов. 2000. Циганите в Османската империя. София: Литавра. [Translations: Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov. 2001. Gypsies in the Ottoman Empire. Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press; Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov. 2003. Romi u Turskom Carstvu. Subotica: Čikoš Holding; Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov. 2006. Osmanlı Imperatorluğu’nda Çingeneler. Istanbul: Homer;یلینا ماروشیاکوف٢٠٠٩ ا و فاسلین بو. تاریخ الغج. الغجر فی الدولة العثما نیة. وکالةسفنکس (Egypt, 2009)]
Марушиакова, Елена и Веселин Попов. 1993. Циганите в България. София: Клуб ‘90. [Translation: Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov. 1997. Gypsies (Roma) in Bulgaria. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.]
B. Collections of Folklore and Oral History
Marushiakova, Elena, Vesselin Popov and Birgit Igla, eds. 1998. Studii Romani. Vol. V-VI. The Snake’s Ring. The Language and Folklore of Erli from Sofia. // Студии Романи. Том V-VI. Змийският пръстен. Език и фолклор на Софийските Ерлии. Sofia: Litavra. [bilingual edititon]
Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov, eds. 1997. Studii Romani. Vol. III-IV. The Song of the Bridge. // Студии Романи. Том III-IV. Песента за моста. Sofia: Litavra. [bilingual edititon]
Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov, eds. 1995. Studii Romani. Vol. II. // Студии Романи. Том II. Sofia: Club ’90. [bilingual edititon]
Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov, eds. 1994. Studii Romani. Vol. I. // Студии Романи. Том I. Sofia: Club ’90. [bilingual edititon]
C. University Textbooks
Кючуков, Христо, Елена Марушиакова и Веселин Попов. 2004. Христоматия по ромска култура. София: Иктус Принт.
Марушиакова, Елена, Веселин Попов и Христо Кючуков. 1994. Беседи за българските роми (циганите). София: МОН.
D. Illustrated Books and Catalogues
Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov. 2012. Roma Culture in Past and Present. Catalogue. Sofia: Paradigma. [Translations: Марушиакова, Елена и Веселин Попов. 2012. Ромската етнокултура – минало и настояще. Каталог. София: Парадигма; Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov. 2012. I Romani etnokultura – paluptnipe thaj akana. Katalogo. Sofia: Paradigma; Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov. 2012. La cultura étnica de los Gitanos (Roma) – pasado y presente. Catálogo. Sofia: Paradigma.]
Marushiakova, Elena, Udo Mischek, Vesselin Popov and Bernhard Streck. 2008. Zigeuner am Schwarzen Meer. Leipzig: Eudora Verlag.
Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov. 2000. Gypsies Roma in Times Past and Present. Photo-Book. // Цигани/Рома от старо и ново време. Фото-книга. Sofia: Litavra. [bilingual edititon]
Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov. 1995. The Gypsies of Bulgaria. Problems of the multicultural museum exhibition. // Циганите на България. Проблеми на мултикултуралната музейна експозиция. Sofia: Club ’90. [bilingual edititon]
E. Assessment Studies
Guy, Will, Andre Liebich and Elena Marushiakova. 2010. Improving the tools for the social inclusion and non-discrimination of Roma in the EU. Report. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
Marushiakova, Elena et al. 2001. Identity Formation among Minorities in the Balkans: The Cases of Roms, Egyptians and Ashkali in Kosovo. Sofia: Minority Studies Society “Studii Romani”.
F. Edited Books
Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov, eds. 2016. Roma Culture: Myths and Realities. München: Lincom Academic Publishers.
Kyuchukov, Hristo, Elena Marushiakova and Vesselin Popov, eds. 2016. Roma: Past, Present, Future. München: Lincom Academic Publishers.
Marushiakova, Elena, ed. 2008. Dynamics of National Identity and Transnational Identities in the Process of European Integration. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
