Petya I. Nitzova Adjunct Professor email: pnitzova@ou.edu Personal Webpage Area of Specialty History and Politics of Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia Islam and Christianity in South Eastern Europe Eastern Orthodox faith and churches Nationalism, identity, minorities in South Eastern Europe Education PhD in History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1988) BA, Middle Eastern and Balkan Studies, St. Clement of Ohrid University(1982) Major Publications "Vatican II and the dialogue with non-Christian Religions", La cultura spirituale cattolica sua presenza ed influsso in Bulgaria (The Catholic Spiritual Culture and its Presence and Influence in Bulgaria), Sofia: Gea Libris, 1992 "The Bosnian Crisis: Anatomy of the Conflict", New Community. A Journal of Research and Policy on Ethnic Relations, vol.19, number 3, April 1993, Warwick, UK "Popular Islam and Indigenization: The South East European Perspective", abstract of a paper presented at the conference "Islam in Europe: Generation to Generation", 5-7 April 1993, University of Oxford, UK "Islam in Bulgaria: a Historical Re-appraisal," Religion, State and Society, Vol. 22, No.1, 1994, Oxford, UK "Qizilbash" in I. Harris, S. Mews, P. Morris and J. Shepherd eds., Longman Guide to Living Religions, Longman Group Ltd., the High, Harlow, Essex, 1994 "Islam and Christianity in South Eastern Europe" in John Fulton and Peter Gee eds., Religion in Contemporary Europe, the Edwin Mellen Press, UK, 1994 "Bulgaria: Minorities, Democratization, and National Sentiments," Nationalities Papers, Vol. 25, No. 4, 1997 "Bulgaria" in Ivanka Nedeva and Joost Herman eds., Minorities and Foreign Policy:Minorities in East Central Europe and their impact upon foreign policy, Centre for European Security Studies, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 1998 Current Research Project Current Classes Hist 3833 Nation-Building in East-Central Europe 1790-1939 Hist 3770 From Hitler to Gorbachev: Eastern Europe Since 1938 Hist 3770 Eastern Orthodox Christianity and State-Building in Eastern Europe Hist 3813 20th Century Russia PSc 3673 Politics of Eastern Europe Hist 3770 Yugoslavia