Magdalena Slavkova

Department of Balkan Ethnology,
Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences
6a Moskovska Street, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
e-mail: magdalenaslavkova@yahoo.com

ORCID iD iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3828-0274

Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Magdalena_Slavkova/

keywords: 

Roma/Gypsy Evangelicalism, Baptist Churches, Charismatic and Pentecostal Movements, Roma Churches, religious mobilisation, pastors, social ties, migration, identity.

Books

  • SLAVKOVA, M. – MAEVA, M. – EROLOVA, Y. – POPOV, R. (Eds.) (2019). Between the worlds: people, spaces and rituals (Conference proceedings). Sofia: IEFSEM-BAS and Paradigma, 489 pp. ISSN: 2683-0213 (forthcoming).
  • EROLOVA, Y. – SLAVKOVA, M. (Eds.). (2013). Етничност, религия и миграции на
    циганите в България
    [Ethnicity, religion and migrations of the Gypsies in Bulgaria].
    Sofia: Paradigma, 324 pp. ISBN: 978-954-326-206-9.
  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2007). Циганите евангелисти в България [Evangelical Gypsies in
    Bulgaria]. Sofia: Paradigma, 374 pp. ISBN: 978-954-326-068-3.

Chapters

  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2019). Everyday Pentecostalism in a Rudari family. In: A. Sorescu-
    Marinković, B. Sikimić (Eds.), The Bayash. An interdisciplinary perspective
    (forthcoming)
    .
  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2014). Prestige and identity construction among Pentecostal Roma in
    Bulgaria. In: D. Thurfjell, A. Marsh, (Eds.), Romani Pentecostalism: Gypsies and
    Charismatic Christianity
    . Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang AR, (pp. 57–75).

Articles

  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2018). Religious and social commitment of the Bulgarian Roma
    migrants in Spain. In: Local Economy 33(2): 224–241.
  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2017). Personalizing the Romani evangelical faith. In: Hr. Kyuchukov,
    W. New, (Eds), Languages of Resistance: Ian Hancock’s Contribution to Romani Studies.
    Munich: Lincom, (pp. 318–325).
  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2017). Религиозно обучение на деца и младежи в циганските
    eвангелски църкви [Religious training of children and youth at the Gypsy evangelical
    churches]. In: Др. Ђорђевић, Др. Тодоровић (Eds.) 500 Година Протeстантске
    реформациjе
    . Ниш: Југословенско удружење за научно истраживање религије,
    Универзитет у Нишу – Машински факултет, Scero print, (pp. 205–216).
  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2015). „Tu sinjan, Isuse, amaro thagar”.... La musique évangélique
    tsigane en Bulgarie. In: Etudes Tsiganes 54-55: 106–117.
  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2012). ‘Singing and Dancing in the Spirit’. Gypsy Pentecostal Music
    and Musicians. In: Axis Mundi (Journal of the Slovakian Association for the study of
    religions)
    (2): 36–46.
  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2008). Se comporter en évangéliste: modèles et règles de la culture
    alimentaire des tsiganes nouvellement convertis. In: Etudes tsiganes 31-32: 164–177.
  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2007). Evangelical Gypsies in Bulgaria: way of life and performance
    of identity. In: Romani studies 17 (2): 205–247.
  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2006). The wedding among the Evangelical Gypsies in Bulgaria. In:
    Dr. Đorđević, T. Branković, (Eds.), Protestantism on the Balkans in the past, today and
    the future
    . Niš: JUNIR, PUNTA, pp. 87–94.
  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2005). Rudari u istočnoj Bugarskoj i jevanđeljski pokret [Rudari in the
    Eastern Bulgaria and the Evangelical movement]. In: Б. Сикимиħ (Ed.). Бањаши на
    Балкану. Идентитет етничке заjеднице
    . Beograd: Српска Академиjа Наука и
    Уметности, Балканолошки Институт „САНУ”, pp. (277–294).
  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2004). Tурските цигани в България и евангелското движение
    [Turkish Gypsies and the Evangelical movement]. In: Българска етнология 3: 30–50.
  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2003). Roma pastors as leaders of the Roma Protestant communities.
    In: Dr. Đorđević, (Ed.), Roma religious culture. Niš: PUNTA, (pp.168–177).

Online articles

  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2019). Evangelical Gypsy Foodways. In: M. Slavkova, M. Maeva, Y.
    Erolova, R. Popov, (Eds.), Between the worlds: people, spaces and rituals. Sofia:
    IEFSEM-BAS and Paradigma, (pp. 336–359) (forthcoming).
  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2017). Църква и религия при българите в Испания [Church and
    religion of the Bulgarians in Spain]. In: Сн. Йовева-Димитрова, (Ed.), Българите в
    чужбина „... Толкова близо, толкова далече...”
    , том 2. Sofia: State Agency for the
    Bulgarians Abroad and Rod Publishing House, (pp. 82–94).
    Available at: http://www.spisanie.ongal.net/broi15/07MagdelenaSlavkova.pdf
  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2014). The Mediterranean ‘journey’ of the Bulgarians and the Rudari.
    ERSTE research paper.
    Available at: https://issuu.com/erste-foundation/docs/05_slavkova
  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2010). Estrategias migratorias de la población gitana bulgara en
    España. In: Perifería 12 (Revista electrónica. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona,
    Departamento de Antropología Social y Cultural).
    Available at: DOI: https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/periferia.535
  • SLAVKOVA, M. (2008). Being Gypsy in Europe: the case of Bulgarian Roma workers in
    Spain. In: Balkanologie XI (1–2).
    Available at: http://balkanologie.revues.org/index1102.html

Projects

National

  • (2017–2020) Cultural Adaptation and Integration of Immigrants in Bulgaria, National
    Science Fund, Ministry of Education and Science, IEFSEM-BAS, Bulgaria/Investigator
  • (2017–2018) Measures to overcome the demographic crisis in the Republic of Bulgaria.
    Institute for population and human studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
    Bulgaria/Investigator
  • (2009–2012) National identity and culture heritage in times of pan-European labour
    mobility (multiple case study of Bulgarians working in Mediterranean region)
    , National
    Science Fund, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science, IEFSEM-BAS, Bulgaria/
    Project coordinator and Investigator
  • (2008–2012) Labour activities of the Bulgarians in Spain, National Science Fund,
    Ministry of Education, Youth and Science, IEFSEM-BAS, Bulgaria/ Principal
    Investigator

International

  • (2018–2019) Documentary heritage of the traditional Protestant communities in
    Bulgaria/EAP1145
    , the British Library, Endangered archives programme, UK/ Project
    coordinator and Investigator
  • (2010–2012) Moving people, changing perspectives: Bulgarian migrations and economic
    crises
    . ERSTE Foundation, Fellowship for Social Researchers 2010-2011, Austria/
    Principal Investigator
  • (2007) Roma woodcarvers in Bulgaria, Open Society Institute, Arts and Culture Network
    Program, Roma Talent Casting Initiative II, Hungary/ Principal Investigator
  • (2006–2007) Lungo Drom/Long Way - Bulgarian and Romanian Romani migrants in
    Spain
    , Equal Initiative (European Commission), Intercultural Institute in Timişoara
    (Romania), Asprosocu, Cepaim, Alhora Kethane, Fakali (Spain)/ Investigator