Elena Uzunova

Elena Georgieva Uzunova (b. 1957). Associate Professor, PhD, archivist at the St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library. She graduated in Bulgarian Philology from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (1980). She defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic "Marginalia of Bulgarian Scribes from the 15th–17th Centuries and Their Significance for Bulgarian Historical Lexicology" (1997). She obtained her habilitation with the work "Catalogue of Slavic Manuscripts in the Sofia National Library," Vol. VI (2006). Her research interests are in the fields of scholarly descriptions and catalogues of collections of Slavic Cyrillic manuscripts from the 10th–19th centuries, as well as the preparation of academic and popular-science works in the field of the history of the Bulgarian language, Old Bulgarian literature, and culture. She served as an archivist and chief archivist in the Manuscripts and Old Printed Books Department at the St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library (1980–2024).

Major Publications:

• "Marginalia of Bulgarian Scribes, 10th–18th Century": Vol. 1. 10th–15th C. (2003), Vol. 2. 16th–18th C. (2004), co-authored with B. Hristova and D. Karadzhova

• "Catalogue of Slavic Manuscripts in the Church-Historical and Archival Institute – Sofia", Vol. 1 (2009), co-authored with B. Hristova and El. Musakova

• "Slavic Musical Manuscripts in the Rila Monastery" (2012), co-authored with A. Atanasov, Sv. Kuyumdzhieva, V. Velinova, and El. Musakova

• "Rila Musical Manuscripts Beyond the Rila Monastery" (2024), co-authored with A. Atanasov, Sv. Kuyumdzhieva, and V. Velinova