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Milena Katsarska

Edited books:

  • Gupta, Suman and Milena Katsarska (eds.) English Studies On This Side: Post-2007 Reckonings. Plovdiv: Plovdiv University Press, 2009. 350 pp. ISBN 978-954-423-568-0
  • Danova, Madeleine and Milena Katsarska (eds.) Intercultural Communication. Sofia: Polis Publishers, 2009. 520 pp. ISBN 978-954-796-030-5.
  • Katsarska, Milena and Zhivko Ivanov (eds.) Migration, Modern Nationalism and Nostalgia for the Homeland in the Age of Globalisation. Plovdiv: Plovdiv University Press. 2007. 255 pp. ISBN 978-954-423-422-5
  • Katsarska, Milena (ed.) Dialogues: American Studies in an International Context. Plovdiv: Bulgarian Association for American Studies publication. 2004. 392 pp. ISBN: 954-91615-1-X.

Authored books:

  • Byram, M., Katsarska, M., Fay, R. et al. Frameworks for analysis of marginalisation practices and discriminatory attitudes in learning materials. Evaluation model for the potential of learning materials in Bulgaria to fulfill the objectives of intercultural education.[in Bulgarian] Sofia: Zebra Publishing House. 2006. ISBN 954-91834-1-6

Co-authored and edited course books in Translation Studies and Advanced Vocabulary Study for English Studies students:

  • Translation Practicum. English and Bulgarian. Vol. 1. Plovdiv: Plovdiv University Press. 2008. ISBN 978-954-423-472-0
  • Admission Tests in English. Plovdiv: Context Publishing House. 2006. ISBN-10: 954-91882-1-3
  • Vocabulary XL. Plovdiv: Nancy Publishing House. 2001. ISBN 954-9718-15-8
  • Translation XL. Plovdiv: Nancy Publishing House. 2001. (2003) ISBN 954-9718-02-6
  • Texts for English-Bulgarian and Bulgarian-English Translation in Philology. Plovdiv: Plovdiv University Press. 1997. ISBN 954-423-127-7

Journal articles and book chapters:

American & Culture Studies

· (with Suman Gupta) ‘The Official Record and the Receptive Field: Zlatyu Boyadzhiev in Communist Times,’ Konsthistorisk Tidskrift/Journal of Art History, 1651-2294, Volume 79, Issue 1, 2010. pp. 1 – 17.

· Chapter, ‘The Bulgarian Connection in Harry Potter’ in Gupta, Suman Re-reading Harry Potter. Second edition. (Palgrave, Macmillan, 2009) pp 183-198

· ‘Cynthia Ozick: A Portrait of a Lady.’ Panorama Journal of the Union of Translators in Bulgaria. Issue VIII. Year XXVIII. 2007. pp 241-252 [In Bulgarian]

· ‘Jazz – the Political Allegory of America’. Journal ‘Vox Literarum: Culture, Communication and Critique’, year ІІІ, issue 4. 2005 pp. 58-70 [in Bulgarian]

· ‘Homi Bhabha – DissemiNation and Cultural Liminality.’ Literature [Literaturata], Journal for Literary History and Theory of the Vazov Sofia University Society, SPS – Print, issues 17-18, 2003, pp. 175-198 [in Bulgarian]

· ‘The Case of Coca-Cola in Bulgaria: Coca-Colonization Eroticized.’ In Katsarska, M. ed. Dialogues: American Studies in an International Context. Bulgarian Association for American Studies publication. 2004. pp. 175-183.

  • ‘Sontag Revisited: Contesting Democratic Photography Practice in EOS Magazine Contests.’In Kosturkov, I. Ed. New Prospects. Plovdiv: Lettera. 2005 (under print)

· ‘Mapping America as a Sign of Liberation in Playboy’s Bulgarian Edition,’ America in the 21st Century: 100 years of Bulgarian-American Diplomatic Relations, Fulbright Commission and Bulgarian Association for American Studies. 2004 (electronic publication)

· ‘Communities and Railroads: America Imagined.’ Academic Publication of the Union of Scholars Plovdiv, series B, Humanities, vol. III. Plovdiv, 2003, pp. 308-314 [in Bulgarian]

· ‘Voices from the Gaps – Motifs in Contemporary Native American Women’s Poetry.’ Journal ‘Vox Literarum: Culture, Communication and Critique’, year І, issue 1 Sofia: Bulgaria International, 2003, pp. 82-92 [in Bulgarian]

· ‘The Train – A Journey across Cultures (Culturally specific considerations in the representation of trains in American, British and Bulgarian literature late 19 – early 20 c.)’ Plovdiv University Paisii Hilendarski, Academic Works, volume 39, book 1, 2001 – Philology, pp. 305-315

· ‘Construction of National Space along the Railroad in American and Bulgarian Literature.’ Danova M. ed. Essays in American Studies, Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Sofia: Polis Publishers, 2001, pp. 57-71

  • ‘The Train vs. the Colt: Organic & Mechanical Communities in D. H. Lawrence’s The Odour of Chrysanthemums.’ InPlovdiv University Paisii Hilendarski, Academic Works, volume 38, book 1, 2000 – Philology. pp. 281-284
  • ‘Privacy Matters: Does Privacy Exist in Bulgarian Context.’ Foreign Language Education Journal, Sofia. Issues 3-4: 2000, pp. 9-18
  • ‘An American Studies Syllabus,’ National Thematic Tempus Seminar on the Problems of Foreign Language Teaching in Bulgaria, proceedings, 2-3 December 1997, Publishing House Kron, Plovdiv 1998, pp. 86-92
  • ‘Impersonations of Jewish-ness in Arthur Miller’s Prose: Focus & Monte Sant’ Angelo,’InPlovdiv University Paisii Hilendarski, Academic Works, volume 34, book 1, 1996 – Philology. Pp. 395-400

Education and disciplinarity (English Studies, Intercultural Education, Intercultural Communication)

  • ‘Student Perceptions of English Studies in Bulgaria’, Nordic Journal of English Studies, Vol. 10, N 1, 2011. pp 155-181.
  • ‘Teaching English for Town or/and Gown: What Should the English Studies Curriculum in HE Cover?’ in Eric Gilder, Alexandra Mitrea, and Ana-Karina Schneider (eds.) The English Connection: 40 years of English Studies at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu. Sibiu and Bucharest: CEPES, 2010. pp 205-210.
  • Chapter, ‘English Studies in Non-Anglophone Contexts: Bulgaria’ in Maria Georgieva and Allan James (eds.) Globalization in English Studies. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010. pp 212-240.
  • (with Suman Gupta) ‘On English Studies and Philology, and on Collaboration and Contributions’ in Suman Gupta and Milena Katsarska (eds.) English Studies On This Side: Post-2007 Reckonings. Plovdiv: Plovdiv University Press, 2009. pp 17 – 43.
  • Katsarska, M., Susan Brown, Richard Fay, Diane Slaouti and Magdalena de Stefani ‘Computer Mediated Intercultural Communication between Manchester and Plovdiv. Students’ Perspectives and Experience’ in Eds. Madeleine Danova and Milena Katsarska. Intercultural Communication. Sofia: Polis Publishers, 2009. pp 453-469.
  • De Stefani, M., Berasain, M.I., Fay, R., Katsarska, M., Brown, S. and Slaouti, D. (2008). ‘Student perceptions regarding the interpersonal and transactional nature of computer-mediated communication.’ Paper presented at the INTED International Technology, Education and Development Conference, 3rd-5th March 2008, Valencia, Spain, and published in: Gómez Chova, L., Martí Belenguer, D., and Candel Torres, I. (Eds.), INTED 2008 Proceedings (CD-ROM and book) (IATED, Valencia).
  • Katsarska, M., Brown, S., Fay, R., Slaouti, D., and De Stefani, M. ‘Computer Mediated Communication between the University of Manchester and Plovdiv University. Students’ Perspectives on a Collaborative Course Experience.’ Plovdiv University – Bulgaria. Scientific Works – Philology. Vol. 45, Book 1, 2007. pp. 124-140. ISSN 0861-0029.
  • Fay, R., Brown, S., Katsarska, M., Slaouti, D. and De Stefani, M. (2007). ‘Developing awareness of the richness and challenges of computer-mediated intercultural communication: Curriculum design and participant experiences.’ Paper presented at the SIETAR Europa congress, “East, West, North and South: Culture’s Influence on Economy, Politics, Ecology, and Religion”, Sofia, Bulgaria, April 25th-29th, 2007. Available online: http://www.sietar-europa.org/congress2007/en/archive_papers.htm (accessed 12th June, 2007).
  • Fay, R., Katsarska, M., Brown, S., Slaouti, D., and De Stefani, M. (2007). ‘Reshaping the Learning Experience: Collaboratively Embedding Intercultural e-Experience into Conventional F2F Programmes.’ Paper presented at the ICODL 2007, 4th International Conference on Open and Distance Learning: Forms of Democracy in Education: Open Access and Distance Education (23 -25 November 2007, Athens). Subsequently published in the Proceedings. A. Lionarkis (Ed.) (Propobos, Athens), pp. 113-119.
  • ‘National Identity in Textbooks and Marginalising Practices: A Case Study from Bulgaria.’ Internationale Schulbuchforschung 29. Hannover: Georg-Eckert Institute for Textbook Research Publication. 2007. Pp 238-250.
  • Davcheva L., Katsarska M., ‘Country update: recent practices of intercultural education in Bulgaria,’ Intercultural Education Journal, Volume 17.5 December. Routledge. 2006. pp. 517-523.
  • ‘Intercultural and Citizenship Education through Critical Approaches to Textbook Production.’ Democratic Citizenship: Education for Human Rights and Intercultural Education in Bulgaria. Interethnic Initiative for Citizenship Rights Foundation. OSI. 2005. [in Bulgarian] (under print)
  • Byram M., R. Fay, L. Davcheva, M. Katsarska, D. Markova. ‘The Helpdesk for Intercultural Learning Materials in Bulgaria.’ Glasnik: Mednarodni znatsveni sestanek. University of Primorska. Koper 2005, pp. 151-155. ISSN1318-9131

· (with Leah Davcheva) ‘Laundry Has No Gene: Gender Issues in Bulgarian Textbooks,’ ALTERA Journal for Gender, Language and Culture, issue 3, April 2005, pp. 12-18 [in Bulgarian]

· ‘Reading Textbooks Interculturally: Helpdesk for Intercultural Learning Materials,’ in Transatlantic Cooperation through Educational and Cultural Exchange, Fulbright Commission. Journal of Managerial Law, special issue, Volume: 47 Issue: 3/4 Barmarick Publications. 2005, pp. 159-168

· ‘2X4X6: Towards an Ideal Cultural Studies Course in Real Conditions.’ Economics & Business: Language & Culture – Conference Proceedings, Varna University of Economics. 2002, pp. 282-287

  • ‘Double Take or How to Say No to Screen Adaptations of Novels.’ Teaching Towards Intercultural Competence, Conference Proceedings, Sofia 3-5 October 1997, 1998, The British Council, Bulgaria, pp. 156-161

Reviews & forum contributions:

· Кацарска, М. Една лична, професионална и дисциплинарна история за начините, по които гледаме на другите и себе си, рецензия на „Различно огледало – история на мултикултурна Америка” от Роналд Такаки, издателство „Стигмати” 2009, публикувана във вестник „Литературен вестник”, брой 9, год. 19, 11-17.03.2009, стр. 6-7. (http://www.bsph.org/members/files/pub_pdf_1024.pdf)

· ‘Rome is Too Close to Home’, in the discussion forum of The Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies, 11 November 2007 (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/ferguson-centre/discussion-docs/disc-katsarska-roma-11nov07.htm)

  • Кацарска, М. Как скришом прочетох „Тайният живот на великите английски писатели”, рецензия за книгата на Йордан Костурков, издателска къща „Хермес”, 2006, публикувана във вестник „Дума” и вестник „Пловдивски университет” брой 10 (365), година ХХІV, 21.12.2006-03.01.2007, стр. 11 (http://www.uni-plovdiv.bg/GetResource?id=369)
  • Кацарска М., Д. Зарева, Литературни срещи между половете, рецензия на учебника по Литература за 11 клас, Пелева И. и А. Хранова, Просвета, София: 2001. В: Консултативен център за антидискриминационна оценка на учебните материали. Портфолио. септември 2005.

· Кацарска М., В. Георгиева, Л. Давчева, Какви роли са отредени на момчетата и момичетата в света на домашния бит и техника?, рецензия на учебника по Домашен бит и техника за 1 клас, Витанов, Л. и Г. Иванов, София: Просвета 2002 и книга за учителя: Домашен бит и техника за 1 клас, Цанев, Н. и М. Костова, София: Просвета и прозорец 2002. . В: Консултативен център за антидискриминационна оценка на учебните материали Портфолио – Преодоляване на маргинализационните практики в учебниците за първи клас. март 2005.

  • Кацарска М., В. Карастатева, Равнопоставеност и взаимодействие между половете в часовете по изобразително изкуство, рецензия на учебника по Изобразително изкуство за 1ви клас, Д. Димитров, П. Цанев, Р. Карапантева, Просвета, София. В: Консултативен център за антидискриминационна оценка на учебните материали Портфолио – Преодоляване на маргинализационните практики в учебниците за първи клас. март 2005.

· Кацарска М., Ц. Харакчиийска, Световната музика за гражданите на света, рецензия на учебника по Музика за 9 клас. В: Консултативен център за антидискриминационна оценка на учебните материали Портфолио. май 2004.

Translations:

  • Over 20 books of contemporary fiction for Publishing House Hermes – Plovdiv.
  • Works of criticism and critical theory, essays by Homi Bhabha, Werner Sollors, etc.

Creative work:

  • Poetry in Shipwrights: The Review of Decentered English, Autumn 2010 (http://www.shipwrightsreview.com/)
  • Poetry and short prose in Fly in the Head Literary Magazine of the American University in Blagoevgrad. Winter 2008.