Authors of Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies

Nina Aksić Institute of Ethnography SASA, nina.aksic[@]ei.sanu.ac.rs

Ekaterina Anastasova, Editor-in-chef, PhD, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; ekaterina_anastasova[@]yahoo.com

Nijolė Pliuraitė Andrejevienė The Open-Air Museum of Lithuania, Rumšiškės, Lithuania, npliuraite[@]yahoo.co.uk 

Monika Balikienė Institute for Advanced Studies (VILIAS), Lithuania, m.balikiene[@]gmail.com

Milena Benovska South-West University ‘Neofit Rilski’ – Blagoevgrad, milena.benovska[@]gmail.com

Mariyanka Borisova Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; mariyanka.borisova[@]iefem.bas.bg 

Tsimur Buiko The Ethnolinguistics and Folklore Sector, Centre for Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature Research, Belarusian National Academy of Sciences; Minsk, Belorusia, tsimurbelarus[@]gmail.com

Jurgita Dečiunienė Vilnius Crisis Prevention Center, Lithuania, bagdanaviciutej[@]gmail.com

Aleksandra Dugushina Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, dygi[@]inbox.ru

Irina Dushakova Institute of Media of the Faculty of Creative Industries of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia; dusacova[@]gmail.com, idushakova[@]hse.ru

Natalia Ermakov Research Fellow, Department of Folkloristics, Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu, Estonia, natalia.ermakov[@]folklore.ee

Oleksandr Ganchev State University of Intellectual Technologies and Communications, Ukraine, alexander_ganchev[@]yahoo.com

Lina Gergova Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, lina.gergova[@]iefem.bas.bg

Yana Gergova Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, yana.gergova[@]iefem.bas.bg

Natalia Golant Department of Europe Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, natalita1977[@]yandex.ru

Nikita Gusev Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, gusevns[@]gmail.com

Ott Heinapuu The Centre for Environmental History, Tallinn University, Estonia, ottheinapuu[@]gmail.com 

Artem Indychenko Department of Typology and Comparative Linguistics at the Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, aaindychenko[@]gmail.com

Barry L. Jackson Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.,  bleejack[@]yahoo.com

Wiktoria Jarska Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, wiktoria.jarska[@]student.uj.edu.pl

Mare Kalda Senior researcher, Deprtment of Folkloristics, Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu, Estonia, mare.kalda[@]folklore.ee

Raivo Kalle Department of Folkloristics, Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu, Estonia, raivo.kalle[@]kirmus.ee, raivo.kalle[@]mail.ee

Eda Kalmre Department of Folkloristics, Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu, Estonia, eda.kalmre[@]folklore.ee

Anete Karlsone Institute of Latvian History, University of Latvia, anete.karlsone[@]gmail.com 

Māra Kiope Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, mara.kiope[@]lu.lv

Marija Kitanova Institute for Bulgarian Language “Professor Liubomir Andreichin”, Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences, miyak[@]gmail.com

Svitlana Koch International Relations, Political Science аnd Sociology, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine svetlana.v.koch[@]gmail.com

Mare Kõiva Estonian Literary Museum, mare[@]folklore.ee 

Karlis Aleksandrs Konkovs Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Latvia, rhvkonkovs[@]gmail.com

Solveiga Krumina-Konkova Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia,  konkova[@]latnet.lv

Andres Kuperjanov Researcher at the Department of Folkloristics at the Estonian Literary Museum, Estonia,
cps[@]folklore.ee

Pavel Kutergin University of Tartu, kuterezhik[@]mail.ru

Victoria Legkikh Technical University of Munich, Germany, victoria.legkikh[@]tum.de

Viktor Levchenko The Department of Cultural Studies at the Odesa I. I. Mechnikov University, Odesa, Ukraine, victorlevchenko1961[@]gmail.com

Elizaveta Lozhkina Department of Interdisciplinary and Applied Research, Udmurt Institute of History, Language and Literature, Udmurt Federal Research Centre, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Izhevsk, Russia, ev_lozhkina[@]udman.ru

Milena Lyubenova Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, milena.lyubenova[@]iefem.bas.bg 

Ivaylo Markov Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, ivaylo.markov[@]iefem.bas.bg

Tanya Matanova Institute of Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences, Bulgaria, tanya.matanova[@]iefem.bas.bg

Tatyana Mikhailova Department of Germanic and Celtic Studies, Philological Faculty, Moscow State
University, Russia; Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences, tamih.msu[@]mail.ru

Tatiana Minniyakhmetova independent scholar, Austria, minnijah[@]hotmail.com      

Galina Miškinienė Research Centre of Written Heritage, Institute of Lithuanian Language, Vilnius, Lithuania, miskinienegalina[@]gmail.com        

Akvilė Motuzaitė The University of Turku, Finland, akvilem21[@]hotmail.com   

Kristina Muhu Department of Folkloristics, Estonian Literary Museum, Centre of Excellence in
Estonian Studies, kristina.muhu[@]folklore.ee

Vytautas Navickas Institute for Advanced Studies (VILIAS), Lithuania, fraze.vytautas[@]gmail.com

Alexander Novik Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) of
the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, njual[@]mail.ru, novik.petersburg[@]gmail.com

Robert Parkin School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Oxford, United Kingdom, robert.parkin[@]anthro.ox.ac.uk 

Ana Pascu The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Romania, ana2ania[@]yahoo.com     

Rasa Paukštytė-Šaknienė Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius, Lithuania, rasa.sakniene[@]gmail.com  

Nadežda Pazuhina Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the University of Latvia,  nadja_pazukhina[@]inbox.lv

Violeta Periklieva Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic  Museum,  Bulgarian  Academy  of  Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, vioperi[@]yahoo.com

Lina Petrošienė Department of Baltic Philology, Department of Baltic Philology, Klaipėda University, Lithuania, laurinitta[@]gmail.com   

Petar Petrov The  Institute  of  Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, pgpetrof[@]yahoo.com

Ieva Pīgozne Institute of Latvian History, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, ieva.pigozne[@]lu.lv

Desislava Pileva Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, desislava.pileva[@]iefem.bas.bg

Oleksandr Prigarin Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine, prigarin.alexand[@]gmail.com

Rasa Račiūnaitė-Paužuolienė Department of Cultural Studies, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania, r.raciunaite[@]hmf.vdu.lt     

Kostiantyn Raikhert The Department of Philosophy at the Odesa I. I. Mechnikov University, Odesa, Ukraine, k.rayhert[@]onu.edu.ua

Marigonë Rizani The Nursing Department at UBT College, Pristina, Kosovo, marigone.rizani[@]ubt-uni.net

Inese Runce Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia, runceine[@]latnet.lv

Nadezhda Rychkova Kazan National Research Technological University, Russia, nadvas2[@]rambler.ru 

Sergey Rychkov Kazan Innovative University named after V. G. Timiryasov (IEML), Russia, rychkovkazan[@]rambler.ru 

Svetlana Ryzhakova Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Science, Russian Federation, SRyzhakova[@]gmail.com 

Heldur Sander retired scientist, Tallinn, Estonia, heldsander[@]gmail.com

Irina Sedakova Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, irina.a.sedakova[@]gmail.com

Dalia Senvaitytė PhD, Associate Professor at the Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania, dalia.senvaityte[@]vdu.lt

Zekirja Shabani Istanbul University, Turkey and The Institute of Albanology, Prishtina, Kosovo, zekirjash2[@]gmail.com, zekirja.shabani[@]rks-gov.net

Božica Slavković Mirić Institute for Recent History of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia, bozica.slavkovic[@]gmail.com

Irina Stahl Institute of Sociology, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania, irinastahl[@]yahoo.fr

Atanaska Stancheva The Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, atanaska.stancheva[@]iefem.bas.bg

Halyna Stoyanova Department of Archaeology and Ethnology of Ukraine, Odessa National I. I. Mechnikov University, gzstoyanova[@]gmail.com

Guzel Stolyarova The Institute of International Relations of Kazan Federal University, Russia, guzelstol[@]mail.ru

Žilvytis Šaknys Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius, Lithuania, shaknys[@]gmail.com     

Irma Šidiškienė Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius, Lithuania, irmasidiskiene[@]gmail.com  

Andrus Tins MA, sociology, Department of Folkloristics, Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu, Estonia, andrus.tins[@]folklore.ee

Svetoslava Toncheva Comparative Folklore Studies Department, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, svetahet[@]abv.bg 

Evgenia Troeva  Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria, troeva[@]abv.bg

Sergey Troitskiy Department of Folkloristics, Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu, Estonia, sergei.troitskii[@]folklore.ee

Vytautas Tumėnas Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Lithuanian Institute of History, 2vytautaitis[@]gmail.com

Yuliia Uzun International Relations, Political Science аnd Sociology, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine, uzun.ulia76[@]gmail.com

Nijolė Vailionytė Vytautas  Magnus University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Cultural Studies, Kaunas, Lithuania, nijole.vailionyte[@]vdu.lt

Gintarė Vaitonytė Vytautas Magnus University, Educational Research Institute, Kaunas, Lithuania, gintare.vaitonyte[@]vdu.lt

Eugenija Valienė Vytautas Magnus University, Departament of Lithuanian Studies, Kaunas, Lithuania, eugenija.valiene[@]vdu.lt

Jüri Viikberg PhD, The Institute of the Estonian Language, Tallinn, Estonia, jyri.viikberg[@]eki.ee

Ciprian Voicilă PhD, Sociologist at the Romanian Peasant Museum, Bucharest, Romania, ciprianvoicila[@]gmail.com

Piret Voolaid Department of Folkloristics,  Estonian Literary Museum, piret[@]folklore.ee

Veneta Yankova Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary, veneta_yankova[@]abv.bg   

Pavlo Yeremieiev PhD, The School of History and The School of Philosophy, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraina, p.v.eremeev[@]karazin.ua, yeremieievpavlo[@]gmail.com

Maria Zavyalova Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, mariazavyalova[@]gmail.com 

Peter Žeňuch Jan Stanislav Institute of Slavistics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, slavpeze[@]gmail.com

Nataliya Zlydneva PhD, The Culture History Department at the Institute for Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation, natzlydneva[@]gmail.com

 

 

ISSN (print) 2613-7844 (online) 2613-7852 YBBS is a joint publication of Bulgarian, Lithuanian,  Estonian and Latvian Academies of Sciences, Centre of Excellence in Estonian Studies, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Estonian Literary Museum, Lithuanian Institute of History, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia.