Theodora Dragostinova

Theodora Dragostinova

Theodora Dragostinova received a B.A. in History and Archaeology from the University of Athens, Greece (1998), a M.A. in History from the University of Florida (2000), and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2005). Professor Dragostinova's work focuses on nation-building, refugee movements, and minority politics in Eastern Europe, with a particular emphasis on the Balkans. She is completing a book manuscript entitled "Between Two Motherlands: Nationality and Emigration among the Greeks of Bulgaria, 1900-1949." She has received grants and fellowships from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), and the American Historical Association. The dissertation on which her book manuscript is based received the John O. Iatrides Prize from the Modern Greek Studies Association for the best English-language dissertation on a Greek topic. Her publications include: “Competing Priorities, Ambiguous Loyalties: Challenges of Socioeconomic Adaptation and National Inclusion of the Interwar Bulgarian Refugees” in Nationalities Papers (November 2006); “Speaking National: Nationalizing the Greeks of Bulgaria, 1900-1939” in Slavic Review (Spring 2008); “Navigating Nationality in the Emigration of Minorities between Bulgaria and Greece, 1919-1941” in East European Politics and Societies (May 2009). Professor Dragostinova teaches courses on "Empires and Nations in Eastern Europe, 1453-1919," "Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century," "Displaced Persons in Eastern Europe," "Nationalism in Eastern Europe," and "European Civilization since 1600." Prior to OSU, she taught at Auburn University.