Sofiya Zahova
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Sofiya Zahova is the director of the Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding at the University of Iceland. The centre operates under the auspices of UNESCO and is an affiliated organisation of the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute for Foreign Languages at the University of Iceland. Sofiya Zahova is primarily dedicated to the study and research of Romani literature in Europe and is a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She currently represents Iceland on the Steering Committee for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032. The interview is segmented into sections that briefly map her activities, milestones achieved and comments on the development of Romani literature. It was created on 11.12.2023 in Prešov and is conducted in English, the final part is in Romani.
recorded: 11. 12. 2023
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided English Romani Sofiya Zahova academic audience internal
