Univ.-Doz. Dr. Velizar Sadovski - Curriculum Vitae
November 2011
Born on 15.10.1972 in Kyustendil, Bulgaria.
Master of Philosophy (General and Comparative Linguistics), University of Vienna (1996), summa cum laude.
Doctor of Philosophy (Indo-European Languages), University of Vienna (2001), summa cum laude.
Researcher (since 1998) and Senior Researcher (since 2010) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
"Habilitation" as Universitätsdozent (Assoc. Professor) in the field of Indo-European Studies.
Deputy Director of the Institute of Iranian Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences from 01.01.2009 to 31.10.2011.
Scholarly and Academic Activities
2009, 2010
Visiting Lectures at the Department for Indo-European Studies of the University of Munich, Germany.
2009, 2010
Special lectures for doctoral and advanced students of Historical and Comparative Linguistics, in the framework of the Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics at the Faculty of Letters, University of Leiden.
since 2008
Member of the Board of the international Society for Indo-European Studies (Indogermanische Gesellschaft).
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Lectures at the University of Leiden, Netherlands.
2006, 2008
Socrates/Erasmus-Professorship at the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy.
2008, 2010
Socrates/Erasmus-Professorship at L’Orientale University of Naples.
2006, 2008
Socrates/Erasmus-Professorship at La Sapienza University of Rome I.
since 2005
Visiting Professorship of Iranian Philology at the University of Bologna, Italy.
since 2004
Visiting Lectures at the Italian Institute for Africa and the East (IsIAO), Bologna.
since 2002
Researcher at the new-founded Institute of Iranian Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
since 2001
Lecturer at the Institute of Slavonic Studies, University of Vienna
since 2006
Co-editor of the publication series “Iranische Onomastik” of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
since 2005
Co-editor of the publication series “Veröffentlichungen zur Iranistik” of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
since 2004
Co-editor of the international project Lexicon of Iranian Personal Names (Iranisches Personennamenbuch).
2000-2002
Research Project Oriental Manuscripts at the University Library of Vienna.
since 1998
Researcher at the Commission for Iranian Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
since 1996
Co-editor of the Old Church Slavonic glagolitic monument Missale Sinaiticum, Cod. Sin. Slav. 5/N, found 1975 (together with Prof. Dr. Heinz Miklas) published by the Balkan commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Research mission to St. Catherine’s Monastery at Sinai, Egypt, in 2007.
since 1996
Papers and invited lectures on international scientific congresses and conferences on Iranian and Indo-European Studies at Amsterdam (2007), Athens (2009), Berlin (2009, 2010), Bonn (1998), Bucharest (2010, 2011), Cagli (2005, 2007), Cervia (2007, 2008), Copenhagen (2000), Cracow (2004), Dushanbe (2005), Erlangen (1997), Faenza (2007, 2008), Freiburg (2001), Graz (2003), Halle (2000), Jena (2002), Kyoto (2009), Leiden (since 2007), London (2006), Lugo (2006–2008), Marburg (2008, 2010), Milan (2005), Modena (2008), Munich (since 2005), Naples (since 2007), Oslo (since 2010), Paris (2003), Pleven (2001), Ravenna (since 2003), Rome (since 2005), Salamanca (2009), San Marino (2005, 2006, 2007), Salzburg (1998), Sofia (1988-9, 2000-1, 2008-9), Trapani (since 2005), Viterbo (since 2008), Vienna (since 1996).
Memberships in International and National Organizations
Foreign Member of the Italian Society for Indo-European Studies (Società Italiana di Glottologia) (since 2010)
Associate Member of the Center of Historical Linguistics (Zentrum für Historische Sprachwissenschaft) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and the University of Munich, Germany (since 2010)
Board Member of the International Society for Indo-European Studies, Wiesbaden (since 2008); full member of the Society since 2000.
Member of the Control Commission at the Board of the Societas Iranologica EuropaeaEuropaea; full member of the Societas since 2003.
Foreign Corresponding Member of the Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente, Rome (since 2005)
Member of the Philological Society of Great Britain, London (since 2002)
Full Member of the Wiener Sprachgesellschaft (since 2001).
Founding Member of the Wiener Archäographisches Forum, Vienna, Austria, since 2000.
