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Bojidar Dimitrov, M.A.

Doctoral Student

Short Curriculum Vitae

since Oct. 2013 Doctoral Student (Semitic Studies) / Research Associate. Research Project: Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus. Dissertation Topic: The Syriac Translation of Claudius Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos. A Case Study in Graeco-Semitic Textual Transmission.
Apr. 2004 – Aug. 2012 University of Münster. Germany
MA Byzantine Studies (primary subject)
MA Middle Eastern Studies
MA Romance Philology
MA Thesis: Der Codex Guelf. Gud. gr. 70
Sept. 1999 – May 2003 Green Mountain College. Poultney, Vermont, USA
BA History
BA Philosophy
BA Thesis in History: The Albigensian Crusade

Annual Conference of the German Society for the History of Medicine, Natural Science and Technology. Paper Topic: Claudius Ptolemaeus und das astrologische Erbe der Spätantike im Morgen- und Abendland. [Claudius Ptolemy and the Astrological Legacy of Late Antiquity in the Orient and the West] (forthcoming, September 13^th 2014, Munch)
Annual Conference of the British Society for the History of Science. Paper Topic: The Dissemination of Greek Science in the Near East. The Case of Claudius Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos. (July 3^rd – 6^th 2014, University of St Andrews, Scotland)