Bogoya Dimitrov

Bogoya Dimitrov is a Researcher in the Department of History at the European University Institute. His research focuses on diplomatic history, Cold War dynamics, human rights, and transnational tensions. His doctoral thesis, The End of the Cold War from the Peripheries: Bulgarian-Turkish Tensions in International Organizations (1984-1989), is supervised by Prof. Monika Baar and second-read by Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol. His work examines geopolitical conflicts and international organizational engagements in late Cold War contexts.

Key research themes include the intersection of Cold War politics with regional conflicts, the role of international institutions in mediating tensions, and the historical dynamics between Bulgaria and Turkey within a broader Mediterranean and European framework. Dimitrov’s scholarship bridges diplomatic history with studies of post-1945 international relations, emphasizing peripheral actors' agency in global Cold War narratives.