Irina Georgieva

Assoc. Prof. Irina Georgieva, PhD is an academic at New Bulgarian University, specializing in Modern Russian Language, Intercultural Communication, and Linguistic Worldview. She teaches courses such as Russian for Business, Intercultural Communication, and Practical Russian at the undergraduate level.

• PhD in Slavic Languages (Modern Russian) from Sofia University (2003)
• Master's in Russian Philology from Moscow State Pedagogical University (1987)

Her research focuses on temporal structures in Russian and Bulgarian, including prepositional semantics, linguistic models of time, and cultural semiotics. She has authored over 36 publications, including monographs and conference proceedings, exploring topics like daily time cycles and intercultural communication.

Recent publications highlight her expertise in comparative linguistics and cognitive linguistics, with a focus on daily time perception and cultural metaphors in Slavic languages.

Georgieva has participated in international research projects, including studies on Russian language acquisition through karaoke and collaborative programs with Moscow State Linguistic University. She serves as Deputy Chairman of the Sofia Society of Russian Scholars in Bulgaria and has presented at European universities under the Erasmus+ program.