E-mail: svetlanatsonkova@yahoo.com

Svetlana Tsonkova holds MA degrees in Classical Philology and Medieval Studies, and a PhD in Medieval Studies. Her doctoral dissertation is on cultural analysis of medieval and early modern Bulgarian verbal charms, and their roles and applications in everyday life. Dr. Tsonkova has a number of publications on verbal magic, supernatural figures, crisis rites, popular beliefs and demonology.