Biography

Education:

• 2022 – Onwards - doctoral student at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje.
• 2013  Master Degree in history at the Institute of National History, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje; Subject: The cult and tradition of the holy anchorites in Macedonia.
• 2011 Bachelor Degree in ethnology and anthropology at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje; Subject: Historical and transcultural display of the interpretation of the dreams with examples from Macedonian traditional and contemporary culture. 

Professional experience:

• 03/2026 - Onwards - Senior laboratory assistant at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje
• 10/2022 – Assistant at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje.
• 12/2021 - 09/2022 - Senior laboratory assistant for visual anthropology and museology at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje.

Books

2025 - "The Cult and Tradition of the Holy Anchorites in Macedonia" - Skopje: The Macedonian Student Ethnological Society

Articles and Conferences

Published articles:

• Measures of prevention and protection against vampires in the folk religion of the Balkans. Religija i tolerancija. - Vol. 22, No. 42 (2024), p. 363–374
• THE VAMPIRES IN THE ALBANIAN FOLKLORE. Albanologija, Vol. 11 | No. 21-22, 2024.
• "The cult of the saint and the meaning of the monastery of St. Gavril Lesnovski", History vol. XLIX, number 1, Skopje, 2014, p. 147-156   

Conferences and lectures:

2025 - Participant in the conference "Macedonia in ethnological and anthropological science - from within and beyond" with the topic: Representations of the folkloric vampire in Macedonia through the lens of “from within and beyond”

2025 - Participant in the 52nd International Scientific Conference of the International Seminar on Macedonian Language, Literature and Culture at the University "St. Cyril and Methodius" in Skopje, with the topic: "Aspects of Vampire Folklore in Macedonia"

15.02.2024 - Lecture at the Seminar: Thank you for the comments, IEA, with the topic: "Ethnological and historical-religious observations on the phenomenon of the Balkan vampire"

Проекти

2024 - Participant in the Digitization of the magazine "Macedonian Folklore" and other publications within the Digital Treasury of Ethnological and Anthropological Resources, IEA

2022-2025 - Participant in the project "Ethnological and Anthropological Lexicon of Macedonia. Personalities and Works", IEA

01.05-10.11.2023 - Participant in the project "Folklore and ethnological research of the material culture of the Gorani people"