Hristo Kyuchukov

Who is Hristo Kyuchukov?

Hristo Kyuchukov is a Bulgarian of Romani descent, who is a leading specialist in the field of Romani psycholinguistics and education of Roma children in Europe. He holds a Ph. D. in psycholinguistics from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Ph. D. in Education and DrSc in Education from Bulgaria. Prof. Dr. Hristo Kyuchukov introduced the Romani language education in Bulgaria to primary and secondary school children at the beginning of 1990's, and he also introduced new University programs connected to Romani language education at University level in Bulgaria and in Slovakia. In 2011 Hristo Kyuchukov introduced a new subject in the M.A. Program of the Institute of Turkology at the Free University of Berlin, Germany: "Turkish Dialects of Muslim Roma from Balkan countries". He is an author of number of scientific publications regarding Romani, Turkish,Gagauz, Bulgarian and Russian in contact; acquisition of Romani and Turkish; education of Roma children in Europe. He is also an author of children's books: "A history of the Romani People" written in co-authorship with Ian Hancock and "My name was Hussein" published by Boyds Mills Press, USA. Hristo Kyuchukov is a Professor in Romani language and culture at the St. Elizabeth University in Bratislava, Slovakia and Guest-Lecturer at the Institute of Turkology, Free University of Berlin, Germany and Guest-Lecturer at Beloit College, WI, USA. In 2013 for his extraordinary work in the field of Roma Education in Europe prof. Kyuchukov received the title "Coresponding Member" of the International Educational Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia. Prof. Dr. Hristo Kyuchukov is editor of the "International Journal of Romani Language and Culture" published by Lincom Publishers in Germany. He was also "proposed for Vice-Minister on Roma Educational Integration at the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science"