Ivan llchev (b.1953) is full professor in Modern Balkan History at the Sofia University. He teaches modern history of the Balkans (18th-20th centuries), social history of the Balkans, history of Bulgaria, international relations in the Balkans, theory and history of propaganda, history of advertising in Bulgaria, history and theory of nationalism in the Balkans. He was Visiting Professor at Chiba University, Japan, and at the W. Wilson Center at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C.