International Institute of Anthropology

International Institute of Anthropology was founded in 2001 by Lolita Nikolova, PhD
in Salt Lake City. It is a research, educational and social institution, which main field
of interest and activity is the Balkans and especially Bulgaria. We always work in
collaboration with other academic, research and social organizations.

Current projects

Exhibit: Studying Balkan and Northwest Anatolian Prehistory. Marriott Library,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec 18, 2006 - end of January, 2007. 5 Year
Anniversary of the International Institute of Anthropology.

Reports of Prehistoric Research Project

Marija Gimbutas lecture grant for 2007: Professor Jak Yakar (Israel) in Utah and in
California

International Essay-Contest: We need to be in our epoch, if we want to feel
it in our everydayness (170 year anniversary of the Vassil Levski's birth, 18 July
2007) (info in Bulgarian)

World Bulgarian Convention, 17-19 May 2012

Prehistory of Eurasia. Research and Web project

Anthropology of Everydayness. Research and Web project

Genealogical case studies. Research and field-trip projects

Anthropological trips. Individual and in groups

Archaeological field school in Dubene, Karlovo, Bulgaria. 2008

We contribute to the foundation of the chaste and virtuous global civil society by
a professional scholar research and a variety of social projects. Your help is
essential for us to complete our innovative goals and tasks. Thank you in advance
for your generosity.

Fund raising:
Publication of Reports of Prehistoric Research Projects

Participation in the 170 Year anniversary of Vassil Levski

World Bulgarian Convention 2008

To make a donation, e-mail to admin@iianthropology.org

Bulgarians of t he Year in the USA

Can we help?

Articles by Lolita Nikolova published at
Journey.com (in Bulgarian) at
http:/www.iianthropology.org/journeybg

Bulgarians contribute to the prestige world culture
Promotio: Denitsa Moneva, an artist from Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Professor Jak Yakar was in Salt Lake City, Utah,
on March 15 and March 16, 2007. He
delivered a lecture at the University of Utah,
participated in a seminar if Professor Bradley
Parker and on March 16 he was a special guest
of the Bulgarians of Utah and their friends at
Belvedere.

A Montana Folk group (Bulgaria) visited Utah in
March 2007. (journey.bg in Bulgarian)
March 22. A performance in the Salt Lake
Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah (USA).
March 24, Saturday, Helper, Utah

Bulgarians contribute to
the prestige world culture

Albena Denkova and
Maxim Staviski (ice
dancing) - World
champions for 2007 (23
March, Tokyo, Japan)
Congratulations!

Russian Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah, 24 March 2007

Thank you Galina for this wonderful cultural event in Salt Lake City, Utah!

International Institute of Anthropology
(IIA) is an academic, education and social institution
founded in 2001 and directed by Lolita Nikolova, PhD
(Salt Lake City, Utah).
Most of the IIA webpages include original material only.
The students in archaeology and cultural anthropology
can find fundamental and the most actual information
on Prehistory of Eurasia and especially Balkan
Prehistory, cultural anthropology, anthropology of
everydayness, and hot theoretical and social problems of

archaeology and anthropology. Even in cases in which
we refer to other websites, all the information published
by IIA is academically filtered and completely trustful.
For comments, suggestions or broken links please e-mail
to: admin@iianthropology.org

Others about us:
Eastern European Archaeology

Our new favorite external link:
http://nona.net/features/map/placedetail.902800/Karlovo/

Other external links:
University of Utah
National Archaeological Institute and Museum, Sofia,
Bulgaria
Eurochicago.com
Sean Hannaty Show

E-libraries
http://www.questia.com/app/direct/SM.qst

Dictionaries online
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/anthropology.html
http://www.webster-dictionary.net/d.aspx?w=anthropo logy
http://online.lingvosoft.com/main.jsp?do=Lingvosoft.com-
online-form_sample&direction=1&status=translate&lang
1=23&lang2=bg&source=anthropology

Anthropology of Everydayness

Dinner in the house of Linda Nikolova in Salt
Lake City, Utah (March 25, 2007)

Thanks you Linda for the wonderful night in
your home!

The 13th Annual Meeting of the European Association of
Archaeologists - Zadar, Croatia, 18-23.09.2007

The Magic of Wood. An Art
Exhibit in Salt Lake City,
Utah, with the participation
of Denitsa Moneva.

Radiocarbon released online the article of Dr Lolita Nikolova and Dr Jochen Goersdorf NEW RADIOCARBON
DATES FROM THE BALKANS (DUBENE-SAROVKA): APPROACH TO THE EARLY BRONZE ABSOLUTE
CHRONOLOGY IN UPPER THRACE (.pdf file)

Bulgarian Vassil Levski (1837-1873) and the World
Humanism
International Essay-Contest "We need to be in our epoch if we want to feel it in our everydayness". More...

New art show in the Main Street, Salt Lake City
Downtown, Utah. More...

Problems of the Social Reproduction

Sessions to be proposed by Lolita Nikolova, Marco Merlini and
Cristian Schuster in Malta - the 14th Annual Meeting of the EAA,
16-21 September 2008

Celebrating the 170the Birth
Anniversary of Vassil Levski in Karlovo,
Bulgaria (under construction)

Salt Lake City art exhibit at
127 S Main St. October
2007

Bulgarians of 2007 in the USA

Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D.
University of Utah Gene-Targeting
Pioneer,
Wins 2007 Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine
Congratulations!

International Essay-Contest Happiness and Truth in
the Women's Everydayness

One year Bulgarian society in Utah (11-4-07)

The King Tutankhamun's face unveiled for the first
time
(from yahoo.com)

Call for nominations of c ultural e vents of the y ear in Salt Lake City

Archaeologists as People

International Institute of Anthropology

29 S State Street #206,Salt Lake City, Utah 84111,Tel.: (801) 363 3123,e-mail: a dmin @iianthropology.org

Claire Smith, the President of the World
Archaeological Congress - the
archaeologist of the year in the world at the
International Institute of Anthropology for
her theme at 6 WAC "Archaeologists as
people"

Nominated Bulgarian
scholars and artists for
Academics and
Correspondence Members
of the Bulgarian Academy
of Science . The
International Institute of
Anthropology supports
Rumen Skorchev

Rumen Skorchev

6th World Archaeological Congress Session: Old Wine in New Bottles: Working on Old
Excavations Using New Methods

85th Birth Anniversary of Eugen Comşa

Two gold medals for Vanina Harkova (Bulgarian American) from the State
Olympiad in Utah (March 30, 2008, Weber State University). Vanina is a
Bulgarian of 2007 in USA in Category Young Artist- Sponsor. She is
nominated for Bulgarians of Year 2008 in the USA for her success on March
30th.