Yvanka Raynova, D.Sc., Phil.Dr., PhD, is Full Professor of Contemporary Western philosophy,
and Professor Honoris Causa of the International Institute of Hermeneutics.
She is the recipient of a number of awards, including the Prize for an outstanding monograph of national importance
of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and the Hermes Award: A Book of the Year in Phenomenological Hermeneutics.
She is author of more than 250 scientific publications in 8 languages, including 9 monographs and has edited 21 collective works.
Raynova is the editor-in-chief of the series “Philosophy, Phenomenology and Hermeneutics of Values” published by Peter Lang, and of
Labyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics.


Contemporary Western Philosophy, Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Axiology, Religious Philosophy

“Gadamers philosophische Hermeneutik: Einflüsse, Wirkungen, Debatten”, Labyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics, 2022, https://doi.org/10.25180/lj.v24i1.293 ;
“The ‘Hermes Qualities’: From Interpretative Translation to Translative Hermeneutics”, Analecta Hermeneutica, 2022, vol. 14.2, pp. 78-108;
“Sein, Sinn und Werte. Phänomenologische und hermeneutische Perspektiven des europäischen Denkens”, Frankfurt am Main et al.: Peter Lang, 2017, https://doi.org/10.3726/b11868 ;


“Philosophy and Art History: New interpretations of Nikolay Raynov’s work” (2020-2023)
“Bulgarian Voices Abroad: Philosophical Emphases” (2017-2021)
“Human Rights, Women’s Rights and Values: Contemporary Philosophical Aspects” (2012-2015)