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Biography
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Teaching & Research Interests
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Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Dr. Anna Boshnakova is a Professor of Anthropology at Sheridan College, where she teaches cultural and applied anthropology, the anthropology of music, posthuman culture, visual narratives, visual culture, and creative studies within the Degree Breadth and General Education curriculum. Since joining Sheridan in 2009, she has developed interdisciplinary courses exploring culture, creativity, visual communication, music, emerging technologies, and posthuman futures.
Dr. Boshnakova holds a Ph.D. in the History of Philosophy with a specialization in the Anthropology of Antiquity (summa cum laude), an M.A. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, and a B.A. in Cultural Studies. Before joining Sheridan, she served as a Lecturer in the Department of History of Philosophy at St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, a Senior Expert and Curator at the National Museum of History in Sofia, Bulgaria, and a Visiting Researcher at the Universities of Heidelberg and Halle in Germany.
Her interdisciplinary research reconstructs past cultural realities through the study of ethnographic collections, music-related archaeological artifacts, historical and epigraphic evidence, and visual narratives.
Dr. Boshnakova’s scholarship includes two monographs, numerous peer-reviewed articles, and textbook chapters in anthropology, visual culture, music archaeology, and classical studies. She has also participated in international conferences and scholarly collaborations across these fields.
She is a long-standing member of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology (ISGMA); MOISA—the International Society for the Study of Greek and Roman Music and Its Cultural Heritage; and the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS).
Selected Bibliography
Boshnakova A. 2024. "Attic Vases with Implied Melodies ", in: Music in Art: International Journal for Music Iconography, XLIX/1-2, 2024, Research Center for Music Iconography, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, pp. 37–86.
Boshnakova, A. 2020. Experiencing Culture. In: J. Pulis and P. Angelini (Eds.), Social and Behavioural Sciences: Exploring Human Behavior and the Environment, TOPHAT.
Boshnakova, A. and J. Ginter. 2020. Introduction to Anthropology. In: J. Pulis and P. Angelini (Eds.), Social and Behavioural Sciences: Exploring Human Behavior and the Environment, TOPHAT, pp. 3-55.
Boshnakova, A. 2017. “Anthropological Analysis of 'Musical Records' on Late Archaic and Classical Vase Paintings”. In: R. Eichmann, L. Koch, Fang Jianjun (Hrsg.), Studien zur Musikarchäologie X, pp. 247 – 250.
Boshnakova, A. 2009. The World of Ancient Man: Ancient Greece. Prosveta: Sofia.
Boshnakova, A. 2008. "Reading Ancient Greek Music in Documents, Images, and Artifacts: On the Practical Application of Musical Archeology" In E. Hickmann, R. Eichmann, L. Koch, and A. Both (Hrsg.) Studien zur Musikarchäologie VII, pp. 337 – 345.
Boshnakova, A. 2007. "Hermeneutics of the Archaeological Artifact: Destruction and Reconstruction of the Lost Meaning" In K. Boshnakov (Ed.) Jubilaeus VI: The Ancient Heritage of the Black Sea, pp. 51-102.
Boshnakova, A. 2006. "Bittgesang für Apollo", Abenteuer Archäologie 3, pp. 32-33.
Boshnakova, A. 2005. "From the Visible to the Invisible – Musical Metaphysics from the 6th and 5th Centuries B.C." In: E. Hickmann, R. Eichmann (Hrshg.) Studien zur Musikarchäologie IV, (Orient-Archäologie 15), pp. 35-48.
Boshnakova, A. 2003. Aulos and Lyra: The Philosophy of Music in Ancient Hellas (Diss.). Publ. Comp. LIK: Sofia.
Teaching Interests
- Cultural Anthropology, Creative Studies, Anthropology of Music, Visual Narratives, Art History, Music Archaeology, Museum Studies, Applied Anthropology, Behavioural Sciences
Research Interests
- Anthropology of Creativity, Visual Culture, Art History, Cultural Anthropology, Arts, Fashion and Design, History and Philosophy of Culture, Music Archaeology
Artistic and Professional Performances
Boshnakova, A. (2006). Nikeforos, Musical reconstruction. International Study Group on Music Archaeology (ISGMA). Berlin, Germany.
Book Chapters
Boshnakova, A., Ginter, J. (2016). Introduction to Anthropology. In In: Social and Behavioural Sciences: Exploring Human Behavior and the Environment(pp. pp. 3-55.). Nelson Education Ltd.
Boshnakova, A. (2016). Experiencing Culture. In In: J. Pulis and P. Angelini (Eds.), Social and Behavioural Sciences: Exploring Human Behavior and the Environment(pp. pp. 127-166). Nelson Education Ltd.
Boshnakova, A., Ginter, J. (2018). Introduction to Anthropology. In In: J. Pulis and P. Angelini (Eds.), Social and Behavioural Sciences: Exploring Human Behavior and the Environment(pp. pp. 3-55.). Nelson Education Ltd., pp. 3-55.
Boshnakova, A. (2018). Experiencing Culture. In In: J. Pulis and P. Angelini (Eds.), Social and Behavioural Sciences: Exploring Human Behavior and the Environment.(pp. pp. 127-166). Nelson Education Ltd.
Boshnakova, A., Ginter, J. (2020). Introduction to Anthropology. In In: J. Pulis and P. Angelini (Eds.), Social and Behavioural Sciences: Exploring Human Behavior and the Environment(pp. pp. 3-55). TOPHAT.
Boshnakova, A. (2020). Experiencing Culture. In In: J. Pulis and P. Angelini (Eds.), Social and Behavioural Sciences: Exploring Human Behavior and the Environment.(pp. pp. 127 - 166). TOPHAT.
Books
Boshnakova, A. (2003). Aulos and Lyra: The Philosophy of Music in Ancient Hellas (Diss.). Sofia, Bukgaria: LIK: Sofia.
Boshnakova, A. (2009). The World of Ancient Man: Ancient Greece. Sofia, Bulgaria: Prosveta.
Conference Presentations
Boshnakova, A. (2017-04-05). “Prosodion Written in Bone: An Inscribed Bone Plaque from the Berezan Island . 113 Annual conference of CAMWS, Kitchener – Waterloo, April 5-8, 2017.. Kitchener – Waterloo, Canada.
Boshnakova, A. (2014-09-09). "Rhythm and Melody: Behind the Visual Narrative – Representation of Melographers in Ancient Greek Art. Anthropological Analysis of Ancient Greek Musical Records". 9th Symposium of the ISGMA (9-12 September 2014, German Archaeological Institute and Ethnological Museum, Berlin). Berlin, Germany.
Boshnakova, A. (2022-04-28). What can Ancient Greek visual narratives reveal about the process of composing and recording a melody: Hermeneutics of music-related visual narratives on 5th c. B.C.E. Greek vases. Attic vases in the Mediterranean culture: Models, identities, uses, and narratives. Madrid (the Autonomous University of Madrid and in the National Archaeological Museum), Spain.
Journal Articles
Boshnakova, A. (2006). "Bittgesang für Apollo" .Abenteuer Archäologie , 3(3), pp. 32-33.
Boshnakova, A. (2007). Hermeneutics of the Archaeological Artifact: Destruction and Reconstruction of the Lost Meaning.In: Jubilaeus VI: The Ancient Heritage of the Black Sea, ed. K. Boshnakov, 6, pp. 51-102.
Boshnakova, A. (2008). Reading Ancient Greek Music in Documents, Images, and Artifacts: On the Practical Application of Musical Archeology. Studien zur Musikarchäologie, ed. E. Hickmann, R. Eichmann, L. Koch, and A. Both, Berlin, 7, pp. 337 – 345.
Boshnakova, A. (2017). Anthropological Analysis of “Musical Records” on Late Archaic and Classical Vase Paintings.R. Eichmann/L.Koch/Fang Jianjun (Eds.), Studien zur Musikarchaeologie , 10, pp. 247 – 250.
Boshnakova, A. (2005). From the Visible to the Invisible – Musical Metaphysics from the 6th and 5th Centuries B.C..in Studien zur Musikarchäologie, ed. E. Hickmann, R. Eichmann, 4, pp. 35-48.
