1. BIOGRAPHY OF THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE
SCIENTIFIC BOARD
Ambassador Ljuben Tevdovski is international expert, lecturer, diplomat, archaeologist and cultural
manager with almost two decades of experience on leading positions in educational, scientific and
governmental institutions and nongovernmental organizations. His core fields of expertise
incorporate anthropology, theory and history of archaeology and classical archaeology. His research
and analyses also involve the scientific areas of cultural studies, cultural and public diplomacy and
international relations.
Tevdovski served as Macedonian Ambassador to Canada, Public Diplomacy Advisor to the
President of Macedonia, long-standing Member of the Foreign Policy Council of the President of
Macedonia, and Chief of the Department of National Priorities of the Macedonian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
He also worked as Deputy Director of Research of the Holocaust Fund of the Jews from Macedonia
and Director of the Museum of the City of Skopje and served as Member of the Governing Board of
the Macedonian National Dance Ensemble.
Ambassador Tevdovski is Chairman of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Cultural Heritage and
Archaeology and President of the International Cultural Relations Institute. He was lecturer of
Cultural and Public Diplomacy on the Macedonian Diplomatic Academy, works as Assistant
Professor in Classical Archaeology and Archaeological Theory on the Institute of History and
Archaeology, Goce Delcev University, and collaborates with the University of Audiovisual Arts –
Academy ESRA Paris-Skopje-New York. He also taught Ancient Myths and Religions, Classical
Civilizations, Byzantine Culture, Archaeology of the Middle East, Balkan Archaeology and Medieval
Archaeology.
Tevdovski collaborated with many scientific journals, publications and media and he is an author of
numerous analyses, articles, toolkits and books. He is Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Archaeology,
History and Anthropology, and served as member of the International Editorial Board of the
scientific journal Macedonian Heritage and member of the Editorial Board of the Macedonian
Journal of Foreign Policy Crossroads.
Ambassador Tevdovski represented Macedonia in different international and regional bodies,
organizations and initiatives, including UNESCO, Stability Pact for SEE, Central European Initiative
and SEE Cooperation Project, and collaborated as national coordinator, mentor, trainer, project
coordinator and other leading posts in European and regional initiatives and projects supported by
the different UN agencies, Council of Europe, the European Commission and different European
governments and governmental agencies.