Lilia Topouzova

Lilia Topouzova is Associate Professor of History and Creative Nonfiction at the University of Toronto. Her research and creative practice focus on memory, trauma, and the legacies of authoritarianism. She is the author of Unsilencing: The History and Legacy of the Bulgarian Gulag (Cornell University Press, 2025) and co-creator of The Neighbours, Bulgaria’s acclaimed pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale.

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