Professor in Modern and Contemporary History
Panteion University of Political and Social Sciences, Rector
Education
Ph.D. (Doctorat de l’Université): Paris I - Panthéon – Sorbonne (1990)
D.E.A. (Diplôme d’Études Approfondies) : École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (1985)
D.E.A. (Diplôme d’Études Approfondies) : Paris I - Panthéon – Sorbonne (1984)
Bachelor (Ptychion, 4 years) : Department of History and Archaeology, School of Philosophy,
University of Athens (1983).
Fellowships – Awards
1979-1983: National Foundation of Fellowships (IKY) and Foundation Georges and Anna
Sakellariou (graduate studies).
1984-1987: Foundation Saripoleion of the University of Athens (postgraduate studies).
1994: Award "Nicolas Svoronos" for historical research and published works.
2012 Award Delphi of the International Olympic Academy
2017 Visiting Research Fellow at Princeton University (1 Sept. – 15 Dec.).
2019 Dimitrios Vikelas Plaque by ISOH (International Society of Olympic Historians)
2019 Visiting Fellow at Regensburg University (1-30 June)
Administrative posts
1996 Member of the committee evaluating research projects at the General Secretariat
for Diaspora Greeks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greece
1999 Chair of the committees evaluating the new textbooks of history (3rd grade of the
Lyceum of General Education and 2nd grade of Technical Education), Minister of
Education, Greece
2000-4 Member of the Senate of Ionian University (Corfu, Greece)
2001-5 Member of the committee of experts analyzing the history textbooks of Greece and
Turkey (Ministry of Education, Greece)
2008-9 Member of the National Committee for the description of national priorities in
research policy and Chair of the national committee on Social Sciences and
Humanities (General Secretary of Research and Technology, Ministry of
Development, Greece)
2012-2017 Director of the Centre for Research on Modern History (KENI), Panteion University
2013-2017 Dean of the School of Political Sciences, Panteion University, Athens
2014-2017 Member of the Steering committee (Ephoria) of the International Olympic Academy
2018-2020 Head of the Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University
2019-2020 Director of the Centre for Research on Modern History (KENI), Panteion University
2020- Rector of Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
2020- Member of ESETEK, the advisory council on research and innovation to the
government of Greece.
Work experience
1990-3 Visiting lecturer in Modern Greek History at the University of Crete
1990, 1991 Postgraduate seminars in History of Education at the Centre of Neohellenic Research (National Foundation of Research)
1993-9 Assistant Professor in Modern Greek History at Democritus University of Thrace
1993 Postgraduate seminars in Modern Greek History at the University of Crete
1993-6 Visiting Professor in Modern Greek History and History of Education at the
Departments of Pre-school Education and of Primary Education (Democritus
University of Thrace)
1999-2004 Associate Professor in Greek Social and Cultural History at Democritus University of Thrace
2004-2009 Professor in Greek Social and Cultural History at the Department of Social and
Educational Policy, University of the Peloponnese; Director of the postgraduate
program ‘Social discriminations, migration and citizenship’
2010 Sept.- Dec. Senior Research Fellow at Université de Paris I - Panthéon – Sorbonne. Lecturer at the Paris I Master’s Degree programme « Histoire contemporaine des mondes étrangers et des relations internationales ».
2010-to date Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University, Athens.
Evaluator of research projects in Greece, Cyprus and Romania and also for the Stability Pact, Task Force Education, Kulturkontakt, Austria.
Research activity
1999-2016 Chair of the History Education Committee of the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeastern Europe (CDRSEE) and coordinator of six subsequent projects on the teaching of Southeast European history under the general title ‘Joint History Project’ (JHP), namely: (a) organizing seven regional workshops on history teaching in Southeast Europe and editing two volumes (see publications, edited volumes No 1 and 2); (b) organizing seven teacher training workshops on how to teach sensitive and controversial issues in history in Southeast Europe; (c) coordinating the development, assessment and editing of alternative teaching materials (four Workbooks) as part of a new method in history education (see publications, edited volumes No 5 and 7); (d) coordinating the editing of local editions in seven Balkan countries; (e) coordinating the development of alternative teaching materials in accordance with the Workbooks’ method and contents in Kosovo and Montenegro. More than 100 people have been participating in the different phases of the JHP. In particular, 17 people representing 11 countries are the members of the History Education Committee, while around 80 historians (university and secondary education teachers) contributed to the development of the Alternative Teaching
Materials. Funded by various international institutions and EU, see www.cdsee.org.
1999-2002 Coordinator of the project «Classifying and registering the historical archives of the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) and of the International Olympic Academy (IOA)», funded by the International Olympic Academy. The project aimed at the conservation, indexing, filing, recording, and digitalization of the historical documents. See also publications, edited volumes No 3 and www.ioa.org.gr.
2000-2001 Member of the project group “Shared History Project» studying both the Greek and the Turkish perspectives on the burning of Smyrna/Izmir (1922), Columbia University (U.S.A.), Panteion University of Athens [Department of Political Science and History] and Sabanci University of Istanbul; funded by the Kokkalis Foundation. Through a series of seminars, participants in the project used the case study of Smyra/Izmir as an exercise in presenting controversial and sensitive historical issues.
2002-2003 Member of the project group (coordinator of the Greek team) Improvement of Balkan History Textbooks Project, The Economic and Social History Foundation of Turkey. The report was published: National Report: Greece in Improvement of Balkan History Textbooks Project Reports, The Economic and Social History Foundation of Turkey, Istanbul 2003, 93-124.
2002-2003 Coordinator of the project «Classifying and registering the photographical archives of the Hellenic Olympic Committee», Democritus University of Thrace, funded by the Ministry of Culture. The project was a continuation and a supplement to the project «Classifying and registering the historical archives of the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) and of the International Olympic Academy (IOA)». Both databases are open to researchers.
2011 Mar.-Nov. Co-coordinator of the research project “Feasibility study for the construction of a national research network and its participation in the development and utilisation of the European Research Infrastructure CESSDA_RI” (funded by the General Secretary of Research, Ministry of Education). The purpose of this project was to study and appraise the possibility and the feasibility and the prerequisites of the participation of Greece in the upgrading of Research Infrastructure of the Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA).
2011-2012 Project “Balkan Tale” -Coordinator of the team of historians from five Balkan countries in order to produce texts for an exhibition on Ottoman monuments, a publication, an internet site, and educational plans and pack (Funded by Goethe Institute). http://www.balkantale.com/
2014 The History of Metsovo. Historical advisor to a project consisting in educational activities around the museum Tositsa at Metsovo: chronology and texts for the museum’s website; digital historical representation; historical documentary; educational programs. http://metsovomuseum.gr/credits/
2015-6 Contested Greek-German Pasts. An Initiative for Students and Young Scholars (DAAD Program “Hochschuldialog mit Südeuropa”). The main goal of this project is to bring together advanced students (on bachelor and master levels) and young scholars (PhD students, post-doctoral researchers), as well as professors from Greece (Panteion University, Athens) and Germany (University of Regensburg) in order to discuss salient aspects of the contested Greek-German past. Project leader (together with Prof. Dr.
Ulf Brunnbauer, University of Regensburg). http://greekgermanpasts.eu
2017- 2020 Coordinator of the project “Realms of memory of the Greek Revolution, 19th -20th centuries” (funded by the Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy). The main goal is to build a digital archive of the public monuments commemorating the Greek war of independence in Athens and five other cities in order to document ways of memorialization of a major event of modern Greek history.
2020-2022 Co-cordinator of the project The forgotten decades: Greek-German relations from the late 1950s to the 1980s -| University partnership between Panteion University of Athens and the University of Regensburg.