He graduated from the department of Philology of the University of Athens in 2006, with a specialization in Linguistics. He then obtained his Master’s degree from the same department in 2009, with a specialization in Modern Greek Literature. In 2015 he defended his PhD thesis in the department of Medieval and Modern Greek Studies of the University of Thessaloniki, the subject of the dissertation being: "The Itinerary of Constantine Manassis. Critical edition, translation and commentary." He has published several scientific articles on byzantine literature and has taken part in international conferences, presenting papers on aspects of byzantine and modern Greek literature. He has also participated in scientific meetings, collective volumes (forthcoming), as well as workshops. In 2012 he published his first short story collection entitled A gig in the sky (Μια συναυλία στον ουρανό). His interests include the critical edition and analysis of byzantine secular poetry, the reception of Byzantium in modern Greece and the ethographia of the 19th century.

Academia

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Education:
Present BSc. Archives, Library Science and Museum Studies, Ionian University, Greece.
2013 M.A. honors, Modern Greek Philology, University of Patras, Greece.
2005 BSc. Philology, University of Patras, Greece.
Scholarships
2015 Erasmus student; Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Italy.
2011 Scholarship in Modern Greek Literature, Department of Philology, University of Patras.
Publications
2014 “Indexing journals in the digital environment: study case of Bouketo and Hydria”.
2013 “Parody and Intertextuality: two techniques in ironic poetry of Nasos Vagenas”.
Projects:
2014-2015 Digitization and documentation of digital collections. AthenaPlus. Access to cultural heritage networks for Europeana; Library and Information Center – University of Patras, Greece. Indexing Greek magazines of 19th and 20th century: Hydria, Kritiki, Tram.
2013 Transcription of the manuscript Τύχαι του Τηλεμάχου υιού Οδυσσέως of Fénelon. Coordinator: Assistant Professor Stessi Athini, University of Patras, Greece.
2007 “Speech Databases for the Creation of Voice Driven Teleservices”; for the creation of a dictionary in “Annotation Recording speech at word and phoneme-level”, Speechdat (LE-2 4001), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras, Greece.
Lectures
04/07/2015 “The Diary of Penelope of Kostas Varnalis”, 34th Symposium of Poetry “Kostas Varnalis”, 3-4 July 2015, University of Patras, Greece.
19/06/2014 “Στις προσευχές μου τόσα υστερόγραφα για σένα. The religious element in poetry of Stelios Mafredas”, Bookstore “Polyedron”, Patras, Greece.
17/06/2013 “The rewriting of forms in poetry of Nasos Vagenas”. Third Meeting of Graduate students: “Forms of Modern Poetry”, 17th June 2013, Department of Philology, University of Patras.
09/10/2011 “From the walkthrough in poetry of Nasos Vagenas to the walkthrough of the poet On the Isle Of the Blest (2010)”, Bookstore “Polyedron”, Patras, Greece.

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She is a PhD candidate in Classics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She is a graduate of a Master Program in Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature at the Department of Medieval and Modern Greek Studies at School of Philology. Her research interests include translation studies, reception theory and feminist theory. Her thesis examines the presence of gendered speech in the translations of Greek tragedy. She works at the research project "Chrysallis – Cultural transfer and ‘national character’ in nineteenth century Greek periodicals" as well as at the Centre for the Greek Language.

She graduated from the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of Athens, where she then completed the two-year postgraduate programme. She then did a PhD thesis, entitled “The Reception of August Strindberg in Greece. Translations – Performances” for which she was awarded “Distinction”. She received the Sasakawa scholarship for her doctoral thesis and a fund from the State Scholarships Foundation of Greece for her overall grades during her M.Phil.
She participated in the 15th International Congress of IFTR/FIRT in Helsinki; in the 5th European Congress of Modern Greek Studies organized by the European Society of Modern Greek Studies; in the symposium for the one hundred years from the death of August Strindberg, organized by the Swedish Institute at Athens and the Embassy of Greece in Sweden; in a Conference organized by the Institute for Mediterranean Studies; in the 5th Greek Theatre Conference, etc. She contributed to the Ad Honorem Eva Stehlíková (Festschrift for the emeritus professor of the University of Brno) and to the Epidaurus Encounters: Greek Drama, Ancient Theatre and Modern Performance.
She has worked for several years, at the University of Athens, in charge of the organization and secretarial support of the postgraduate programme of the Department of Theatre Studies; at the Benaki Museum, in the documentation of collections and archives of performing arts; in the organizing committee of the university programme of the intensive summer courses in Epidaurus; and as a member of the organizing committee of all activities of the European Network for the Research and Documentation of Performances of Ancient Drama. In the research programme “Thalis: Chrysallis” she participates as a research associate.

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