• Chairwoman of the Curriculum Commission of the Senate of the University of Vienna 
• Courses and lectures
• academia.edu
• Research
• Supervision of diploma theses and dissertations

Curriculum Vitae

Born 1961 in Athens, Greece; one son (*2004)

1979-1983
Studied Classical Philology, Linguistics and History at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Athens, graduated in February 1984

1984-1989
Doctoral studies at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Vienna, supervisor Gunnar Hering, Modern Greek Studies and Richard Georg Plaschka, East and Southeast European History, doctorate February 1990

Doctoral scholarships from the Federal Ministry of Science and Research (Vienna) and the Alexander Onassis Foundation (Athens)

10.1992-02.1993
Research stay at the EHESS, Paris

01.-05.1996
Visiting Professor at the History Department of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

2001
Habilitation for the subject "Modern Greek Studies" at the University of Vienna

2002
Appointment to the Chair of Modern Greek Studies (successor to Hering) at the University of Vienna

04.-07.2006
Travel Scholarship of the American School of Classical Studies, Gennadius Library, Athens

10.2006-09.2010
Vice Dean of the Faculty of History and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna

2009-2012
Faculty member at the Initiativkolleg (IK) "European Comparative Dictatorship and Transformation Research" (University of Vienna/FWF)

10.2010-09.2012
Head of the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Vienna

Language skills:

Greek (mother tongue)
Fluent in written and spoken German, English, French

Reading knowledge of other European languages
Ancient Greek, Latin: Diploma programme

Editor of scientific anthologies
Co-editor of scientific series
Organiser of conferences, numerous invited papers and lectures;
Head of externally funded projects (FWF, City of Vienna, Ministry of Culture of the Hellenic Republic)
Member of commissions and working groups at the University of Vienna

Corresponding member of the philosophical-historical class of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
President of the Austrian Society for Modern Greek Studies Member of the Board of the European Society of Modern Greek Studies (1995-2010)
Member of the Balkan Commission of the ÖAW
Consultant at home and abroad

Many years of teaching and supervision since 1987, especially in the fields of early modern Greek literature, the history of modern Greek culture, Greek language history since the Koine, the history of the Greek diaspora in South-East and Central Europe, Greek and South-East European film history

Development of the audiovisual collections of the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
Erasmus/Socrates teaching stays at several European universities, Erasmus coordinator
Public relations work for the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies and the University of Vienna

Research interests, with a focus on Greece and Southeast Europe respectively

• Sociolinguistics, lexicography
• Enlightenment
• Diaspora, migration, cultural contact and cultural transfer in modern times
• Film history