Education
2012: PhD, Department of History and Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Grade: Excellent.
Title of PhD dissertation: “Orthodox Neo-martyrs in the Ottoman Empire: Practice and Interpretation of Confessional Death.”
2004: MA in Modern Greek History, Department of History and Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Title of MA dissertation: “Legitimacy and Collective Action in the Ottoman Empire: Continuity and Modernity in the Assertion of Collective Requests (16th-19th Centuries).”
1989-1993: Post-graduate studies in Modern Greek and Balkan History, Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies and Institute for Research on East and Southeast Europe, University of Vienna.
Employment
2024–: Assistant Professor of Modern Greek History, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Ioannina.
2014-2024: Freelance historian, researcher, and writer.
Academic years 2021/22, 2022/23: Teaching fellow at the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Ioannina
2015-2019, 2018-2021, 2022-24: Research associate at the Modern Greek History Research Centre, Academy of Athens.
1999-2013: Researcher at the Foundation of the Hellenic World (Athens), Head of the Team for Modern History, Sector of Research and Management of Cultural Information.
1997-1998: Research associate at the Foundation of the Hellenic World, project “Hellenic History on the Internet”.
Membership in scientific associations and committees
2024–: Member of the Comité International des Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes (CIÉPO)
2024–: Member of the Greek Union of Historians
2018–: Member of the international curation committee of the Backbone Thesaurus for the Humanities (BBT).
2015–: Member of the Greek Research Infrastructure Network for the Humanities (DYAS).
1997 –: Member of the Association for the Study of Modern Hellenism “Mnemon”.
Research interests
Greek social, cultural, and intellectual history in the early modern and modern period, Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment, religious and cultural interactions in the Ottoman Empire, confessionalization in the Ottoman and Greek Orthodox world of early modernity, Greek national formation, public uses of history, digital history, cultural heritage.
Research
EU-funded research programmes and networks
6/2022–3/2023: Participation in the action “Islamic Legacy: Narratives East, West, South, North of the Mediterranean (1350-1750)” (IS-LE), COST programme (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), https://is-le.eu/.
3/2019-12/2019, 3/2020-8/2020: Participation in the project “OTTOCONFESSION: The Fashioning of a Sunni Orthodoxy and the Entangled Histories of Confession-Building in the Ottoman Empire, 15th-17th Centuries”, Central European University, European Research Council (ERC), https://cems.ceu.edu/ottoconfession.
Projects on digital infrastructures for history and the Humanities
5/2022–3/2024: Research associate of the Modern Greek History Research Centre at the Academy of Athens in the framework of the project “The emerging digital landscape in Humanities in the context of DARIAH και CLARIN European research infrastructures (DigitalLandscape)”, Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation-HFRI, https://digital-landscape.gr/.
5/2018–10/2021: Research associate of the Modern Greek History Research Centre at the Academy of Athens in the framework of the project “APOLLONIS: Greek Infrastructure for Digital Arts, Humanities and Language Research and Innovation”, National Strategic Reference Framework, https://apollonis-infrastructure.gr/.
11/2015–9/2019: Research associate of the Modern Greek History Research Centre at the Academy of Athens in the framework of the project “PARTHENOS. Pooling Activities Resources and Tools for Heritage E-Research Networking, Optimization and Synergies”, Horizon 2020, http://www.parthenos-project.eu/.
03/2015-10/2015: Research associate of the Modern Greek History Research Centre at the Academy of Athens in the framework of the project “DARIAH-GR: Greek Research Infrastructure Network for the Humanities”, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, National Strategic Reference Framework, http://www.dyas-net.gr/.
6/2014-8/2014: Consultant for the implementation of the project “Electronic Services for the Digitization of the Historical Archive of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece”, National Strategic Reference Framework.
4/2004-11/2008: Member of the editing committee (responsible for the modern period) of the project “Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World, Volume 1: Asia Minor (http://asiaminor.ehw.gr/), Volume 2: Black Sea (http://blacksea.ehw.gr/), Volume 3: Constantinople (http://constantinople.ehw.gr/)”, Foundation of the Hellenic World, European Regional Development Fund, Operational programme “Information Society”, Third Community Support Framework.
2/1999-5/2000: 2/1999-5/2000: Development of the prosopographical database within the framework of the project “Knowledge Base for the History of Hellenism in Asia Minor”, Foundation of the Hellenic World.
EU cooperation networks for history and cultural heritage
10/2021–12/2023: Member of the development team for the implementation of research and educational actions in the framework of the project “Learning Villages: Citizenship, Entrepreneurship, Heritage and Environmental Education for Rural Sustainable Development (LEARNVIL)”, European programme Erasmus+ KA2, https://www.learnville.eu/ (research associate of the company for cultural heritage management “Time Heritage”).
2/2020-6/2022: Member of the development team for the implementation of research and educational actions in the framework of the project “Entrepreneurship Education and Cultural Heritage Creative Management for Rural Development (Cult-rural+)”, European programme Erasmus+ KA2, https://www.cultrural.eu/ (research associate of the company for cultural heritage management “Time Heritage”).
4/2017–5/2018: Member of the development team for the implementation of research and educational actions in the framework of the project “Digital Educational Network for Cultural Projects’ Implementation and Direction (DEN CuPID)”, European programme Erasmus+ KA2, http://den-cupid.eu/ (research associate of the company for cultural heritage management “Time Heritage”).
8/2016–11/2017: Member of the development team for the implementation of research and educational actions in the framework of the project “Innovation and Capacity Building in Higher Education for Cultural Management, Hospitality and Sustainable Tourism in European Cultural Routes (CULTOUR+)”, European project Erasmus+ KA2, http://www.cultourplus.info/ (research associate of the company for cultural heritage management “Time Heritage”).
Projects on history and cultural heritage
Historical exhibitions
10/2017-12/2017, 10/2018-2/2019: Historical curation of the permanent exhibition about the Greek Revolution of 1821 in the historic building “Panourgias House” at Amfissa, Municipality of Delphi. Historical research for the development of the scenario, the description of exhibits, and the exhibition texts. The exhibition opened in April 2019.
4/2015-12/2015: Member of the team for the documentation of the exhibits and the composition of texts for the permanent digital exhibition “Smyrna: The City of Two Continents, of Hellenism, and of the World”, Municipality of Nea Smyrni, National Strategic Reference Framework, European Regional Development Fund, http://www.smyrnimuseum.gr/.
1/2014-6/2014: Historical research and museological presentation concerning the mining activity and economy of Chalcidice during the Middle Ages and the early modern period in the framework of the project “Development of Studies for the Promotion of Cultural Heritage at the Aristotle Municipality”, European Regional Development Fund.
6/2010-11/2010: Historical documentation for the design and development of multimedia exhibits for the exhibition “Stories of Coins, Narratives of Cities”, Foundation of the Hellenic World, http://www.fhw.gr/exhibitions/coins/gr/index.html/.
4/2003-4/2004: Member of the team for the design and implementation of the exhibition “Tales of the Olympic Games: A Unique Exhibition”, Foundation of the Hellenic World, http://www.ime.gr/exhibitions/olympics/.
Historical documentaries
03/2020-10/2020: Research and documentation for the documentary series “The Emergence of a Nation-State” for the television channel Cosmote History HD. The series deals with the period of Ottoman rule in the Greek lands and the Greek Revolution of 1821.
11/2017-3/2018: Consultant for two episodes of the historical documentary series “Apotypomata” for the television channel Cosmote History HD. The episodes concerned the history of emblems, flags and banners in Greece.
Educational programmes
03/2011-09/2011: Historical documentation for the educational project “Journey in Greece before the Revolution. The Greeks through the Eyes of European Travelers”, Foundation of the Hellenic World, http://www.fhw.gr/edu/teachers/index.php?eid=4&sid=1.
09/2010-02/2013: Member of the design, development, and implementation team of the project “Click… on History” for the promotion of local history and identity from the viewpoint of secondary school students, Foundation of the Hellenic World, http://local.e-history.gr.
WWW encyclopedias
8/2010-2/2013: Member of the editing committee (responsible for the modern period) of the project “Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World, Volume 4: Western Mediterranean, Volume 5: Central Mediterranean, Volume 6: Eastern Mediterranean”, Foundation of the Hellenic World, National Strategic Reference Framework.
11/2011-2/2013: Member of the team for the design, development and implementation of the project “Plato’s Academy – Development of Knowledge and Innovative Ideas”, Actions “Dialogues”, “Plato”, and “Philosophy Navigator”, Foundation of the Hellenic World, National Strategic Reference Framework, http://www.plato-academy.gr/dialogoi/.
10/2009-2/2013: Member of the editing committee (responsible for the modern period) of the project “Boeotia: Digital Cultural Encyclopedia”, Foundation of the Hellenic World, European Regional Development Fund, Operational Programme “Thessaly – Central Greece – Epirus”, http://boeotia.ehw.gr/.
4/2004-3/2007: Academic editor of the online encyclopedia “A Cultural Portal of the Aegean Archipelago”, Foundation of the Hellenic World, European Regional Development Fund, Operational programme “Information Society”, Third Community Support Framework, http://www.egeonet.gr/.
2000-2002: Member of the editing committee (responsible for the modern period) of the project “Encyclopaedia Micrasiatica Graeca”, Foundation of the Hellenic World.
Teaching
Graduate courses at the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Ioannina
“Greek narrative sources of early modernity.” Spring semester 2025.
“The Greek Peninsula under Ottoman and Venetian Rule, 18th century – early 19th century.” Spring semester 2025.
“The Greek Peninsula under Ottoman and Venetian Rule, 15th century - 17th century.” Fall semester 2024/25.
“Greek Enlightenment, Cultural and Ideological Transformations.” Fall semester 2024/25.
“The Greek Peninsula under Ottoman Rule, 15th century - 17th century.” Fall semesters 2021/22 and 2022/23.
“The Greek Peninsula under Ottoman Rule, 18th century – early 19th century.” Spring semesters 2022 and 2023.
“Greek Enlightenment and Revolutionary Ideologies.” Spring semesters 2022 and 2023.
Post-graduate courses
Academic years 2015/16 –: Modules “History, Memory, and Digital Humanities” and “Digitizing Cultural Heritage”, Course “B2. Information and Communication Technologies for Cultural Heritage”, English-speaking post-graduate programme “Master of Science in Cultural Heritage Materials and Technologies (CultTech)”, Department of History, Archaeology and Cultural Resources Management, University of the Peloponnese.
Academic years 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12: Course “World Wide Web and Historical Learning” (co-teaching), Post-graduate programme “Historical Research, Teaching and New Technologies”, History Department, Ionian University.
Adult education courses
Academic year 2012/13: Course “New Sources – New Technologies” (co-teaching), E-learning programme “History and Historiography Workshop”, University of the Aegean.
2003: “Aspects of Modern Greek History” (co-teaching), Adult education programme, Foundation of the Hellenic World.
Modern Greek language courses
Spring semester 1997: Seminar (Tutorium) at the course “Systematische Einführung ins Neugriechische II” (Systematic Introduction in Modern Greek II), Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, University of Vienna.
1996-1997: Teaching of Modern Greek at Adult Education Centres (Volkshochschulen) in Vienna and Sankt Pölten.
Publications
PhD Thesis
“Orthodox Neo-martyrs in the Ottoman Empire: Practice and Interpretation of Confessional Death,” PhD dissertation, Department of History and Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2012 (in Greek).
Monograph
Christians and Muslims in the Ottoman Empire: Institutional Realities and Social Dynamics, Athens: Hellenic Academic Libraries Link, 2015, http://hdl.handle.net/11419/2882 (co-authored by Eleni Gara, in Greek).
Collective volumes
1. Beyond Catastrophe: Asia Minor Refugees in Mid-War Athens, Athens: Foundation of the Hellenic World, 2003 (academic editor, in Greek).
2. Athletics, Society, and Identity, Proceedings of an international conference (Athens, 26-29 May 2004), Athens: Foundation of the Hellenic World, 2005 [Imeros 5:1] (co-edited by Kleopatra Ferla and Athanasios Sideris).
Articles and book chapters
History
1. «Infliction of Torture and Glorification of Suffering: Trials for Apostasy in the Ottoman Empire, 18th – early 19th Century», in: Benjamin Lellouch and Clément Onimus (eds), Violences hors-norme dans le monde musulman, XIIe-début XIXe siècle, Paris: Centre d’histoire des sociétés Médiévales et Modernes, Université Paris 8 / Université Paris Nanterre (in print).
2. “’Strange Shapes’: Conversions of Muslims to Christianity as an Aspect of the Ottoman Crisis before the Greek Revolution of 1821,” in: Eleni Gara (ed.), Ottoman Crisis and Revolution / The Greek Revolution as an Ottoman Crisis, Athens: Ekdoseis tou Eikostou Protou (in Greek, in print).
3. “The Year 1661,” in: T. Anastassiadis, V. Chankowski, A. Dalachanis, E. Gazi, G. Grivaud, T. Kiousopoulou, M. Sariyannis and K. Vlassopoulos (eds), Global History of Greece / Histoire mondiale de la Grèce, Athens: École française d’Athènes (in print).
4. “Narratives of Christian-Muslim Competition and Local ‘History’ on the Threshold between Religious and National Identities,” in: Maria Stassinopoulou and Georgios Tsigaras (eds), “New Historiographical Approaches in Southeastern Europe.” Proceedings of an International Conference in Memory of Gunnar Hering (8-10 April 2022), Democritus University of Thrace and Austrian Society for Modern Greek Studies (co-authored by Ioannis Karachristos, in Greek, in print).
5. “The Virgin and the Soldier, the Monk and the Whore: Gendered Metonymy and Confessional Resistance in the Post-Byzantine World,” in: Zissis Ainalis and Yannis Smarnakis (eds), The Palaiologan Romance in Context. Narrativity, Identities and Gender in the Mediterranean (12th-16th centuries), Abingdon: Routledge, 2024, pp. 153-178.
6. “Dialogue of Panagiōtēs Nikousios with Vâni Efendi, Wise Doctor of the Hagarenes,” in: Martha Frederiks (ed.), Christian-Muslim Relations: Primary Sources 1500-1700, Vol. 2, London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023, pp. 69-71.
7. “Public Reconversions to Orthodox Christianity in the Ottoman Empire, 1730-1820,” in: Mihai-Dumitru Grigore (ed.), Orthodoxy on the Move: Mobility, Networks, and Belonging between the 16th and 20th Centuries, Cluj-Napoca: Babeș-Bolyai University Press [Studia Universitatis Babes Bolyai - Theologia Orthodoxa 68 (2023)], pp. 165-191.
8. “Transformations of Liberal Philhellenism: A Diplomat Turns Activist in 1844 Athens,” in: Maria-Christina Chatziioannou, Sophia Matthaiou, Alexandra Sfoini, and Christos Chrysanthopoulos (eds), Proceedings of the International Conference “National Movements and Philhellenism”, Athens: Greek National Research Centre, pp. 233-254 (in Greek).
9. “Orthodox Martyrdom and Confessionalization in the Ottoman Empire, Late Fifteenth – Mid-seventeenth Centuries,” in: Tijana Krstić and Derin Terzioğlu (ed.), Entangled Confessionalizations? Dialogic Perspectives on Community and Confession-Building Initiatives in the Ottoman Empire, 15th-18th Centuries, Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2022, pp. 335-381.
10. “‘Once Upon a Time Christ and Muhammad Were Quarreling…’ Stories of Religious Antagonism and Dialogue in the Late Greek-Ottoman World,” in: Anastasia Papadia-Lala, Maria Efthymiou, Paraskevas Konortas et al. (eds), Modern Hellenism: Its Worlds and the World. Festschrift for Olga Katsiardi-Hering, Athens: Eurasia, 2021, pp. 51-62 (co-authored by Ioannis Karachristos).
11. “Rejoicement, Defiance and Contestation: Contextualizing Emotional Responses to Greek-Orthodox Voluntary Martyrdom in the Long 18th Century,” in: Ivan Părvev (ed.), Balkan Society on Turmoil: Studies in the History of Emotions in the “Long” 18th Century [Yearbook of the Society for 18th Century Studies on South Eastern Europe 4 (2021)], pp. 21-41, https://unipub.uni-graz.at/sog18/periodical/titleinfo/6883941.
12. “A Romantic Liberal in the Greece of King Otto: The Belgian Diplomat Benjamin Mary,” in: Charikleia Dimacopoulou (ed.), History Has a Face: Figures of 1821 in Othonian Greece by the Belgian Diplomat Benjamin Mary, transl. by Geoffrey Cox, Athens: Sylvia Ioannou Foundation / National Historical Museum, 2021, pp. 27-42.
13. “‘Christian’, ‘Muslim’, ‘Greek’, ‘Turk’: Identity and Mediation in the Disputation between Panagiotakis Nikousios and Vani Efendi,” in: Olga Katsiardi-Hering, Anastasia Papadia-Lala, Katerina Nikolaou, and Vangelis Karamanolakis (eds), “Hellene”, “Romios”, “Graikos”: Collective Designations and Identities, Athens: Eurasia, 2018, pp. 329-343 (in Greek).
14. “Co-Existence and Conflict in 17th Century Smyrna: The Contested Topos of Martyrdom,” in: Ioannis Karachristos and Paraskevas Potiropoulos (eds), Smyrna: The Development of a Metropolis of the Eastern Mediterranean, 17th Century – 1922, Proceedings of an International Conference (Athens, 20-23 September 2012), Athens: Academy of Athens, Hellenic Folklore Research Centre, 2016, pp. 191-203 (in Greek).
15. “Martyrdom under Ottoman Rule: The Circle and the Cracks,” in: Kostas Lappas, Antonis Anastasopoulos, and Ilias Kolovos (eds), In Memory of Pinelopi Stathi: Historical and Philological Studies, Heraklion: Crete University Press, 2010, pp. 355-369 (in Greek).
16. “Public Secrets: Crypto-Christianity in the Pontos,” Bulletin of the Center for Asia Minor Studies 16 (2009), pp. 165-210.
17. “National Confession and Symbolic in Nineteenth-Century Greece: The National Martyrs,” Mnemon 24 (2002), pp. 107-143 (in Greek).
18. “The Incorporation of the ‘Rebellion of the Popolari’ into Greek National History,” Imeros 1 (2001), pp. 171-189 (in Greek).
Heritage studies
19. “Reading the ‘Alien’ Monuments: Towards a Sustainable Management of Ottoman Baths in the Countryside of Northern Greece,” in: Dimitris Plantzos (ed.), The Monuments of the Others: Unwelcome Heritages at the Fringes of Memory and Oblivion, Athens: Nefeli, pp. 121-137 (co-authored by Afroditi Kamara and Despoina Lampada, in Greek).
20. “The Ottoman Baths of Lake Volvi, Apostle Paul, and Greek Thermalism: Perceptions of Development and Heritage,” in: Elias Kolovos and Panagiotis Poulos (eds), Ottoman Monuments in Greece: Heritages under Negotiation, Athens: Kapon, pp. 95-104 (co-authored by Afroditi Kamara and Despoina Lampada, in Greek).
21. “Thermalism in Greece: An Old Cultural Habitus in Crisis,” International Journal of Professional Business Review 3:2 (2018), pp. 205-219, http://dx.doi.org/10.26668/businessreview/2018.v3i2.83 (co-authored by Afroditi Kamara, Despoina Lampada, and Kleopatra Ferla).
22. “Tracing Roots and Routes of Religious Tourism in Rural Areas of Greece: The Case of the ‘Footsteps of St. Paul’,” in: José Álvarez-García, Maria de la Cruz del Río Rama, and Martín Gómez-Ullate (eds), Socio-Economic Impacts of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018, pp. 19-37 (co-authored by Despoina Lampada, Afroditi Kamara, and Kleopatra Ferla).
23. “Greek Case Study: Religious and Thermal Cultural Routes ‘On the Footsteps of St. Paul’,” in: Luis Ochoa Siguencia, Martin Gomez-Ullate, and Afroditi Kamara (eds), Cultural Management and Tourism in European Cultural Routes: From Theory to Practice, Czestochowa: Research and Innovation in Education Institute, 2016, pp. 182-197, https://zenodo.org/record/236723/files/CMTECR_2016.pdf (co-authored by Afroditi Kamara, Despoina Lampada, and Kleopatra Ferla).
Digital history
24. “Urban Space and Collective Memory in Refugee Neighborhoods. The Project ‘DigiStoryteller: Refugee Attica’,” in: Alexandros Teneketzis and Giannis Giannitsiotis (eds), Refugee Settlement, Memory, and Public History, Athens: Asine (co-authored by Afroditi Kamara, Despoina Lampada, and Christos Chrysanthopoulos, in Greek, in print).
25. “From DARIAH-GR/DYAS to PARTHENOS-EU: Digital infrastructures, Registries of Recources, and the Thesaurus for the Humanities,” in: Petros Petridis (ed.), Proceedings of the Conference “Digital Humanities in Greece: Problems and Challenges”, Athens: Research Centre for the Humanities and National Documentation Centre, 2023, https://doi.org/10.12681/praktika.5211 (co-authored by Athanasios Karasimos, Helen Goulis, et al., in Greek).
26. “Digital Content, Communication, and Cultural Heritage: Towards a New Understanding of Heritage in the Digital Era,” Proceedings of the 2nd Panhellenic Conference on Cultural Heritage Digitization “Euromed 2017”, Volos: Perrhaebia, 2018, pp. 353-361, http://www.euromed2017.eu/documents/euromed2017-conference proceedings_Final_2v02.pdf (co-authored by Afroditi Kamara, Despoina Lampada, and Kleopatra Ferla, in Greek).
27. “Between Digital and Physical Identities: Uses of ICT by Greek Spa Establishments as Points for Analyzing Perceptions of Cultural Heritage and Economic Development,” International Journal of Applied Information and Communication Technology 1:1 (2016), pp. 21-36, http://ijoaict.inbie.pl/1-1.html (co-authored by Afroditi Kamara, Despoina Lampada, and Kleopatra Ferla).
28. “Public History, Secondary Education, and the World Wide Web,” in: Theodora Samara, Emmanuel Kousloglou, Ioannis Salonikidis, and Nikolaos Tzimopoulos (eds), Proceedings of the 3rd Panhellenic Conference of Imathia “Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Educational Practice”, vol. 1, Naousa, 2014, pp. 343-353, http://hmathia14.ekped.gr/praktika14/VolA/VolA_343_353.pdf (co-authored by Despoina Lampada and Kleopatra Ferla, in Greek).
Scientific online publications
1. Foresight Study and Interdisciplinary Research Agenda, project PARTHENOS (Pooling Activities, Resources and Tools for Heritage E-research Networking, Optimization and Synergies), 2019, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2662490 (co-authored by Mark Hedges, David Stuart, Sheena Bassett, Vicky Garnett, Roberta Giacomi, and Maurizio Sanesi).
2. “The Tanzimat Reforms and the Balkan Christian Subjects of the Ottoman Empire,” E-portal Hellenic History on the Internet, Foundation of the Hellenic World, 2000, www.ime.gr/projects/tanzimat/gr/frame1.html (in Greek).
Encyclopedic entries
1. “Distomo,” “Schimatari,” in: Athanasios Sideris (ed.), Boeotia: History, Archaeology, Nature, and Culture, Athens: Prefecture of Boeotia, 2010, pp. 79-83 and 157-160 (in Greek).
2. “Georgios the Chiopolitan,” Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World, Volume 1: Asia Minor, 2002, http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=4021 (in Greek).
3. “Mikis Theodorakis,” in: D. Jones (ed.), Censorship: A World Encyclopedia, Abingdon: Routledge, 2015, pp. 2416-2418 (first edition: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2001).
Educational resources
1. “The Internet as a Historical Source,” “Historical Sources on the Internet,” “Organizing an Internet Research Project,” Educational material for the course “New Sources – New technologies”, E-learning programme “History and Historiography Workshop”, University of the Aegean.
Cultural and historical guides
1. Smyrna [Cradles of Hellenism, 4], Athens: Kathimerini, 2011 (co-author, in Greek).
2. Trebizond [Cradles of Hellenism, 13], Athens: Kathimerini, 2011 (co-author, in Greek).
3. Asia Minor, Athens: Explorer, 2004 (co-authored by Gianna Katsiamboura, Yannis Konstantinidis and Athanasios Sideris, in Greek).
4. Strolling through Athens: History, Architecture, Museums, Athens: Municipality of Athens, 2004 (co-edited by Kleopatra Ferla, Gianna Katsiamboura and Athanasios Sideris, co-authored by a team).
Exhibition catalogues
1. Tales of the Olympic Games: A Unique Exhibition, Athens: Foundation of the Hellenic World, 2004 (co-author, in Greek).
2. Clothing through History, Athens: Foundation of the Hellenic World, 1999 (co-author, in Greek).
Translations and copy-editing
1. Greek translation of: Nikolas Pissis, Russland in den politischen Vorstellungen der griechischen Kulturwelt 1645-1725, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020. Heraklion: Crete University Press (in print).
2. English translation of the exhibition catalogue Rugs and Textiles from Central Asia: The Jason Deighton-Sarzetakis Collection, edited by Despoina Zernioti and Kassiani Kagouridi, Corfu: Corfu Museum of Asian Art, 2016.
3. Greek translation of: Molly Greene, Catholic Pirates and Greek Merchants: A Maritime History of the Mediterranean, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010. Athens: Ekdoseis tou Eikostou Protou, 2015.
4. Copy-editing of: Molly Greene, A Shared World: Christians and Muslims in the Early Modern Mediterranean, Greek translation by Eleni Gara and Themis Gekou, Athens: Ekdoseis tou Eikostou Protou, 2005.
Papers in conferences
History
1. “Between Ottomans and Venetians: Greek Interpreters on the Peloponnese, 1670-1680,” Scientific Meeting in Honour of Georgios Nikolaou, former Associate Professor at the University of Ioannina, Central Library of the University of Ioannina, 14 May 2025.
2. “Torture as a Means of Preventing Apostasy, Ottoman Empire, 18th and early 19th centuries,” Workshop Violences hors-norme dans le monde musulman, XIIe-début XIXe siècle, Paris, Université Paris 8 & Université Paris – Nanterre, 18 October 2024.
3. “Of Murder, Calumny, and Cuttlefish: Inter-Communal Strife in Serres (Siroz) during the First Half of the 17th Century,” International Conference 25th Symposium of the Comité International des Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes, Tirana, 22 June 2024.
4. “Saint‐Making, Confessional Antagonism, and Orthodox Identities in Istanbul during the Second Half of the 17th Century,” International Conference Strategies of Sainthood: Local Saints in Premodern Eastern and South Eastern Europe, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 11 May 2024.
5. “To Die or not to Die? Conflicting Manifestations of Religious Zeal and of Contesting Ottoman Rule in an Oracular Text of the Late 18th and the Early 19th Century,” International Conference Orthodoxy and the Ottoman World around it: Cultural and Intellectual Connections, 1657-1861, Gennadius Library, Athens, 23 April 2024.
6. “Was Christ a Greater Prophet than Muhammad?” Round table of the international conference Negotiating Islamic Legacies in Europe: Concepts, Heritages, and Comparative Approaches, Museum of Islamic art / Benaki Museum, Athens, 17 January 2023.
7. “Saints and the Plague: Holy Protection and Epidemics in Central Greece in the Early Modern Period,” International conference Pandemic Crises in Rural Areas, University Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, 13 September 2022.
8. “Narratives of Christian-Muslim Competition and Local ‘History’ on the Threshold between Religious and National Identities,” International Conference Historiographical Explorations in South-Eastern Europe: In Memory of Gunner Hering, Department of History and Ethnology, University of Thrace / Austrian Society of Modern Greek Studies, 8 April 2022 (with Ioannis Karachristos, in Greek).
9. “Christianization of Muslims: An Aspect of Ottoman Crisis before the Greek Revolution,” Conference Ottoman Crisis and Revolution / The Greek Revolution as an Ottoman Crisis, University of the Aegean, Department of Social Anthropolgy and History, 25 November 2021 (in Greek).
10. “The Virgin and the Soldier, the Monk and the Whore: Contextualizing Stories of Gender-Switching and Greek-Orthodox Identity in the Post-Byzantine and Early Modern World,” International Conference The Palaiologan Romance in Context. Narrativity, Identities and Gender in the Mediterranean (12th-16th centuries), University of the Aegean, Department of Social Anthropology and History, Mytilene, 24 June 2021.
11. “The Transformations of Liberal Philhellenism in mid-19th Century Greece: A Diplomat Takes a Stance,” International Digital Conference National Movements and Philhellenism, Institute of Historical Research / National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, 5 February 2021 (in Greek).
12. “Digital Data and Historical Sources: For an Interpretative Digital History,” Rould table of the workshop “Big events” and Big Data: Prospects and Challenges of Digital History, University of the Aegean, Department of Social Anthropology and History, 3 July 2020 (in Greek).
13. “Martyrdom and Confessionalization among the Greek-Orthodox of the Ottoman Empire, Late 15th – mid-17th Centuries,” International Conference Entangled Confessionalizations? Dialogic Perspectives on Community and Confession-Building Initiatives in the Ottoman Empire, 15th-18th Centuries, Budapest, Central European University, 2 June 2018.
14. “Orthodox Martyrdom under Ottoman Rule: The Significance of the Social and Discursive Dynamics of Confessional Death for the Formation of Collective Identities,” International workshop Christians and Jews in Ottoman Society, Oxford, The Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, 4 July 2017.
15. “Negotiation of Collective Identities in the 17th Century: The Dialexis of Panagiotakis Nikousios and Vani Efendi,” International conference “Hellene”, “Romios”, “Graikos”: Collective Determinations and Identities, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 20 January 2017 (in Greek).
16. “Co-Existence and Conflict in 17th Century Smyrna: The Contested Topos of Martyrdom,” International conference Smyrna: The Development of a Metropolis of the Eastern Mediterranean, 17th Century - 1922, Hellenic Folklore Research Centre, Academy of Athens, Athens, 22 September 2012 (in Greek).
17. “The Meanings, Practices, and Functions of Orthodox Martyrdom under Ottoman Rule,” Meeting of the Postgraduate Students of Modern History, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Athens, Historical Archive of the University of Athens, 18 March 2011 (in Greek).
18. “Composing Histories, Telling Stories: Two Approaches of History and Memory on the World Wide Web,” International conference Between Objects and Ideas: Re-thinking the Role of Intangible Heritage, ENAME Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation, Ghent, 27 March 2008.
19. “Towards an Historical Interpretation of Martyrdom in the Ottoman Empire,” Meeting of the Postgraduate Students of Modern History, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Athens, Historical Archive of the University of Athens, May 2005 (in Greek).
20. “A Displaced Locality: ‘Crypto-Christianity’ in the Pontos,” International workshop Local and Imperial Approaches to Ottoman/Greek Social History, Program for Hellenic Studies, Princeton University, Samos, 12-16 September 2001.
21. “Encyclopaedia Micrasiatica Graeca: A Project of the Foundation of the Hellenic World,” Sixth Panhellenic Conference for the Hellenism of Asia Minor, Thessaloniki, 24-26 November 2000 (in Greek).
22. “The Politics of Denial: Orthodox Neo-Martyrs in the Ottoman Empire,” International workshop Localities and Empire – Approaches to Ottoman/Greek Civilization, Program for Hellenic Studies, Princeton University, Chios, 23-26 September 2000.
23. “Neo-martyrs, Ethno-martyrs, Crypto-christians: Historiographical Metaphors, Connotations and Re-conceptualizations,” Workshop The Ottoman Past and Historiography, Panteion University, Athens, January 28, 2000 (in Greek).
24. “Revolution Theory, National Movements, and Political Aspirations of the Balkan Christians during the Tanzimat Reforms,” First Meeting of Young Historians from Athens, Venice, and Vienna, Vienna, December 11-13, 1993 (in Greek).
Digital history
25. “Urban Space and Collective Memory in Refugee Neighborhoods. The Project ‘DigiStoryteller: Refugee Attica’,” Conference Refugee Settlement, Memory, and Public History, Technological and Cultural Parc, Lavrio, 22 October 2023 (with Afroditi Kamara, Despoina Lampada, and Christos Chrysanthopoulos, in Greek).
26. “A Historian’s Perspective: Composing a Prosopography of the Ottoman Balkans,” Workshop of the Thesaurus Maintenance Working Group at the DARIAH Annual Event 2023: Cultural Heritage Data as Humanities Research Data?, Budapest, 6 June 2023.
27. “DH Foresight: Informing the Future of Methods and Infrastructures,” DARIAH Annual Event 2019: Humanities Data, Warsaw, 16 May 2019 (with Mark Hedges, David Stuart, Vicky Garnett, Sheena Bassett, Claus Spiecker, Maurizio Sanesi και Roberta Giacomi).
28. “The Battleground of Humanities Data: Handling Multidisciplinarity and Diversity,” DARIAH Annual Event 2019: Humanities Data, May 16, 2019, Warsaw (with Athanasios Karasimos, Helen Goulis, et al.).
29. “From DARIAH-GR/DYAS to PARTHENOS-EU: Digital infrastructures, Registries of Recources, and the Thesaurus for the Humanities,” Conference Digital Humanities in Greece: Problems and Challenges, Research Centre for the Humanities and National Documentation Centre, Athens, 16 February 2018, (with Athanasios Karasimos, Helen Goulis, et al., in Greek).
30. “Public History, Secondary Education, and the World Wide Web,” 3rd Panhellenic Educational Conference Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Educational Practice, Naousa, 5 April 2014 (with Despoina Lampada and Kleopatra Ferla, in Greek).
31. “Encyclopedic Educational Tools: Information Organization and Structure,” Workshop Technology in Education, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Zappeion Conference and Exhibition Centre, Athens, 29 June 2006 (in Greek).
Heritage Studies
32. “The Ottoman Bath of Pazarouda, Apostle Paul, and Greek Thermalism. Understandings of Development and Heritage,” International Conference Ottoman Monuments in Greece: Heritages under Negotiation, École Française d’Athènes, Athens, 20 June 2019 (with Despoina Lampada and Afroditi Kamara, in Greek).
33. “Digital Content, Communication, and Cultural Heritage: Towards a New Understanding of Heritage in the Digital Era,” 2nd Panhellenic Conference on Cultural Heritage Digitization “Euromed 2017”, Volos, 3 December 2017 (with Afroditi Kamara, Despoina Lampada and Kleopatra Ferla, in Greek).
34. “Thermalism in Greece: An Old Cultural Habitus in Crisis,” International Conference Cultural Management and Governance for European Thermal Tourism, Cori, Italy, 6 November 2017 (with Afroditi Kamara, Despoina Lampada, and Kleopatra Ferla).
35. “Between Digital and Physical Identities: Uses of ICT by Greek Spa Establishments as Points for Analysing Perceptions of Cultural Heritage and Economic Development,” International conference Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism, Radom, Poland, 20 October 2016 (with Afroditi Kamara, Despoina Lampada, and Kleopatra Ferla).
Lectures
History
1. “Poverty, Conversion, and Death in Smyrna, Late 18th–Early 19th Century,” Lecture at the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Ioannina, 17 May 2023 (in Greek).
2. “The Virgin and the Soldier, the Monk and the Whore: Stories of Gender Performance and Agonistic Piety in the Greek-Orthodox World from the late 16th and the early 17th century,” Lecture in the framework of the Scientific Meetings on Women and Gender History, 25 April 2023 (in Greek).
3. “Religious Confession, Collective Identities, and National Formation, Constantinople, Late 17th Century,” Lecture at the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Ioannina, 26 May 2022 (in Greek).
4. “Conversions of Muslims to Christianity in the Southern Balkans during the Long 18th Century,” Lecture at the Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences, February 25, 2022.
5. “Digital History, Public History,” Workshop at the Department of History and Ethnology, University of Thrace, 10 December 2021 (in Greek).
6. “The Great Dragoman and the Young Grocer: Some Thoughts on Social Mobility and Class Formation among the Greek-Orthodox of Constantinople during the Second Half of the 17th Century,” Lecture at the Department of History, Archaeology, and Social Anthropology, University of Thessaly, Volos, 17 April 2019 (in Greek).
7. “Poverty, Social Poverty, and Power Relations in Smyrna from the Viewpoint of Martyrdom,” Lecture at the Digital Museum of Nea Smyrni, 20 March 2017 (in Greek).
8. “Public History and Digital Humanities,” Lecture series Dya(s)logoi, Greek Research Infrastructure Network for the Humanities, Athens, 2 March 2016, http://nema.dyas-net.gr/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Δυάς-λογοι-4-Public_History.pdf (in Greek).
9. “The Formation of a Theory of Confessional Death and the Construction of Neo-martyrs as Religious Symbols,” Work-In-Progress Seminar, Gennadius Library, Athens, 15 May 2014 (with Eva Kalpourtzi, in Greek).
10. “The Islands of Northeastern Aegean: A Particular Field for Historical Research,” Lecture at the Homereion Cultural Centre, Chios, November 7, 2009 (with Michael Varlas, in Greek).
11. “The Region of the Pontos as Presented in the Works of Pontic Scholars (late 19th and early 20th century),” Lecture at the Municipality of Elliniko, 12 April 2007 (in Greek).
12. “The Cultural Portal of the Aegean Archipelago: A Project of the Foundation of the Hellenic World,” Lectures in Lesvos, Rhodes, and Syros, December 2006 (in Greek).
13. “Theory, Practice, and Narrative of Orthodox Martyrdom in the Ottoman Empire,” Lecture at the Society for the Study of Modern Hellenism, Athens, 31 May 2006 (in Greek).
14. “Sending Petitions to the Sultan: Political Participation and Collective Action in the Ottoman Empire,” Lecture at the Department for History, Archaeology and Management of Cultural Resources, University of the Peloponnese, Kalamata, March 2004 (in Greek).
15. “Collective Action in the Ottoman Empire at the Age of Reforms: The Interweaving of ‘Tradition’ and ‘Modernity’,” Lecture series Wednesday Seminars, Department of Social Anthropology and History, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, March 2004 (in Greek).
16. “The Tanzimat Reforms and the Christians in the Balkan Provinces of the Ottoman Empire,” Lecture at the Society for the Study of Modern Hellenism, Athens, 2 March 1994 (in Greek).
Presentations in workshops of digital history and education projects
1. “Delving deeper into Working Methods: Findings from Focus Group Meetings on History, Social Anthropology, Folklore Studies, and Archaeology,” Workshop Digital Landscape: Concluding Event, Academy of Athens, Athens, 13 March 2024 (in Greek).
2. “Use Scenarios and Tools for Historical Research for the 1940s in Greece,” Digital Seminar Workshop on the Thematic Action of the Infrastructure APOLLONIS on the History of the 1940s, Athens, Academy of Athens, 30 November 2020 (with Eirini Mergoupi-Savaidou, in Greek).
3. “Creating Educational Scenarios for the 1940s,” Digital workshop Digital Humanities in Education, Athens, Academy of Athens, 22 October 2020 (with Eirini Mergoupi-Savaidou, in Greek).
4. “Researcher, Reporter and Citizen: Digital Dexterities and Critical Thinking,” Digital workshop Digital Humanities in Education, Athens, Academy of Athens, 22 October 2020 (in Greek).
5. “Issues in Digital Representation of Knowledge in the Humanities: Some Examples,” International workshop Epistemological Questions in Knowledge Representation Systems, Centre for Cultural Informatics – Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology (ΙΤΕ-FORTH-GR), Heraklion, September 24, 2015 (with Helen Goulis, Dora Konstantellou, Irakleitos Sougioultzoglou, and Christos Chatzimichael).
6. “Registries of Resources for the Humanities: Goals, Experiences, and Prospects,” Workshop New Digital Possibilities for the Arts and the Humanities, Academy of Athens and Greek Research Infrastructure Network for the Humanities, Academy of Athens, 15 September 2015, http://nema.dyas-net.gr/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/DYAS-Registry-_12.09.2015.pdf (with Anastasia Falierou, Irakleitos Sougioultzoglou and Helen Vernardakis, in Greek).
7. “Platonic Dialogue and Public Debate,” “Educational Activities,” Teacher training workshop for the action “Dialogues”, Project Plato’s Academy: Development of Knowledge and Innovative Ideas, Foundation of the Hellenic World, 17-18 October 2012 (with Despoina Lampada, in Greek).
8. “The Action ‘Dialogues’: A Manifold Educational Tool,” Project Plato’s Academy: Development of Knowledge and Innovative Ideas, Foundation of the Hellenic World, 17 October 2012 (in Greek).
9. “History and Memory in the Projects of the Foundation of the Hellenic World,” Workshop Historical Memory Programmes for the European Youth – Cultural Technology Applications, Foundation of the Hellenic World, Athens, 27 November 2006, http://himemotech.ime.gr/excavating/gr/seminars.html#.
10. “How Do We Remember History?” Workshop Historical Memory and Technology, Foundation of the Hellenic World, Athens, 8 December 2004, http://himemotech.ime.gr/en/article01.html.