Current fellows 2025–2026

A light blue poster announcing the 2025-2026 Fellows in Greece for the Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University. It features headshots and names of ten fellows in a grid, with a red vertical title on the left reading "2025-2026 FELLOWS IN GREECE."

The 2025–2026 fellows form a diverse cohort who work with CHS Greece to promote academic research. As part of their collaboration with the Center, all fellows become active members of the CHS global academic community. They receive an appointment for at least one academic year, which includes –among other provisions– the title of CHS fellow as well as remote access to Harvard's online libraries and resources for the entire duration of their fellowship. The exact dates and provisions of their appointment vary according to the fellowship program they have been accepted to. Here follows an alphabetical list of the current fellows from all the CHS fellowships programs, supported administratively and logistically by CHS Greece.

Özge Acar

Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2025-26

Ancient Historian, Independent Researcher

Research topic during fellowship: Local Cultural Identity Markers in Roman Caria

Giorgos Athanasiadis

Pre-doctoral Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2025-26

Ancient Historian, PhD Candidate at the Department of History and Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Research topic during fellowship: Roman Rule and Local Society in the Province of Macedonia: The Case of Thessaloniki

Panagiota Bantavanou

Pre-doctoral Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2025-26

Bioarchaeologist, PhD Candidate at the Laboratory of Biological Anthropology, Department of History and Ethnology, Democritus University of Thrace

Research topic during fellowship: The Evolution of Cremation Practices from Hellenistic to Roman Era: The example of Thessaloniki

Michail Marinis

Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2025-26

Linguist, Fellow at the Ohio State University

Research topic during fellowship: When the previously differentiated become identical: What the Diachrony of Greek inflectional syncretism can teach us [Short Title: GreDIS]

Georgios Mouratidis

Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2025-26

Ancient Historian, Assistant Director at the British School at Athens

Research topic during fellowship: The spatial and sociopolitical context of athletic inscriptions during the Hellenistic and Imperial periods

Aikaterini Peppa

Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2025-26

Byzantine Archaeologist, Archivist at the French School at Athens

Research topic during fellowship: An investigation of pottery makers in the Late Roman and Byzantine periods: economy, mobility, seasonality and gender

Giannis Perperidis

Fellow in AI Ethics 2025-26

Philosophy Scholar, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of History and Digital Humanities, Ionian University

Research topic during fellowship: Envisioning Ethical Artificial Intelligence through Commons-based Open Design Principles

Mateu Portells Watson

Pre-doctoral Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2025-26

Ancient Historian, PhD Candidate at the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete

Research topic during fellowship: Voluntary and forced migrants in the transfer of Greek language and literature towards Rome (240 BCE - 212 CE)

Ermioni Prokopaki

Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2025-26

Ancient Philosophy Scholar, Fellow at the University of Chicago

Research topic during fellowship: The Teleological Structure of the Human Intellect

Yannis Stamos

Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2025-26

Cultural and Intellectual Historian-Philologist, Adjunct Faculty at the Department of Communication, Media and Culture, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences

Research topic during fellowship: Ancient Models for a New State: Greek Antiquity and Political Legitimacy in the Metaxas Regime (1936- 1941)