Current Fellows 2023-2024

Here follows a list of the current fellows from all the CHS Fellowships Programs, supported by CHS Greece. 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. The fellows are listed per fellowship program.

Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2023-24

Giorgos Bourogiannis, Independent Researcher

Research topic during fellowship: Shifting between scripts. The paradoxical advent of the Greek alphabet on Cyprus.
See Giorgos Bourogiannis’s bio.

Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2023-24

Dafni Maikidou-Poutrino, Independent Researcher

Research topic during fellowship: The Isiac cults and religious connectivity along the river Strymon.
See Dafni Maikidou-Poutrino’s bio.

 

Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2023-24

Ioannis Nakas, Independent Researcher

Research topic during fellowship: The maritime cultural landscape of Roman Epirus: harbours, anchorages, settlements, and networks.
See Ioannis Nakas’s bio.

Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2023-24

Artemis Papatheodorou, Independent Researcher

Research topic during fellowship: Alexander the Great among the Turcophone Greek Orthodox in 19th-century Ottoman Empire: the case of “Aleksandros Makedonyalı Meşhur Padişahın Nakliyeti” book (1843).
See Artemis Papatheodorou’s bio.

Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2023-24

Elisavet Sioumpara, Director of the “Membra Disiecta” project Acropolis Restoration Service Greek Ministry of Culture

Research topic during fellowship: Displaying monumental family dedications near the inventory lists of Athena on the Athenian Acropolis in the time of Lycurgus.
See Elisavet Sioumpara’s bio.

Early Career Fellow in Philhellenism 2023-24

Theodoros Koutsogiannis, Curator at the Hellenic Parliament

Research topic during fellowship: The Art of Philhellenism.
See Theodoros Koutsogiannis’s bio.

 

Visiting Scholar in Comparative Cultural Studies 2023-24

Eleni Fassa, Assistant Professor at the Department of History and Ethnology, Democritus University of Thrace

Research topic during fellowship: Gods on the move: divine mobility in Hellenistic and Roman Macedonia.
See Eleni Fassa’s bio.

Visiting Scholar in Comparative Cultural Studies 2023-24

Konstantinos Vlasopoulos, Associate Professor at the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete

Research topic during fellowship: Enslaved persons and cross-cultural interactions in first-millennium BCE Mediterranean.
See Konstantinos Vlasopoulos’s bio.

Pre-doctoral Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2023–24

Ioannis Karakirisidis, PhD Candidate at the Department of Philology, University of Crete

Research topic during fellowship: The Sapphic Aphrodite: a multifaceted (ποικίλη) divinity.
See Ioannis Karakirisidis’s bio.

Pre-doctoral Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2023–24

Chara Theotokatou, PhD Candidate at the Department of History and Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Research topic during fellowship: Household is the Machine: Demarcating the spatial layout and social agency of Late Cypriot households.
See Chara Theotokatou’s bio.

Pre-doctoral Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2023–24

Despina Vertzagia, PhD Candidate at the Department of Sociology, Panteion University

Research topic during fellowship: Leo Strauss revisits Xenophon: The Esoteric Socratic Philosopher.
See Despina Vertzagia’s bio.