Reflections from the Early Career Fellows in Hellenic Studies 2025–2026

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to share reflections from the six Early Career Fellows in Hellenic Studies 2025–2026, Özge Acar, Michail Marinis, Georgios Mouratidis, Aikaterini Peppa, Ermioni Prokopaki, and Yannis Stamos. In these reflections, the fellows discuss their research, the opportunities that supported their work, and the collaborations and conversations that shaped their fellowship year. Together, their contributions highlight the breadth of the Early Career Fellowship Program in Hellenic Studies in Greece and Cyprus and the academic community that supports it.

Özge Acar

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

Portrait of Özge Acar

Michail Marinis

Research topic during fellowship: When the Previously Differentiated Become Identical: What the Diachrony of Greek Inflectional Syncretism Can Teach Us [Short Title: GreDIS]

Portrait of Michail Marinis

Georgios Mouratidis

Research topic during fellowship: The Spatial and Sociopolitical Context of Athletic Inscriptions During the Hellenistic and Imperial Periods

Portrait of Georgios Mouratidis

Aikaterini Peppa

Research topic during fellowship: An Investigation of Pottery Makers in the Late Roman and Byzantine Periods: Economy, Mobility, Seasonality and Gender

Portrait of Aikaterini Peppa

Ermioni Prokopaki

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

Portrait of Ermioni Prokopaki

Yannis Stamos

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

Portrait of Yannis Stamos