Curriculum Vitae

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

01.01.2019 – Present    Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale), Germany
01.11.2013 – 27.06.2018    PhD Fellow | Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

EDUCATION

2013 – 2018    PhD | Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark | Dissertation Title: Enacting Memoryscapes: Urban Assemblages and Embodied Memory in Post-Socialist Tashkent | Supervisor: Ildikó Bellér-Hann
2014    Visiting research student | School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), University College London (UCL), United Kingdom
2010 – 2012    Research MSc in Social Sciences | Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 – 2009    MA in International Conflict Studies | Department of War Studies, King’s College London, United Kingdom
2003 – 2008    BA in Mediterranean Studies | Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean, Greece

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

2010    Baku Summer Energy School | Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Azerbaijan

SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS

2019    Two-year post-doctoral fellowship | Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
2016    Asian Dynamics Initiative (ADI) travel grant | University of Copenhagen
2015    Asian Dynamics Initiative (ADI) travel grant | University of Copenhagen
2013    Three-year PhD fellowship | Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen
2012        STUNT travel grant | University of Amsterdam
2010        Merit scholarship | Baku Summer Energy School
2005        Merit scholarship | Semper Polonia Foundation

ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE

2016        Tashkent, Uzbekistan (2 months – continuous)
2014 – 2015    Tashkent, Uzbekistan (9 months – continuous)
2011         Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (2 months – continuous)
2011        Almaty, Kazakhstan (2 months – continuous)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

“Socialist and Post-Socialist Cities in Central Asia, Russia, and Eastern Europe” (BA level | Spring 2015 & Spring 2016 | Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen)
“Politics and Public Space in Modern Asian Cities” (MA level | Fall 2015 | Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen)

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Native        Greek | Polish
Fluent        English
Advanced    Russian