Scientific activity - Research Achievements - Professional qualifications
Selected International Presentations
1). «Aspects de l'activité minière en Méditerranée orientale. Le cas de la Mer Égée, 1870-1914», International Conference Les Sociétés en Méditerranée dans un âge de globalisation et de crise (1873-1896), University of Crete, Department of History–Archaeology and Institute of Mediterannean Studies (Rethymno, Crete, 25-27.8.2003).
2). «Technology transfer services in Greek Textile Industry (1870-1940): Industrialists, agents and engineers», International Conference of the European Business History Association From Industry to Services? (Barcelona, 16-18.9. 2004).
3). “Labour, gender and skill in Greek Textile Industry (1870-1940)”, International Conference of the Associaçao Portuguesa de História Económica e Social , Portugal , Europe and the Mediterranean: economies and societies in historical perspective (Evora, 18-19.11.2005).
4). “Engendering Business History: paternalism in Greek industry (1870-1940)”, Workshop on “New Research on Gender and Business History”, European Business History Association – Athens University- AUEB (Athens, 19-20.5.2006).
5). “Division of labour, technology and gender in Greece. The cases of cotton and mining industry, 1870- 1940”, XIV International Economic History Congress, International Economic History Association (Helsinki, 21-25.8.2006) and VII Conference of the European Historical Economics Society (Lund, Sweden, 29 .6 – 1.7.2007).
6). “Politics, modernization and public health in Greece (1900-1940): the case of occupational health”, International Conference Hygiene - Health Politics- Eugenics: Engineering Society in Twentieth-Century Southeastern Europe, Freie Universität (Berlin, 31.5 -2.6.2007).
7). “Paternalism and gender in the workplaces: Greece, 1830- 1940”, Seventh European Social Science History Conference organized by the International Institute of Social History (Lisbon , 26.2-1.3.2008)
8). “Greece has been endowed by nature with this precious material …” The economic history of the Greek Bauxite in the Post-War Reconstruction Era”, Comparative Aluminium Research Program (CARP) – Institut pour l' Histoire de l' Aluminium (IHA), Workshop on the Global Economic History of Bauxite (EHESS, Paris, 22-23.9.2008) and XV World Economic History Conference 2009, International Economic History Association (Utrecht , 3-7 August 2009).
9). “Definitions of Occupational Health: lead poisoning of miners and workers of metallurgy in Greece, 1900- 1940”, Universit é de Bourgogne – Universit é Paris X Nanterre, Colloque International Histoire (s) de la Sant é au Travail (Le Creusot, 25-26.9.2008)
10). “Wage systems and organization of labour: from family labour to subcontracting systems (Greece, 19th - first half of 20th c.)”, International Conference “Working in the Ottoman Empire and in Turkey: Ottoman and Turkish Labour History within a global perspective” (Bilgi University, Istanbul, 18-20.11.2011)
11). “The sewing machine, labour and the household economy in southern Europe, mid 19th-mid 20th centuries: a research agenda”, Lecture at International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam 14.1.2014.
1) “Meanings of skilled labour”, lecture in the postgraduate seminar History of labour of Prof. Chr. Agriantoni, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete (Rethymno, Greece, 28.1.1999).
2) “Division of labour in the Greek textile industry, 19th -20th centuries”, lecture in the postgraduate seminar Historiographical approaches to the history of labour of Prof. Efi Avdela, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete (Rethymno, Greece, 13.5.2004).
3) “The history of Greek Industry” , lecture in the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Programme ‘Protection of Monuments', National Technical University of Athens (Athens, Greece, 3.6.2005).
4) “Technology and labour's skills in Greek industry, 19th-20th centuries” lecture in the Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology, University of Thessaly (Volos, 9.11.2005).
5) “Technology and labour's skills in Greek industry, 19th-20th centuries. The case of textile industry”, lecture in the postgraduate seminar Science and technology in Greece 1900-1960: historiographical and sociological approaches of assistant professor Maria Rententzi. Graduate Programme in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology offered jointly by the Department of Philosophy and History of Science, National Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Division of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Science, National Technical University of Athens ( Athens, Greece, 30.11.2010).
1997-present, Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committee of several conferences organized in Greece by the “Association for the Study of Modern Hellenism”, the Greek Section of the “International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage”, the National Technical University of Athens and the Cultural Foundation of the Piraeus Bank Group, the Greek Economic History Association, the National School of Public Health and the National Research Foundation “Eleftherios K. Venizelos”, the Department of History and Archaeology/University of Ioannina
2008, President and Discussant in the session WOM 24 «The Rhetoric of Work and Gender», Seventh European Social Science History Conference (Lisbon, Portugal , 26.2-1.3.2008).
2010 - present, Member of the Editorial Board of the Electronic Bulletin of Economic History , www.hdoisto.gr
2013 - today, Collaborating Faculty Member of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies/Foundation for Research and Technology (Rethymno, Crete)
Membership in scientific societies
1). Member of the “Association for the Study of Modern Hellenism” since 1994 and Board member, 1997-1998. 2). Member of the Greek Section of the “International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage” (TICCIH) since 1996. 3). Member of “Associaçao Portuguesa de História Económica e Social” since 2005. 4). Member of the “Greek Historian's Network for Women's and Gender History”/International Federation for Research in Women's History since 2007. 5). Member of the “Greek Economic History Association” since 2008 and Board member since April 2010. 6). Member of the European Labour History Network (since 2013).
List of Research projects
1992 - 1994, Participation as postgraduate fellow in research project “The Christian communities in Cappadocia”, IMS/FORTH. Director: Prof. Christos Hadziiossif
1996 - 1997, Participation in research project “ Business History and Industrial Archaeology, Industrial archives”, Institute for Neohellenic Research , National Hellenic Research Foundation (INHR/NHRF) . Director: Christina Agriantoni. Source of funding: European Union, program “Leonardo da Vinci”
1998, Participation in research project “Sources and Evidence for the industrial history of Hermoupolis”, INHR/NHRF. Director: Christina Agriantoni.
1999 - 2000, Participation in the Research Group of Industrial Museum of Hermoupolis ( scientific responsibility: INHR/NHRF). Preparation of the “Oral Testimonies Archive in the Industrial Museum”. Direction: Christina Agriantoni.
1999 - 2001, Participation in research project “Rehabilitation of the former Drapetsona Fertilizer Factory, Piraeus”, School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens. Director: Prof. Yannis Polyzos. Research project financed by Drapetsona's town council and by the Bodosakis Foundation.
2002 - 2006, Responsible for the historical documentation of the research project « Historical Mines at the Aegean”, School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens and Cultural Foundation of the Piraeus Bank Group.
2005 - 2007, Participation in research project “The formation of labour classes in Volos, 1880- 1960”, Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology, University of Thessaly, Director: Prof. Christina Agriantoni. The project financed by the European program “Pythagoras”.
2004 - 2009, Participation in research project “The craft of tinsmith in the 20th century. The case of Georgios Hadzilaos”. Coordination: Dr Cleo Gougoulis. The project financed by the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation.
2009, Participation in research project “Chios Mastic Gum: oral testimonies of the workers”. Coordination: Helene Beneki. The project financed by the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation.
2010 - 2014, Participation in research project “Island cultures in a diachronic perspective: the case of Therasia”. School of Engineering, Department of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki . Director: Prof. Kalliroi Palyvou. The project financed by the European program “Thales”, Operational Programme “Education and Lifelong Learning” – European Social Fund.
2013 - 2015, Participation in research project “ELISTOKAINO - Greek history of innovation. The social prerequisites of innovation. Aspects of the Greek experience”, Institute for Mediterranean Studies/ Foundation for Research and Technology, Director: Prof. Christos Hadziiossif. The project financed by the program “Krepis” of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology.