Staff Profiles

I obtained my PhD from Athens University, in the field of Byzantine Art and Archaeology. Short periods of studies and research were funded by Aegean Scholarship-American School of Classical Antiquities in Athens, Library Research-Dumbarton Oaks Washington D.C., Notre Dame Medieval Institute IN. 

I worked for many years in the Greek Ministry of Culture carrying out a great number and variety of administrative, archaeological, educational and other tasks. 

I am currently a Marie Curie fellow in projects of Landscape Archaeology "Hydromedie" and "TerraSage" at Newcastle University.

My scholar interests include secular and vernacular architecture and art, from byzantine/medieval cultures and beyond, the investigation of pre-industrial and rural activities, the (ethno-) archaeology of natural resources (resin, honey) and use of animals (beekeeping, pigeon and fish breeding), currently water management (water collection, terracing) and hydraulic technology (watermills). 

Main ongoing publishing projects: 

-ed. volume, Secular Byzantine Women, by Routledge 

-author, Water collection in the fortified sites of Messinia. Medieval and Postmedieval cisterns, by Brill

Main ongoing research projects: 

-The investigation of hydraulic management in medieval and postmedieval Messinia and Laconia through case-studies, Peloponnese, southern Greece (project Hydromedie)

-Terraces in Mani, Messinia and Laconia, Peloponnese, southern Greece (project terraSage)

For a complete publications' list check profile in academia.edu