Petros Pizanias

Petros Th. Pizanias is Emeritus Professor of History, Department of History, Ionian University. He studied history at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and has worked as a Visiting Professor in several French universities. He directed the Post-Graduate Studies program, Department of History, and held the UNESCO chair for the training on teaching and researching history in the Balkans. He has published extensively in journals, such as Annales ESC, and Ta Istorika, he has organized international conferences, and has published nine books in the field of Modern and Contemporary Greek History. His most recent books include The Greek Revolutionof 1821: A European Event, Isis publications, and the proposed book published in Greek by Hestia Publications. He was also the chairman of the scientific committee of the Institute of Strategic and Development Studies – A. Papandreou, and advisor to the Minister of National Education (1997-1999). Since 2001, he has been the Principal Investigator of a historical research titled "The Hermes of Modern Greeks" a digital database with prosopographical parameters of selected social groups which played an important role in the 1821 Greek revolution. He is currently completing a book on the general history of the 1821 Greek revolution.Curriculum Vitae: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petros_PizaniasE-mail: [email protected]
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