Ioannis Manos

IOANNIS MANOS
Assistant Professor
Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies,

School of Economic and Regional Studies,
University of Macedonia
Thessaloniki, Greece
[email protected], [email protected]
+30 2310 891775
http://uowm.academia.edu/IoannisManos
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
From 24/6/2013
Assistant Professor,
Social Anthropology of the Balkans
School of Economic and Regional Studies, University of
Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
From 24/8/2010
Assistant Professor,
Department of Balkan Studies,
Macedonia, Florina, Greece
From 15/3/2006
Lecturer,
Department of Balkan Studies,
University
of
Western
University
of
Western
2003
Adjunct Assistant Professor in
Social Anthropology,
Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, American
College of Thessalonica, Greece
2002 2006
Adjunct Lecturer in Social Anthropology of the Balkans,

Department of Balkan Studies, University of Western
2001 2002
Full Time Visiting Research Fellow,

Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex, UK
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Political anthropology; Nationalism and ethnicity; Borders and border regions;
Dance anthropology; Culture and politics; Social theory; Human and minority
rights; Epistemology and methodology of research; Teaching anthropology; Applied
anthropology; South-Eastern Europe.
EDUCATION
2002
Methods
Certificate in Social Research

The Graduate School in Social Sciences, University of Sussex,
UK
1998 2002
PhD in Social/Cultural Anthropology

Institute of Social/Cultural Anthropology, Hamburg University,
Germany
Thesis title: Visualising Culture - Demonstrating Identity: Dance
Performance and Identity Politics in a Border Region in Northern
Greece.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Waltraud Kokot, Prof. Jane Cowan
1996 1998
Aufbaustudium (2-year study programme equivalent to an MA)

Institute of Social/Cultural Anthropology, Hamburg University,
Germany
1986 1991
B.A. in History and Archaeology

Department of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of
Thessalonica, Greece
RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2004
European
Union
European
Association
of Social
Anthropologists (EASA)
Grants for the participation in the 8th Biennial EASA
Conference, Face to Face: Connecting Distance and Proximity,
Vienna, September 8-12
2001 2002
Marie Curie Fellowship Sussex European Institute, University

of Sussex, UK
2000 2001
University of Hamburg, Germany
1999 2000
University of Hamburg, Germany
1998 1999
Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
1998
German
Department of Social Anthropology, University of Wales,

Lampeter, UK
Grants for the participation in the Conference, Negotiating
Boundaries: The Past in the Present in South-Eastern Europe,
Vienna, September 6-8
PUBLICATIONS
Monographs
1. [work in progress] Dancing on the border: The politics of identity and culture in
northern Greece, London, New York: Berghahn Books
ISBN 978-1-84545-470-8
2. (2002) Visualizing culture - Demonstrating identity: Dance performance and
identity politics in a border region in northern Greece, PhD Thesis.
Full text on-line publication on the web site of the Hamburg University
Library Carl von Ossietzky, Hamburg, Germany, http://ediss.sub.unihamburg.de/volltexte/2002/811/pdf/dissertation.pdf
(Co-) edited volumes
1. Manos Ioannis (2013) [co-edited with Nitsiakos Vassilis, Ageopoulos Georgios,
Angelidou Aliki, Dalkavoukis Vassilis] (Eds.) Balkan border crossings: Third
annual the Konitsa Summer School. Berlin: LIT Verlag.
Angelidou Aliki, Dalkavoukis Vassilis] (Eds.) Balkan border crossings: Second
annual of the Konitsa Summer School. Berlin: LIT Verlag.
3. Manos Ioannis (2010) [in Greek co-edited with Vassilis Dalkavoukis and
Christina Veikou] (.) , :

, :
.
[Innocent anthropologists, suspicious students: Teaching anthropology to those
who dont need it, Athens: Kritiki Publications]
Angelidou Aliki, Dalkavoukis Vassilis] (Eds.) Balkan border crossings: First
annual of the Konitsa Summer School. Berlin: LIT Verlag.
5. . (2007)Eriksen Thomas Hylland , :

, :
.
[Supervisor and editor of the Greek publication of Thomas Hylland Eriksens
book: Small places large issues: An introduction in Social and Cultural
Anthropology, Athens: Kritiki Publications]
Articles and book chapters
1. (forthcoming, [in Greek]) () :

[Living on the border: An ethnographic approach of nationalism in the everyday

life].
2. (2010) Fieldwork at the border: Ethnographic engagements in South-Eastern
Europe. In: Donnan Hastings, Wilson Tom, (Eds.) Borderlands: Ethnographic
approaches to security, power and identity, New York: University Press of
America, pp. 109-124.
3. (2010) On Being Macedonian: Social and cultural constructions of identity
in Greek Macedonia. In: Stefanidis I., Vlassidis Vl., Kofos Ev., (Eds.)
Macedonian identities in time: Interdisciplinary approaches, New York: Pella
Publications, pp. 258-272.
4. (2010) [in Greek] ,
- : ,
, . 35-46
[Culture, politics and minority rights in the post-communist Balkans: An
anthropological perspective, Journal of Biblical Studies, pp. 35-46]
5. (2010) [in Greek] : ,
1990. :
., ., .
.)
( :
, ,
, : , . 203-224.
[The present of the past: Macedonian Struggle, power and politics in the
Florina region after 1990. In: Gounaris B. Kalivas St. Stefanidis I. (Eds.)
Unorthodox wars: Macedonia, Civil War, Cyprus, Athens: Pataki publications,
pp. 203-224]
6. (2010) [in Greek co-authored with Vassilis Dalkavoukis and Christina
Veikou] .
: , ,
.)
, :

, : ,
. 17-40.
[Teaching anthropology to those who dont need it. In: Dalkavoukis
Vassilis, Manos Ioannis, Veikou Christina (Eds.) Innocent anthropologists,
suspicious students: Teaching anthropology to those who dont need it,
Athens: Kritiki Publications, pp. 17-40]
7. (2010) [in Greek]

. : , ,

.)
( ,
:

, :
, . 153-158.
[Identities. In: Dalkavoukis Vassilis, Manos Ioannis, Veikou Christina (Eds.)
Innocent anthropologists, suspicious students: Teaching anthropology to those
who dont need it, Athens: Kritiki Publications, pp. 153-158]
8. (2010) [in Greek] : ,

6
. : .)
(

, : , . 223-246.
[Dance and the orchestration of locality: Politics, politicians as power
holders and cultural associations as culture managers. In: Avdikos Evagelos
(Ed.) Folk cultures and borders in the Balkans, Athens: Pedio publications, pp.
223-246]
9. (2008) [in Greek]
. : ., ., .,
(.) : ,
: , . 419-436.
[Contemporary versions of the Macedonian identity in the region of Florina.
In: Stefanidis Ioannis, Vlasidis Vlassis, Kofos Evangelos (Eds.) Macedonian
identities through time: Interdisciplinary approaches, Athens: Pataki
Publications, pp. 419-436]
10. (2007) [in Greek]
- . :

.)
(
-:
-
- , : , . 7185.
[The Rainbow minority party and the anti-nationalist discourse. In:
Agelopoulos Georgios (Ed.) Greece-Balkans: Multiculturalism and antinationalist discourse, Thessaloniki: University of Macedonia, pp. 71-85.
11.
(2007) [in Greek]
:
, : , . 9-13.
[Social Anthropology as an object of teaching and a form of intervening
discourse in the study of social phenomena. Introduction for the Greek
edition of the book Small places, large issues: An introduction in Social and
Cultural Anthropology by Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Athens: Kritiki
Publications, pp. 9-13]
12. (2005) Border crossings: Dance performance and identity politics in a
border Region in Northern Greece, In: Donnan Hastings, Wilson Thomas
(eds.) Culture and power at the edges of the state: National support and
subversion in European border regions, Berlin: LIT Verlag, pp. 127-153.
13. (2004) [in Greek] ):
(

,
, . 92 (), . 56-62.
[Dance and (re)presentations: The limits and the need for ethnography,
Archaeology and Arts, 92, September, pp. 56-62]
14. (2004) Signifying self in plural cultural contexts: Subjectivity, power and
individual agency in North-Western Greek Macedonia, Anthropology of East
Europe Review, (Special Issue: Dance and Music in Eastern Europe), pp. 125138.
15. (2004) [in Greek]

. : ,
(.),

, :
, . 51-71.
[Dance as a means for the construction and negotiation of identity in the region
of Florina. In: Avdikos Evagelos, Papakostas Christos (Eds.), Heterogeneous
writings on dance, Athens: Ellinika Grammata, pp. 51-71]
16. (2003) To dance or not to dance?: Dancing dilemmas in a border region in
Northern Greece. Focaal: European Journal of Anthropology, (Special Section
on European states at their borderlands: Cultures of support and subversion
in border regions), 41, pp. 21-32.
17. (2003) The Past as a symbolic capital in the present: Practicing politics of
dance tradition in the Florina region, Northwest Greek Macedonia, In:
Keridis Dimitris, Bursac Elen, Yatromanolakis Nicholas (Eds). New
approaches to Balkan studies. The IFPA-Kokkalis Series on Southeast
European Policy, Vol. 2. NY Brasseys, pp. 22-42.
18. (1996) [in Greek] ,
, . 235-236, . 74-81
[The traditional dance in the region of Florina, Arisotelis, 235-236, pp. 7481]
Articles in conference proceedings
1. (2013) [in Greek co-authored with Vassilis Dalkavoukis] ,
:
. : , ,
, , , (et. al) (.)
: :
21 - , : , . 387-399.
[Anthropology, oral history and education: Training future professionals in the
experiential learning, In: Van Bouschoten Riki, Vervenioti Tasoula, Bada
Konstantina (et. al) Conference Proceedings, Bridging the generations:
Interdisciplinarity and life narratives in the 21 st century Oral history and other
life histories, pp. 387-399]
2. (2009) [co-authored with Kyridis, A., Palaiologou, N., Gialamas, B., Mouchtari
E., Alexandrou A., Moutsai, B., Zagkos, Chr.] The construction of modern
Greek national identity: Perceptions of homeland and Greekness in Greek
pupils and students views in Northern Greece. In: Palaiologou Nektaria (Ed.)
Intercultural Education: Paideia, Polity, Demoi, Electronic Proceedings ISBN
978-960-98897-0-4 (GR), ISBN/EAN 978-9--814411-1-7 (NL)
[Session
06-S2C-D2:
2nd
day
25-6-2009/
14:00-15:30
(33)
CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION]
3.
(2009) [in Greek]

: ,
. : 1
, , 29-31
2008, , . 44-51.
[Aspects of the research and documentation process of the dance culture in the
Florina region: Reflections and the need for a systematic study] In: Proceedings
of the 1st symposium of Folklore associations in the Florina region, October 2931, 2008, Prefecture of Florina, pp. 44-51.
4.
(2007) [in Greek] ,

- : . :

, , . 957-972.
anthropological perspective In: Aspects of transition and the European
perspective of the Balkan countries Conference proceedings, pp. 957-972]
5.
(2006) [in Greek] ,

. : 3
: ,
, . 401-408.
[Dance occasions, identity demonstration and the appropriation of culture
in the southern Balkans. In: 3rd Conference on folk culture: Dance and
cultural identities in the Balkans - Conference proceedings, pp. 401-408.
6.
(2004) [in Greek]

:
,
. :
1912-2002: , . 557-573.
[Contemporary anthropological research in the Florina region: Theoretical
principles, conceptual tools and cultural representations of the local reality.
In: Proceedings of the conference Florina 1912-2002: History and culture], pp.
557-573]
7.
(2001) Politics and the power of dance in the Florina region, Northwest
Greek Macedonia. In: Proceedings of the 21st Symposium of the ICTM Study
Group on Ethnochoreology, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research.
Zagreb, Croatia, pp. 221-227.
Book and conference reviews

1. (2006) Charles Keil, Angeliki Vellou-Keil, et. al., 2002, Bright Balkan
Morning: Romani Lives and the Power of Music in Greek Macedonia,
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press. Journal of the American
Musicological Society, 59 (2), pp. 513-518.
2. (2004) Cowan, Jane, K. Dembour M. B., Wilson R. A. (Eds), 2001 Culture

and Rights: Anthropological Perspectives. Cambridge University Press.
Nations and Nationalism, 10 (3), pp. 377-379.
3. (2004) [in Greek] , . 2000,

:
,
, 10/20022003, . 221-227.
[The mountainous space of the Balkans: Formations and transformations,
Ethnology, 10/2002-2003, pp. 221-227]
4. (2002) Cowan, Jane, K. (Ed.), 2000 Macedonia: The Politics of Identity and
Difference, London: Pluto Press. Nations and Nationalism, 8 (3), pp. 414416.
5. (1998) Conference on Ethnic and National Identities, Lampeter 6 th-8th
September 1998, South European Society and Politics, 3 (2), Autumn, pp.
174-176.
6. (1996) [in Greek] , 1994
, . 14.
[Folklore elements of the village Alona-Armensko in Florina, Tradition and
Art, 21, p. 14]
10
RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. Aspects of the refugee identity in the region of Chalkidiki, Greece
(November 2009 - March 2010)
Organisaton for Culture, Prefecture of Chalkidiki
2. Interreg: Trans-border cooperation and social transformations in the
districts of Florina (Greece) and Bitola (FY Republic of Macedonia)
(March September 2007)
Department of Balkan Studies, EU-funded trans-border cooperation research
project
3. Greece-Balkans: Multi-culturalism and anti-nationalist discourse
(October December 2005)
Pythagoras Research project, Department of Balkans, Slavic and Oriental
Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki
4. Study on the cross-border movement of people in the Prespa/Ohrid
region
(April 2005)
EastWest Institute, Euroregion Prespa/Ohrid
5. Documentation of cultural activity and practices within the frame of
cultural parks in the Prefecture of Florina, Greece
(July October 2003)
LEADER PLUS, EU-funded programme
6. Policy challenges in a changing Europe
(September 2001 May 2002)
Marie-Curie Fellowship, EU, Full Time Visiting Research Fellow, Sussex
European Institute, University of Sussex, UK
7. Anthropological fieldwork within the frame of my doctoral studies,
Florina region, Greece
(September 1998 April 2000)
8. Perceptions of the national border and its role in the daily life,
(February March 1998)
Communities of Schinnen (Provinz Limburg) and Selfkant (Landeskreis
Aachen) at the German-Dutch border
MA studies research
9. Documentation of dance and music practices in the Florina region,
Greece
(1992 - 1995)
Research project funded by the Aristotelis Cultural Society in Florina
11
10.The region of Florina in a historical perspective

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (January May 1991)
12
CONFERENCE PAPERS
2013
1. Deutsche
Gesellschaft
fuer
Voelkerkunde
(DGV)
[German
Anthropological Association]
Mainz, 2-5
Conference title:
Verortungen. Ethnologie in Wissenschaft, Arbeitswelt und ffentlichkeit
Workshop 14
Transcending
borders:
Teaching
anthropology
and
teaching
anthropologically in Europe
Convenors: John Friedman - Martin Zillinger
Paper title:
Teaching and learning anthropology in Southeastern Europe: Making
sense of a complex world and providing expertise for professional careers
2012
2. University of Western Macedonia, Regional Administration of
Western Macedonia, Municipality of Florina,
Florina, 8-11/11
Conference title:
:
[Western Macedonia: From its Incorporation into the Greek State until
Today]
Paper title:
, :

[About names, language and power: Contemporary approaches to identity
and difference on the case of the Greek dances name giving]
3. University of Thessaly, Department of History, Archaeology and
Social Anthropology,
Volos, Greece, 25-27/5
Conference title:
: 21
-
[Bridging the generations: Interdisciplinarity and life narratives in the 21 st

century. Oral history and other life stories]
Thematic unit: [Oral history and
education]
Paper title [presented with Dr. Vassilis Dalkavoukis]:
, :

[Anthropology, oral history and education: Training future professionals

through experiential learning]
13
2011
2010
2009
4. 6th Biannual Conference of the International Association

Southeast European Anthropology (InASEA)
April, 28 May 1, Regensburg, Germany
Conference title:
Southeast European (post) modernities,
Paper title:
The state of affairs in Anthropology and folklore in Greece
for
5. Border Crossings Academic Network, Organisation for Culture of the

Prefecture of Chalkidiki
October, 15-16, Gerakini
Conference title:

:

[Presentation of the results of the research project Aspects of the refugee
identity in the region of Chalkidiki]
Paper title:

:
[Cultural associations and the refugee identity: Case studies from the
region of Chalkidiki]
6. Department of Balkan Studies, Florina, Greece

October, 16-18, Florina
Conference title:

:

[Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Assessments and Prospects]
Paper title:
() :
..
[Living on the border: An approach of nationalism in the everyday life]
7. International Association for Intercultural Education
June, 22-26, Athens, Greece
Conference title:
INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION: Paideia, Polity, Demoi
Strand 3 Intercultural education and its relationship to globalization,
Citizenship, human rights and social justice issues
Paper title:
The construction of modern Greek national identity: Perceptions of
homeland and Greekness in Greek pupils and students views in
Northern Greece
14
8. Center for the Study of Greek Traditional Dances, Thessaloniki,

Greece
April, 4-5, Thessaloniki, Greece
Conference title:

[Approaches to the traditional dances]
Paper title:
:
,

[Name giving and classification of the Greek dances: The natives point of
view, the experts opinion and the ideological aspects of this relation]
9. Via Egnatia Foundation
February, 20-22, Bitola (FY Republic of Macedonia)
Conference title:
The Via Egnatia revisited: Reanimation of an old road
Paper title:
The Border Crossings network: An effort to bridge the gap in SE Europe
2008
10. University of Western Macedonia, Department of Balkan Studies,
Florina, Greece
November, 11, Florina, greece
Conference title:

:
[The Macedonian Struggle and the liberation of Florina: Events and

memories]
Paper title:
20 :
Necati Jumali
[Macedonia in the beginnings of the 20th century: An anthropological
interpretation of the past through the novels of Necati Jumali]
11. Municipality of Florina, Youth Board, University of Western
Macedonia, General Secretariat for Youth
November, 4-5, Florina
Conference title:

..
[Year of intercultural dialogue Youth and Action in the EU]

Paper title:

[Identity and difference in the contemporary Greek society]
12. Network of Folklore Association, Prefecture of Florina
October 31 - November, 2, Florina
Conference title:
1
15
[1st Symposium of the folklore collections in Florina]

Paper title:

: ,

[On the study and documentation of the dance and music culture of the
Florina region: Remarks, reflections and the need for a systematic research]
13. European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)
10th Biennial Conference,
August, 26-30, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Conference title:
Experiencing diversity and mutuality
(Workshop No 59):
Experiencing borders and boundaries in the post-socialist SA Europe
Workshop convenor, Co-convenors: Prof. Vassilis Nitsiakos, Dr. Aliki
Angelidou
14. University of Thessaly, Department of History, Archaeology and
Social Anthropology, Volos, Greece
June, 7-8
Conference title:

[Borders and folk cultures in the Balkans]
Paper title:
: ,

[Dance and the orchestration of locality: Politics, politicians as power
holders and cultural associations as culture managers]
2007
15. University of the Aegean, Department of Social Anthropology and
History, Mytilini, Greece
November, 8-11,
Conference title:
:

[Reconsidering the political: Anthropological and historical research in the
Greek society]
Paper title:
:
, ,
[Greece does not end in Florina but starts there: Dominant discourses,
ambiguous practices and competing nationalisms in western Macedonia]
16. University of Western Macedonia, Florina, Greece
June, 1-3
Conference title:
16
Necati Cumali (1921-2001)

[Necati Cumali (1921-2001) A Turkish writer from Florina]
Paper title:

[The representation of cultural difference in the Florina region in the
writings of Necati Jumali]
2006
17. Minority Groups Research Center

December, 15-17, Athens
Conference title:

:
[Inter-disciplinary approaches of migration and minority issues: The Greek
context after the end of the WW II]
Paper title:

[Five questions on the Macedonian minority in Greece]
18. Department of Balkan Studies, Florina
Novemeber, 10-12
Conference title:

[Aspects of transition and the European perspective of the Balkan countries]
Paper title:
, :
anthropological perspective]
19. Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of
Ljubljana, Slovenia
September, 23-30, Piran, Slovenija
Conference title:
13th Mediterranean ethnological summer symposium
Paper title:
Dancing on the border: Politics of identity and culture in northern
Greece
20. Yale University, Hellenic Studies Program, London School of
Economics, Hellenic Observatory
Maym 26-27, Athens
Conference title:
: (1904-1908),
(1941-1949), (1955-1959; 1963-1974)
[War and identities: Macedonian struggle (1904-1908), German occupation
and Greek civil war (1941-1949), Cypriot struggle (1955-1959; 1963-1974)]
Paper title:
17
: ,
1990
[Macedonian struggle and national identity: Symbols, practices and politics
in the Florina region after 1990]
2005
21. University of Ioannina, Greece, 3rd Border Crossings Student

Conference,
May, 12-15, Ioannina
Conference title:
The past in the present: Local cultures, national practices and cross
border co-operation
Paper title:
Human rights and the politics of culture in the Balkans
22. AEGEE-Florina (Association des Etats Generaux Des Etudiantes de
lEurope Florina)
April, 14-16, Florina
Conference title:
Conflict resolution and peace maintenance in the Balkans
Paper title:
Human rights discourses as a cultural process: An anthropological
contribution to the study or rights claims and practices in the Balkans
2004
23. Aristotle University of Thessalonica, Department og Physical
Education, Serres, Greece,
3rd Conference of Folk Culture, October 15-17, Serres
Conference title:

[Dance and cultural identities in the Balkans]
Paper title:
,

[Dance occasions, identity demonstration and the appropriation of culture
in the southern Balkans]
24. European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA),
8th Biennial Conference, 8-12/9, Vienna, Austria
Workshop No 46:
Meaning in motion: Advancing the anthropology of dance
Workshop Convenors: Jonathan Skinner, Helene Neveau
Paper title:
Signifying self in plural cultural contexts: Subjectivity, power and
individual agency in north-western Greek Macedonia
25. AEGEE-Florina (Association des Etats Generaux Des Etudiantes de
lEurope Florina), April, 26-27, Florina
Conference title:
18
[Human rights in the Balkans and the role of the European Union]
Paper title:

[Rights claims and the construction of identity through the appropriation of
culture]
2003
26. Lyceum of Greek Women, Drama, Greece
March, 22-23
Conference title:

[Fieldwork and dance experiences]
Paper title:

[Ethnographic practice and methodological dilemmas in the study of dance]

2002
27. Aristotle University of Thessalonica, Pedagogic Faculty, Department

of Balkan Studies
November, 8-10, Florina
Conference title:
1912-2002:
[Florina 1912-2002: History and culture]
Paper title:
:
,

[Contemporary anthropological research in the region of Florina: Theoretical
principles, conceptual tools and cultural representations of the local reality]
28. Centre For Advanced Study, (CAS), 18-20/10, Sofia
Conference title:
The Balkans: Mapping identities, 18th 21st century
Paper title:
Visualising culture - Demonstrating identity: Dance performance and
identity politics in a border region in northern Greece
2000

6th Biennial Conference, 26-29/7, Krakow, Poland
Workshop No 35:
States and their borders: Subversion and support at international
boundaries
Workshop Convenors: Hastings Donnan, Thomas M. Wilson
Paper title:
19
Being either/or or both/and? Dancing dilemmas in a border region in

northern Greece
30. International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM)
21st Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreology,
June, 30 July 9, Korcula, Croatia,
Paper title:
Politics and the power of dance in the Florina region, northwest Greek
Macedonia
31. Harvard University, JFK School of Government
The Socrates Kokkalis Graduate Student Workshop on Southeastern
Europe, 11 12/2, Boston, USA,
Paper title:
The past as a symbolic capital in the present: Practicing politics of dance
tradition in the Florina Region, northwest Greek Macedonia
20
INVITED LECTURES
2013
1. 4th Dance Seminar on Greek Traditional Dances
November 29-30 December 1, Smokovo, Karditsa
Lecture title:
:
[The dances of Florina: An ethnographic and movement approach]
2. Elassona Research Academy of Traditional Dances 1st Dance Seminar
on Greek Traditional Dances
April 13-14, Elassona
Lecture title:

[Ethnographic approaches to the study of dance culture of the Florina region]

3. Series of Anthropology and Folklore Lectures (Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki University of Macedonia, (2012-13): Fields of
Negotiation
March 8, Thessaloniki
Lecture title:
,
[Identity politics, cultural associations and the negotiation of dance]
4. DORA STRATOU Theatre for Greek Dances
February 10, Athens
Lecture title:

:
[Ethnographic approaches to the dance culture of the Florina region: The case
of the Kratero village]
2012
5. Department of History and Ethnology, Democritus University of
Thrace, Public debate:
[The Balkans in transition]
15/3, Komotini, Greece
Lecture title:

[The study of politics in the Balkans from an anthropological point of view]

2011
6. Book presentation, Cultural Association Apollon, Karditsa, Greece
12/11
21
Lecture title:
3
,
rd
2010 [Women and tradition: Proceedings of the 3 conference]
7. Book presentation, Larisa, Greece
20/2
Lecture title:
: ,

: ,
- [On the border: A study of migration, transborder
mobility and borders areas based on the book by Vassilis Nitsiakos: On the
border: Migrations, borders and identities on the Albanian-Greek border]
2009
8. 18 Dance Seminar on Greek Traditional Dances
20-25/4, Skotina, Greece
Lecture title:
,
:
[Historical, social and cultural context of the Florina dances: An introduction]

9. Secondary education administration offices, Prefectures of Xanthi and
Rodopi
13-14/3, Xanthi, Greece
Seminar for ethnographic research for teachers of elementary school
and high-schools
Lecture title:
:

[Introduction to the theory of anthropology: The relation between theory and
ethnography in a historical perspective]
2008
10.
Association of Thrakiotes, Filotas, Greece
14/12, Filotas
Lecture title:
:

[Studying identity issues: Some remarks from the contemporary Greek society]
2007
11.
Economic Faculty of Prilep, University of St. Climent Ohridski,
FYROM, INTERREG II
11/5, Prilep, FYROM
Lecture title:
22
Research design in cross-cultural context: Entrepreneurial activity as an

object of study
12.
Crossing Borders through Art, Youth exchange programme
Action 1
General Secretariat for Youth, Prefecture of Florina
29/4 8/5, Florina
Workshop title: Borders
2006
13.
Building a New World Through Exchange and Integration, Youth
exchange programme Action 1
General Secretariat for Youth, Cutlural Triangle of Prespes
29/6 10/7, Lemos, Florina, Greece
Workshop title: People: Family, education, gender, religion
14.

Anthropology
[
of
dance], ,
MA
[
Program, department of physical education,
University of Athens]
3/5, Athens
Lecture title:

[Dance and the politics of identity and culture in the Florina region]
15.
Winter Dance Conference, Tarpon Springs, Florida, , USA (4-8
January)
Saint Nicolas Greek Community
Lecture and workshop on the dances of Florina
2005
16.
Cutlural Triangle of Prespes
16/12, Lemos, Greece
Lecture title:
The Balkans and its people: Aspects of history and culture (19th-21st c.)
17.
Imagination and Knowledge: Anti-stereotypes, Youth exchange
programme Action 1
General Secretariat for Youth, Cutlural Triangle of Prespes
25/5 1/6, Agios Germanos, Greece
Workshop title: The construction and de-construction of stereotypes
18.
Prespa/Ohrid Social Science Faculties: First Meeting of Students
and Staf,
18-20/3,Korca, Albania
23
Lecture title:
The Department of Balkan Studies in Florina: A profile of the undergraduate
studies programme
2004
19.
MA program, Department of Social Anthropology and History,
University of the Aegean
24/11, Mytilini, Greece
Lecture title:
[Dance the politicization of culture and the politics of identity in the Florina
region]
2003
20.
Elementary education administration office, Prefecture of Florina
Conference title:
[Traditional dances]
Lecture title:
:
[The teaching of the Greek traditional dances]

21.
5th Annual Dance Symposium, Seattle, USA (10-12 October)
Saint demetrius Greek Community
Lecture and workshop on the dances of Florina
22.

[Open
Municipality of Florina, Greece] (26/3),
Lecture title:
1990
[Aspects of the social reality in the Balkans after 1990]
university,
2002
23.
University of Sussex, Anthropology Faculty Seminar (12/2)
Lecture title:
To Dance or not to dance?: Dancing dilemmas in a border region in northern
Greece
24.
Greek Society for Ethnology, Athens (27/1)
Lecture title:

[Dance as a means for the construction of identity in the Florina region]

25.
University of Sussex, PhD Workshop (14/1)

24
Lecture title:
The construction and performance of cultural difference in dance events
2001
26.
University of Hamburg, Germany, Forschungseminar (3/12)
Lecture title:
Interethnic relations in the Florina region
1999
27.
Aristotle University of Thessalonica, Pedagogic Faculty,
Department of Balkan Studies, Seminar for Greek language and
literature
23/9, Florina
Lecture title:

[The teaching of the Greek language through the use of traditional dancing
songs]
28.
Aristotelis Cultural Association of Florina
24/5, Florina
Lecture title:
:
[Ethnographic research in the region of Florina: Culture and politics]
25
TEACHING ACTIVITY
School of Economic and Regional Studies,
University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
Undergraduate semester courses [delivered in Greek (translated titles)]
2013-2014
Ethnographies of the Balkans
[in cooperation with Dr. Georgios Agelopoulos]
Identity and nationalism in the Balkans
Postgraduate semester courses [delivered in Greek (translated titles)]

MA Programme:
Studies in the languages and culture of SE Europe
2013-2014
Identity and difference in the Balkans
Department of Balkan Studies

University of Western Macedonia, Florina, Greece
Undergraduate semester courses [delivered in Greek (translated titles)]
2008-2013
Introduction in Social Anthropology
Political anthropology in South-Eastern Europe
Identity and nationalism in the Balkans
Anthropological approaches to the post-communist Balkans
Intercultural education
[Department of Primary education, in cooperation with other staff members for
the winter semester 2012-13]
2007-08

Political anthropology in South-Eastern Europe
Anthropological research in the Balkans I
2006-07
Anthropological research in the Balkans II
26

Issues of Balkan ethnography
2005-06
Introduction into the research methodology
[in cooperation with other staff members]
2004-05
The Anthropology of transition
Introduction into the research methodology
2003-04

Anthropological approaches to dance and music in the Balkans
Issues of the post-communist societies in the Balkans
Tradition and modernity in the Balkans
Gender, kinship and social relations in the Balkans
2002-03

Anthropological approaches to dance and music in the Balkans
Issues of the post-communist societies in the Balkans
Anthropological research in the Balkans
Tradition and modernity in the Balkans
Family and household in the Balkans
Postgraduate semester courses [delivered in Greek (translated titles)]

MA Programme:
Studies in the languages and culture of SE Europe
2009-13
Identity and difference in the Balkans
Ethnography of SE Europe: Theory and practice
Introduction into the cultural studies of the Balkans
Qualitative and quantitative research methods
27
MA Programme:
Economic and political governance in SE Europe
2007-12
Research methodology in the social sciences
Migration in SE Europe
2005-07
Nationalism, ethnicity and the politics of identity in the post World War II
Balkans
Aspects of culture in the post World War II Balkans: Uses, perceptions
and representations
Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences

American College of Thessalonica, Greece
Undergraduate semester course [delivered in English]
2003
(Spring semester)
Introduction to Social Anthropology
Konitsa international summer school in anthropology, ethnography and

comparative folklore of the Balkans
University of Ioannina, Department of History and Archeology
The Border Crossings Network
Municipality of Konitsa
Courses [delivered in English]
2010-2013
Doing fieldwork: Theory, method and the production of anthropological
knowledge
Ethnographic research in border areas: Field practice on both sides of
the Greek-Albanian border
2009
28
Ethnographic research in border areas: Field practice on both sides of

the Greek-Albanian border
2006-2008
Music and dance in the Balkans: Culture, identity, and power

University of Western Macedonia, Department of Balkan Studies
Democritus University of Thrace, Department of History and Ethnology
Courses [delivered in Greek]
2013
1.
[Fieldwork in the village of Melivoia, Larisa, Greece]
May 13-17
[http://www.melivoia.blogspot.gr/2013/05/blog-post_12.html]
Course title:

[Local identity, economic and social transformations in the village of
Melivoia, Larisa, Greece]
2009
2.
[The cultural environment as a social construction]
October 28 November 1, Aghia, Larisa, Greece
(in cooperation with Dr. Vassilis Dalkavoukis, Democritus University of
Thrace)
Course title:
:

[The space of time and the time of space: Local history and perceptions of
the natural and cultural landscape]
2008
3. :
[Spring on mount Olympus: The methodology of fieldwork]
May 28 June 1, Rapsani, Greece
Course title:

29
[Tracing the historical development of the area through the use of place
names]
(in cooperation with Pr. Vassilis Nitsiakos, University of Ioannina)
State Scholarships Foundation, Greece [Erasmus Intensive Programme IP]

University of Western Macedonia, Department of Pre-School Education
University of Ljubljana, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
NHL University (Noordeldijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden)
Cyprus University of Technology, Lemessos
St. Marys University College, Belfast
Courses [delivered in English]
2011
1. People and space in the borderland of Western Macedonia: Tracing
historical, social and intercultural features
IP 2011 - P.S.BoWMa
June, 27 July 8
[http://www.eled.uowm.gr/ip2010/intensive-programme-2011]
Course title:
Living on the borderland: Studying the impact of borders on the peoples
lives in the Florina region, north-western Macedonia, Greece
2010
2. People and space in the borderland of Western Macedonia: Tracing
historical, social and intercultural features
IP 2010 - P.S.BoWMa
June, 27 July 10
[http://www.eled.uowm.gr/ip2010/intensive-programme-2010]
Course title:
Borderlands and border studies in SE Europe: An anthropological
perspective focus on symbolic, cultural and geopolitical borders
[in cooperation with Prof. Rajko Mursic, University of Ljubljana]

Cultural Organisation Prefecture of Chalkidiki, Greece
Administration of primary and secondary education
2010
30
1.
.
[Introduction to the ethnographic fieldwork for teachers of primary and
secondary education in Greece]
April-May, Nea Moudania, Greece
(Scientific supervisor, in cooperation with Dr. Vassilis Dalkavoukis,
Democritus University of Thrace)
2.
[Aspects of the refugee identity in the region of Chalkidiki] Period B
March, 10-14, (Nea Tenedos, Portaria, Simantra)
Course title:
-

[Introduction to the ethnographic fieldwork for undergraduate and
postgraduate students]
2009
3.
[Aspects of the refugee identity in the region of Chalkidiki] Period A
October, 18-22, (Nea Tenedos, Portaria, Simantra)
Course title:
-

[Introduction to the ethnographic fieldwork for undergraduate and
postgraduate students]

Administration of primary and secondary education, Prefecture of Kastoria,
Greece
2012
1.
.
[Seminar of teaching and research methodology for primary and secondary
education teachers]
October-December, Kastoria, Greece
[http://dipe.kas.sch.gr/ss33pekas/]
Course title:
31

[Experiential learning and ethnography: A methodological proposal for the
perception of the educational process and the understanding of the school
and social reality]
(in cooperation with Dr. Vassilis Dalkavoukis and Dr. Valia Kravva,
Democritus University of Thrace)
32
OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Executive board member in scientific associations
2012-
Member of the Advisory Board

International Association for Southeast European Anthropology
(InASEA)
2011-12
President
(InASEA)
2009-11
Member of the executive board

(InASEA)
Since 2003
Founding member of the

BORDER CROSSINGS international network of students and
academics of the Balkans (www.border-crossings.eu)
Editorial board member in publication series

Since 2010
Balkan Border Crossings Proceedings of the Konitsa Summer

School
[Publication series of the BORDER CROSSINGS network in
cooperation with the German publishing house LIT]
Board of Reviewing Editors
Vassilis Nitsiakos, Professor
Ioannis Manos, Assistant Professor
Georgios Agelopoulos, Assistant Professor
Aliki Angelidou, Assistant Professor
Vassilis Dalkavoukis, Assistant Professor
Contributions to Balkan Ethnography
[Publication series of the BORDER CROSSINGS network in
cooperation with the German publishing house LIT]
Editorial/Advisory Board
Vassilis Nitsiakos, Professor, Dep. of History and Archaeology,
University of Ioannina, Ioannina
Vintila Mihailescu, Professor, National School of Political Studies
and Administration, Bucharest
Rajko Mursic, Professor, Faculty of Arts, Dep. of Ethnology and
Cultural Anthropology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana
Hande Birkalan-Gedik, Professor, Dep. of Anthropology, Yeditepe
University, Istanbul
33
Ljupco S. Risteski, Associate Professor, Institute of Ethnology

and Anthropology, University Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje
Slobodan Naumovic, Associate Professor, Dep. of Ethnology and
Anthropology, Belgrade University, Belgrade
Ioannis Manos, Assistant Professor, Dep. of Balkan Studies,
Univ. of Western Macedonia, Florina
Published monographs:
Voutira Eftihia (2011), The "Right to Return" and the Meaning of
"Home": A post Soviet Greek Diaspora Becoming European?, Berlin:
LIT Verlag.
Nitsiakos Vassilis (2010), On the Border: Transborder Mobility,
Ethnic Groups and Boundaries along the Albanian-Greek Frontier,
Berlin: LIT Verlag.
Editorial board member in scientific journals

Since 2010
Since 2006
Since 1991
[The science of dance]

[Greek scientific society for dance]
Issues of Ethnology and Anthropology
Department of Ethnology,
Philosophical School, University of Belgrade
The Aristotelis journal
(Published by the Aristotelis Cultural Society, awarded by the
Academy of Athens)
Member of scientific committees

American College of Thessaloniki
Borjan Tanevski Scholarship Essay Competitions
Member of the international committee for the evaluation of essays
2013
Competition topic:
Migration in the Balkans: Curse or Blessing?
2012
Competition topic:
Peace and Cooperation in South-East Europe
2011
Competition topic:
34
The open-minded traveler in the Balkans: experiences, impressions,

problems,...
2010
Competition topic:
What Is a Minority? Should Members of Minorities Have Special
Rights?
2009
Competition topic:
Identifying common Balkan concerns in an era of global crisis
2008
Competition topic:
Borders and Nations: What is their Role in the Europe of the
Future?
35
CONFERENCE ORGANISATION MEMBER OF ORGANISING COMMITTEES

2014
1. 9th Konitsa Summer School in the Anthropology, Ethnography

and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans,
Konitsa, 23/7-8/8
2. 12th Border Crossings Student Conference

2013
Conference title: To be comfirmed

Belgrade, Serbia, 1-4/5

Konitsa, 24/7-9/8
2012
Conference title: Border crossings and experiencing transitions:

On border anthropology and anthropological nomadism
Buckarest, Romania, 25-28/4

Konitsa, 25/7-9/8
2011
Conference title: (Re)searching Europe: Narrating the past, making

the present and imagining the future
Istanbul, Turkey, 26-29/4

Konitsa, 27/7-11/8
Conference title: Betwixt and between: Boundaries, transitions

and transformations in SE Europe
Komotini, Greece, 12-15/5
9. 6th Biannual Conference of the International Association for

Southeast European Anthropology (InASEA)
Conference title: Southeast European (post) modernities
28/4-1/5, Regensburg, Germany
2010

Konitsa, Greece, 28/7-12/8
36
Conference title: Exploring everyday life in SE Europe: Identity,

culture and representation
Zadar, Croatia, 22-25/4
2009

and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans
Conference title: Rethinking the local, the national the global:

Anthropological perspectives
Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 9-12/4
14. Municipality of Aminteo, Greece

Conference title:
, 19 20 ,

[The traditional dress in the region of Aminteo around the end of the
19th c. and the beginning of the 20th. Its contemporary reproduction]
Aminteo, Greece, March 14
2008
15. 5th International Student Conference
American College of Thessaloniki, Borjan Tanevski Memorial
Fund, International Student Conference,
Conference title: Borders and Nations: What is their Role in the
Europe of the Future?
Thessaloniki, Greece, 24/10
16. 3rd Konitsa Summer School in the Anthropology, Ethnography

Konitsa, 27/7-9/8
Conference title: Rethinking Balkan cultures: The dynamics of

time and space
Korca, Albania, 22-25/5
2007
18. 2nd Konitsa Summer School in the Anthropology, Ethnography

Conference title: Crossroads and boundaries: Challenges for

Anthropology in South-Eastern Europe
37
Salovci, Slovenia 26-29/4

2006
20. Department of Balkan Studies, Florina, Greece

Conference title:

[Aspects of the transition process and the European prospect of the
Balkan countries]
Florina, Greece, 10-12/11
21. 1st Konitsa Summer School in the Anthropology, Ethnography

22. American College of Thessaloniki, Borjan Tanevski Memorial

Fund, International Student Conference,
Conference title: The Balkans in 10 Years: Imagine!
Thessalonica, 26/5
2005
23. 3rd Border Crossings Student Conference
Conference title: The Past in the present: Local cultures, national

practices and cross-border cooperation
Ioannina, Greece, 12-15/5
24. Projects in the Prespa/Ohrid Region and the Role of the

European Union in the Western Balkans
Bitola, FYROM, 20/4
25. Prespa/Ohrid Social Science Faculties: First Meeting of
Students and Staf
Korca Albania, 18-20/5
2004
26. 2nd Border Crossings Student Conference
Conference title: Border crossings: Perceptions and views from the

southern Balkans
Florina, Greece, 20-23/5
2003
27. 1st Border Crossings Student Conference
Conference title: The Balkans: Perceptions and images of the

Balkan Other Possibilities for exchange and co-operation
Skopje, FYROM, 21-24/11
38
39
INVOLVEMENT IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

Radio programmes
2004 2006
Coordinator of the weekly radio programme A view of the

Balkans presented by students of the Department of Balkan
Studies at the National Radio Station (Florina radio station)
Committees
1995
Representative of the Municipality of Florina at the Meeting

of the Candidate Cities for the Participation in the National
Cultural Network organized by the Greek Ministry of Culture in
Athens
1993
Member of the Co-ordinating Committee of the Florina

Prefecture for the Greek Folk Culture
1992
Collaborator of the Folklore and Ethnological Museum of

Macedonia and Thrace in the Organisation of the Exhibition
An Introduction to the Traditional Culture of the Florina
Region
1991 1997
Member of the Board of the Aristotelis Floriniot Cultural

Society and Head of the Ethnography and Dance
Department
1991 1997
Organiser of Cultural Events on Dance, Music and Singing

within the Scope of the Aristotelis Floriniot Cultural Society
Activities
Folklore activities
Dancer of Greek traditional dances
2012
1989 1993,
1995 - 1998 ,
1983,
Dance Troupe of the Municipality of Ambelokipi in Thessaloniki,

GREECE
Dance Troupe of the Palai des Sports Athletic Center.
Thessaloniki, GREECE
Dance Troupe of the Teachers Cultural Association of
Thessaloniki, GREECE
Dance Troupe of the Municipality of Ambelokipi in Thessaloniki,
GREECE
Dance Troupe of the Centre for Greek Dance. Hamburg,
GERMANY
Department of Ethnography and Dance, Aristotelis Floriniot
Cultural Society, Florina, GREECE
40
Teacher for Greek traditional dances

1993 1994,
1995 1998,
1989 2000,
Thrakiki Estia Ptolemaidas, GREECE

Centre for Greek Dance. Hamburg, Germany (Teaching in
Dance Seminars in GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS,
SWITZERLAND, CYPRUS AND GREECE)
Greek Community in Bergedorf, Hamburg, GERMANY
Department of Ethnography and Dance, Aristotelis Florinian
Musician
1994 2004,
1998,
1982 1987,
Musician at the Dance Seminars (GERMANY, THE

NETHERLANDS, SWITZERLAND, CYPRUS AND GREECE) of
the Centre for Greek Dance. Hamburg, GERMANY
Participation as Accordion Player in the Compact Disc (CD):
FLORINA, Yesterday and Today. Demotika Productions
Member of the Mandolin Orchestra of the Aristotelis Florinian
OTHER SKILLS
Languages
English
German
Slavmacedonian
Musical instruments
Accordion
Toumbeleki (Greek Traditional Instrument)
Daouli (Greek Traditional Instrument)
Byzantine music
1987 1988
1982 1985
Diocese
Byzantine Music School. Thessaloniki, Diocese

Byzantine Music School
. Florina
MEMBERSHIP
1. The Border Crossings Academic Network
2. International Association for Southeast European Anthropology (INASEA)
41

4. Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Vlkerkunde (DGV)
5. Greek Society of Ethnology
6. International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM)
7. Study Group on Ethnochoreology of the ICTM
8. Vereinigung Der Ehemaligen Daad-Stipendiaten Aus Griechenland
9. Aristotelis Cultural Society of Florina
10.Greek Society for Oral History
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Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies,

Adjunct Lecturer in Social Anthropology of the Balkans,

Full Time Visiting Research Fellow,

Certificate in Social Research

PhD in Social/Cultural Anthropology

Aufbaustudium (2-year study programme equivalent to an MA)

B.A. in History and Archaeology

RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Marie Curie Fellowship Sussex European Institute, University

University of Hamburg, Germany

University of Hamburg, Germany

Department of Social Anthropology, University of Wales,

[Living on the border: An ethnographic approach of nationalism in the everyday

7. (2010) [in Greek]

15. (2004) [in Greek]

(2009) [in Greek]

(2007) [in Greek] ,

(2006) [in Greek] ,

(2004) [in Greek]

Book and conference reviews

2. (2004) Cowan, Jane, K. Dembour M. B., Wilson R. A. (Eds), 2001 Culture

10.The region of Florina in a historical perspective

[Bridging the generations: Interdisciplinarity and life narratives in the 21 st

[Anthropology, oral history and education: Training future professionals

4. 6th Biannual Conference of the International Association

5. Border Crossings Academic Network, Organisation for Culture of the

6. Department of Balkan Studies, Florina, Greece

8. Center for the Study of Greek Traditional Dances, Thessaloniki,

[The Macedonian Struggle and the liberation of Florina: Events and

[Year of intercultural dialogue Youth and Action in the EU]

[1st Symposium of the folklore collections in Florina]

Necati Cumali (1921-2001)

17. Minority Groups Research Center

21. University of Ioannina, Greece, 3rd Border Crossings Student

[Ethnographic practice and methodological dilemmas in the study of dance]

27. Aristotle University of Thessalonica, Pedagogic Faculty, Department

29. European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)

Being either/or or both/and? Dancing dilemmas in a border region in

[Ethnographic approaches to the study of dance culture of the Florina region]

[The study of politics in the Balkans from an anthropological point of view]

[Historical, social and cultural context of the Florina dances: An introduction]

Research design in cross-cultural context: Entrepreneurial activity as an

[The teaching of the Greek traditional dances]

[Dance as a means for the construction of identity in the Florina region]

University of Sussex, PhD Workshop (14/1)

Postgraduate semester courses [delivered in Greek (translated titles)]

Department of Balkan Studies

Introduction in Social Anthropology

Anthropological approaches to the post-communist Balkans

Anthropological research in the Balkans I

Introduction in Social Anthropology

Postgraduate semester courses [delivered in Greek (translated titles)]

Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences

Konitsa international summer school in anthropology, ethnography and

Ethnographic research in border areas: Field practice on both sides of

University of Ioannina, Department of History and Archeology

State Scholarships Foundation, Greece [Erasmus Intensive Programme IP]

University of Ioannina, Department of History and Archeology