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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” Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies, School of Economic and Regional Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece From 24/8/2010 Assistant Professor, “Social Anthropology of the Balkans” Department of Balkan Studies, University of Western Macedonia, Florina, Greece From 15/3/2006 Lecturer, “Social Anthropology of the Balkans” Department of Balkan Studies, University of Western Macedonia, Florina, Greece 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 Macedonia, Florina, Greece 2001 – 2002 Full Time Visiting Research Fellow, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex, UK 1

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IOANNIS MANOSAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies,School of Economic and Regional Studies,University of MacedoniaThessaloniki, [email protected], [email protected]+30 2310 891775http://uowm.academia.edu/IoannisManos

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTSFrom 24/6/2013Assistant Professor,

Social Anthropology of the BalkansDepartment of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies,

School of Economic and Regional Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece

From 24/8/2010Assistant Professor,

Social Anthropology of the BalkansDepartment of Balkan Studies, University of Western Macedonia, Florina, Greece From 15/3/2006Lecturer, Social Anthropology of the BalkansDepartment of Balkan Studies, University of Western Macedonia, Florina, Greece 2003

Adjunct Assistant Professor in Social Anthropology,

Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, American College of Thessalonica, Greece2002 2006Adjunct Lecturer in Social Anthropology of the Balkans,Department of Balkan Studies, University of Western Macedonia, Florina, Greece 2001 2002Full Time Visiting Research Fellow,

Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex, UK

RESEARCH INTERESTSPolitical 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

Certificate in Social Research Methods The Graduate School in Social Sciences, University of Sussex, UK 1998 2002PhD 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 Cowan1996 1998Aufbaustudium (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

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) 1998Department 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 PUBLICATIONSMonographs1. [work in progress] Dancing on the border: The politics of identity and culture in northern Greece, London, New York: Berghahn Books

ISBN 978-1-84545-470-82. (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.uni-hamburg.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. 2. Manos Ioannis (2011) [co-edited with Nitsiakos Vassilis, Ageopoulos Georgios, 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]

4. Manos Ioannis (2008) [co-edited with Nitsiakos Vassilis, Ageopoulos Georgios, 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 chapters1. (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] : , . : (.) , : , . 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] - . : (.) -: - - , : , . 71-85. [The Rainbow minority party and the anti-nationalist discourse. In: Agelopoulos Georgios (Ed.) Greece-Balkans: Multiculturalism and anti-nationalist 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. 125-138. 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. 74-81]Articles in conference proceedings1. (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 21st 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 29-31, 2008, Prefecture of Florina, pp. 44-51. 4. (2007) [in Greek] , - : . : , , . 957-972.

[Culture, politics and minority rights in the post-communist Balkans: An 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 reviews1. (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, : , , 10/2002-2003, . 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. 414-416.

5. (1998) Conference on Ethnic and National Identities, Lampeter 6th-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]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/Ohrid5. 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 programme6. 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 research9. Documentation of dance and music practices in the Florina region, Greece

(1992 - 1995)Research project funded by the Aristotelis Cultural Society in Florina10. The region of Florina in a historical perspective

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (January May 1991)CONFERENCE PAPERS2013

1. Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Voelkerkunde (DGV) [German Anthropological Association]

Mainz, 2-5

Conference title:

Verortungen. Ethnologie in Wissenschaft, Arbeitswelt und ffentlichkeitWorkshop 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 careers20122. 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 21st 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]20114. 6th Biannual Conference of the International Association for Southeast European Anthropology (InASEA) April, 28 May 1, Regensburg, GermanyConference title:

Southeast European (post) modernities,

Paper title: The state of affairs in Anthropology and folklore in Greece20105. Border Crossings Academic Network, Organisation for Culture of the Prefecture of Chalkidiki October, 15-16, GerakiniConference 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]20096. Department of Balkan Studies, Florina, Greece October, 16-18, FlorinaConference 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, GreeceConference title: INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION: Paideia, Polity, Demoi Strand 3 Intercultural education and its relationship to globalization, Citizenship, human rights and social justice issuesPaper title:

The construction of modern Greek national identity: Perceptions of homeland and Greekness in Greek pupils and students views in Northern Greece

8. Center for the Study of Greek Traditional Dances, Thessaloniki, Greece April, 4-5, Thessaloniki, GreeceConference 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 roadPaper title: The Border Crossings network: An effort to bridge the gap in SE Europe2008

10. University of Western Macedonia, Department of Balkan Studies, Florina, Greece

November, 11, Florina, greeceConference 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, FlorinaConference 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, FlorinaConference title:

1 [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, SloveniaConference title:

Experiencing diversity and mutuality

(Workshop No 59): Experiencing borders and boundaries in the post-socialist SA EuropeWorkshop 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]

200715. University of the Aegean, Department of Social Anthropology and History, Mytilini, GreeceNovember, 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:

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, AthensConference 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: , - : [Culture, politics and minority rights in the post-communist Balkans: An 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, AthensConference 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: : , 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 danceWorkshop Convenors: Jonathan Skinner, Helene Neveau

Paper title: Signifying self in plural cultural contexts: Subjectivity, power and individual agency in north-western Greek Macedonia25. AEGEE-Florina (Association des Etats Generaux Des Etudiantes de lEurope Florina), April, 26-27, FlorinaConference title:

[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, GreeceMarch, 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

29. European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)6th Biennial Conference, 26-29/7, Krakow, PolandWorkshop No 35:

States and their borders: Subversion and support at international boundaries

Workshop Convenors: Hastings Donnan, Thomas M. Wilson

Paper title: 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

INVITED LECTURES2013

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, ElassonaLecture 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 NegotiationMarch 8, ThessalonikiLecture 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, GreeceLecture 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 Lecture title: , 3 , 2010 [Women and tradition: Proceedings of the 3rd 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:Research design in cross-cultural context: Entrepreneurial activity as an object of study12. Crossing Borders through Art, Youth exchange programme Action 1 General Secretariat for Youth, Prefecture of Florina

29/4 8/5, Florina

Workshop title: Borders2006 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, GreeceWorkshop title: People: Family, education, gender, religion14. [Anthropology of dance], , [MA Program, department of physical education, University of Athens]

3/5, AthensLecture 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 1General 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 Staff,18-20/3,Korca, Albania

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 Aegean24/11, 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 university, Municipality of Florina, Greece] (26/3),Lecture title: 1990 [Aspects of the social reality in the Balkans after 1990]

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)

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 region1999

27. Aristotle University of Thessalonica, Pedagogic Faculty, Department of Balkan Studies, Seminar for Greek language and literature23/9, 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]

TEACHING ACTIVITYDepartment of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies,

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 StudiesUniversity 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

Introduction in Social Anthropology Political anthropology in South-Eastern Europe

Anthropological approaches to the post-communist Balkans

Anthropological research in the Balkans I

2006-07

Anthropological research in the Balkans I Anthropological research in the Balkans II Anthropological approaches to the post-communist Balkans Issues of Balkan ethnography

2005-06

Anthropological research in the Balkans I Anthropological research in the Balkans II Anthropological approaches to the post-communist Balkans Issues of Balkan ethnography Introduction into the research methodology [in cooperation with other staff members]

2004-05

Anthropological research in the Balkans I Anthropological research in the Balkans II The Anthropology of transition Issues of Balkan ethnography Introduction into the research methodology [in cooperation with other staff members]

2003-04 Anthropological research in the Balkans I Anthropological research in the Balkans II 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

Introduction in Social Anthropology 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 [in cooperation with other staff members] Qualitative and quantitative research methods [in cooperation with other staff members]

MA Programme: Economic and political governance in SE Europe

2007-12 Research methodology in the social sciences [in cooperation with other staff members] Migration in SE Europe [in cooperation with other staff members]

2005-07 Anthropological approaches to the post-communist Balkans 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 [in cooperation with other staff members] Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences

American College of Thessalonica, Greece

Undergraduate semester course [delivered in English]2003 (Spring semester) Introduction to Social AnthropologyKonitsa international summer school in anthropology, ethnography and comparative folklore of the BalkansUniversity 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[in cooperation with other staff members]

Ethnographic research in border areas: Field practice on both sides of the Greek-Albanian border [in cooperation with other staff members]

2009

Ethnographic research in border areas: Field practice on both sides of the Greek-Albanian border [in cooperation with other staff members]

2006-2008

Music and dance in the Balkans: Culture, identity, and power[in cooperation with other staff members] University of Ioannina, Department of History and Archeology

University of Western Macedonia, Department of Balkan Studies Democritus University of Thrace, Department of History and Ethnology

Courses [delivered in Greek]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:

[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] University of Ioannina, Department of History and Archeology

University of Western Macedonia, Department of Balkan Studies Democritus University of Thrace, Department of History and Ethnology

Cultural Organisation Prefecture of Chalkidiki, Greece Administration of primary and secondary educationCourses [delivered in Greek]2010

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]

University of Ioannina, Department of History and Archeology

University of Western Macedonia, Department of Balkan Studies Democritus University of Thrace, Department of History and Ethnology

Administration of primary and secondary education, Prefecture of Kastoria, Greece

Courses [delivered in Greek]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:

[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)

OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES Executive board member in scientific associations

2012- Member of the Advisory BoardInternational Association for Southeast European Anthropology (InASEA) 2011-12 PresidentInternational Association for Southeast European Anthropology (InASEA) 2009-11 Member of the executive board

International Association for Southeast European Anthropology (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

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 [The science of dance] [Greek scientific society for dance]Since 2006 Issues of Ethnology and AnthropologyDepartment of Ethnology, Philosophical School, University of Belgrade Since 1991The Aristotelis journal (Published by the Aristotelis Cultural Society, awarded by the Academy of Athens)

Member of scientific committees

American College of ThessalonikiBorjan Tanevski Scholarship Essay Competitions

Member of the international committee for the evaluation of essays 2013Competition topic:Migrationin the Balkans: Curse or Blessing?2012Competition topic:Peace and Cooperation in South-East Europe 2011Competition topic:

The open-minded traveler in the Balkans: experiences, impressions, problems,...2010Competition topic:

What Is a Minority? Should Members of Minorities Have Special Rights?2009 Competition topic:

Identifying common Balkan concerns in an era of global crisis2008 Competition topic:

Borders and Nations: What is their Role in the Europe of the Future?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

Conference title: To be comfirmedBelgrade, Serbia, 1-4/5 2013

3. 8th Konitsa Summer School in the Anthropology, Ethnography and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans,

Konitsa, 24/7-9/8

4. 11th Border Crossings Student Conference

Conference title: Border crossings and experiencing transitions: On border anthropology and anthropological nomadismBuckarest, Romania, 25-28/4 2012

5. 7th Konitsa Summer School in the Anthropology, Ethnography and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans,

Konitsa, 25/7-9/8

6. 10th Border Crossings Student Conference

Conference title: (Re)searching Europe: Narrating the past, making the present and imagining the futureIstanbul, Turkey, 26-29/4 2011

7. 6th Konitsa Summer School in the Anthropology, Ethnography and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans,

Konitsa, 27/7-11/8

8. 9th Border Crossings Student Conference

Conference title: Betwixt and between: Boundaries, transitions and transformations in SE EuropeKomotini, Greece, 12-15/59. 6th Biannual Conference of the International Association for Southeast European Anthropology (InASEA)

Conference title: Southeast European (post) modernities28/4-1/5, Regensburg, Germany2010

10. 5th Konitsa Summer School in the Anthropology, Ethnography and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans,

Konitsa, Greece, 28/7-12/8

11. 8th Border Crossings Student Conference

Conference title: Exploring everyday life in SE Europe: Identity, culture and representationZadar, Croatia, 22-25/42009

12. 4th Konitsa Summer School in the Anthropology, Ethnography and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans

Konitsa, Greece, 29/7-13/8

13. 7th Border Crossings Student Conference

Conference title: Rethinking the local, the national the global: Anthropological perspectivesPlovdiv, Bulgaria, 9-12/414. Municipality of Aminteo, GreeceConference 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 142008

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 and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans,

Konitsa, 27/7-9/8

17. 6th Border Crossings Student Conference

Conference title: Rethinking Balkan cultures: The dynamics of time and spaceKorca, Albania, 22-25/52007

18. 2nd Konitsa Summer School in the Anthropology, Ethnography and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans,

Konitsa, Greece, 30/7-10/8

19. 5th Border Crossings Student Conference

Conference title: Crossroads and boundaries: Challenges for Anthropology in South-Eastern EuropeSalovci, 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, 10-12/1121. 1st Konitsa Summer School in the Anthropology, Ethnography and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans,

Konitsa, Greece, 30/7-11/8

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, 12-15/524. 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 Staff

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

INVOLVEMENT IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES Radio programmes2004 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

1995Representative 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 Athens1993 Member of the Co-ordinating Committee of the Florina Prefecture for the Greek Folk Culture 1992Collaborator 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 1997Organiser of Cultural Events on Dance, Music and Singing within the Scope of the Aristotelis Floriniot Cultural Society Activities

Folklore activitiesDancer of Greek traditional dances2012 Dance Troupe of the Municipality of Ambelokipi in Thessaloniki, GREECE1989 1993, Dance Troupe of the Palai des Sports Athletic Center. Thessaloniki, GREECE

Dance Troupe of the Teachers Cultural Association of Thessaloniki, GREECEDance Troupe of the Municipality of Ambelokipi in Thessaloniki, GREECE1995 - 1998 , Dance Troupe of the Centre for Greek Dance. Hamburg, GERMANY1983, Department of Ethnography and Dance, Aristotelis Floriniot Cultural Society, Florina, GREECETeacher for Greek traditional dances1993 1994, Thrakiki Estia Ptolemaidas, GREECE

1995 1998, Centre for Greek Dance. Hamburg, Germany (Teaching in Dance Seminars in GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, SWITZERLAND, CYPRUS AND GREECE)Greek Community in Bergedorf, Hamburg, GERMANY1989 2000, Department of Ethnography and Dance, Aristotelis Florinian Cultural Society, Florina, GREECE Musician1994 2004, Musician at the Dance Seminars (GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, SWITZERLAND, CYPRUS AND GREECE) of the Centre for Greek Dance. Hamburg, GERMANY 1998, Participation as Accordion Player in the Compact Disc (CD): FLORINA, Yesterday and Today. Demotika Productions1982 1987, Member of the Mandolin Orchestra of the Aristotelis Florinian Cultural Society, Florina, GREECE OTHER SKILLSLanguages English German Slavmacedonian Musical instruments Accordion Toumbeleki (Greek Traditional Instrument) Daouli (Greek Traditional Instrument)Byzantine music 1987 1988 Byzantine Music School. Thessaloniki, Diocese

1982 1985 Byzantine Music School . Florina Diocese

MEMBERSHIP 1. The Border Crossings Academic Network

2. International Association for Southeast European Anthropology (INASEA)

3. European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)

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 HistoryPAGE 1