Department of Classics and Archaeology

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Georgios Spyropoulos

Honorary Associate Professor,

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Biography

Deputy Head of the Ephorate of Antiquities for Corinthia, Hellenic Ministry of Culture

Director of the Department of Prehistoric & Classical Antiquities and of Museums of the Ephorate of Antiquities for Corinthia, Hellenic Ministry of Culture

Director of the 5-year Lechaion Harbor and Settlement Land Project, in collaboration with the California State University (under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens)

Previous employment in the Hellenic Ministry of Culture:

  • Directorate of Museums, Department of Exhibitions and Museum Research (2014 -2015)
  • Ephorate of Antiquities for Piraeus (2006 -2014)
  • Ephorate of Antiquities for Attica (2003 - end of 2005)
  • Ephorate of Antiquities for Arcadia and Laconia (1990 -2003)

HONORARY ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2015 - : Visiting Professor, Sapienza Università di Roma,

2016: Research Associate; Senior Lecturer in Modern Greek Studies and Associate Director for running Hellenic Studies teaching and learning Programs on campus and in Greece, Princeton University

2016: Honorary Academic, McMaster University, Canada

2016: Honorary Academic, NYU-ISAW

2015-16: Visiting Professor, Harvard University

2015: Visiting Professor, SCAD

2020: Academic visitor, Oxford University

2008: Academic Visitor, American School of Classical Studies at Athens

SELECTED SCIENTIFIC BOARD MEMBERSHIP

  • international project member on illegal antiquities
  • Greek-Canadian project member on mobile applications and e-learning courses intended to promote Greek cultural assets
  • Committee member for seismic mitigation bases for sculptures, in cooperation with the J.P. Getty Museum
  • Restoration and reconstruction of the Villa of Herodes Attitus at Eva/Loukou Kynourias in southern Peloponnese
  • Editorial Manager of Getty Research Journal

EDUCATION

2000 - PhD in Classical Archaeology, Philipps Universität Marburg

1998 - MPhil in Archaeology, King's College London

1995 - MA in Classics, University of King's College London

1994 - BA in Archaeology & History of Art, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Expertise Summary

Greek and Roman archaeology and culture; cultural heritage management; fieldwork.

Department of Classics and Archaeology

University of Nottingham
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