THEODOROS G. GIANNOPOULOS
Dr. phil. of the Institute of Prehistory and Protohistory
of the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg (Germany)
Personal details:
Date of birth: 31/01/1979.
Place of birth: Salonica, Greece.
E-Mail: theodoros.giannopoulos@gmail.com
Education:
• Primary and secondary:
Graduation from the 57th Primary School of Patras (1990), from the 1st High School of Patras (1993) and from the 11th Lyceum of Patras (1996).
• Undergraduate university studies:
1996-2000: Undergraduate studies in the Department of History, Archaeology and History of Art of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Athens.
1998-2000: Branch of studies Archaeology and History of Art. Archaeological studies among others with the university scholars Chr. Doumas, G. Korres, P. Valavanis, G. Kokkorou-Aleura, N. Gioles, N. Zias, E. Deligianni-Dori and St. Lydakis.
• Postgraduate-PhD Studies:
2001-2007: PhD studies in the institute of Prehistory and Protohistory (Ur- und Frühgeschichte) of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg. Main subject: Prehistory and Protohistory, subsidiary subjects: Ancient History, Classical Archaeology. PhD subject: Die letzte Elite der mykenischen Welt. Achaia in mykenischer Zeit und das Phänomen der Kriegerbestattungen im 12.-11. Jh. v. Chr. (The last élite of the Mycenaean world. Achaea in the Mycenaean age and the phenomenon of the warrior burials in the 12th-11th century B.C.). First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Joseph Maran, second supervisor: Prof. Dr. Diamantis Panagiotopoulos.
WS 2004/05-SS 2005: Studies in English language with the guest scholars Andrew Sherratt (†), Susan Sherratt (Sheffield), John C. Barrett (Sheffield), Matthew Johnson (Southampton) und James C. Wright (Bryn Mawr College, USA).
Computer knowledge and scientific applications:
• ECDL Core certificate (Concepts of Information Technology, Using the computer and managing files, Word Processing, Spreadsheets [Excel], Information and Communication [Internet Explorer], Presentation [PowerPoint] and Database [Access]).
• Scanning and preparation of images for scientific publications with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator software.
Personal editorial work (layout, preparation of images and their plates) on the PhD thesis (Die letzte Elite der mykenischen Welt. Achaia in mykenischer Zeit und das Phänomen der Kriegerbestattungen im 12.-11. Jahrhundert v. Chr., Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie, Band 152, Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt, Bonn 2008).
Languages:
• Ancient and modern Greek
• German
• English
• Italian
Field work:
• 23/07-06/08/2000: Participation in the excavation of the Bronze Age settlement of Akrotiri on Santorini under the direction of Prof. Dr. Chr. Doumas.
• 08/10-15/11/2000: Participation in the excavation of the Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology and Speleology in the cave of the Leibethridean Muses in Agia Triada in Boiotia.
• 01-29/09/2002: Participation in the archaeological field survey in the basin of Phlious in Korinthia in the framework of the project organized by the institute of Prehistory and Protohistory of the University of Heidelberg and the research post Archaeometry of the Heidelbergian Academy of Science about “Settlement history and landscape development in the Phlious Basin (Korinthia, Southern Greece) – Reconstruction of an ancient landscape” („Besiedlungsgeschichte und Landschaftsentwicklung in der Ebene von Phlious [Korinthia, Südgriechenland] – Rekonstruktion einer antiken Landschaft“), under the direction of Prof. Dr. J. Maran, Prof. Dr. G. A. Wagner and Dr. A. Lang.
• 01-20/09/2003: Participation in the excavations of the German Archaeological Institute on the Mycenaean Acropolis of Tiryns in the Argolid in Southern Greece under the direction of Prof. Dr. J. Maran.
Conferences:
• Participation in the organisation of the international Wilhelm Dörpfeld-Conference on Leukas (06-09/08/2006) as well as in the redaction of the volume of the proceedings.
• From the Aegean to the Adriatic: Social Organisations, Modes of Exchange and Interaction in the Post-palatial Times, International Workshop, Udine December 1st-2nd 2006.
• Round Table on Bronze Age Aegean Warfare, University of Athens, 12-13 December 2009.
• Member of the organizing committee of the international conference Nerikos-Leukas-Kastro: the longest-lived capital of Leukas, Leukas, 03-04.08.2010 (Νήρικος-Λευκάς-Κάστρο: Η μακροβιότερη πρωτεύουσα της Λευκάδας ).