Teaching
My approach to teaching is informed by my desire to make the study of the past accessible to all, to encourage the formation of critically thinking and fulfilled individuals, and to link learning to communities. I lecture on topics open to interdisciplinarity and modern approaches (incl. sociological and anthropological theories) that scaffold work-ready, sustainability, enterprise, digital and academic skills. I promote data-informed, digitally-enhanced, student-centred learning design solutions, that prioritise active and social learning, foster authentic content, and create an equitable, diverse and inclusive context. Beyond enthusiastic reviews, evidence of student satisfaction with this approach is the nomination of my course Beauty & the Greeks (UG) for a Teaching Award in the category of ‘Outstanding Course’ (awarded by the Edinburgh University Student’s Association) in 2019/20. I am also an associate Fellow of the AcademyHE.
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Hellenic Open University. Introduction to the Hellenic Culture – 2017/18
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The University of Edinburgh. School of History, Classics & Archaeology. Beauty and the Greeks – 2019/20
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Oxford University. Theology Faculty. Byzantine Church and Empire 1000-1453 – 2017/18
Princeton University. Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies/Mt Menoikeion Seminar. The Byzantine Empire: An Overview / Byzantine Monasticism – 2015
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Ancient Greek
University of Oxford. Department of Continuing Education, Ancient Greek, Level 2 – 2017/18
University of Oxford. Classics Faculty. Aristophanes: Frogs – 2010/11
Medieval Greek
Boğaziçi University. Byzantine Studies Research Centre, Medieval Greek – 2020–22 (Summer School)
Modern Greek for Classicists
University of Oxford. Ioannou Centre. 2010–12
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Boğaziçi University. Byzantine Studies Research Centre. Sources on Constantinople – 2022 (summer school)
The Open University of Cyprus. Hellenistic, Roman and Late Antique Literature – 2018-21
Oxford University. History Faculty. Byzantine Beauty : Reading Aesthetics in Medieval Greek – 2017/18
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University of Oxford, History Faculty: Medieval Latin (PG, tutorials) — 2013/14
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I have delivered a number of UG and PG guest lectures on topics related to late antique and Byzantine art history:
The University of Oxford, for the course ‘Byzantium 500–1000: Byzantine Art and Archaeology’ (UG): ‘Icons and People’, ‘Miniature Painting in Daily Life’, ‘Iconoclasm and Material Culture’ (2016/17)
The University of Oxford, for the course ‘Byzantine Art and Archaeology’ (PG): ‘Monasteries, Monasticism, and Art in Byzantium’ (2016)
Artes Liberales, University of Warsaw, for the course ‘Political Theologies in Pre-Modern and Modern Societies’ (UG): ‘Imperial Portraits in the Byzantine World’ (2015)
Centre for Hellenic Studies, Simon Fraser University, for the course ‘Byzantine History and Culture’ (UG): ‘Epigrams and Society in Byzantium’,
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Simon Fraser University. SNF Media Lab & Centre for Hellenic Studies. Greek Palaeography (application development)
Boğaziçi University. Byzantine Studies Research Centre. Byzantine Epigraphy – 2021 (summer school)
The University of Edinburgh. School of History, Classics & Archaeology. Greek Paleography – 2018/19
Oxford University. History Faculty. Greek Palaeography – 2018
