Julia Chatzipanagioti-sangmeister

Biography

Undergraduate Studies of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Athens, Faculty of Philosophy (1983-1988: Diploma in Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies from the Uni­versity of Athens) ✦ Ph.D. student at the University of Vienna/Austria, Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, under the supervision of Professor Dr Gunnar Hering (1989-1997: Ph. D. from the University of Vienna with a thesis on Graecia Mendax. Das Bild der Griechen in der französischen Reise­literatur des 18. Jahrhunderts. Ein Beitrag zur Fremdwahr­nehmungs- und Stereotypenforschung («With distinction») ✦ Research Fellowship at the National Research Center of Greece (E.I.E./K.N.E., 1992-1998) ✦ Regular researcher at projects of the Institut für Byzantinistik und Neogräzistik and Institut für Romanistik (Univ. of Vienna, 1989, 1994-1996) ✦ Lecturer (»Lehrbeauftragte») of Modern Greek Studies at the Uni­versity of Bonn/Germany, Department of Classics (1997-2002) ✦ Assistant Professor of Modern Greek at the University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies (2002-2007) ✦ Visiting Professor (»Lehrstuhlvertretung») at the University of Vienna, Depart­ment of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies (2006) ✦ Promotion to Associate Professor at the University of Cyprus; Tenure (2007) ✦ Visiting Research Fellow at the Princeton University (2009).

Research Interest

Literature of the European Enlightenment ✦ Modern Greek Literature (17th-19th century) ✦ Travel Literature (16th-19th century) ✦Edition and Bibliography ✦ History of Book ✦ History of Ideas ✦ Cultural History