Athena Athanasiou
Professor
Department of Social Anthropology
Panteion University
Greece
Biography
Dr. Athena Athanasiou is a professor of Department of Social Anthropology. He has authored various articles and books. He has teaching experience in Panteion University of Political Science. He has completed his Ph.D in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Panteion University at Greece. His research Interests are Social/political theory, gender studies, biopolitics, embodiment, memory, nationalism, affect, performativity, subjectivity, ideology, social movements, psychoanalysis, art, Greece, former Yugoslavia.
Research Interest
Social/political theory, gender studies, biopolitics, embodiment, memory, nationalism, affect, performativity, subjectivity, ideology, social movements, psychoanalysis, art, Greece, former Yugoslavia.
Publications
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Athena Athanasiou (2008)Critical testimony: Invoking the social memory of slaveryâ€, postscript to the Greek edition of Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the life of a slave girl written by herself (1861), trans. Stella Constantinea. Athens: Aiora 301-317
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Athena Athanasiou, Pothiti Hantzaroula, Costas Yannakopoulos(2008)Towards a New Epistemology: The ‘Affective Turn’â€, introduction, special issue “Performing Emotions: Historical and anthropological sites of affectâ€, Historein: A review of the past and other stories, ed. Athena Athanasiou, Pothiti Hantzaroula, Despoina Valatsou, Kostas Yannakopoulos 8:5-16
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Athena Athanasiou (2008)The politics of precarious life and the claim of critiqueâ€, introduction to the Greek edition to Judith Butler, Precarious Life: The Forces of Mourning and Violence, trans. M. Laliotis and K. Athanasiou. Athens: Nissos 11-30
