Melina Tamiolaki  is Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Literature at the University of Crete (Department of Philology) and Affiliated Researcher at IMS/FORTH. She specializes in ancient Greek historiography, ancient Greek political thought and Xenophon, in particular. She has edited (and/or co-edited) 8 collective volumes, she has published numerous papers in journals and conference proceedings mainly in English and French, while some of her studies have also been translated, upon invitation, into Spanish and German. She has supervised and mentored a multitude of students at all levels (undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral). Her monograph Freedom and Slavery in Classical Greek Historians (Paris, Presses Universitaires Paris-Sorbonne, 2010) won the Zappas Award of the Association for the Encouragement of Ancient Greek Studies of France (2011). Melina Tamiolaki’s research has been funded by several institutions (such as the CHS/ Harvard, Princeton University, DAAD, the States Scholarship Foundation (IKY), the Research Committee of the University of Crete, the Foundation for Education and European Culture (IPEP, Athens), and the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation-ELIDEK).  

She is a member of the Advisory Board of Kallion, a non-profit organisation whose mission is to highlight the role of Humanities in modern leadership issues (www.kallion.org); in the framework of this collaboration, she has been co-organizing, together with Professor Jeff Beneker, the International Camp for Democratic Leadership (2020, 2021: online; 2022: to be held in Rethymnon: http://kallion.org/courses/international-camp-for-democratic-leadership-2021/). Over the last years, Melina Tamiolaki has developed an interest in the manifold ways by which digital methods and tools can enhance research in Classical Studies (and Humanities, more broadly) and also strengthen their role in modern societies. In July 2021 she was elected Deputy Director of the UCRC (University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences of Education-KEME).

Personal Website: https://www.philology.uoc.gr/staff/helen-melina-tamiolaki

Google Scholar Link/Profile: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=ONzGZcMAAAAJ&hl=en