GERASIMOS MERIANOS
Assistant Researcher
Programme ''Everyday and Social Life in Byzantium''

Piraeus, 21 April 1975

ACADEMIC DEGREES
• 1998: Degree in History and Philosophy of Science, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
• 2005: PhD in Byzantine History, Department of History, Ionian University.

PRESENT POSITION
• 2009- : Assistant Researcher at the Institute for Historical Research, Department for Byzantine Research / National Hellenic Research Foundation.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
. 2005-2007: Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of History, Archaeology and Management of Cultural Heritage, University of Peloponnese.
. 2007- : Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
. 2010- : Adjunct Lecturer at the Hellenic Open University, Undergraduate course "European Culture Studies".

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
. Editorial assistant of the academic journal Byzantina Symmeikta.
. Member of the Organizing Committee of the annual seminars of the IBR / NHRF.
. Member of the Organizing Committee of the Panhellenic Conference of Junior Researchers of the History of Science and Technology (Athens, 11-13 March 2011).

MAIN FIELDS OF RESEARCH
. Byzantine economic and social history.
. Byzantine economic thought.
. Economic ideas of the early Christian world.

CONFERENCE PAPERS, LECTURES
• 8 conference papers in Greek and international conferences.
• 8 lectures given at Greek Universities, Research Foundations and Scientific Societies.

PUBLICATIONS
• 1 monograph, 25 essays, articles, and entries in refereed and other scientific journals, edited volumes, conference proceedings, and electronic encyclopaedias.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
. 'The Sons of Hagar' in Archbishop Eustathios' The Capture of Thessaloniki: Some Evidence Concerning Late Twelfth Century Byzantine-Turkish Relations, Symmeikta 17 (2005-2007) 213-221.
. (in collaboration with G. Gotsis) Wealth and Poverty in Theodoret of Cyrrhus' On Providence, Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 59/1-2 (2007) 11-48.
. Οικονομικές ιδέες στο Βυζάντιο τον 12ο αιώνα. Οι περί οικονομίας απόψεις του Ευσταθίου Θεσσαλονίκης / Economic Ideas in the 12th Century Byzantium. The Views of Eustathios of Thessaloniki on Economy [IBR / NHRF, Monographs 13], Athens 2008, pp. 362 (in Greek).
. (in collaboration with K. Sakorrafou) Ο βυζαντινός λόγιος και ο αναγεννησιακός αστρονόμος: Η μετάφραση των επιστολών του Θεοφύλακτου Σιμοκάττη από τον Νικόλαο Κοπέρνικο / The Byzantine Scholar and the Renaissance Astronomer: The Translation of Theophylaktos Simokattes' Letters by Nicolaus Copernicus, Βυζαντινά Σύμμεικτα / Byzantina Symmeikta 19 (2009) 11-33 (in Greek).
. Προστατεύοντας τα συμφέροντα ποιμνίου και μητρόπολης. Κατάδειξη δημοσιονομικών ατασθαλιών με αφορμή επιστολές του Ευθυμίου Μαλάκη / Protecting the Interests of the Flock and the Diocese. Assessment of Fiscal Misconduct appearing in Letters by Euthymios Malakis, in: D. Β. Gonis (ed.), Η Υπάτη στην εκκλησιαστική ιστορία, την εκκλησιαστική τέχνη και τον ελλαδικό μοναχισμό (Υπάτη, 8-10 Μαΐου 2009). Πρακτικά / Ηypate in Ecclesiastical History, Religious Art and Greek Monasticism (Hypate, 8-10 May 2009). Proceedings, Athens 2011, 273-291 (in Greek).
. Αντιλήψεις περί αποταμιεύσεως στο Βυζάντιο: Πατερικές διδαχές, ψυχωφελείς διηγήσεις και κοσμικές θεωρήσεις / Concepts of Hoarding in Byzantium: Patristic Teachings, Hagiographical Narratives and Lay Approaches, in: K. Bouraselis - K. Meidani (eds.), Αποταμίευση και διαχείριση χρήματος στην ελληνική ιστορία / Savings and Money Management in Greek History, Athens 2011, 177-218 (in Greek).
. (in collaboration with G. Gotsis) Early Christian Representations of the Economy: Evidence from New Testament Texts, History and Anthropology (forthcoming).