ANASTASIA G. YANGAKI
Associate Researcher
Programmes ''Historical Geography of the Greek Region''
                   ''Byzantium and the World of Slavs and the Balkans''

Athens, 31 May 1975.

EDUCATION
• 1997 (March-June): Attendance of courses at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) as a student of the ERASMUS program.
• 1997: Degree from the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Crete.
• 1998: D.E.A. on Byzantine archaeology from the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne).
• 1999: Special diploma on Museology (Diplome Spécial de Muséologie) from the école du Louvre (Paris).
• 2002: PhD on Byzantine archaeology at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne).

FOREIGN LANGUAGES
English, French, German, Italian.

MAIN PROFESSIONAL DATA
• 1999: Archaeologist (contract of 500 hours) at the 2nd Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities.
• 2003-2005: Curator of the Museum of Traditional Pottery - G. Psaropoulos Family Foundation.
• 2007-2010 : Assistant Researcher, Institute for Byzantine Research (National Hellenic Research Foundation). Main Research Programme: ''Historical Geography of the Greek Region'', participation in the Research Programme 'Byzantium and the World of Slavs and the Balkans'.
• 2011- : Associate Researcher.

ΜAIN FIELDS OF RESEARCH
• Study of pottery and minor arts of the Byzantine period, material culture of Byzantium, trade contacts of the Byzantine Empire with other regions through the analytical study of pottery. Questions on possible provenance (often using analytical methods) and use of specific wares are also addressed.

OTHER SCIENTIFIC / ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
I. Insternships
• 1998 (February-March): Internship at the Département de Pétrologie (University of Paris VI).
• 1999 (March):Internship at the Musée d'Orsay.
• 2000 (May) και 1999 (May):Internship at the Musée du Louvre, Paris.
• 2000 (November): 1 week internship on Byzantine pottery at the Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l'Homme (Aix-en-Provence).

ΙΙ. Scholarships
• 1997-1998 (academic year):Scholarship of the French Ministry of Education for the preparation of a Masters degree (D.E.A.) at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne).
• 1999-2002:Three year scholarship from the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, for the preparation of a PhD at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne).

ΙΙΙ. Teaching Experience
• 1999, 2000 and 2003: two months collaboration (seminar) with the interdisciplinary post-graduate programme 'Byzantine Studies' of the University of Crete.
• 2004-2005: Visiting lecturer (Presidential Decree 407/1980) at the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete.
• 2005-2006: Visiting lecturer (Presidential Decree 407/1980) at the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete.
• 2005-2006: Visiting lecturer (Presidential Decree 407/1980) at the Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean.
• 2006-2007: Visiting lecturer (Presidential Decree 407/1980) at the Department of History, Archaeology and Cultural Resources Management, University of the Peloponnese.
• 2008-2010: Teaching at the Department of Graphic Design of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Technological Educational Institution (TEI) of Athens.

IV. Research Experience - Participation in Excavations
• 1994-2005: Participation in many excavations and study-seasons of Byzantine pottery in Crete (Eleutherna, Monastiraki, Chrysokamino, Ayios Nikolaos, Pseira, Itanos, Zakros) and in the Peloponnese (ancient Messene).
• 2002-2005: Participation in two European research programmes.
• December 2006 - July 2007: Scientific collaborator to the program: 'Historical Geography of the Greek Region' of the Institute for Byzantine Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation.

V. Participation in International Scientific Meetings - Lectures
• Participation, with presentation of papers, in 10 international scientific meetings (congresses, symposia, scientific meetings and conferences).
• 4 lectures given at Universities and Museums.

PUBLICATIONS
• 1 monograph (La céramique des IVe-VIIIe siecles ap. J.-C. d'Eleutherna [PhD], Editions of the University of Crete, Athens 2005).
• 15 publications in international journals, in proceedings of congresses and in collected volumes.

SELECTION OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS
• Οι τάφοι / The Tombs, in: P. G. Themelis (ed.), Πρωτοβυζαντινή Ελεύθερνα, τομέας Ι, πρώτος τόμος / Early Byzantine Eleutherna, Sector I, vol. I, Athens 2004, 115-183 (in Greek).
• Amphores crétoises: le cas d'Eleutherna, en Crète, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique 128-129 (2004-2005), 503-523.
• Πρωτοβυζαντινή κεραμική από την Ελεύθερνα: Ενδείξεις για τοπική παραγωγή / Early Byzantine Pottery from Eleutherna: Indications for Local Production, in: Ε. Gavrilaki - Y. Z. Tzifopoulos (eds.), Ο Μυλοπόταμος από την Αρχαιότητα ως Σήμερα. Περιβάλλον - Αρχαιολογία - Ιστορία - Λαογραφία - Κοινωνιολογία. Πρακτικά Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου / Mylopotamos from Ancient Times till Today. Environment - Archaeology - History - Laography - Sociology. International Congress Proceedings, τόμ. V / vol. V, Βυζαντινοί Χρόνοι / Byzantine Times, Rethymnon 2006, 59-76 (in Greek).
• Amphores crétoises de forme globulaire: remarques préliminaires, in: Μ. Bonifay - J.-C. Treglia (eds.), LRCW2. Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean, Archaeology and Archaeometry, vol. II [BAR Int. Ser. 1662], Oxford 2007, 767-774.
• Γραπτή εφυαλωμένη κεραμική από την ανασκαφή της αρχαίας Μεσσήνης / Painted Glazed Pottery from the Excavation at Ancient Messene, Δελτίον της Χριστιανικής Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας 27 (2006), 435-444 (in Greek).
• Imported and Local pottery in Eastern Mediterranean Sites during the Early Byzantine Period: The Case of Eleutherna, Crete (in collaboration with: Ε. Aloupi - V. Kilikoglou - A. Tsolakidou - P. Themelis), in: Y. Facorellis - N. Zacharias - K. Polikreti (eds.), Proceedings of the 4th Symposium of the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens 28-31 May 2003 [BAR Int. Ser. 1746], Oxford 2008, 313-325.
• Η κεραμική από το βυζαντινό κτήριο στο Πυργί της Ελεύθερνας / Pottery from the Byzantine Building at Pyrgi in Eleutherna,  in: A. Kalpaxis (ed.), Ελεύθερνα, τομέας ΙΙ, 3. Το Βυζαντινό σπίτι στην Αγία Άννα / Eleutherna, sector II, 3. The Byzantine House at Ayia Anna, Rethymnon 2008, 189-307 (in Greek).
• Παρατηρήσεις στη χρήση των υστερορωμαϊκών πήλινων ενσφράγιστων «ιγδίων»: Η περίπτωση των ιγδίων από τη Βόρειο Συρία / Observations on the Use of Late Roman Impressed Clay Mortars: The Case of North-Syrian Mortaria, Βυζαντινά Σύμμεικτα / Byzantina Symmeikta 18 (2008), 33-73 (in Greek).