Biographing the State: A Digital Prosopography of the Greek Public Administration (19th c.) – BioState

Research coordinators

Dimitris DimitropoulosResearch Director

Vasso SeirinidouAssociate Professor, NKUA

Research team

Katerina DedeSenior Researcher

Margarita LiagaResearch Collaborator

Sofia MatthaiouResearch Director Εmerita

Evangelos SarafisResearch Collaborator

Christos Chrysanthopoulos

Christina KonialiPostdoctoral Researcher, NKUA

Stavros TsantesResearch Associate, NKUA

Michael FestasPostdoctoral Researcher, NKUA

Leonidas CharamopoulosPhD Candidate; Research Associate, NKUA

Read more about this Funded Project

The BioState research project investigates and records the civil servants of the Provisional Administration of Greece (1822–1827), tracing their life paths. Based on the identification, processing, and cross-referencing of archival sources that document the careers of this group, the research project aims to develop a digital application for the study of their collective biography, employing digital prosopography methodologies. Biostate explores the institutional formation of the Greek state, seeking to understand the roles these early officials played. It shifts the analytical focus from institutional structures to the interplay between institutions and individuals. The research project is a collaboration between the Department of History and Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), and the Institute of Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation (IHR/NHRF).