6th Konitsa International Summer School
in Anthropology, Ethnography and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans
Konitsa, Greece 27/7-11/8 2011
Courses offered
(Course director: Prof. Vassilis Nitsiakos)
1st group of courses (Thu 28/7 – Su 31/7)
Building post-socialism: Housing, social recognition and domestication of modernity
Prof. Vintila Mihailescu,
National School of Political Studies and Administration, Bucharest,
General Director of the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Bucharest
Audio-visual methods in the field
Dr Giorgos Nikolakakis, Dep. οf Philosophy and Social Studies, University of Crete
Dr Ilina Jakimovska, Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, St. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje
Dr Athena Peglidou, Dep. οf History, Archeology and Social Anthropology, University of Thessaly
Dr Efi Psilaki, Dep. οf Philosophy and Social Studies, University of Crete
“Doing Fieldwork: Theory,Method and the Production of Anthropological Knowledge”
Dr. Christina Veikou, Dep. of History and Ethnology, Democritus Univ. of Thrace. Komotini
Dr. Vassilis Dalkavoukis, Dep. of History and Ethnology, Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Komotini
Dr. Ioannis Manos, Dep. of Balkan Studies, Univ. of Western Macedonia, Florina
Ethnographic research in border areas:
Course and fieldwork practice for all participants (1-5/8)
“Ethnographic Research in Border Areas: Field Practice in both Sides of the Greek-Albanian Border”
Prof. Vassilis Nitsiakos, Dep. of History and Archaeology, University of Ioannina
Dr. Vassilis Dalkavoukis, Dep. of History and Ethnology, Democritus Univ. of Thrace. Komotini
Dr. Christina Veikou, Dep. of History and Ethnology, Democritus Univ. of Thrace. Komotini
Dr. Marilena Papachristophorou, Dep. of History and Archaeology, University of Ioannina
Dr. Aliki Angelidou, Department of Social Anthropology, Panteion University, Athens
Mr. Kostas Mantzos, PhD Candidate, Dep. of History and Archaeology, University of Ioannina
Dr. Valia Kravva, Dep. of History and Ethnology, Democritus Univ. of Thrace. Komotini and Technological Institute of Thessaloniki
Dr. Ioannis Manos, Department of Balkan Studies, Univ. of Western Macedonia, Florina
2nd group of courses (6–9/8)
"Refugees and Forced Migration in the 20th century"
Dr.Dr. Eftihia Voutira, Dep. of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki
"Looking Through Things: Problematising Museums and Food Consumption”
Dr. Valia Kravva, Dep. of History and Ethnology, Democritus Univ. of Thrace. Komotini and
Technological Institute of Thessaloniki
Dr. Esther Solomon, Department of Plastic Arts and Art Sciences, University of Ioannina
Social memory and Diaspora in anthropological perspective: The Slovenian case
Dr. Jaka Repic, Dept. of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Ljubljana
Guest lectures and workshops by invited speakers
Dr. Michael Stewart, University College London
Lecture:
“The Rise of Radical Anti Roma Politics - An EU Phenomenon”
Workshop:
A Digital Doomesday Book? My Street and its roots in Mass Observation.
Professor Cesare Poppi
Universities of Lugano (CH) and Trento (I)
Lecture:
“Surva! Balkan Winter Masquerades in Cross-Cultural Perspective”
Workshop:
“Carnival King of Europe” (film projection and discussion)
Prof. Cesare Poppi ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) was born in Bologna in 1953, CP studied obtained a Laurea in Filosofia at the University of Bologna defending a thesis in Cultural Anthropology with Bernardo Bernardi. Subsequently he was awarded an MPhil and PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK, with Jack Goody. CP has been conducting long-term field research among the Ladins of the Val di Fassa (Dolomites) since 1974. From 1983 he has been engaged in ongoing research on masks and secret societies in NW Ghana. Since 2003 he has conducted fieldwork on winter masquerades in the Balkans, France, Spain and the Baltic States as Scientific Consultant of the EU-sponsored project ‘Carnival King of Europe’. His numerous publications on both European and African themes can be traced on the www. Having lectured in the UK, University of East Anglia (Norwich) from 1988 to 2003 and in Bologna from 2003 to 2007, CP currently teaches Anthropology at the Universities of Lugano (CH) and Trento (I). He lives in the Eastern Dolomites.
