Olga Gkiouleka

PhD in Medieval and Modern Greek Philology – Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Ioannina.

Title of research proposal: “The Distribution, Circulation, and Reception of the Greek Vernacular Manuscripts and Books in Europe during the Late Medieval Period and the Renaissance (13th-17th century)”

BioPublications and more

Olga Gkiouleka (1994) is a graduate of the Department of Philology at the University of Ioannina. In 2019, she obtained a master’s degree in Medieval Greek Philology with Honors from the same University. In 2023, she defended her doctoral thesis, titled “Marcos Defaranas: The Poems. Critical Edition with Introduction and Commentary” (grade: Excellent) and was declared a Doctor of Medieval and Modern Greek Philology at the University of Ioannina. She was honored with the “Emmanuel Roidis” fellowship from the Academy of Athens from 2020 to 2023 for her dissertation. Since the beginning of 2024, she has been a postdoctoral researcher at the same University and an Academic Fellow at the Research Center for the Humanities (RCH). Her research interests are focused on the study of works of post- Byzantine/ Early Modern Greek literature. She mainly investigates issues related to their tradition, reception, and editing process, as well as their sources and their connection to Byzantine, Western Medieval, and Renaissance literature. She is proficient in English, Italian, and Spanish, and possesses excellent knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Italian paleography. She has presented her research findings at international conferences both in Greece and abroad and has published articles in journals and conference volumes.

Publications (selected)

2023 (with D. S. Georgakopoulos), «Η “Θυσία του Αβραάμ” στα Ἄνθη Νοητά του Καισάριου Δαπόντε. Ένας ακόμη συνειδητός ανταγωνισμός», Kypriaki Estia 10 (July- December 2023) 63-72.
2023 (Forthcoming in 2024), «Η “Θυσία του Ιεφθάε” του Κωνσταντίνου Καισάριου Δαπόντε και η κρητική “Θυσία του Αβραάμ”: δύο έργα αντίθετα ή/ και παράλληλα;» in the Proceedings of the 7^th International Conference of Modern Greek Studies: Zoom in and focus on Modern Hellenism: texts, images, objects, histories (Vienna, 11-14/09/2023).
2023 (Forthcoming in 2024), «Νέα στοιχεία για την πρόσληψη των “Λόγων Διδακτικών” του Στέφανου Σαχλίκη και Μαρίνου Φαλιέρου στους “Λόγους Διδακτικούς” του Μάρκου Δεφαράνα», in the Proceedings of the 13^th International Conference of Cretan Studies (Agios Nickolaos, 5-9/10/2022).
2022 (Forthcoming in 2024/5), «Οι “Λόγοι Διδακτικοί” του Μάρκου Δεφαράνα: Νέα ζητήματα και Προσεγγίσεις» in the Proceedings of the 1st International Conference for Young Researchers in Modern Greek Studies: New Approaches in the Modern Greek Studies (Granada, 9-10/09/2022).

Conference Presentations (selected)

“Aspects of the Biblical Violence in the “Mirror of the Women” by Kaisarios Dapontes.” in17^th International Conference of Modern Greek and Comparative Studies [Department of Greek Philology/ Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 24-26/11/ 2023].
“Aspects of the Byzantine Hagiographic Tradition in the “Άνθη Νοητά” by Kaisarios Dapontes: the case of the Martyrdom of Saint Nicephorus (BHG 1331-1334d).”, in 4th (11th) European Congress of the Greek Byzantinists [Department of Greek Philology- Department of History and Ethnology of Democritus University of Thrace (27-30/2023)].
“The “Sacrifice of Jephthae” by Konstantinos- Kaisarios Dapontes and the Cretan “Sacrifice of Abraham”: two opposite or parallel compositions?” in 7th European Congress of Modern Greek Studies: “Zoom in and focus on Modern Hellenism: texts, images, objects, histories” [European Society of Modern Greek Studies- Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies/ University of Vienna (11-14/09/2023)]
“An Unknown Source of the “Cretan War” by Anthimos Acakios Diacrousis”, in 2nd Congress of Post-graduate Students in Modern Greek Studies [Department of Philology/ University of Patras (11-/13/11/2022)].
“New evidence of the reception of the “Λόγοι διδακτικοί” by Stephanos Sachlickes and Marinos Falieros in the “Λόγοι διδακτικοί” by Marcos Defaranas.” in 13th International Congress of Cretan Studies. [Society of Cretan Historical Studies (5-9/10/2022)].
“The “Λόγοι διδακτικοί” of Marcos Defaranas: New Issues and Approaches” in 1st International Conference for New Researchers in Modern Greek Studies. [European Society of Modern Greek Studies- Spanish Society of Modern Greek Studies- Center of Byzantine, Modern Greek and Cypriot Studies of Granada- University of Granada (9-10/09/2022)].