Sofia Efthymoglou

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Institute for Classical Studies
Department of Byzantine Studies
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
D-50923 Cologne

Contact
Philosophikum, 4th floor, room 4.124
Phone: +49 (0)221 470-4277

E-mail: sofia_efth(at)hotmail.com, efthymog(at)hist.auth.gr

CV

Experience:

Since 10.2022: Research assistant in the DFG/ANR project "Unlocking the Hidden Value of Seals: New Methodologies for Historical Research in Byzantine Studies". University of Cologne, Department of Byzantine Studies and Modern Greek Philology.
05−06.2022: Intern – through the Erasmus Mobility Program – at Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum (RGZM) and Goethe-University of Frankfurt. Supervisor: Prof. Marietta Horster.
09.2021−04.2022: Numismatist in Thessaloniki Metro Excavations, Ephorate of the City of Thessaloniki, AKTOR SA Construction Company.
04−05.2020: Research assistant in the Program "Byzantine Art & Archeology”, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of History and Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology
Supervisor: Prof. Aristoteles Mentzos.

Academic education

10.2019 − 03.2022: Master's degree in Byzantine Archaeology
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh)
Thesis: Numismatic Circulation in Late Byzantine Thrace (1204-1453)
Supervisor: Prof. Pagona Papadopoulou.
10.2014 − 04.2019: Bachelor’s degree in History and Archaeology and History of Art
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh).

Further education:

2021: Summer School program in Byzantine Coins and Seals, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington D.C.
2021: Introduction workshop in Byzantine Coinage, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz.
2020: SigiDoc Training Week: Practice-oriented introduction to Byzantine seals and their digital documentation, University of Cologne, Cologne.
2019-2020: Seminar in “Networks and Communication in Byzantium”, Center for Byzantine Research, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki.

Grants

December 2021, July 2022: DAAD Scholarship. Movement to the University of Cologne through the partnership program between the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Cologne «Exzellenz durch Partnerschaft in Forschung und Lehre».

Organization of conferences

2020: Member of the Organizing Committee of the International interdisciplinary conference ‘’Metro and Antiquities in Venizelou Metro Station: Challenges and Solutions’’, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki.
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