Dionysios Mourelatos CV Studies He studied Archaeology and History of Art at the University of Athens (he graduated in 1993). He graduated from the post-graduated program of the University of Athens with specialization in Byzantine Archaeology and under the supervision of Prof.M.Panayotidi in 2000 with an Excellent. His master thesis s theme was The relationship between the donor and the painter in Cretan painting in 15 th and 16 th c. Designing a data base. During his post-graduated studies he studied for a semester through ERASMUS program at the Department for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Vienna. In November 2009 he received his Phd from the University of Athens with an Excellent entitled The placement and functionality of the icon in Byzantium. Creation of a relational data base and a electronical thesaurus of relative terms. Seminars In 1993 he attended a seminar on Archaeometry at the laboratory of Archaeometry at the Institute of Materials Sciences at the National Centre of Scientific Research Demokritos (Athens, Greece). In October 2002 he attended seminar on the administration and management of Tempus projects, held in European Commission (Brussels, Belgium) In 2003 he attended a seminar by S.Stassinopoulos on Conservation of Byzantine icons, held at the Benaki Museum (Athens, Greece). In 2005 he attended seminar on Standards in recording and documenting archaeological Excavation data, organised by the Pin University in Prato (Italy). Experience in excavations He took part in excavations of the early Christian settlement in Kardamaina (Kos, Greece) during the years 1990-92 and 1996. At the same site, he was assistant director of the excavation during the years 2001 and 2002. The excavation of the early Christian settlement is directed by the Professors M.Panayotidi and S.Kalopissi-Verti. He took part on August 1991 at the excavation of the medieval castle in Partenay (France). In 1993 he took part at the excavation in Kourion (Cyprus). Since 1999 he is member of the Greek archaeological mission in South Sinai (Jebel Musa in 1999, East of S.Catherine s Monastery on Mt. Sinai, Egypt in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2008). The mission is directed by the Professors M.Panayotidi and S.Kalopissi-Verti. In September 2003 he took part in an archaeological survey in the area of Kardamaina in the island Kos. The survey is directed by the Professor Georgia Kokkorou-Alevra. He was the responsible archaeologist for the excavation inside the Walls of S.Catherine s Monastery, around the Katholikon in August and October 2005 (Mt. Sinai, Egypt). Research-Professional experience In 1996 he worked for a research project of the University of Athens for the Foundation of Hellenic World about The every day life in Byzantium in 10 th century ( http://theodoros.ime.gr). The project was directed on behalf of the University of Athens by the professors M.Panayotidi and S.Kalopissi-Verti.
From August 1999 to September 2000 he worked for the Hellenic ministry of culture/ Directorate of Archive of Monuments and Publications for a European project (E.C., E.G. X, Raphael), on the Archives of European Archaeology (AR.E.A.). From 2000 to 2001, he worked, as a researcher, at the University of Athens in a Greece-Georgia jointed research program concerning Byzantine presence in Georgia and georgian in Byzantium. Localization and registration of the relative monuments in an electronical data base. The project is directed by the Prof.M.Panayotidi.( http://georgia.arch.uoa.gr) In 2002 he worked as administrative project manager at the University of Athens on scientific project, entitled Understanding the Visual tradition of the Balkans, which was funded by the European Committee. The project was directed by the Prof.S.Kalopissi-Verti. From 2003 to 2006 he worked in a project of the University of Athens in collaboration with the department of Informatics, entitled Use of Advanced Applications of Hypermedia Systems for the Benefit of Services of Individualized Navigation and Learning in Virtual Byzantine Museum Environments, directed on behalf of the department of Archaeology by M.Panayotidi and S.Kalopissi-Verti (http://byzantium.arch.uoa.gr/sinai/app) In 2006 he collaborated with the Foundation of Mount Sinai for a project financed by the Information Society Technology about the Electronic recording and presentation of the monuments of the monastery of Sinai. He was responsible for the recording of the monuments of architecture in this project. On July-August 2006 He got a research grant from the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz in order to work on issues about Byzantine icons. 2007-8, he worked in a research project of the University of Athens concerning the Electronic recording and presentation of data for the medieval artist and donor of the Byzantine Monumental Painting. The project is directed by the Professors M.Panayotidi and S.Kalopissi-Verti. 2007-2008, he was responsible for the recording of the icon collection of the monastery of Sinai for the account of Saint Catherine s monastery. Teaching experience 2008-2009.Teaching assistant of the Professor M.Panayotidi at the course Byzantine, Medieval and Postbyzantine Architecture and Topography of the postgraduate program entitled Management of the monuments: Archaeology, City planning and Architecture. 2009- present day. Teaching fellow at the courses Byzantine, Medieval and Postbyzantine Architecture and Topography and History of Archaeology. The perception of the past in modern Greece of the postgraduate program entitled Management of the monuments: Archaeology, City planning and Architecture Scientific Leadership Potential (A brief analysis of the applicant's scientific contribution, current recognition and potential, max length=1 page.) The Phd thesis, entitled Icon: its placement and functionality, focused on the functionality of the icons in the middle byzantine period. In this framework unpublished icons from Sinai icon collection are presented, enforcing the arguments for the arrangement of icons in middle byzantine period, especially in the public cult. The thesis is divided in three chapters, the framework of the icon cult, the icons of
public cult and the icons of private devotion. They further subdivided in sub-chapters; the first chapter is divided in the following sub-chapters: the definition of the term Icon and their theological background, the role of Wander icons and sacred relics in their evolution, the social dimension of the icon cult, the framework of the placement of icons in the Byzantine churches and chapels and in the houses and other lay buildings; the second chapter on the public cult is divided in the following subchapters: the written sources on the placement of icons in public and the icons from middle byzantine period, divided according to the different categories of public icons (e.g. templon icons, icons of epistylion); the third chapter is dedicated on the icons of the private devotion, where the first subchapter concern the written testimonies on this practice and the rest the icons, that can be dated to the middle byzantine period and they are considered as icons of private devotion, according to different categories (e.g. diptychs, triptychs). Main contribution of the phd thesis is the presentation of this unpublished material and a new perception for the byzantine icons, regardless their original material and focusing on their original usage as icons of private devotion or icons for the public cult. Furthermore, the rest of the scientific activity concern different topics in a wider field of interests in the field of Byzantine art and archaeology. More specifically: The paper entitled Creating a thesaurus of term for Byzantine Icons in the framework of a project for a virtual Museum for Sinai, focused on the principles for the design and the organization of a thesaurus of terms for the Byzantine iconography and the byzantine icons. The paper, entitled The debate over Cretan Icons in twentieth-century Greek historiography and their incorporation into the national narrative, focused on the history of the historiography of Cretan icons and how important they became for the construction of national identity in Greece in 20 th century. The paper, entitled Byzantine wall paintings from Mani (Greece): microanalytical investigation of pigments and plasters organizes a further research on the technique of byzantine wall-paintings, taking a selection of examples from Mani. The paper, entitled Metal small finds from Sinai. Preliminary remarks represents early Christian metal finds from Sinai and their importance for the understanding of the site east of Saint Catherine s monastery. The paper, entitled The formation and evolution of monumental painting in Georgia (6 th -12 th c.). The role of byzantine art, focused on the evolution of the stylistic trends in Georgia from the beginning of Georgian Monumental painting till the time of the queen Tamar and the role of byzantine artistic trends in their formation. The paper Coins circulation in Kos in early Christian period. The contribution of the coins from the survey in ancient Alasarna (in Greek) focused on the better understanding of the development of the rural settlements in Kos and their economic life, based on the coins circulation. Other activities Since 1997 he was the president of the editing committee of the periodical Diachronia (edition of the Society of Postgraduate students of the department of History and Archaeology of the University of Athens) and he was the president of the organizing committee of the conference of young researchers entitled Cities and countryside in the region of Mediterranean Sea, held at the University of Athens in 2007 and he is chief editor of the proceedings. Finally, he was member of the scientific committee of the 2 nd conference of young researchers entitled Religion and Politics, held at the University of Athens on April 2010.
Trackrecord (The applicant's trackrecord with references as active links (publications, invited talks, patents etc), max length=2 pages.) Phd thesis: Icon: its placement and functionality. Creation of a relational data base and a electronical thesaurus of relative terms, Athens 2009. Scientific Publications 1. Creating a thesaurus of term for Byzantine Icons in the framework of a project for a virtual Museum for Sinai, Computer Application in Archaeology, Proceedings of the conference held in 2005 (Tomar, Portugal), The world is in your eyes (eds. A.Figueiredo-C,Velho), Tomar 2007, 263-267 in collaboration with D.Martakos- A.Andreou-T.Patsalu. 2. The debate over Cretan Icons in twentieth-century Greek historiography and their incorporation into the national narrative, A singular Antiquity, Archaeology and Hellenic Identity in twentieth-century Greece (eds. D.Damaskos-D.Plantzos), 197-207, Athens 2008. 3. Byzantine wall paintings from Mani (Greece): microanalytical investigation of pigments and plasters in collaboration with Anno Hein and Ioannis Karatasios, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Volume 395, Issue 7 (2009), 2061-72..4. Metal small finds from Sinai. Preliminary remarks, Σιναϊτικά Ανάλεκτα 3 (in press). 5. The formation and evolution of monumental painting in Georgia (6 th -12 th c.). The role of byzantine art, Medieval Painting in Georgia (in English and Greek), (eds. M.Panayotidi- S.Kalopissi-Verti) (in press). 6. Coins circulation in Kos in early Christian period. The contribution of the coins from the survey in ancient Alasarna (in Greek). The archaeological survey in Ancient Demos of Alasarna (eds.g.kokkorou-alevras K.Kopanias) (in press). The original papers in http://users.uoa.gr/~dmourela Lectures in conferences 1. 1. On April 1998 he gave a lecture at the University of Athens on Virgin Mary of the Passion at the Kanellopoulos Museum or an unicum in Cretan iconography?, during the second congress of the department of Archaeology and History of Art (Abstracts of this congress, p.51-52 ).I 2.In collaboration with Prof.M.Panayotidi and N.Fyssas he gave a lecture at the 4 th meeting of Greek and Cypriots byzantinologists in Thessaloniki (September 2002), with the following subject: Byzantine presence in Georgia and Georgian in Byzantium. Localization and registration of the relative monuments in an electronical data base. 3.In collaboration with M.Panayotidi-S.Kalopissi-Verti-N.Fyssas-G.Magginis he gave a lecture at the 4 th congress of the department of Archaeology and History of Art (April 2003) with the following subject: Excavations on site at the S.E. of S.Catherine s monastery. 4.In collaboration with M.Panayotidi-S.Kalopissi-Verti-N.Fyssas he gave a lecture at the 5 th congress of the department of Archaeology and History of Art (April 2005) with the following subject: Excavations on site at the S.E. of S.Catherine s monastery. 5.The archaeological sites as factor of the development of a region-the case of Kardamena (ancient Alasarna) in Kos at the development congress organized by the Prefecture of Dodekanese on May 2005.
6.In collaboration with M.Panayotidi-N.Fyssas, Byzantine presence in Georgia and Georgian in the Byzantine world, Imeros 3, 2003, 63-71. 7.In collaboration with D.Martakos-A.Andreou-T.Patsalu, Creating a thesaurus of term for Byzantine Icons in the framework of a project for a virtual Museum for Sinai, Computer Application in Archaeology, March 2005, Tomar, Portugal (under publication) 8. Madre della Misericordia of the National Gallery of Athens. A painting between two worlds. In a workshop entitled Aegean Koine held at the University of Oxford, April 2005. 9.Madre della Misericordia of the National Gallery of Athens: A new approach, in the spring symposium of Hellenic Christian Archaeological Society, May 2005. 10. A virtual Museum of Sinai, in collaboration with D.Martakos- M.Panayotidi-S.Kalopissi and others, in the at the 6 th meeting of Greek and Cypriots byzantinologists in Athens (September 2005). 11. The literary level of the artists in Byzantine Era. The case of the Dormition of Virgin at Nicaea at the 1 st International Symposium of Kocaeli, Izmit, Turkey, April 2006. (under publication) 12.In the XXI International Congress of Byzantine Studies he gave a talk on Early Byzantine workshops in a settlement near Saint Catherine's monastery (Mount Sinai, Egypt) ( London, August 2006) 13. Cretan Icon Painting: History of research and their perception by a wider audience at the end of 20 th century, in an international conference at the Benaki Museum, Athens, January 2007 entitled Antiquity, Archaeology and Hellenism in 20 th century Greece. 14. Byzantine Wall Paintings from Mani in collaboration with A.Hein at the International Conference of Archaeometry (May 2008). 15. Early byzantine metal small finds from Sinai. The question of a local workshop at the international conference (June 2008) entitled «Byzantine Small Finds», organized by the German Archaeological Institute of Istanbul, the Institute of Anatolian Studies of the Koc University and the Archaeological Museum of Istanbul. 16. «Microanalytical investigation of pigments and plasters of Byzantine wall paintings from Mani (Greece)» in collaboration with Anno Hein and Ioannis Karatasios, at the international conference Technart 2009 Athens, April 2009. 17. «The educational programs of the Museum of Archaeology and History of Art», in a conference organized by the Greek Department of ICOM, Athens, June 2009. Other publications 1. Byzantine presence in Georgia. Georgian presence in Byzantine world (in Greek) In collaboration with M.Panayotidi-N.Fyssas, Imeros 3 (2003), 63-71. 2. Depictions of ports in Byzantine and Post-byzantine Art, (in Greek and English), The ports of Hellenism. Ports in Greek Art, Athens 2004, 27-34. 3. The literary level of the artists in Byzantine Era. The case of the Dormition of Virgin at Nicaea proceedings of the 1 st international symposium of Kocaeli, held at Izmit in April 2006, Izmit 2008, 795-800..4 A virtual museum for Sinai in collaboration with D.Martakos-M.Panayotidi- S.Kalopissi-Verti et al., Proceedings of the 6 th meeting of Greek and Cypriots byzantinologists in Athens (September 2005) (in press).
5. Educational program The environment of the past: people, cities and animals, brief guide for teachers, Museum of Archaeology and History of Art of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Athens 2010.