Christos Arampatzis

Short CV

Dr Christos Arampatzis

Professor of Christian Literature

Section Ecclesiastical History, Christian Literature, Archaeology and Art

Faculty of Theology

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

 

Positions

1991-1998: Scientific Researcher, Center of Byzantine Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

2002-2022: Professor of Christian Literature, Faculty of Theology in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

2018- President of Supervisor Committee of Hellenic Institute of Venice- Ministry of Foreign Affaires

Education

1984-1988: Graduate Degree, School of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece.

1988-1991: Postgraduate Studies, School of Theology,

 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

1989: Postgraduate Studies at the Catholic Faculty,

University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

1989-1990: Seminars at the Centre Orthodoxe du Patriarcat Œcuménique

in Geneva, Switzerland.

1992: Faculty of Theology in the Ruhr-Universität in Bochum, Germany.

1994: PhD in Christian Literature, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Scholarships

1989 -1991:Centre Orthodoxe du Patriarcat Œcuménique in Geneva, Switzerland.

1992: IKY (Greek State Scholarships Foundation), Athens, Greece.

Scientific Activity

1997: Visiting Scholar at the Library of Romanian Academy in  Bucurest  (Manuscripts Collection)

2003: Visiting Scholar at the Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City. (Manuscripts Collection)

2003-2005: Professor of Byzantine History, in ” Guides school”, Organization of Tourism Education and Training, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2004-2007: Visiting Scholar at the libraries of the Vatopedi and Great Lavra

monasteries in Mount Athos, Greece.

2005: Visiting Scholar at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, and the

Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Manuscripts Collection)

2007-2010: Research at the libraries of then Iviron Koutloumousiou, Osiou Gregoriou, and Xenophontos monasteries in Mount Athos, Greece. (Manuscripts Collection)

2007: Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Theology, University of Tartu, Estonia.

2008-2018: Visiting Professor at the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, University of Balamand, Lebanon.

2009: Fieldwork, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

2010: Visiting Professor, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Boston, USA.

2010: Researcher, Harvard University Library, Cambridge, USA.

2012: Visiting Professor, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Boston, USA.

2014: Visiting Professor, Institute for Ecumenical Theology, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Patristics, Faculty of Catholic Theology University of Graz

2015: Visiting Professor, Faculté de Theologie Catholique – Université de Strasbourg

2019: Visiting Professor, Center for Classical and Medieval Studies, Pekin University, China

2022 Visiting Professor at the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, University of Balamand, Lebanon

2023 Visiting Professor at the EHESS-Paris

PhD Dissertations

2005-2023: 33 PhD Candidates awarded the title of Doctorate under my Supervision.

Post Doc:  6 postdoctoral researches were completed under my supervision

Membership

2006-2012: Member of the Committee of Post Graduate Studies.

2007-2012: Member of the Accreditation Committee of the Faculty of Theology.

2009-: Member of The Society of Byzantine Studies, Athens, Greece.

2016-: Member of the Academia Ambrosiana-Milan

2018-2023: President of Supervisory Committee of Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post Byzantine Studies -Venice 

Research Interests

1. Interpretation of Christian Texts
2. Publication of Unpublished Texts from the 13th to the 19th Century.
3. Human prosperity and bliss to Byzantine writers
4. The Byzantines and their neighbors

CV – SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (pdf)

For a complete biography and essay see in the
http://auth.academia.edu/CHRISTOSARAMPATZIS