CHRISTINA KOKKINIA

Director of Research

Department of Greek and Roman Antiquity (Τ.Ε.Ρ.Α/D.G.R.A.) Institute of Historical Research (I.I.E./I.H.R.),

National Hellenic Research Foundation (E.I.E./N.H.R.F.) Βασ. Κωνσταντίνου 48, GR-11635

Tel. + 30 210 7273670

E-mail: kokkinia@eie.gr

Education

• 1987-1990: Bachelor’s in History and Archaeology, University of Athens.
• 1990-1991: Erasmus Grant, Studies in History and History of Art at the University of Tübingen.
• 1991: Degree in History and Archaeology from the University of Athens.
• 1997: Ph.D. from the University of Tübingen (summa cum laude).

Professional Experience

• 1992-1996: Graduate Student Assistant, Department of Ancient History, University of Tübingen.
• 1996-2000: Research Associate, Department of Ancient History, University of Zurich.
• 2000-2004: “Hochschulassistentin” (C1; Assistant Professor), Department of Ancient History, University of Heidelberg.
• 2004-2008: Junior Researcher at Κ.Ε.Ρ.Α. (Κέντρον Ελληνικής και Ρωμαϊκής Αρχαιότητας, N.H.R.F.).
• 2008-2012: Senior Researcher at I.H.R., N.H.R.F.
• 2009 (Spring Semester): Visiting Professor at the University of Zurich.
• 2013-2023: Principal Researcher at I.H.R., N.H.R.F.
• 2023-present: Director of Research at I.H.R., N.H.R.F.

Member of Academic Committees

• Member of the Committee of the Association Internationale d’Épigraphie Grecque et Latine (AIEGL) (2013-2017).
• Coordinator and member of the Editorial Committee of the journal Τεκμήρια (2016-present).
• Member of the Editorial Committee of the journal The Journal of Epigraphic Studies (2017- Present).
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the journal Philia (2019-present).
• Member of the Scientific Board of the Institute for Historical Research (2018-2020).
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the journal Österreichische Jahreshefte (2022-present).

Distinctions

• Corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute in Berlin (2020-present).

Teaching

• Undergraduate seminars in history, epigraphy, and text analysis: Heidelberg (2000-2004), Zurich (2009).
• Postgraduate seminars on Ancient History and Epigraphy, in collaboration with the Department of Ancient History of the Philosophy School, University of Athens (2011f.).
• Epigraphy courses as part of the Tutorial of Historical Sciences at IHR, NHRF (2020f.).

Lectures

• Delivered at international conferences, in London, Exeter, Leiden, Groningen, Trento, Athens, Tours, Nancy, Zurich, Geneva, Munich, Antalya etc.

Languages

• Greek (native), English (fluent), German (fluent), French (sufficient), Italian (basic), Turkish (basic).

Editorial Activity

• Coordinator of the Editorial Board of the journal Τεκμήρια (2016f.)
• Member of the editorial or scientific boards of: The Journal of Epigraphic Studies, Philia, Össterreichische Jahreshefte.

Administrative Duties

• Univ. of Tübingen, 1994-1996: Library Acquisitions and management, at the Department of Ancient History.
• Univ. of Zurich, 1996-2000: Design and management (jointly with G. Ritter (http://www.e-hist.ch)) of the digital infrastructure for the research projects at the Department of Ancient History.
• Univ. of Heidelberg, 2000-2004: Management of human resources (recruitments, contracts, supervision of assistants), IT (hardware and software acquisitions, supervision, task allocation to the IT team), library Acquisitions, at the Department of Ancient History.
• I.H.R./N.H.R.F., 2019-2020: Member of the Scientific Board of the Institute.

Publications

Books

1. Die Opramoas-Inschrift von Rhodiapolis, Euergetismus und soziale Elite in Lykien, Bonn 2000.
2. Boubon. The Inscriptions and Archaeological Remains. A Survey 2004-2006, Athens 2008 [Meletemata 60].
3. Cities and Governors. The Rhetoric of Inscribed Letters and Edicts in the Greek East (1^st. c. BCE- 3^rd c. CE) [Meletemata 88] (in press)

Publications Online

1. Survey Results in Boubon (Cibyratis, northern Lycia) 2004-2006 [2007]: boubonkera.eie.gr

Recent Articles in Scientific Journals and Conference Proceedings (2014-)

1. Rome, Ephesos, and the Ephesian harbor: A case study in official rhetoric, in A. Kolb (ed.), Infrastruktur und Herrschaftsorganisation im Imperium Romanum. Herrschaftsstrukturen und Herrschaftspraxis III, Akten der Tagung in Zürich 19.–20. 10. 2012, Berlin 2014, 180-196.
2. Martyriai. Civic honours and imperial government, in A. Heller, O. van Nijf (ed.), The Politics of Honour in the Greek Cities of the Roman Empire, Leiden 2017, 373-385.
3. The design of the ‘Archive Wall’ at Aphrodisias, Τεκμήρια 13 (2015-2016) [2018], 9-55.
4. A Roman financier’s version of euergetism: C. Vibius Salutaris and Ephesos, Τεκμήρια 14 (2017-2018) [2019], 215-252.
5. Homer in rough Cilicia: A Late Hellenistic metrical inscription from Lamos, Philia 5 (2018) [2019] 1–19 (with Μ. Adak).
6. Large epigraphic dossiers and euergetism in Roman Asia Minor, in T. Oğuz, C. H. Roosevelt, E. Akyürek (eds.), Philanthropy in Anatolia through the Ages. Proceedings of the First International Suna & İnan Kıraç Symposium on Mediterranean Civilizations held in Antalya March 26-29, 2019, Antalya 2020, 39-45.
7. On the inscribing in stone of Augustus’ Res Gestae, ZPE 220 (2021), 281-289.
8. A new funerary epigram from Kibyra, Τεκμήρια 16 (2021-2022), 109-121 (with Ö. Acar).