Kostas Buraselis

Ÿ Education and work exprience

- 1968-1973,Undergraduate study and diploma of History & Archaeology at the Faculty of Philosophy/ Dept. of History & Archaeology of the University of Athens.

- 1973-1979,Postgraduate study and doctor`s degree (Dr.phil.) in Ancient History, with Greek and German scholarships, at thePhilipps-Universität Marburg (Germany).

- 1980-1985,Research fellow of the Research Centre for Antiquity at the Academy of Athens.

- 1985-1989,First elected director of the same Centre.

- 1989-2000,Associate professor of Ancient History at the University of Athens.

- 2000-,Professor of Ancient History at the University of Athens.

- 1991-1996, 1998-2000, 2001-2005,Director of the Library of History at the University of Athens.

- 2005-2007, 2009-,Head of the Department of History and Archaeology.

- 2007-2010,Head of the Committee of International Relations/ University of Athens.

Ÿ Main interests:

Political and institutional history of the Hellenistic world and the Roman imperial period in the Greek East, ancient ruler cult, modern historiography on the ancient world

Ÿ Publications within five years

Books :

-THEIA DOREA.Studies on the Policy of the Severans and the Constitutio Antoniniana, German edition at the Academy of Vienna，2007.

Editor of:

-Mythos with logos. Dialogues on the Essence and Timeless Value of Ancient Greek Myths, Athens,2007.

- The Contribution of Ancient Sparta to Political Theory and Practice, Athens,2007.

-The Athenian Democracy:SpeakingTroughItsInscriptions, Athens (Epigraphical Museum),2009.

Articles and other scholarly publications:

-“Priesthoods for Sale. Comments on Ideological and Financial Aspects of the Sale of Priesthoods in the Greek Cities of the Hellenistic and Roman Periods”, in: An. Holm Rasmussen & S. William Rasmussen (eds.),Religion and Society. Rituals, Resources and Identity in the Ancient Graeco-Roman World, Roma,2008,pp.125-31.

-“Woven into the Peplos:Aspects of the Combination of Ruler Cult with Elements of the Traditional Polis Identity in the Hellenistic World”, in:An. Holm Rasmussen & S. William Rasmussen (eds.),Religion and Society. Rituals, Resources and Identity in the Ancient Graeco-Roman World, Roma,2008,pp.215-223.

-“The Problem of the Ptolemaic Sibling Marriage:A Case of Dynastic Acculturation?”, in: P. McKechnie & Ph. Guillaume (eds.),Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his World, Leiden,2008,pp.291-302.

- Reviewof:S.Colvin(ed.),The Greco-Roman East. Politics,Culture,Society(Cambridge2004),AWE8 (2009),pp.341-4.

-“God and King as Synoikists: Divine Disposition and Monarchic Wishes Combined in the Traditions of City Foundations for Alexander’s and Hellenistic Times”, in: L. Foxhall / H.-J. Gehrke / N. Luraghi (eds.),Intentional History. Spinning Time in Ancient Greece, Stuttgart,2010,pp.265-274.

Ÿ Cooperation with foreign universities and professors

- Spring/summer semester 1995，Visiting professor of the University of Crete.

- February 1996，Visiting professor of the British Academy.

- 1996-7，Visiting member of the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton).

- February 2007，Visiting professor of the University of Cyprus.

- Corresponding member of theDeutsches Archäologisches Institutand member of various scholarly societies.Member of the editorial/advisory board of the periodicalsArchaiognosia, Classica et Mediaevalia,Mediterraneo Antico, Pharos.