WINTER SEMESTER
ΕΘ-Α2 History of Ancient Art
Instructor: Dimitrios Damaskos (mandated by the Department of Art Theory and History)
Course description
The aim of the course is to provide an overview of ancient Greek art from the 10th century BC to the end of the 1st century BC, during the period of the formation and development of ancient Greek civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean region. This period saw the creation of high-quality artworks, centred around the human figure, reflecting the diverse activities of individuals in both the public and private spheres of the society in which they lived. Ancient Greek art successively expressed ideals and values that corresponded to the prevailing political systems of the time (aristocracy, tyranny, democracy, monarchy), as well as the relationship between humans and their worshipped deities, which were also human-centred. The course explores the primary categories of ancient Greek art (architecture, sculpture, painting, vase painting, and craft work) by period. The overview concludes with an examination of the interaction between ancient Greek and Roman culture, leading to the creation of the so-called Greco-Roman civilization.
ΕΘ-ΔΑΝΦΙΤΑΕ615 Research methodology and drafting of scientific papers
Instructor: Barbara Roussou (Special and Laboratory Teaching Staff, Department of Art Theory and History)
Course description
The course covers the following topics:
a) Research methodology: research in libraries and archives, bibliographic research (in libraries and on the internet), basic elements, bibliographic citation systems, quotations, and footnotes.
b) Stages of systematic research and presentation of a scientific paper, academic writing: critical reading of sources, planning, structure of the paper (introduction, chapters, etc.), syntactical and orthographic accuracy, scholarly language, documentation, critical analysis and conclusions, standardised paper format, citation systems, and bibliography compilation. Additionally, attention is given to self-editing and final presentation (preparation, slides, time allocation, etc.).
c) Management of electronic resources and tools: e-class, academic websites, digitised materials/digital libraries, creation and use of PowerPoint presentations, etc.
ΕΘ-ΔΑΝΦΙΤΑΕ623 Special Topics in English Terminology of Art: Mapping the Cultural Field I
Instructor: Maria Vara (Special and Laboratory Teaching Staff, Department of Art Theory and History)
Course description
The course focuses on familiarising students with the specialised use of English terminology in the field of Art (developing both oral and written communication skills within specific thematic and lexical frameworks) through cultural communication activities. Particular emphasis is placed on developments stemming from the phenomenon of travel and exploration, as well as the emergence of the modern Greek state in the 19th century, and on the relationship between Greek artistic production and European and international movements. This is achieved through educational activities and visits to museums and cultural landmarks in Athens (such as the Neoclassical Trilogy, ruins, and cemeteries).
ΕΘ-ΔΑΝΦΙΤΑΕ622 Gender theories: formation, evolution and impact
Instructor: Barbara Roussou (Special and Laboratory Teaching Staff, Department of Art Theory and History)
Περιεχόμενο μαθήματος
The lecture provides a detailed examination of the origin and usage of a range of terms, including feminist theory, binary/binaries, masculinities, femininities, gender identity, gender performativity, queer theory, spectrum of sexuality, visibility/invisibility, etc. It also offers an overview of key issues related to gender theories, such as the emergence and development of gender theories – constructing gender, the concept of patriarchy, the distinction between biological and social gender, the genesis and “waves” of feminist theory, feminist studies, gender studies and their influence, critiques of the gender binary and biological determinism of gender, the expansion of feminist studies to include sexuality issues, and the origins of queer theory in the 1990s. All of the above are contextualized in terms of their impact on broader social spheres as well as the cultural field, with particular emphasis on literature and art.
ΕΤΥ1 Science – Technology of Materials I
Instructor: Charalambos Retsos (Special and Laboratory Teaching Staff, Department of Visual Arts)
BARBARA ROUSSOU / Laboratory Teaching Staff
Barbara Roussou completed her PhD thesis at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Free verse from the point of view of modern metrics:the first Greek free verse poems 1900-1945) and in the Department of Art Theory and History of Athens School of Fine Arts (The long way of the female poetic tradition of Greek women from the 19th to the 20th century.) She has been a member of the Laboratory Teaching Staff of the Department of Art Theory and History since 2019. She has participated in over twenty Greek and international conferences and in edited books (recent participation «The verbalization of the image in the work of J-K. Huysmans» in the Eikona/Logos published by stigmos 2022). She wrote the introduction and edited the edition of the work of Antonousa Kambouraki, the first Greek poet to publish a work under her own name (Poihmata Tragica published by stigmos). Her monograph on the entry of free verse in Greece and the Anthology “Διατί τάχα να μη γράψη η γυνή, Ανθολογία Ελληνίδων ποιητριών, 1840-1910” are under publication. Her research interests: issues of intermediality (art and literature relationship), literature-gender relationship, modern gender theories, 19th century women’s literature with an emphasis on poetry and modern Greek poetry (2000-2020). She systematically deals with the criticism of poetry in print (Nea Estia, Poiitiki) and online (oanagnostis, Chartis) magazines. She is also a member of the price jury of the online magazine oanagnostis.
Email: vroussou@asfa.gr, broussgr@yahoo.gr
MARIA VARA / Special Teaching Staff
Maria Vara is Special Teaching Staff at the Department of Theory and History of Art, Athens School of Fine Arts. She holds an MA from the University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK) and a PhD ̶ funded by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation ̶ from the School of English, Aristotle University (Thessaloniki, Greece). She has been secretary of the Hellenic Association for the Study of English (HASE, www.enl.auth.gr/hase/), 2014-2020. Her publications include chapters in The Reception of Jane Austen in Europe (Continuum, 2007), Metafiction and Metahistory in Contemporary Women’s Writing (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), Le Gothic (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), Rewriting/Reprising: Plural Intertextualities (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009), The Letter of the Law: Literature, Justice and the Other (Peter Lang, 2013), The Reception of Charles Dickens in Europe (Bloomsbury Academic, 2013), Liminal Dickens (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016) and Ruins in the Literary and Cultural Imagination (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). Her most recent publication (2022) is ‘OMG JANE AUSTEN’: Austen and Memes in the Post-#MeToo Era (https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/11/5/112).
Email : mvara@asfa.gr
HARIS RETSOS / Laboratory Teaching Staff
Dr. Haris Retsos has Scientific Interest on the topics of Art Materials and Properties, Environmental Sustainability in Art Exhibitions, Sustainable Development, Surface and Interfacial Properties, Thin Films, Responsive Materials, Polymer Adhesion, Aging and fracture of Organic Materials, Polymer Mixture, Nanocomposites, etc.
He has joined ASFA’s Faculty Personnel at 2017 and since then he teaches, in two semesters, the courses on Science and Technology of Materials for Artists.
He has PhD, MSc and Bc from the Physics Dept. of the University of Crete, Greece.
Since he has joined ASFA, he has gained extensive experience in managing a diverse range of multidisciplinary, cross-sectoral, and transnational large-scale projects in complex environments, such as:
· Coordinator and Strategic Expert, “Support of the ASFA Strategic Committee”, NSRF (ESPA) 2014-2020,
· Coordinator and Work Group Member, “Digital transformation and enhancement of the Athens School of Fine Arts’ Cultural Reserve, 1837- 2021”, NSRF (ESPA) 2014-2020,
· Coordinator and STEAM Expert, “Didactic of Fresco for Children / The Greek Painting Tradition in Secondary Education Context”, Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation.
· Coordinator and STEAM Expert, “Conservation, Restoration, Sustainability and Promotion of the ASFA Art Collection”, EPA 2021-2024 Ministry of Education Development Funds.
· Scientific Responsible, “Support actions for the Management Structure of the Athens School of Fine Arts, ELKE”, ESPA 2014-2020.
· Coordinator and Work Group Member,“Art Exhibition of ASFA’s Collection for the τα 60 years of the European Social Fund”,
o “Art Exhibition of ASFA’s Collection at the Ministry of Financial Development for the 30 years of Cohesion Policies in EU”,
o “Art Exhibition of ASFA’s Collection in Ministry of Migration & Asylum – Art without Borders”,
o “Art Exhibition of ASFA’s Collection in Independent Authority of Public Income”. of Public Income”.
His academic research career is on the topic of theoretical and experimental issues of Polymer Science and Engineering, and he has worked as researcher at the:
- Department of Materials, University of California Santa Barbara, CA, USA,
- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (Grenoble, France),
- Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, (Paris, France) and
- Department of Material Science & Engineering, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA).
He has also an extensive administrative work experience in Greece as:
- Executive Scientific Staff at National Exams Organization – Independent Authority, Ministry of Education
- Project Manager at Managing Authority – National Strategic Reference Framework, Ministry of Education
- Administrative Associate Personnel on Management of Human Resources for Public Sector Secondary Education at Ministry of Education,while he has participated in National Scientific Committees and Work Groups as:
o Coordinator of the working group of Ministry of Education on the topic of “Analysis and Documentation of quantitative and qualitative indices in Greek Education”,
o Coordinator of working group and National Expert at the Committee of Ministry of Education at the topic of “Economic Analysis of the Greek Educational System”,
o Expert at the Committee of Ministry of Education on the topic of “Analysis and Policy Making of Structural Funds Direction for ESPA 2021-2027 on the topics of Greek Ministry of Education”.
He has also an extensive experience in managing a wide range of multidisciplinary, cross-sectorial, transnational large projects in a complex environment as:
· Coordinator and Strategic Expert, “Support of the ASFA Strategic Committee”, NSRF (ESPA) 2014-2020,
· Coordinator and Work Group Member, “Digital transformation and enhancement of the Athens School of Fine Arts’ Cultural Reserve, 1837- 2021”, NSRF (ESPA) 2014-2020,
· Coordinator and STEAM Expert, “Didactic of Fresco for Children / The Greek Painting Tradition in Secondary Education Context”, Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation.
· Coordinator and STEAM Expert, “Conservation, Restoration, Sustainability and Promotion of the ASFA Art Collection”, EPA 2021-2024 Ministry of Education Development Funds.
· Scientific Responsible, “Support actions for the Management Structure of the Athens School of Fine Arts, ELKE”, ESPA 2014-2020.
· Coordinator and Work Group Member,“Art Exhibition of ASFA’s Collection for the τα 60 years of the European Social Fund”,
o “Art Exhibition of ASFA’s Collection at the Ministry of Financial Development for the 30 years of Cohesion Policies in EU”,
o “Art Exhibition of ASFA’s Collection in Ministry of Migration & Asylum – Art without Borders”,
o “Art Exhibition of ASFA’s Collection in Independent Authority of Public Income”. of Public Income”.
He has published 23 scientific articles while he has 32 participations in International Scientific Conferences.