Dr. Gregory Stournaras

Gregory Stournaras is a graduate of the Department of Archaeology and History of the Faculty of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and has obtained a PhD in in Urban and Regional Planning from the National Technical University of Athens (School of Architecture).

He has received funding for postdoctoral research by the National Institute for Funding (Greece). He has also received scholarships and funding for study and his own research from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory (USA), the  Μax van Berchem Foundation (Switzerland), the American School of Classical Studies and Archaeology at Athens in association with the American Research Institute in Istanbul.

He is actively involved with a number of research projects either as a principal investigator or as a member and participated as an associated researcher in scientific programs of the University of Thessaly (Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology, Department of Primary Education) and of the Greek Ministry of Culture.

He takes part in conferences in Greece and abroad with presentations and academic papers. He is a member of the Greek Historical Company, the American School of Classical Studies and Archaeology, and the Philological, Historical and Archaeological Society of Thessaly.

Research interests: ottoman history, ottoman civilization, Islamic architecture, material culture studies, the relationship between archaeology and politics, society and education, and the teaching of Greek (Ancient and Modern) and Arabic language.