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Dr Maria Kokkinou

PhD

Contact Details

Post Doctoral Researcher
School of Law
University of Galway
E: maria.kokkinou@universityofgalway.ie

Biography

She studied social anthropology at the University of the Aegean (Mytilene, Greece), then obtained her master's degree and doctorate in social anthropology in Paris, at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS). Her research focuses on forced migration in Eastern Europe in the 20th century. During her post-doctoral studies (2020-2021) at CEFRES (Centre Français de Recherche en Sciences Sociales - Prague), she participated as a member of the project ¿De-imperial Europe: A Resentful Confederation of Vanquished Peoples?¿, which was carried out as part of the TANDEM program developed by the Czech Academy of Sciences, Charles University and CEFRES/CNRS. In parallel with the BILQIS project, she is taking part in the ¿Passés d'Exil¿ project (under the direction of Evelyne Ribert CNRS/EHESS) on the reception of refugees in the Paris region, as well as in the project financed by the Ecole francais d'Athènes (2022-2026)
Soundscapes and memories of exile: radio broadcasts by refugees from the Greek Civil War (https://www.efa.gr/section-categorie/memoires-de-lexil/)
She is a member of the Institut Convergences Migrations in Paris and a research associate at the Laboratoire de l'Anthrpologie Politique (LAP), EHESS, Paris.

Research Interests

Migration, East Europe, Balkans 20th century, gender, memory,

Contract Researchers

	Researcher Name	Project	Role	Funding Body
	roja fazaeli	BILQIS	PI	EU

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Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	l'Association française d'études sur les Balkans/AFEBalk	member	05-SEP-22 / 23-AUG-25

Employment

Employer	Position	From / To
Centre français de recherche en sciences sociales, Cefres,CEFRES,	post doctoral rechercher	07-JAN-20 / 31-DEC-21
University of Le Havre	Lecturer	01-JAN-19 / 31-DEC-19
Université d'Évry Val-d'Essonne	lecturer	01-JAN-18 / 31-DEC-18

Education

	Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
	2007	EHESS	Master 2, History and Immigration	Political asylum in Greece 1975-2005.
	2019	EHESS, Paris	, PhD in Social Anthropology and Ethnology	Instituting waiting: DOMÉ and political refugees from the Greek civil war (1949- 2010).

Languages

	Language
	French
	English
	Greek

Other Activities

	Description
	2018-2020 Participation in ECOS-SUD Chile Research Project No. 17H01, CONICYT, between EHESS and the University of Chile: National construction to the test o f the "foreigner": Embodiment/incorporation, reproduction and deconstruction of historical traumas at the scale of the state, the individual and the nation
	2021-2022 Participation in the PHC research project PROTEUS: Pasts without history and displaced histories of people without traces (Michèle Baussant, Cefres, CNRS and Katja Hrobat Virloget, Faculty of Humanities University of Primorska).
	2022-2026 Participation in the EFA research project, modern and contemporary section axis: Soundscapes and memories of exile. Les émissions radiophoniques des réfugiés de la Guerre civile grecque
	2022-2026 Participation in the EFA research project, modern and contemporary section axis: Soundscapes and memories of exile. Les émissions radiophoniques des réfugiés de la Guerre civile grecque

Teaching Interests

¿ Anthropology of migratory memory and anthropology of migration.
¿ History of 20th century migratione to Eastern Europe during the socialist period.
¿ Transatlantic migration in the 20the century.
¿ Research methodology in social anthropology.