Eleni Manakidou
Professor of Classical Archaeology in the School of History and Archaeology at Aristotle University
Eleni Manakidou is a professor of Classical Archaeology in the School of History and Archaeology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She directs the Cast Museum at the Faculty of Philosophy and the university excavation at Karabournaki. She has taught as a visiting professor at the Free University of Berlin, the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and the International University of Greece. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Tellogleion Foundation of Arts and a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute. She has published three monographs, a museum catalogue, two handbooks (in collaboration), more than 100 articles, and has translated four books on archaeology.
Her research focuses on ancient Greek pottery, religion, public and private life, iconography, topography and settlement organization, as well as the history and reception of archaeological research.