Nikolaos Misolidis
PhD Candidate at the Department of History, Archaeology and Cultural Recourses Management at the University of Peloponnese
Nikolaos Ath, Misolidis is a graduate of the History and Archaeology Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He obtained his Master with honors from the same department in 2013 and his dissertation handles “The demographic image of Thessaloniki Vilayet during the long 19th century (1789 – 1912)”. Currently, he is PhD Candidate in the Department of History, Archaeology and Cultural Recourses Management in the University of Peloponnese. His PhD thesis is related to “The work of the United Nations in Post-War Greece 1944 – 1949. The Repatriation and Rehabilitation of the Greek Displaced Persons from Axis Countries during the decade of 1940 by United Nations Relief and Rehabilitations Administration (UNRRA) and its successor International Refugee Organization (IRO)”. Furthermore, he has been a member of the Society of Macedonian Studies Research Center since 2010 and has participated in many research projects such as “The sightseers in Macedonia 15th – 20th century”( http://www.sightseers.gr/ currently only in Greek), “The Communities of Macedonians abroad in 17th to 19th century”, (http://www.grcom.gr/cms/ - currently only in Greek), The Greek Independence War through the American and British Newspapers 1821 - 1830”.
From 2017, his scientific interests focus on the international and transnational humanitarian aid official and private to Greece in the first half of 20th century. Therefore, he has published several articles in conference’s abstracts and in international collective volumes about the work of American Humanitarian Agencies in Greece in the decades of 1920’s and 1930’s. Moreover, he is a Research Fellow in the Chair of Pontic Studies in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and he participated in the research program under the title “Research and dissemination of the Culture and History of Asia Minor and Pontus Greeks” which was under the auspices of the Chair of Pontic Studies. He has conducted academic research in the Diplomatic and Historical Archive of Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, British National Archives, United Nations Archives, Rockefeller Archive Center, and the Archive of Burke Missionary Library of Columbia University regarding to the work of the American and British Red Cross, Near East Relief/ Foundation and UNRRA to Greece in the first half of 20th century.