Dr. Sapfo A. Mortaki Art historian – Museologist Date of birth : 31/03/1977 Family status: Married with one child Addresse : Menandrou 4, 54352, Thessaloniki, Telephone : 2310 939139, 6944333394 Email: [email protected]

Academic Qualifications

PhD., History of Art, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2011. Thesis: “The artistic migration in Greece: from the 19th to the 20th century (1870 – 1970). The case of Constantine Andreou”.

M.A., Master in Educational Sciences, Lifelong Education, of Cyprus, Cyprus, 2012.

M.A., Museum and Artefect Studies, Durham University, United Kingdom, 2004. Dissertation: “Modern Museums – evaluating the usability of Museum’s websites”.

B.A., History and Archaeology, , Greece, 1999

Research

Postdoctoral candidate, of , “Art and Migration”.

Postdoctoral Research, Research Committee, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2012-13, “The impact of the activity of the Greek artists of the great escape of 1945 in Paris”.

Seminars

11/2012 – 1/2013 : “Introduction in writing texts for museums’ exhibitions”, International Council of Museums (ICOM)

25-29/7/2011: Ecole du Louvre/Paris, Cours d’été “Primitivisme(s) au XXe siècle”

1 Teaching experience

Academic

01/10/2015 – 31/07/2016: Academic Tutor, , Department of Studies in Hellenic Culture, module: History of the Arts in Europe.

01/09/2015 – 31/01/2016: Academic Tutor, Open University of Cyprus, Department of Studies in Hellenic Culture, module: Neohellenic Art: Sculpture – Painting.

20/10/2015 – 12/2/2016: Scientific Associate, Technological Institution of Central , Department of Clothing Design and Technology, module: History of Art.

03/03/2015 – 30/06/2015: Adjunct Lecturer, University of Western Macedonia, Department of Visual and Applied Arts, module: Didactics of History of Art.

6/10/2014 – 20/2/2015: Scientific Associate, Technological Institution of Central Macedonia, Department of Clothing Design and Technology, module: History of Art.

31/1/2013 – 30/6/2014: Academic Tutor, Open University of Cyprus, Department of Studies in Hellenic Culture, module: Greek Art: 19th – 20th century.

1/4/2013 – 31/8/2013: Adjunct Lecturer, Harokopio University of Athens, Department of Home Economics and Ecology, modules: Cultural Subjects and Applied Cultural Subjects.

10/12/2012 – 28/2/2013: Adjunct Lecturer, Harokopio University of Athens, Department of Home Economics and Ecology, module: History of Civilization.

16/3/2012 – 31/8/2012: Adjunct Lecturer, Harokopio University of Athens, Department of Home Economics and Ecology, modules: Cultural Subjects and Applied Cultural Subjects.

24/11/2011 – 29/2/2012: Adjunct Lecturer, Harokopio University of Athens, Department of Home Economics and Ecology, module: History of Civilization.

2 3/10/2011 – 3/2/2012: Scientific Associate, Technological Institution of , Department of Museology, Museography and Exhibition Planning, module: Sources in Museology.

Postgraduate Lectures

2015 - 2016: Harokopio University, School of Environment, Geography and Applied Economics, Department of Home Economics and Ecology, Postgraduate Program “Culture and Education”: History of European Art/seminar (18 hours).

2015: Harokopio University, School of Environment, Geography and Applied Economics, Department of Home Economics and Ecology, Postgraduate Program “Culture and Education”: “Educational programs of museums” (6 hours).

2015: Harokopio University, School of Environment, Geography and Applied Economics, Department of Home Economics and Ecology, Postgraduate Program “Culture and Education”: “Projects in culture” (3 hours).

2014: Harokopio University, School of Environment, Geography and Applied Economics, Department of Home Economics and Ecology, Postgraduate Program “Culture and Education”: “Projects in culture” (3 hours).

2014: Harokopio University, School of Environment, Geography and Applied Economics, Department of Home Economics and Ecology, Postgraduate Program “Culture and Education”: “Educational programs of museums” (9 hours).

5/5/2014 – 22/5/2014: Harokopio University, School of Environment, Geography and Applied Economics, Department of Home Economics and Ecology, Postgraduate Program “Culture and Education”: practice teaching of educational programs in museums/3rd semester (12 hours).

28/11/2014: Harokopio University, School of Environment, Geography and Applied Economics, Department of Home Economics and Ecology, Postgraduate Program “Culture and Education”: “Culture in action: museological educational planning of the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religion” (3 hours).

3 University Seminars

25/2/2014 – 25/5/2014: Program “Plato Academy” of the National University of Athens for adults. Module: Aesthetics as creation.

22/4/2013 – 12/7/2013: Program “Plato Academy” of the National University of Athens for adults. Module: Artifacts: memory and perspective.

5/2/2013 – 12/4/2013: Program “Plato Academy” of the National University of Athens for adults. Module: Artifacts: memory and perspective.

9-10/3/2013: Harokopio University of Athens, Second circle of educational seminars “Methodology and Implementation of Projects in Education”. Thematic group: Culture.

30/6/2012: Harokopio University of Athens, First circle of educational seminars “Methodology and Implementation of Projects in Education”. Thematic group: Culture.

Adult Education

Winter Semester 2014-2015: Institute for vocational training, Triandria, Thessaloniki, Greece, instructor. Subject: Children’s’ Literature.

Winter Semester 2014-2015: Institute for vocational training, Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece, instructor. Subject: Children’s’ Literature.

24/2/2012 – 29/6/2012: 2nd Second Chance School of Thessaloniki, Greece, instructor. Subject: Cultural – Aesthetic Education.

2/2011 – 6/2011: Institute for vocational training, Triandria, Thessaloniki, Greece, instructor. Subject: Risk management in museums.

11/4/2011: 25/5/2011: Centre for , Thessaloniki, Greece, instructor. Subject: Museums.

5/10/2010 – 14/2/2011: Institute for vocational training, Triandria, Thessaloniki, Greece, instructor. Subject: Collections Management – Handling of art objects.

16/2/2010 – 9/6/2010: Institute for vocational training, Triandria, Thessaloniki, Greece, instructor. Subject: Museology I.

4 1/10/2009 – 14/2/2010: Institute for vocational training, Triandria, Thessaloniki, Greece, instructor. Subject: Museology II.

16/2/2007 – 29/6/2007: Cultural Institute for vocational training, Thessaloniki, Greece, instructor. Subject: History of Art.

2/10/2006 – 15/2/2007: Institute for vocational training, Triandria, Thessaloniki, Greece, instructor. Subject: History of Art and Architecture (20th century).

16/2/2006 – 30/6/2006: Institute for vocational training, Triandria, Thessaloniki, Greece, instructor. Subject: History of Art.

Secondary Education

28/11/2006 – 1/6/2007: 14th Technical and Vocational High School, Thessaloniki, Greece, instructor.

30/10/2005 – 10/6/2006: 14th Technical and Vocational High School, Thessaloniki, Greece, instructor.

1/11/2005 – 10/6/2006: 6th Technical and Vocational High School, Thessaloniki, Greece, instructor.

12/9/2005 – 15/6/2006: Hellenic College, Thessaloniki, Greece, instructor.

15/10/2002 – 15/6/2003: Technical and Vocational High School Pasteur, Thessaloniki, Greece, instructor

Professional experience

26/9/2012 – 31/12/21013: Ministry of Culture, Directorate of Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programs, Museologist.

17/11/2008 – 16/7/2009: Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia – Thrace, Thessaloniki, Greece, Museologist.

9/7/2007 – 8/3/2008: Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia – Thrace, Thessaloniki, Greece, Museologist.

5 1/9/2006 – 30/4/2007: Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia – Thrace, Thessaloniki, Greece, Museologist.

2/2002 – 6/2005: Telloglion Foundation of Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, Museologist.

10–12/2003: Greek Culture Organization – Thessaloniki Branch, Program “New Balkans 2003”.

03–04/2002: Theatre Museum, Covent Garden, London, M.A. placement.

07–08/2001: Dion, Pieria, Greece, archaeologist.

10–11/2000: Centre for Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, educational programs.

Skills and qualifications

Computer skills: Windows 98, 2000, XP, Windows Vista, Windows 8

Microsoft office (word, excel, powerpoint, internet)

Fluent in English (teachers’ adequacy)

Fluent in Italian (teachers’ adequacy)

Fluent in Spanish (teachers’ adequacy)

Advanced knowledge of French (level C1)

Good knowledge of German

Good knowledge of Turkish

Monographs

Mortaki, S. (2014). The Migration of Greek Artists in Paris from the 19th to the 20th century. The case of Constantine Andreou. Athens: Papazisi. (ISBN: 987-960-02- 2907-3). [In Greek]

Mortaki, S. & Pappas, V. (eds) (2014). Proceedings of the 7th Pan-Hellenic Conference of Greek Museums, Litochoro 19-21 September 2008. Litochoro: Naval Museum. [In Greek]

6 Georgitsoyianni, E. & Mortaki, S. Greek Marble Sculptors in Romania. Athens: Lichnia. (Under publication) [In Greek]

Publications (refereed journals, book chapters, exhibition catalogues)

Mortaki, S. & Simandiraki, Ch. (2014). Education and Culture: Front-end Evaluation of a Virtual Exhibition. Scientific Educational Journal “Educational Circle”, 2 (1), pp. 173-189. (ISSN: 2241-4576) [In Greek]

Mortaki, S. (2014). Eroticism and Motherhood in the Painting of Constantine Andreou. In Cr. Stamoulis (ed.), Love and Sexuality. Thessaloniki: Armos, pp. 249-275. [In Greek]

Mortaki, S. (2013). Cultural tourism and environment: the example of the Maritime Museum of Litochoro in Greece. American International Journal of Contemporary Research, 3 (11), pp. 85-90.

Georgitsoyianni, E. Mortaki, S. and Mpoukouvala, S., (2013) The cultural Heritage of Tirnavos and its Impact on the Local Adolescents. Sustainable Cultural and Traditional Development Journal , 1, pp. 7-24.

Mortaki, S. (2012). Brief Historical Review of the Evolution of Navigation and Shipbuilding in Greece through Artifacts of our Cultural Legacy. In A. S. Garbis & E. A. Karvelis (eds). History Sheets from the Naval Tradition of Aitoliko and the Ship Models of D. Maras. Mesollogi: Technological Educational Institute, pp. 105-123. [In Greek]

Mortaki, S. (2012). The Contribution of Vocational Education and Training in the Preservation and the Diffusion of Cultural Heritage in Greece: the Case of the Specialty “Guardian of Museums and Archaeological Sites”. International Journal of and , 2 (24), special issue, pp. 51-58.

Mortaki, S. (2012) Key Issues Facing Art Museums in the Context of Their Social Role. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2 (16), special issue, pp. 134-137.

Mortaki, S. (2012). Maritime Civilization in the Aegean through Artifacts and Testimonies: a Diachronic Approach. From Prehistory to Antiquity. Perilpous of Naval History, 78, Athens: Hellenic Maritime Museum, pp. 50-53. [In Greek]

Mortaki, S. (2011) The Museums of Thrace and their content. In A. A. Aggelopoulos (Ed.). Thrace. Education – Folklife – Art. Athens: Hellenic Ecumenical Line, pp. 227-244. [In Greek] 7 Mortaki, S. (2009) Women’s urban apparel – their symbolism and their history. In People and Objects: Lifelong Relations. New donations to the Museum, exhibition catalogue, Thessaloniki: Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia – Thrace, pp. 147-180. [In Greek]

Adamidis, G. & Mortaki, S. (2009) House…Museum. In People and Objects: Lifelong Relations. New donations to the Museum, exhibition catalogue, Thessaloniki: Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia – Thrace, pp. 347 – 360. [In Greek]

Mortaki, S. (2009) Maritime Museum of Litochoro: original wooden model sailboats from antiquity until the 20th century. Perilpous of Naval History, 68, Athens: Hellenic Maritime Museum, pp. 50-52. [In Greek]

Mortaki, S. (2009) Designing the exhibition: a retrospect of the Greek sailing and shipbuilding from Prehistory to the 20th century, exhibition catalogue, Maritime Museum of Litochoro, pp. 4-10. [In Greek]

Mortaki, S. (2009) Material Culture – exhibits from the Maritime Museum of Litochoro. Perilpous of Naval History, 67, Athens: Hellenic Maritime Museum, pp. 42-45. [In Greek]

Mortaki, S. (2009) From tradition to contemporary museology – the case of a folklife exhibition. Avlaia, 53, Thessaloniki, pp. 52-54. [In Greek]

Mortaki, S. (2008) Theory and museology – the case of the Maritime Museum of Litochoro. Perilpous of Naval History, 65, Athens: Hellenic Maritime Museum, pp.38-40. [In Greek]

Publications in peer reviewed conference proceedings

Mortaki, S. & Pappas, V. (2013). The integration of two Greek cultural immigrants of the 15th and 20th century: the cases of Cardinal Bessarion and the artist Costantine Andreou, 7th Global Conference, Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging, 1-3/9/2013, Mansfield College, Oxford.

Kourakis, O, Mortaki, S. & Veleni, T. (2012). The Photography Exhibition “Macedonian Dekapolis” at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki: engaging a broader audience. ICPT 2nd International Conference Photography and

8 Theory “Museums and Photography: Displayed and Displaying”, Agia Napa, 28- 30/11/2012.

Mortaki, S. (2012) Multimedia Museums’ Applications, an Open Educational Tool for Further Engagement. In EADTU 25th Anniversary Conference: the role of open and flexible education in European higher education systems for 2020, conference proceedings. Pafos: EADTU, 183-197.

Mortaki, S. & Tsakiridis, Ch. (2012) Virtual Museum Visit as a Good Practice in Adult Education. In 4th Scientific Conference: Good Practices in Adult Education, conference proceedings, 361-377. [In Greek]

Presentations in conferences (with reviewers)

Mortaki, S. (2015). Art, Migration and Identity: the Artists of Greek Diaspora. In the International Anniversary Conference “Identity, Language and Literature” of the Department of Philology, Demokritos University of Thrace, Komotini, October 9-11 2015. (Under publication in the conference proceedings)

Mortaki, S. (2015). Intercultural References: the Influence of the Mediterranean in the art of the Greek sculptor of the Diaspora Constantine Andreou. In the 8th Annual International Congress, Mediterranean Studies Association, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Theology, Athens, Greece, May 27 -30, 2015.

Blioumi, A. & Mortaki, S. (2015). Museum and Literary Management: Scientific Model and Entrepreneurial Technics in the base of the exhibition “Ich Schreibe – I Write”. In the 6th Conference of the Greek Comparative Litetature Association in cooperation with the Department of German Philology and the Department of Neohellenic Philology of the Natioanal Capodistrian University of Athens with the subject “Literature and Museum”, Athens, March 19-21 2015. (Under publication in the conference proceedings)

Mortaki, S. (2014). The Migration of Greek Artists in Paris from the 19th to the 20th Century as cultural phenomenon: interactions and deviations. In the 5th Conference of the European Society of Neo-Hellenic Studies, Thessaloniki, 2-5 October 2014. [In Greek]

Mortaki, S. (2013). The great getaway of Greek artists in 1945. The depiction of war memories in the art of Constantine Andreou. Poster in HISTART '13,

9 Μimar Sinan Fine Arts University, 28-30/11/2013, organized by DAKAM (Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center).

Mortaki, S. & Pappas, M. (2013). Insects in Art: Symbolism and Aesthetics. Poster in the 15th Pan-Hellenic Entomological Congress. Kavala, 22-25/10/2013. [In Greek]

Georgitsoyianni, E. & Mortaki, S. (2012) The cultural Heritage of Tirnavos and its Impact on the Local Adolescents. In: Inter-academic Seminar of Sustainable Development, Culture and Tradition, Historical Monastery of Jesuits, Syros, Greece, 22-28 July 2012. [In Greek]

Adamidis, G., Mortaki, S., Bintsi, E. & Botsiou, E. (2010) People and Objects: Lifelong Relations. New donations to the Museum. In: Tracing contemporary museology, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, 15-16 May 2010. [In Greek]

Professional and other affiliations

Member of the Mediterranean Studies Association

Member of the Association of Greek Art Historians

Member of the Scientific Organization for Adult Education, Greece

Member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) – Hellenic

Committee

Member of Museums Association U.K.

Member of the association Friends of the Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia – Thrace “Alki”

Volunteer curator, Naval Museum of Litochoro, Greece

Scientific associate, Institute of National and Religious Affairs, Thessaloniki,

Greece

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