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Elena Frangakis-Syrett Elena Frangakis-Syrett Curriculum Vitae EDUCATION Ph.D. in Economic History, King's College, London University, Jan. 1985. B.A. (Honours) in Modern History, University College, London University, Aug. 1976. École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sorbonne, University of Paris, 1981-82 School of Oriental & African Studies, London University, Graduate Inter-Collegiate Student for Turkish Language, 1976-79 EMPLOYMENT Faculty Member, Major & Minor in Middle East Studies Program, Queens College, CUNY, Sept. 2010- Elected to the Faculty for the Masters in Middle East Studies, The Graduate School, CUNY, Sept. 2008- Professor, History Department, Queens College, CUNY, Sept. 1996- Elected to the Faculty, The Graduate School, CUNY, April 1995- Associate Professor, History Department, Queens College, CUNY, Jan. 1991- Aug.1996 Faculty Member, Center of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Queens College, CUNY, Sept. 1985- Assistant Professor, History Department, Queens College, CUNY, Sept. 1985- Dec. 1990 Research Associate, Geography Department, Southampton University, England, Sept. 1979- March 1981 Lecturer, Inner London Educational Authority Institutes of Further Education of Kensington and Marylebone, England, Jan. 1977- June 1979. FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS & AWARDS Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Modern Hellenism, New York, Sept. 2016- Member, International Editorial Advisory Board, Drassena, Journal of the Maritime Museum, Barcelona, Spain, July 2014- Recipient, Research Agenda Enhancement Award, QC Social Sciences Division, Summer 2013 Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, İzmir University of Economics, İzmir, Turkey, Fall Semester, 2012 Recipient, Research Agenda Enhancement Award, QC Social Sciences Division, Summer 2012 Recipient, Scholar Incentive Award, Queens College, CUNY Spring Semester 2012 Senior Residential Fellow, Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Koc University, İstanbul, Turkey, Spring Semester 2011 Recipient, Scholar Incentive Award, Queens College, CUNY Spring Semester 2011 Recipient, Queens College Presidential Research Award, Spring Semester 2006 Visiting Professor, Business History Unit, London School of Economics, London University, England, Jan – June 2004 Recipient, Scholar Incentive Award, Queens College, CUNY, Spring Semester 2004 Visiting Professor, Business History Unit, London School of Economics, London University, England, Jan.-June 2003 Recipient, Scholar Incentive Award, Queens College, CUNY, Spring Semester 2003 Visiting Research Fellow, Business History Unit, London School of Economics, London University, England, Jan.-June 2001 Visiting Research Fellow, Business History Unit, London School of Economics, London University, England, Jan.-June 2000 Elected Fellow, Royal Historical Society, England, October 1999- to date Visiting Fellow, Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, Newnham College, Cambridge University, England, January-June 1997 Recipient, Scholar Incentive Award, Queens College, CUNY, Spring Semester 1997 Member, National/International Advisory Board, Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora (1995-2014) Correspondent, Cahiers d'Études sur la Méditerranée Orientale et le Monde Turco-Iranien (1995-2000) Recipient, Faculty-in-Residence Award, Queens College, CUNY, 1989-90 Recipient, Faculty-in-Residence Award, Queens College, CUNY, l986-87 Recipient, Ronald Burrows Studentship, King's College, London University, 1983-84 Recipient, French Government Graduate Research Scholarship, National Archives, Paris & Marseilles, France, 1981-82 Recipient, Ronald Burrows Memorial Prize, King's College, London University, England, 1976 -1979 FUNDRAISING AND ENDOWNMENTS Established endowed prize for the History Department, The David Syrett Prize for Excellence in American Military and British History, Fall 2004 (on behalf of my late husband) Fundraised and expanded, The Melina Mercouri Prize for Excellence in Greek and European History, History Department, Sept. 2001 Fundraised and established endowed prize for the History Department, The Melina Mercouri Prize for Excellence in European History, Oct. 2000 Fundraised and expanded Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation Grant for The Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation Program in Hellenic Studies at Queens College, $140,000.00, September 2001 Fundraised and established: The Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation Program in Hellenic Studies at Queens College, $215,000.00, Aug. 1999 Coordinator of the Franco WWII Internship Project and Funds, History Department, Queens College, CUNY Sept. 2015-Aug. 2016 ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND ADMINISTRATION Senator-at-Large, Social Sciences Division, Queens College Academic Senate, Sept. 2016- Director, Student Prizes Accounts’ Funds, History Department, Queens College, CUNY Sept. 2016- 2 Summer Chair, History Department, Queens College, CUNY, June - Aug. 2016 Chair, Dissertation Defense Committee, PhD Program in History, Graduate Center, CUNY, June 8th, 2016 Divisional Representative, Social Sciences, Curriculum Preparation, International Students NAVITAS Program, Queens College, Spring 2016 Acting-Chair, History Department, Queens College, CUNY Aug. 2015-May 2016 Divisional Representative, College P& B Budget Committee, Social Sciences Division, Queens College, CUNY, 2015-2016 Organizer, Year of the Silk Roads Lectures Program, Queens College, CUNY, 2015-2016 Advisor, Undergraduate and Graduate Students, Major & Minor, History Department, Queens College, CUNY, Sept. 2015- Member, CUNY Teaching and Non-Teaching Instructional Staff Select Faculty Committee Panel, Spring 2009- to date (re-invited May 2015) Member, History Panel, PSC-CUNY Research Awards, Spring 2015 Member, Smyrna Student Essay Prize Evaluating Committee, Center of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Queens College, CUNY, 2014 Member, Doctoral Student Applications Evaluating Committee, PhD Program in History, Graduate Center, CUNY, Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2014 Member, Budget & Personnel Committee, History Department, Queens College, CUNY, 2013- 2016 Member, Faculty Search Committee, Center of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Queens College, CUNY, (Byzantine History line), Spring 2008 & Fall 2010 Member, Faculty Search Committee, History Department & Center of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Queens College, CUNY, (Early Modern Jewish/Mediterranean History line), Fall 2009 Member, Faculty Search Committee, History Department, Queens College (Asian and Middle East History lines), Spring 2006 & Spring and Fall 2008 Member, College-Wide Ad hoc Committee, Major Student Scholarship Applications Evaluator, Queens College, CUNY, Fall 2009- Member, Doctoral Students’ Applications Evaluating Committee, Middle East Concentration, PhD Program in History, Graduate Center, CUNY, Spring 2006- Divisional Representative, Social Sciences Division, Academic Senate, Queens College, CUNY, September 1988- December 2006 Director, History Department Agency Account Funds, September 2003- 3 Student Advisor, Major and Minor in History, History Department, Queens College, CUNY, September 1990- December 2001 Founder and Director, Queens College Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation Program in Hellenic Studies, Divisional Representative, Social Sciences Division, College-wide Committee on Honors & Awards, Queens College, CUNY, Sept. 1990-December 2002 Chair, College-wide Honors and Awards Committee, Queens College, CUNY, September 1999-December 2000 Divisional Representative, Social Sciences Division, College-wide Graduate Curriculum Committee, Queens College, CUNY, January 1997- December 2000 Chair, Sub-Committee for Honorary Degrees of the College-wide Committee on Honors and Awards, Queens College, CUNY, September 1995-December 2000 Member, College-Wide Ad hoc Committee on Graduate Programs, Queens College, CUNY, June 1997- August 1998 Member, Executive Committee, College-wide Honors and Awards Committee, September 1993-December 1998 Member, History Department, Budget & Personnel Committee, September 1991-August 1994 Department Representative, Divisional Committee on Research Committee, Social Sciences, September 1993-June 1994 Other duties: I am currently supervising two MA students in Middle East and Ottoman History respectively, MA Program, History Department, Queens College, CUNY, 2015 - I am currently member in the Dissertation Advising & Defense Committees of two Doctoral Students in Middle East and European History respectively, PhD Program in History, Graduate Center, CUNY, 2013- SERVICE TO THE FIELD (Recent) Member (by invitation) of the Scientific Committee for the International Conference on the Archaeology and History of Lydia, Western Anatolia, Turkey being organized by the Dokuz Eylűl University, Izmir, to be held in Izmir, May 17-18th, 2017. Member (by invitation) of the Scientific Committee for the International Symposium on the Middle East, 15th to 20th centuries, organized by the Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Turkey, to be held in Antakya, Turkey, April, 7th-8th, 2017. Member (by invitation) Dissertation Advising & Defense Committee, Ottoman History Field, Boğazιcι University, İstanbul, Turkey, April 2015- Member, (elected) Nominating Committee, International Maritime Economic History Association, Newfoundland, CA, 2013-2016 4 Member (by invitation) External Evaluating Committee, (Faculty Promotion Process) History Department, Athens University, Athens, Greece, April 2015 Member (by invitation) External Evaluating Committee (Faculty Promotion Process) Department of History and Archaeology, University of Ioannina, Greece, February, 2015 Member
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