HARIS THEODORELIS–RIGAS Curriculum Vitae PERSONAL DETAILS Instructor for Latin and Classical Greek Koç University, Rumelifeneri Yolu 34450 Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey Room SOS 128: +90-212-338-1488 [email protected] EDUCATION 2007 BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY, Istanbul PhD cand. (part-time) in Political Science and International Relations, GPA: 4/4 Thesis Title: “Minority politics as a three-level negotiation: identification, institutions and collective action in Istanbul’s Rum community”. 2004 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & POLITICAL SCIENCE M.Sc Development Studies: awarded Merit Dissertation: “Humanitarian Aid: Politics and Politicization in Kosovo in the 1990s”. 2000 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, ST JOHNS COLLEGE B.A. Hons, M.A. (Oxon) in Classics (4 years): awarded 2.1 1998 A-LEVELS: Mathematics/Statistics (A), Modern Greek (A), Classical Greek (A), Ancient History (B). 1988-2000 ATHENS COLLEGE, Greece, High School Apolyterion (Greek Baccalaureate, A-levels equivalent): awarded 14 subjects, GPA: 17.3/20. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 09/2017- KOÇ UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ART Instructor for Latin and Classical Greek 07/2010- ISTOS PUBLISHING, Istanbul Co-founder, Partner and Editor Turkey’s first publishing house and film producers, specializing in Anatolian Greek history and literature. 07/2010-2017 Freelance Private Tutor (part-time) for Classical, Byzantine Greek and Latin teaching PhD and Post-doctoral researchers in Classical and Byzantine Studies. 10/2016-1/2017 ZOGRAFYON GREEK HIGH SCHOOL, Istanbul Teacher of Latin and Ancient Greek for students in preparation to Greek university entrance exams. 09/2007-06/2010 BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY, WESTERN LANGUAGES & LITERATURES DEPARTMENT Classical Greek and Latin Instructor Taught LAT 111 (Beginners Latin), GR 111 (Beginner’s Classical Greek) and GR211 (Intermediate Classical Greek) to undergraduate and graduate students. 12/2006 - 4/2007 TURKISH ECONOMIC & SOCIAL STUDIES FOUNDATION (TESEV), Istanbul English Language Editor (Part-time) 1 09/2005–08/2006 HOLLAND PARK TUITION, London Tutor Latin, Ancient and Modern Greek at all levels (11+, GCSE, A-level, Undergraduate). LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Books: I Paragrafos ke to dokimio [“Paragraphs and Essays”], Athens: Savalas Publishers, 2004. Ēōs: Kendi Kendine Antik Yunanca [“Ēōs: Teach Yourself Ancient Greek”], Istanbul: istos yayın, 2018 (forthcoming). Articles/contributions: “Marjinalleşme Sesleri: Rembetiko şarkıları Üzerinden Mübadele Deneyiminin Yunanistan'daki Yönleri” [Voices of Marginalization: Aspects of the experience of the population exchange in Greece through rembetiko songs], Toplumsal Tarih, No 190, Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı, 2009. “From ‘Imagined’ to ‘Virtual Communities’: Greek-Turkish Encounters in Cyberspace”, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism: Vol. 13, No. 1, 2013. “Model Citizens or a Fifth-column? Greek Orthodox (Rum) Communities in Syria and Turkey between Secularism and Multiculturalism”, in Anthony Gorman and Sossie Kasbarian (eds), Diasporas of the Modern Middle East: Contextializing Community, Edinburgh University Press, 2015. Edited volumes: with Anna Maria Aslanoğlu & Foti Benlisoy (eds), Istanbul Rumları: Bugün ve Yarın [“The Greek Orthodox of Istanbul: their present and future”], Istanbul: istos yayın, 2012. with S. Erdi (eds), K. P. Kavafis, Bütün Şiirleri [“The Complete Poems”], Ari Çokona (trans.), Istanbul: istos yayın, 2013. with S. Erdi (eds), Yorgo Seferis, Mithistorima, Ari Çokona (trans.), Istanbul: istos yayın, 2014. with Stefo Benlisoy (eds), İncil-i Şerif İoanis ve Mattheos Kavlince [“The Gospels According to John and Matthew (in Karamanlidhika”)], Evangelinos Misailidis (trans.), Istanbul: istos yayın, 2016 [1866]. With S. Erdi (eds), Nikos Dimu, Ne Mutsuz Yunanım diyen [“The Unhappiness of Being Greek”], Istanbul: istos yayin, 2017. Edited Translations from Katharevousa Greek into English: Andreas Moustoxydis, Bartholomew Koutloumousianos, A Historical Memorandum Concerning the Island of Imbros, Istanbul: Gökçeada-Imbros Protection, Solidarity and Sustainable Development Association, 2010. Skarlatos Byzantios, Constantinople, 3 vols [1851], Istanbul: istos yayın 2017 (forthcoming). FILM My Sweet Canary, 2011 (Israel, Greece, France, Germany), documentary directed by Roy Sher Research and field-producer Salı [Tuesday], 2015 (Turkey, France), short film directed by Ziya Demirel, short-listed at Cannes, Toronto and Sundance Film festivals. Scenario and subtitles translator AWARDS/PRIZES 09/2015: Translation Grant awarded by the John S.Fafalios Foundation for the edited translation of Skarlatos Byzantios’ work 07/2008: Onassis PhD Scholar 05/2003: Selected by the St Johns College Classics Tutors to write and deliver the “Summer Gaudy Oration” in Latin. 04/2003: Deree College Debating Scholarship: Full coverage of tuition fees for 1 academic year 2 06/2002: Greek Reading Prize (by the Faculty of Classics, Oxford University) 06/2002: Greek Recitation Prize (by the Faculty of Classics) 02/2002: Collegiate Theatre Award (by the President of St Johns College Oxford) LANGUAGES Native Greek, fluent English and Turkish, intermediate German; intermediate Italian, fluent Latin. 3 .