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Nikolas Bakirtzis
 Marie Curie Fellow and Researcher
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- Profile
- Nikolas Bakirtzis studied Architectural History, Social Anthropology and Archaeology at Princeton University and the Aristotle University of Thessalonike in Greece. His research and publications concentrate on the material culture, the historic landscapes and the architectural heritage of the Early Christian, Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean. He was awarded a Dumbarton Oaks Junior Fellowship, a Whiting Fellowship in the Humanities and has been a Senior Fellow at the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations of Koc University in Istanbul and a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer in Columbia University’s Department of Art History and Archaeology. During the 2008-2009 academic year he was Cass Gilbert Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture of the University of Minnesota. He has been active in numerous archaeological and curatorial projects in Greece, Cyprus and the U.S. Among his research activities, he directs the “Mt. Menoikeion Seminar,” an interdisciplinary educational project in Northern Greece organized by Princeton University’s Program in Hellenic Studies, which studies the art, archaeology and anthropology of one of the foremost centers of Byzantine monasticism.
Dr. Bakirtzis was awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship by the European Commission and joined STARC in June 2009 to direct the research project TIEM - Tracing Identity in the Eastern Mediterranean; A Digital Survey of Late Medieval Monuments in the Eastern Mediterranean Islands. - Research Interests
- Medieval and Byzantine Art, Architecture and Archaeology; Art and Architecture of the Crusader and Renaissance periods in the Eastern Mediterranean; Landscape Archaeology; Heritage Preservation and Conservation; Social Anthropology and Folklore.
