Dimitris Krallis

Dimitris Krallis (Greek: Δημητρης Κραλλης) is a Greek historian who is Professor of Humanities and Director of the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University.[1]

Dimitris Krallis
Born
Athens, Greece
NationalityGreek
Academic background
Alma mater
  • University of Athens, University of Oxford, University of Michigan
Academic work
Discipline
  • History
Institutions
Main interests

Biography

Dimitris Krallis was born in Athens, Greece where he attended Athens College [2][3] and the University of Athens. At the University of Athens he studied political theory and inspired by his professors of history, decided to apply for a graduate degree in Byzantine Studies. He attended the University of Oxford where he studied Byzantine social and political history. After an interruption of four years dedicated to military service and to teaching at the American College of Greece in Athens, he moved to the US and the University of Michigan for his doctorate. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he joined the faculty at Simon Fraser University where he is Professor of Humanities and Director at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies.[1]

Selected works

Journal Articles and Book Chapters
  • “Liquid Memories: Oceanic Allusions and Greek Imagery in the Forum of Constantine” in S. Günther, Li Qiang, C. Sode, S. Wahlgren, and Zhang Qiang eds., Byzantium in China: Studies in Honour of Professor Xu Jialing on the Occasion of her Seventieth Birthday - Supplements to the Journal of Ancient Civilizations (2019), 31-47.
  • “Popular Political Agency in Byzantium’s Village and Towns” Byzantina Symmeikta 28 (2018), 11-38.
  • “Historiography as Critical Contemporary Commentary” in A. Kaldellis and N. Siniossoglou ed., Cambridge Intellectual History of Byzantium (Cambridge, 2017), 599-614.[1]

Videos
  • Dr. Dimitris Krallis interview with ERT (Dec. 6, 2019) (in Greek)[4]
  • Army commanders as managers of demotic power in Byzantium, SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at SFU[5]
  • In Conversation: Professor Dimitris Krallis on the Continuity of Greek Thought[6]

Sources
  1. "Dimitris Krallis - SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies - Simon Fraser University".
  2. Development, PodBean. "10. A Byzantine man of affairs, with Dimitris Krallis". byzantiumandfriends.podbean.com.
  3. Development, PodBean. "30. Byzantium in modern Greek life (Listener Questions I), with Dimitris Krallis". byzantiumandfriends.podbean.com.
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eYjKb6_oPw
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z5ObPGEN9I&t=439s
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVBbWVcqRCU
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