1. Sector of Historical and Systematic Musicology
It focuses on the history and systematic research of European and Greek art music production and musical instruments from Antiquity to the present day. It examines the aesthetic, philosophical, ideological, and social dimensions of music, issues of historiography and music theory, as well as the methodology of interpreting sources, theory and semiotics, analytical and interpretive methods, and synthetic processes in specific musical works. The Sector’s faculty and EDIP members are:
Nikolaos Maliaras, Professor
Markos Tsetsos, Professor
Minas I. Alexiadis, Professor
Ioannis Papathanasiou, Associate Professor
Pyrros Bamichas, Associate Professor
Ioannis Fulias, Associate Professor, Director
Pavlos Sergiou, Associate Professor
Iakovos Steinhauer, Assistant Professor
Aikaterini Levidou, Assistant Professor
Tassos Kolydas, Laboratory Teaching Staff
Magdalini Kalopana, Laboratory Teaching Staff
2. Sector of Ethnomusicology and Cultural Anthropology
The Sector examines the relationship between music and culture in Greece and internationally both from a historical and a contemporary perspective. This field of research where ethnomusicology meets social and cultural anthropology treats various forms of the performing arts (narration, story-telling, singing, dancing, drama, cinematography), as well as other forms of art and their theoretical approaches, in the wider context of musical culture.
The faculty members of the Ethnomusicology and Cultural Anthropology Sector are:
Lambros Liavas, Professor, Director
Anastasios Hapsoulas, Professor
Maria Papapavlou, Professor
Vassiliki Lalioti, Assistant Professor
Panagiotis Poulos, Assistant Professor
Eleni Kallimopoulou, Assistant Professor
Alexandros Kapsokavadis, Specialized Educational Staff
Nick Poulakis, Laboratory Teaching Staff
3. Sector of Sound Technology, Music Education, and Byzantine Musicology
The Sector comprises three (3) distinct scientific fields. The field of Sound Technology examines the relationship of music to contemporary technology, computer science and mathematics, through the study of music acoustics, electroacoustic music, music informatics, and audio engineering. The field of Music Education concentrates on the development of the pedagogical and didactic dimensions of music in the wider context of social and humanistic sciences, by focusing on the search, research, and continuous reflection on the theory and practice of music teaching and learning in different environments and frameworks, both within the formal and informal learning process. The field of Byzantine Musicology examines Byzantine and post-Byzantine music as a form of art and science in terms of its theory and action as well as its history and aesthetics, within the wider cultural area of Christian Orthodoxy.
The faculty members Sound Technology, Music Education, and Byzantine Musicology Sector are:
Sound Technology
Anastasia Georgaki, Professor (Head of Department)
Christina Anagnostopoulou, Associate Professor
Areti Andreopoulou, Assistant Professor
Christiana Adamopoulou, Special Educational Staff
Ioannis Malafis, Laboratory Teaching Staff
Ioannis Peikidis, Special Technical Laboratory Staff
Music Education
Smaragda Chrysostomou, Professor, Director
Angeliki Triantafyllaki, Assistant Professor
Elissavet Perakaki, Special Educational Staff
Byzantine Musicology
Achilleas Chaldeakes, Professor
Flora Kritikou, Associate Professor
Dimitrios Balageorgos, Associate Professor
Thomas Apostolopoulos, Associate Professor
Theodore Karathodoros, Special Educational Staff
