Department of Antiquities, Cyprus

Post-Doc, CYPRUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIGITIZATION PROGRAMME

Contract Archaeological Officer

Thesis Title: Stringed Instruments in the Aegean and Cyprus in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age: Music-making and culture between continuity and change (University of Heidelberg, 2006, in German)

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Manolis Mikrakis is currently active in the field of digital cultural heritage, working for the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, in co-operation with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Crete, on the digitisation of antiquities from the Paphos area. He has collaborated on numerous prehistoric and classical excavations in Crete, mainland Greece, Kos and Cyprus as well as in the re-opening of the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion and in the development of archaeological exhibitions focusing on Aegean interactions with Cyprus, Egypt and the Near East. After studying Archaeology and Ancient History at the Universities of Athens, Vienna and Cambridge, he received his PhD in Classical Archaeology from the University of Heidelberg in 2006 with a thesis on the performance of music in the Aegean and Cyprus during the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. For his research, he received grants from the State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and the Society of the Friends of Music, Athens.

Manolis has given conference papers and invited lectures in Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Israel and Turkey. His teaching activity includes archaeological and culture-theoretical courses and field trips for the School of Humantities, International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, the State Academy for Tourist Guides, Heraklion, the Department of Cultural Heritage Protection and Conservation of the Technological Educational Institute of the Ionian Islands, Zakynthos and other institutions. He is a founding member of the Institute of Eastern Mediterranean Studies in Archaeology (IEMSA), Athens.

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