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• Vicky Karaiskou is Assistant Professor at the Open University of Cyprus, Program “Studies in Hellenic Culture” During the years 2002-2007 she taught art history and stage design history topics as an on contract lecturer & assistant professor a...More

  Vicky Karaiskou is Assistant Professor at the Open University of Cyprus, Program “Studies in Hellenic Culture”. During the years 2002-2007 she taught art history and stage design history topics as an on contract lecturer & assistant professor at the University of Thessaly and Patras in Greece. Since 2004 she teaches as an adjunct lecturer in the Undergraduate Program “Studies on the European Civilization” at the Greek Open University. During the years 2007-2010 she has been adjunct lecturer and academic coordinator for the Undergraduate Program “Studies in Hellenic Culture” at the Open University of Cyprus. Since 1991 she publishes essays and critics on art topics at Greek art magazines and has worked as research associate for Delphi European Cultural Center and Greek publishing houses. She has translated in Greek BBC documentaries and Italian art editions, has worked as project manager, cultural consultant, director and general secretary for various entities (Christie’s Auction House, Cultural & Art Centers, private Museums) and has curated one man and group art shows in Greece. Her researches focus on the relationships between the works of visual arts and the social environment, and the ways through which the iconographic and symbolic components contribute to the understanding of the historical and social phenomena. She has conducted and published, in the form of books, the following researches: Modern Greek Sculpture: approaches and interpretations. Gutenberg publishing house, Athens 2011. Visual Art and Stage Design Avantguards in the beginning of the 20th c., Papasotiriou ed., Athens 2009. Journeys through the Stages: Greek Stage Designers in Italy, University Studio Press ed., Thessalonica 2004. G. Gounaropoulos holy paintings, Gounaropoulos Museum ed., Athens 1992. Her current research deal with: a) Greek culture and society after 1974 and b) public sculptures in Cyprus. Parts of her research issues have been presented in various International Conferences. She is member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA), the Association of Art Historians (AAH) and the Greek Art Historians Association (EEIT). Since 2010 she is external evaluator for research programs on behalf of the Greek Ministry of Education Life Long Learning and Religious Affairs, member of the editorial team of the European Scientific Journal and Member of the European Program “Tuning Educational structures in Europe”. Less

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