Assistant Professor on “Sociology of Nationalism: discourse and politics”


CONTACT
University of Crete
Department of Sociology
Gallos Campus
74100 Rethymno Greece
Tel: +302831077507
e-mail: skoulariki at uoc.gr


 
Education

PhD in Communication and Media studies, University of Paris 2 (Pantheon-Assas), 2005. Topic of dissertation: “In the name of the nation. Public discourse in Greece on the Macedonian issue and the role of the media (1991-1995)” (in French).

Career

  •  Since 2014: Faculty member of the Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of Crete.
  • 2010-2013: Member of the OSCE Mission to Skopje assigned with political analysis and interethnic relations.
  • 2006-2010: Lecturer at the Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of Crete, acc. to P.D. 407/1980.
  • 2005-2006: Researcher on Balkan Studies at the Institute of International Relations (IDIS) of Panteio University, Athens.

Fields of academic interests

  • Sociology of Nationalism
  • Public discourse analysis, political analysis
  • Extreme right, xenophobia and conspiracy theories
  • Prejudice, racism and discrimination
  • Identity politics, interethnic relations and minorities in the Balkans
  • Macedonian issue: history and politics
  • Media, disinformation and fake news

Selected publications

Books:

  • Miltos Pavlou, Athena Skoulariki (eds), Migrants and Minorities: Discourse and Policies, Athens, Vivliorama, 2009 (in Greek).
  • A. Skoulariki, T. Siomos, A. Galanopoulos, Gr. Markou, T. Kostopoulos, D. Papaxanthi, K. Pseniskof, D. Tsirimbas, The public debate on the Prespa Agreement: discourse, polarisation, and populism, online edition: ELIDEK / University of Crete, 2024 (in Greek).

Papers:

  • “The various faces of Extreme Right in Greece and in Europe” (in Greek), Nomarchia, 4 June 2024, online: https://tinyurl.com/3zusdh88
  • “The use of the new media in the mobilisations against the Prespa Agreement: facebook, organisations and participation” (in Greek), in A. Skoulariki et.al., The public debate on the Prespa Agreement: discourse, polarisation, and populism, online edition: ELIDEK / University of Crete, 2024, pp. 195-219.
  • “Political Polarisation in Greece: The Prespa Agreement, Left/Right Antagonism and the Nationalism/Populism Nexus”, South European Society and Politics, 25 (3-4), 2020, pp. 411-439. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13608746.2020.1932020
  • “Skopje 2014: Antiquisation, urban identity and the rejection of Balkan otherness”, in A. Markou and M. Zlatkova (eds), Post-Urbanities, Cultural Reconsiderations and Tourism in the Balkans, Athens: Herodotos, 2020, pp. 224-259.
  • “North Macedonia, ethnicity and history: A juxtaposition of national myths and arguments” (in Greek), Syghrona Themata, 143-144, 2018-2019, pp. 59-66.
  • «Conspiracy theories before and after the Greek crisis: Discursive patterns and political use of the “enemy” theme», ΕπιστήμηκαιΚοινωνία / Science and Society, 37, 2018, pp. 73-108. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/sas.14656
  • «Old and new mosques in Greece: A new debate haunted by history», in Stefano Allievi & Ethnobarometer (eds.), Mosques in Europe. Why a Solution has become a Problem, London: Alliance Publishing Trust / NEF, 2010, pp. 300-317.
  • “Public discourse on the nation during the Macedonian controversy (1991-1995): context, representations and media” (in Greek), in Μ. Kontochristou (ed.), Identity and Mass Media in contemporary Greece, Athens, Papazisis, 2007, pp. 61-103.
  • “La crise macédonienne (1991-1995) et la question des slavophones en Grèce”, Balkanologie, VII (1), 2003, pp. 147-158. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/balkanologie.479