Centre for Spartan & Peloponnesian Studies (Page 3)
The Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies (CSPS) has an international reputation as the world’s only research centre focused on the study of Sparta and the Peloponnese, Greece. It was founded by Professors William Cavanagh (Archaeology) and Stephen Hodkinson (Classics) in 2005. Its official inauguration took place in 2006, through public launches both in the United Kingdom and Greece
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/csps/about-csps.aspx.
The CSPS Board of Trustees:
Director: Dr Chrysanthi Gallou (Archaeology, University of Nottingham)
Founder and Honorary Directors: Professor William Cavanagh (Archaeology, University of Nottingham) and Professor Stephen Hodkinson (Ancient History, University of Nottingham)
Deputy Directors: Dr Philip Davies (Ancient History, University of Nottingham) and Dr Edmund Stewart (Ancient History, University of Nottingham)
Members: Dr Clare Burke (Archaeological Science, University of Nottingham), Dr Lynn Fotheringham (Classics, University of Nottingham), Dr Theodora Jim (Ancient History, University of Nottingham), Dr Georgios Spyropoulos (Archaeology, University of Nottingham; Deputy Head of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Corinth, Ministry of Culture)
Secretary: Dr Matt Thompson (Research Fellow, University of Nottingham)
Deputy Secretary and Postgraduate Student Representative: David Sanderson (PhD Student, University of Nottingham)
Honorary Members/Advisors: Emeritus Professor James Roy (Ancient History, University of Nottingham), Dr Hamish Forbes (Ethnography, University of Nottingham), Dr Clare Pickersgill (Curator of the Archaeological Museum at the University of Nottingham)
Academic Associates and Honorary Research Fellows at CSPS:
Dr Nancy Bouidghaghen (Historian, Classical Press of Wales)
Dr Eleni Kolaitis (Metallurgist-Geoarchaeologist, AKTES – Ancient Coastline Study Society)
Professor Christopher Loveluck (Professor of Medieval Archaeology, University of Nottingham)
Sarantos Minopetros (author – researcher, University of Nottingham)
Dr Nikos Mourtzas (geologist, AKTES – Ancient Coastline Study Society, Member of the Central Archaeological Council, Ministry of Culture)
CSPS program/activity leaders:
Educational program leader: Dr Chrysanthi Gallou
Head of research network Tyrannica – Interdisciplinary Network for the Study of Tyrannies, Personalist Dictatorships and Authoritarian Regimes: Dr Edmund Stewart
Head of CSPS Sparta & Peloponnese Early Career Scholars (CSPS SPECS) global network: Dr Matt Thompson
CSPS Popular History/Archaeology Family Book Series: Sarantos Minopetros (Research Associate)
Online lecture series “Sparta Live!” Leader: Dr Chrysanthi Gallou.
“Agido” Online Lecture Series: Hosted by: Abbie Costello (PhD student, University of Nottingham), supported by Thea Wolff (PhD student), Catherine Viola (PhD student, University of Nottingham) and Malvina Alexopoulou (MA, Field Archaeologist, Ephorate of Antiquities of Corinth, Ministry of Culture)
“Being Peloponnesian” Online Lecture Series Hosted by: Dr. Matthew Thopmson and members of the CSPS SPECS Global Network Committee
CSPS PhD students
Abigail (Abbie) Costello
Miltiadis Paikopoulos
David Sanderson
Petros Tsaglis
Catherine Viola
Thea Wolff
Ioanna Roumbini Harami