Dr. Athanasio Papalexandrou

Biography

Athanasio Papalexandrou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include Early Greek Visual Culture and the interconnections between Greece and the Near East, particularly in the context of art and archaeology. Papalexandrou received his Ph.D. from Princeton University, where he focused on the ritual dimensions of Early Greek figurative art. He has previously taught at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and was a research fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC. His notable publications include the book 'Visual Poetics of Power: Warriors, Youths, and Tripods in Early Greece,' published in 2005. His current research explores the role of monsters in the arts and rituals of Early Greece. He teaches undergraduate courses on Greek art and archaeology, including 'Myth and Images in Greek and Roman Antiquity' and 'Art and Archaeology of Greek Sanctuaries,' as well as graduate seminars on themes of art and culture in the Eastern Mediterranean during the 11th to 6th centuries BCE. Additionally, he has conducted archaeological excavations in Cyprus.

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