THE ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY speaks to Sozita Goudouna, Founding Director of Greece In USA
Greece in USA is a non-profit organization with a global reach that promotes knowledge of contemporary and ancient Greek Culture while fostering international cultural cooperation, experimentation and social engagement. The organization's extensive programming includes commissioned artists' and curators' projects, residencies, educational and ecological initiatives and the commitment to cultivating a sensible culture of innovation and thought leadership.
We are dedicated to offering innovative and unique programs in education and the arts, all exploring the evolving diversity and richness of Greek and Cypriot cultures. The non- profit organization seeks to generate new thinking about the arts and promote cross- cultural dialogue through partnerships and new platforms of creation.
The organization promotes international exchange of practice and knowledge in the arts - visual and sound art, dance, architecture, theatre - research on the methods used in curatorial and performing practices and investigation of points of intersection between the arts, science and the public sphere by means of interventions, collective actions, educational programs and publications.
Greece in USA aims to collaborate and build long-lasting partnerships with leading institutions and individuals who actively engage with Greece and its culture and to convey a comprehensive and distinctive representation of Greece and Cyprus by producing cultural and educational programs that encourage intercultural dialogue and enable cultural involvement.
Our principal goals are:
To shape and envision the image of contemporary Greece in the United States beyond existing stereotypes
To recalibrate the assumed center of Greek national narratives to include those who have often been denied historical recognition.
To transform the way Greek histories are told and produce projects that reflect the vast, rich complexity of Greek culture.
To support Greek inspired cultural practices by welcoming and nurturing new ideas and influential perspectives
To commission, produce and present contemporary Greek and Cypriot culture that grapple with many of the pressing social and political issues of our time
To foster Greek scholarship and cultural research within the American educational system
To develop a transatlantic network for the exchange of culture and ideas
To strengthen the development of structures in cultural policy & leadership, and foster worldwide mobility.
Greece in USA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization registered in the State of New York, tax-exempt ID no. 85-0828531. Contributions to Greece in USA are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Greece in USA's launch is under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture.
DECAEXASELIDO
ΔΕΚΑΕΞΑΣΕΛΙΔΟ
2026
Δεκαεξασέλιδο (Decaexaselido) refers to the 16-page format commonly used in printing layouts.
Το Δεκαεξασέλιδο (Decaexaselido) αποτελεί μια καθιερωμένη εκδοτική μονάδα 16 σελίδων.
SELECTED RESEARCHERS
2nd Edition of Unlocking the Potential of Research: Through an Open Call for Academic Contributors
Publishing Opportunity | WATER ARTERIES IN GREECE & CYPRUS
THE ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY, an independent publisher based in Attica, Greece, invited scholars, researchers, and thinkers in the humanities to submit a synopsis of their Master’s or Ph.D. research related to Greek art, culture, and intangible heritage.
This initiative provides a unique publishing opportunity for selected works to be featured in ΔΕΑΕΞΑΣΕΛΙΔΟ | DECASEXASELIDO (16 Pages), a limited-edition publication designed to bring academic research into the public sphere. Selected contributions will be published and made available in a prominent Athenian bookstore, ensuring wider visibility for researchers and their work.
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2ος Κύκλος Ανάδειξης Έρευνας: Μέσω Ανοιχτής Πρόσκλησης για Ακαδημαϊκές Συμμετοχές
Ευκαιρία έκδοσης μελέτης για τις Τέχνες & τον Πολιτισμό | YΔΑΤΙΝΕΣ ΑΡΤΗΡΙΕΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ & ΚΥΠΡΟ
Η THE ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY, ένας ανεξάρτητος εκδοτικός φορέας με έδρα την Αττική, προσκάλεσε ακαδημαϊκούς, ερευνητές και διανοητές των ανθρωπιστικών επιστημών να υποβάλουν μια περίληψη της διπλωματικής ή διδακτορικής τους έρευνας με θέμα την ελληνική τέχνη, τον πολιτισμό και την άυλη πολιτιστική κληρονομιά.
Η πρωτοβουλία αυτή αποτελεί μοναδική ευκαιρία, καθώς οι επιλεγμένες έρευνες θα δημοσιευτούν στη συλλεκτική έκδοση "Δεκαεξασέλιδο | Decaexaselido" (16 Σελίδες) και θα είναι διαθέσιμες σε κεντρικό βιβλιοπωλείο της Αθήνας, ενισχύοντας την απήχηση των ερευνητών.
DECAEXASELIDO II
2026
WHO THEY ARE & WHAT THEY DO
Stavroula Michael is an architectural historian and cultural theorist working across visual culture, imperial histories, and material and infrastructural studies. She holds a PhD in Architectural History and Theory from the University of Cyprus, where her research examined colonial and postcolonial water infrastructures through visual, archival, and historical materialist methodologies. Her work explores imperial regimes of visuality and power, with particular attention to how images, landscapes, and infrastructures mediate geopolitical and cultural imaginaries over the longue durée.
She has a longstanding collaboration with the Promitheas Research Institute (INEP), contributing as a researcher to interdisciplinary projects, publications, and academic events. Her research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes, including forthcoming work in the International Journal of Islamic Architecture. She is co-chairing the session “Translocal Infrastructures: Rethinking Modernities Across the Global South and Beyond (19th–21st Centuries)” at the EAUH Conference 2026 (Barcelona). She has taught architecture and graphic design students at the University of Cyprus, University of Nicosia, European University Cyprus, and Minjiang University in China.
Dr. Christina Papadaki is a postdoctoral fellow and research associate at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), specializing in EcoHydrology, EcoHydraulics, and Environmental Management. She is currently involved in European-funded projects, advancing research in the field of freshwater ecology, water management, and the environmental management of mountain areas.
Dr. Papadaki earned her BSc in Water Resources Management from the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) in 2008 and completed an MSc in Environment and Development of Mountain Regions at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) between 2008 and 2010. In 2019, she received her Ph.D. from AUA with a thesis titled "Development of Fish Habitat Suitability Criteria for the Estimation of Ecological Flows."
In 2020, she was awarded a Post-doctoral Fellowship from the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). In 2021, she became the principal investigator of a research project funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I.) on ecological flow modeling in freshwater ecosystems (https://flowtech.hcmr.gr/). She completed her second postdoctoral research in 2024. Since the beginning of her career, she has participated in more than 26 European and national research projects as a research associate.
Dr. Papadaki has authored over 23 research papers published in peer-reviewed international journals and more than 30 articles and abstracts in conference proceedings. She is also an active reviewer for international journals and serves as a member of the editorial board for a journal indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded® (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index® (SSCI). Additionally, she has worked as a scientific book editor. In addition to her academic work, Dr. Papadaki is the presenter of an environmental documentary series, "Green Stories," aired on ERT3, a Greek free-to-air television channel operated by the state-owned Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT).
Evgenia Tsianou is a Science Communicator and Environmental Scientist, born in Thessaloniki. She works at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland and is the founder of DISSCO Dissemination-Science-Communication, where she develops participatory and creative science communication initiatives, ranging from citizen science projects to experimental formats such as a stand-up comedy academy for climate action.
With a background in Atmospheric and Climate Science from ETH Zürich, Evgenia creates hands-on opportunities for people to engage with environmental topics firsthand. She has been looking at the places she visits through the “lens” of water and established the www.water-scarcity.com platform to provide inspiration about how we can manage water differently. Since 2020, she has collected audio stories exploring water scarcity through storytelling, interviews, myths, and oral histories. Beginning in the Greek islands, the project documents traditional water management and lived experiences, fostering dialogue and inspiring sustainable solutions.
Maria Vamvoukaki is an archaeologist focused on heritage consulting. She is particularly interested in sustainable redevelopment of heritage sites, with expertise in innovative research and outreach strategies that engage communities with the past. Her graduated in Archaeology and Art History from Aristotle University and earned a Master’s degree in Applied Archaeology from Leiden University in the Netherlands. Focusing on the post- research phase of cultural resource management, her work emphasizes how ancient built environments and historical topography can be sustainably integrated into contemporary settings. She investigates how archaeological and palaeoenvironmental research can meaningfully inform urban development, while addressing the challenges of preserving ancient ruins in rapidly evolving cities. Her thesis examines adaptive reuse as a strategy to enhance public engagement, instead of exclusive museumization, integrating archaeological remains as living heritage. It demonstrates how archaeological data, beyond excavation and academic study, can contribute to sustainable and historically informed urban design. She has worked in heritage management in a Dutch national non-profit monuments organization, which is focused on research, restoration, and sustainable redevelopment of monuments. She has studied medieval ruins for adaptive reuse and proposed archaeological and environmental research for restoring cultural landscape and promoting archaeological features. She participated in her first excavation at the Sanctuary of Eukleia in Vergina, Greece, and subsequently took part in the research project “A Request for Prehistoric Barrow Mounds” in North Limburg through Leiden University. She later participated in an urban redevelopment project in the city of Leiden, conducted in collaboration between Leiden and Delft Universities and the Municipality. The project focused on the sustainable redevelopment of urban districts, emphasizing cultural heritage and active public engagement. Through this work, she developed an interdisciplinary approach by collaborating with designers, engineers, public authorities, and local communities. This project also served as the foundation for her subsequent thesis research.
SELECTION COMMITTEE
ΤΤS extends its sincere gratitude to the esteemed Selection Committee for their dedication in reviewing applications
Ευχαριστούμε θερμά τα διακεκριμένα μέλη της Επιτροπής Αξιολόγησης
The submissions were evaluated by the Selection Committee, ensuring scholarly integrity and innovation. Published works in the Fall 2026 will be featured in an Athenian bookstore, increasing visibility among public and academic audiences.
This initiative ensures that groundbreaking research does not remain archived but instead contributes to contemporary discourse. Submit your work and be part of this evolving academic dialogue.
SELECTION COMMITTEE DECAEXASELIDO II
Georgia Kotretsos, is a visual artist, researched and founder/editor-in-chief of THE ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY, Arts & Culture Research Lab Observatorium.
Vasilena Mitsiadi is CEO of e-trikala and formed Senior engineer at Watera Hellas. She is a graduate of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a Master’s degree in Quality Assurance from the Hellenic Open University. She works in the field of water treatment, specializing in desalination and filtration systems, providing solutions for clean and potable water. Through her professional experience, she witnesses on a daily basis the vital role of water in the development and well-being of remote regions, as well as the growing criticality of water scarcity caused by climate change and poor water resource management. She has previously served as Deputy Mayor for Culture, Sports, and Education in the Municipality of Trikala and as Vice President of the Research Center – Tsitsanis Museum. In parallel with her professional career, she is actively engaged—on an amateur yet passionate level—in theatre and photography. She is a founding member of the I.M.N.I. Artistic Collective and participates in the project team of the For Women – Artivism Project.
Oliana Antonopoulou holds a master’s degree in Journalism and New Media, a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Media and a degree in Greek Philology. She worked as a news editor at a daily newspaper for nearly ten years and, since July 2006, has served as Head of the Press Office, Public Relations - CSR Department, as well as the Water Museum of the Thessaloniki Water Supply & Sewerage Company (EYATH S.A.), Greece’s second-largest water utility. An experienced communications executive in strategic corporate affairs, she specializes in sustainability and climate crisis communication, crisis management, and ESG reporting. She is a full member of the Editors’ Union of Macedonia and Thrace Daily Newspapers (ESIEMTH), the European Federation of Journalists and a member of the Communications Managers Group of EurEau (the European federation of national associations of water services).
Nayia Yiakoumaki has been the Director of the Hellenic Centre in London since September 2022. From 2005 to 2022 she was a curator at the Whitechapel Gallery, where from 2016 she also served as Head of Curatorial Studies and founding director of the MA Curating Art and Public Programmes in collaboration with London South Bank University. At the Whitechapel Gallery, she developed an innovative programme of research exhibitions for the Archive Gallery, worked on commissions, and from 2011 to 2020 led NEON Curatorial Exchange & Award, an annual international curatorial exchange programme, founded and funded by the NEON Organisation and delivered by the Whitechapel Gallery. She also co-directed the Athens Biennale organisation from 2016 to 2017. Yiakoumaki has worked in arts education for over thirty years. She has conceived over forty exhibitions and commissions, including John Latham: Anarchive (2010), Rothko in Britain (2012), Aspen Magazine: 1965–1971 (2012), Black Eyes & Lemonade: Curating Popular Art (2013), Stephen Willats: Concerning Our Present Way of Living (2014), Intellectual Barbarians: The Kibbo Kift Kindred (2015–2016), Imprint 93 (2016), Guerrilla Girls: Is it even worse in Europe? (2016–2017), Killed Negatives: Unseen Images of 1930s America, Staging Jackson Pollock (2018), Andreas Lolis: Prosaic Origins (2018) NEON City Projects Athens, Queer Spaces: London, 1980s–Today (2019), Fluxus Audio and Scores (2019), Exercising Freedom: Encounters with Art, Artists and Communities (2020), Phantoms of Surrealism (2021), Out of the Margins: Performance in London’s Institutions 1990s–2010s (2022), and The House of Le Bas (2023), featuring the work of Delaine and Damian Le Bas, Vlassis Caniaris: Selected Works 1960s – 1980s, (2023) and Rena Papaspyrou: Images Through Matter (2025) and Maria Loizidou: The Place I Am Not (2024), in collaboration with the Freud Museum, London.
Dr. Beth Rose Middleton Manning (Afro-Caribbean, Eastern European) is a Professor of Native American Studies at University of California Davis, located in Patwin homelands. She is the author of two books: Trust in the Land: New Directions in Tribal Conservation (2011, UA Press) and Upstream: Trust Lands and Power on the Feather River (2018, UA Press). A collaborative social scientist, Beth Rose works with Tribes and non-profit organizations on environmental health, sustainable rural economic development, the historical and political context of river restoration, the reintroduction of fire for landscape care, rematriation/repatriation, and Indigenous-led stewardship and climate adaptation. Beth Rose received her BA in Nature and Culture from UC Davis, and her Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management from UC Berkeley.
Georgios Taxiarchopoulos a distinguished visual artist, studied in Athens, Paris, Sydney, Kitakyushu, Belgrade, Rijeka- Visual Arts, Cultural Management and Cultural Policy, Economics and a postgraduate degree in Digital Art Forms. He was awarded and/or received scholarships from Greece (IKY, B&E Goulandris, G&Z Spyropoulou), France (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennesy), Japan (CCA Kitakyushu), Croatia (Croatian Cultural Alliance) etc. He served for a number of years in various management positions at Art-Athina and Art-Thessaloniki, the Hellenic Foundation for Culture in Cyprus, the Limassol Arts Center - Papadakis Warehouses and Local Government Organizations as director. He was homophonous elected and served as President of the EUNIC Cluster Cyprus. He is an active member of international networks for Culture & the Arts. He is the founding director of the “ACEY Europe – Arts & Culture Community” non-profit company and a PhD candidate at the Athens School of Fine Arts. He has conducted research, publications, and editions on Art, Education, exhibition curation, and Civil Society. He has exhibited individually and in groups at international exhibitions, festivals, museums, and major events around the world.
Dr. Liana Psarologaki is an architect, artist, and interdisciplinary scholar currently associate professor and the research and impact lead at Buckinghamshire New University UK. Previously she was the founding Head of Architecture at the University of Suffolk UK, Chair of Education for the Royal Institute of British Architects East region (2020-2022) and a finalist of the Greek International Women Awards in the category of Design (2021). She trained at the National Technical University of Athens and practiced architecture before completing one of the first interdisciplinary practice-based PhDs at the Centre of Spatial Analysis and Intervention of UCA Canterbury, UK. Her work examines how people sense, live and experience spaces, places, and environments integrating ecofeminist perspectives with posthuman thought. She is the author of two monographs: Cultures of Erudition and Desire (Routledge, 2022) and Site-Reliant Immersive Experiences (Bloomsbury, 2025). She leads the interdisciplinary collective “A Woman’s Labour” at the Centre of Excellence in Health Inequalities (BNU).
UrbanDig Project is an artistic/research/community platform, developed by the not-for-profit organization ‘Ohi Pezoume Performing Arts Company’, based in Athens, Greece. It acts within the intersection of qualitative research, artistic interventions and community actions. During every project, community engagement and participatory mapping practices serve as foundation for building site-specific performances in public space.
George Sachinis, Civil Engineer, Director, Fascilitator
Eirini Alexiou, Choreographer-Director, Performer, Yoga Teacher
Anna Magoulioti, Teacher, Set & Costume Designer, Visual Artist
Dimitris Mouzakis, Communications Officer
Nadia Siokou, Architect, Urban Planner
Marietta Gontikaki, Sustainability Consultant, Project Manager
GENETEIRA was founded by Christina Tripodianaki and it is an independent cultural platform exploring memory, tradition, and Greek identity through people, places, and lived experience. It focuses on how cultural memory is formed, carried, and shared, shaping our understanding of origin, belonging, and continuity across generations.Working through storytelling, research, and cultural observation, GENETEIRA develops original narrative projects rooted in real landscapes, human stories, and everyday practices. Tradition is approached as a living expression of memory, embedded in language, gestures, rituals, and the relationship between people and place. The platform collaborates openly and independently with cultural institutions, companies, artists, researchers, and local communities, creating thoughtful cultural narratives that connect past and present.
GENETEIRA operates as a flexible, project-based initiative, dedicated to translating memory and heritage into contemporary cultural expression, while honoring authenticity, cultural depth, and the evolving nature of Greek identity.
At this stage, GENETEIRA operates as an independent cultural platform and curatorial initiative, not as a registered association, NGO, or formal organization. It does not currently have official members beyond myself and functions as a flexible, research-driven platform dedicated to cultural storytelling, place-based narratives, and interdisciplinary exploration. Its structure is intentionally open, allowing collaborations with artists, researchers, institutions, and local communities on a project-by-project basis.