Curriculum Vitae Name: Maria Theodoropoulou MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS Language and emotion; linguistics and psychoanalysis; metaphtonymy; language acquisition; language policies. EDUCATION 2001: PhD in Linguistics: ’On the experiential basis of fear’, supervisor: A.‐F. Christidis; Linguistics Department, School of Philology, Faculty of Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. 1984: BA in Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. 1982: BA in Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Faculty of Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. EMPLOYMENT 2012– : Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, School of Philology, Faculty of Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 2006‐2012: Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, School of Philology, Faculty of Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 2006–: Research Associate, Linguistics Section, Centre for the Greek Language. 2005‐2006: Scientific director, Linguistics Section, Centre for the Greek Language;. 2002‐2006: Researcher, Linguistics Section, Centre for the Greek Language. 2003‐2006: Instructor, Department of Philosophy and Education, Faculty of Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 1996‐2001: Secondment to the Centre for the Greek Language from Secondary Education; participation to the research programs of the Linguistics Section. 1992‐1995: Teacher of Greek language in Secondary Education. SCHOLARSHIPS 1985‐1990: Research Associate Fellowship, Department of Linguistics, School of Philology, Faculty of Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROGRAMS 1 1992: participation in the research program of the AUTh Research Committee “Completion of the study of oracular tablets from Dodona” (scient. director: prof. Α.‐F. Christidis).
2 October 1997‐April 1998: coordinator and member of the interdisciplinary research group of the deliverable “Psychological aspects of multilingualism in the minority of Thrace” (scient. director: assist. prof. G. Abatzoglou), of the Action 5 (scient. director: prof. Α.‐F. Christidis), in the framework of the Program entitled “Education of the Muslim minority children in Thrace” (Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs∙ scient. director: prof. Α. Fragoudaki). 3 November 1998‐December 2000: coordinator and member of the research group of the Action 1 “Theoretical material for the support of the teachers of Greek language” (scient. director: prof. Α.‐F. Christidis), within the framework of the Program “Development of electronic nodal point for the support of the teachers of language education and behaviour in Secondary Education, with emphasis on High School” (Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs, Centre for Greek Language; scient. director: prof. Ι. Ν. Kazazis). 4 2002‐2004: collaboration with Α.‐F. Christidis in the writing of the History of the ancient Greek Language, within the framework of the Program “Τhe ancient world and the ancient Greek language in Secondary Education” (scient. director: emer. prof. D. Ν. Maronitis), Centre of Educational Research. 5 2004: participation in the research group in the framework “Codification of David Antoniou’s archive” (Proceedings of the discussions about language by Greek Parliament), Centre for Greek Language. 6 2003‐2007: scientific director and planning of the subproject 5 “The Greek language”, in the framework of the Project entitled “Portal for the Greek language and language education”· (Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs, Centre for the Greek Language; Information Society; scient. director: assist. prof. D. Koutsogiannis). Deliverables: Issues on the history of Greek language in multimedia form; The Greek language in Europe; Greek dialects; Histories of Greek language; Grammars of Greek language; Dictionary of Linguistic Terms. 7 January 2010‐March 2011: Associate scientific director within the framework of the Program «CLARIN‐EL preparatory phase» for Northern Greece (scient. director: prof. Ι.Ν. Kazazis). 8 October 2010 –: Associate scientific director of the Action 61: “Development of a methodology for the digitalization of school books and published educational material for language courses, digitalization of school books for language courses, research and adaptation of additional educational material for the courses of Greek language”, Centre for the Greek Language (scient. director: prof. Ι.Ν. Kazazis). 9 October 2010‐2013: Scientific director of the deliverables D4.3.5 (digitalization of A‐F. Christidis’ History of the Ancient Greek Language (2005) and production of multimedia material) and D4.3.6 (A Small Dictionary of Linguistic Terms for Students), in the framework of the Program entitled Action 61: “Creation of methodology for the digitalization of school books and the already published educational material, digitalization of school books for the language courses, research and adaptation of
additional educational material for the courses of Greek language”, Centre for the Greek Language (scient. director: prof. Ι.Ν. Kazazis). 10 2010‐2013: Collaboration with the Research program “The social and cultural construction of emotions: The Greek paradigm” (scient. director: prof. A. Chaniotis, All Souls College, Oxford & Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton). 11| October 2012‐June 2013: Member of the group working on subproject 01 on "Foreign language education policy in Greece" (subproject director: assist. prof. Α. Janne), in the framework of the Project entitled “New school language policies: Learning a foreign language at an early age", National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (scient. director: prof. Β. Dendrinos). 12| December 2013 –: Member of the group working on “Ancient Greek dialects”, Centre for the Greek Language (scient. director: prof. A. Rengakos). PUBLICATIONS LIST a. M o n o g r a p h s Treading the Linguistic Path of Fear: Psyche and Language (in Greek). Athens: Nissos, 2004. b. E d i t e d v o l u m e s – d i c t i o n a r i e s 1| Licht und Wärme, In Memory of A.‐F. Christidis, M. Theodoropoulou (ed.). Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek Language, 2008. Electronic publications 2| Dictionary of Linguistic Terms. M. Theodoropoulou (ed.). In “Online Dictionaries”. Portal for the Greek language. Center for the Greek Language, 2006: http://www.greek‐ language.gr/greekLang/modern_greek/tools/lexica/glossology/index.html 3| A Small Dictionary of Linguistic Terms for Students, M. Theodoropoulou (ed.). Ιn “Digital Resources for the Greek Language”, Center for the Greek Language, 2013: http://www.greek‐ language.gr/Resources/modern_greek/tools/lexica/glossology_edu/search.html?lq=html ?lq c. J o u r n a l a r t i c l e s – c h a p t e r s i n e d i t e d v o l u m e s 1. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 1999. Language and emotion: The objects of fear (in Greek). In Language and Cognition, D. Kati, Κ. Nikiforidou & Μ. Kondili (eds.), 207‐223. Athens: Alexandreia. 2. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 2001. Total assault: An approach to the concept of psychic passion (in Greek). In Studies on Greek Language 21: 214‐222.
3. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 2001. Psyche and language. (in Greek) In Encyclopedic Guide for Language, Α.‐F. Christidis in collaboration with Μ. Theodoropoulou (eds.), 35‐39. Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek Language. 4. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 2001. The genesis of language (in Greek). In Encyclopedic Guide for Language, Α.‐F. Christidis in collaboration with Μ. Theodoropoulou (eds.), 22‐26. Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek Language. 5. Theodoropoulou, Μ. & G. Papanastasiou. 2001. The language error (in Greek). In Encyclopedic Guide for Language, Α.‐F. Christidis in collaboration with Μ. Theodoropoulou (eds.), 199‐202. Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek Language. 6. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 2003. tromazo na ksipniso and aγoniό na ton δό: The complementarity in the na‐complements of the verbs of fear (in Greek). In Studies on Greek Language 23: 690‐700. 7. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 2004. Experience, emotion and metaphor (in Greek). Ek ton hysteron 11:141‐160. 8. Konstadinidou‐Semoglou, Ο. & Μ. Theodoropoulou. 2005. Linguistic, visual stimulus and unknown word (in Greek). In Icon and Child (Proceedings of an International Conference, Thessaloniki 27‐29 October 2002), Ο. Konstadinidou‐Semoglou (ed.), 37‐50. Thessaloniki: cannot not design publications. 9. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 2005. Language and emotion: Positive and negative terms (in Greek). Studies on Greek Language 25: 230‐240. 10. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 2005. Introduction. In Langues nationales et plurilinguisme: Initiatives Grecques, Α.‐F. Christidis et al. (eds.), 17‐23. Athens & Thessaloniki: Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs & Centre for the Greek Language. 11. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 2006. Linguistics and Psychoanalysis: The need for an interdisciplinary dialog (in Greek). Nea Estia 160 (1795, December): 1051‐1066. 12. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 2007. Introduction to the Round Table on “The interdisciplinarity in A.‐F. Christidis’ thought”. Studies on Greek Language 27: 415‐420. 13. Theodoropoulou, M 2008. Metaphors of joy and happiness in Greek: The case of positive emotions. In Reconstructing Pain and Joy: Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Perspectives, Ch. Lascaratou, A. Despotopoulou, E. Ifantidou (eds.), 59‐74. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 14. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 2008. Introduction. In Licht und Wärme, In Memory of A.‐F. Christidis, Μ. Theodoropoulou (ed.), 13‐35. Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek Language. 15. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 2008. (S)he left…: The metaphor of an irrevocable (?) parting (in Greek). In Licht und Wärme, In Memory of A.‐F. Christidis, Μ. Theodoropoulou (ed.), 169‐ 182. Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek Language. 16. Dendrinos, B. in collaboration with M. Theodoropoulou. 2008. Language issues and language policies in Greece. In National and European Language Policies, G. Stickel (ed.), 53‐69. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
17. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 2008. Language, emotion and intersubjectivity (in Greek). In Discussing on Language in Eginitio, Ι. Evdokimidis & C. Potagas (eds.), 165‐184. Athens: Sinapsis. 18. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 2009. Analogy (and reference) in the occurrence of the first words: A case study (in Greek). Studies on Greek Language 30: 249‐260. 19. Theodoropoulou, M. 2009. La metafora all’ incroncio tra linguistica e psicoanalisi. Psicoanalisi 13 (2): 37‐53. 20. Theodoropoulou, M. 2011. The symbolism of national language: The case of Greek. In Language, Languages and New Technologies, G. Stickel & B. Dendrinos (eds.), 221‐222. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. 21. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 2012. Metaphor‐metonymies of joy and happiness in Greek: Towards an interdisciplinary perspective. Review of Cognitive Linguistics 10 (1): 156‐183. 22. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 2012. Metaphor: A flexible mechanism? (in Greek). In Language and Cognition: Discussing about language in Aeginition, Ι. Evdokimidis & C. Potagas (eds.), 172‐183. Athens: Sinapsis. 23. Theodoropoulou, Μ. 2012. The emotion seeks to be expressed: Thoughts from a linguist’s point of view. In Unveiling Emotions: Sources and Methods for the Study of Emotions in the Greek World, A. Chaniotis (ed.), 433‐468. Stuttgart: Steiner. 24. Theodoropoulou, Μ. (in press). The language of linguists and the language of psychoanalysts (in Greek). In Volume in Honor of Athanasios Tzavaras, C. Potagas (ed.). Athens: Nissos. d. E d i t i n g i n c o l l a b o r a t i o n 1| Encyclopedic Guide for Language, Α.‐F. Christidis in collaboration with Μ. Theodoropoulou (eds.). Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek Language, 2001. 2| La Langue grecque et son Histoire, Α.‐F. Christidis in collaboration with Μ. Arapopoulou, Μ. Theodoropoulou, Μ. Chriti (eds.). Thessaloniki: Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs & Centre for the Greek Language, 2003. 3| Les Langues classiques : La gestion d’une capital culturelle, Α.‐F. Christidis in collaboration with Μ. Theodoropoulou, Μ. Arapopoulou, Μ. Chriti (eds.). Thessaloniki: Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs & Centre for the Greek Language, 2004. 4| Langues nationales et plurilinguisme: Initiatives Grecques, Α.‐F. Christidis in collaboration with Μ. Theodoropoulou, Μ. Arapopoulou, Μ. Chriti (eds.). Athens & Thessaloniki: Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs & Centre for the Greek Language, 2005. e. B o o k r e v i e w s 1 “Α.‐F. Christidis: Aspects of Language, Athens: Nisos, 2003”. Ek ton hysteron 9:146‐151. 2 “Α.‐F. Christidis: Aspects of Language, Athens: Nisos, 2003”. To Vima, 27 July 2003. 3 “Α.‐F. Christidis: History of the Ancient Greek Language, Thessaloniki: Institute of Modern Greek Studies, 2005”, 2007
www.greek‐language.gr/greekLang/studies/history_books/12_christidis/index.html 4 “R. Burling: The Talking Ape. Athens: Nefeli, 2009”. Glossologia 18 (2010): 69‐75 ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES 1 Member of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference on “Icon and Child”, School of Early Childhood Education, AUTh, Thessaloniki 27‐29 September 2002. 2 Member of the Organizing Committee of the 29th Annual Meeting of the Department of Linguistics, School of Philology, Faculty of Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 10‐11 May 2008. 3 Member of the Organizing Committee of the 8th Annual International Conference of the European Federation of National Institutions for Language: “Language, Languages and New Technologies: ICT in the service of Languages”, Thessaloniki 2‐4 November 2010, Centre for the Greek Language. 4 Member of the Organizing Committee of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Department of Linguistics, School of Philology, Faculty of Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 16‐18 May 2013. 5| Member of the Organizing Committee της 35th Annual Meeting of the Department of Linguistics, School of Philology, Faculty of Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 8‐10 May 2014. PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES – INVITED TALKS (SELECTION) 1 “Language and emotion: The objects of fear”; Workshop on “Language and Cognition”, School of Primary Education, AUTh., and Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Athens (Athens, 30‐31 May 1997). 2 “The metaphor‐metonymies of fear”; 5th International conference of Greek Linguistics (Sorbonne, 13‐15 September 2001). 3 “tromazo na ksipniso and aγoniό na ton δό: The complementarity in the na‐complements of the verbs of fear”; 23d Annual Meeting of Linguistics Department, School of Philology, Faculty of Arts, AUTh (Thessaloniki, 17‐19 May 2002). 4 “Linguistic, visual stimulus and unknown word (in collaboration with Ο. Konstadinidou‐ Semoglou); International Conference on “Icon and Child”, School of Early Childhood Education, AUTh, (Thessaloniki, 27‐29 September 2002). 5 “Metaphors of joy‐happiness and the non‐segmented ‘whole’”; 6th International Conference on “Reconstructing Pain and Joy: Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Perspectives”, Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Athens, HASE (Athens, 20‐23 October 2005). 6 “Analogy (and reference) in the occurrence of the first words: A case study”; 30th Annual Meeting of Linguistics Department, School of Philology, Faculty of Arts, AUTh (Thessaloniki, 2‐3 May 2009).
7 “Metaphor at the crossroads of linguistics and psychoanalysis”; 11th International Psychoanalytic Meeting on “Psychoanalysis and Language”, Istanbul Psychoanalytic Association (Istanbul, 13‐14 November 2009). 8 “Metaphor‐metonymies of joy and happiness in Greek: the fulfillment of a strongly invested desire”; International Workshop on “Emotions in and around Language”, Institute of the Esthonian Language (Talinn, 23‐24 September 2010). 9 “Saussure and Lacan: From linguistics to psychoanalysis”; invited talk in the seminar organized by the prof. G. Abatzoglou, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (May 1998}.. 10 “Body, emotion and language: The metaphor‐metonymies of fear”; invited talk in the seminar on “Mind, psyche, body” organized by the profs. Tzavaras and Papadopoulos, Medical School, University of Athens (November 2001). 11 “Language: the intersubjective within the social”; invited talk in the lecture series “Language: the most complex and specific trait of the human species”, organized by the Delfi Society (10 February 2005). 12 “Language and emotion: From linguistics to psychoanalysis”; invited talk in the lecture series “Discussing on Language in Eginitio” organized by the Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Athens (16 February 2008). 13 “Fear: From the experience to language”; invited talk in the conference on “Crisis: Human systems in difficult times” organized by the Systemic Association of Northern Greece (16 October 2010). 14 “The symbolism of national language”; intervention in the Round Table organized by the 8th Annual Conference of EFNIL (4 November 2010). 15 “Metaphor‐metonymies of joy and happiness in Greek: Towards an interdisciplinary perspective”; invited talk by the Linguistics Department, University of Leuven, Belgium (20 May 2011). 16 Invited (“Language and emotions: Thoughts on the interweaving of the subjective with the cultural”) and respondent speaker; Workshop on “Emotion and Language”, All Souls College, Oxford; Research program “The social and cultural construction of emotions: The Greek paradigm”, scientific responsible: prof. A. Chaniotis (29‐30 June 2011). 17 “Language, emotion, and psychotherapeutic context”; invited talk in the seminar organized by the prof. K. Navridis, Social Clinical Psychology Society (5 May 2012). 18 Respondent speaker in the conference on The study of emotions in Greek culture, Oxford, UK (17‐18 May 2013).
19| “Emotion and the metaphor within metonymy: The case of idiomatic expressions of fear; 1st International Symposium in Figurative Thought and Language, Thessaloniki Cognitive Linguistics Reading Group (Thessaloniki, 25‐26 April 2014).