Dr. Papagianni holds a PhD on 20th century American film and literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB), USA (on scholarship). She has taught film, literature, creative writing and ESP, EAP courses at Zayed University, UAE as an Associate Professor, at the State University of New York at Buffalo as a Lecturer, USA and at Athens Kapodestrian University in Greece as a seconded scholar. She is currently a faculty member at the University of Patras and at the Hellenic Open University.
Her research focuses primarily on American and Anglophone world literature and cinema with a specific interest on issues of memory, history and identity. Her recent work includes chapters in edited volumes (‘Reorienting the Gaze. Emirati Women Behind the Camera’ in Reorienting with the Gulf: Film and Digital Media between the Middle East and South Asia, edited by Dale Hudson and Alia Yunis. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University, 2024 )), as well as articles in prestigious journals (The Affectivity of Things in Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust,” Quarterly Review of Film and Video. Routledge/Taylor & Frances. DOI: 10.1080/10509208.2020.1832418). She is also a regular book reviewer for the European Journal of American Studies as well as a reviewer for various academic journals in her field.
American and Anglophone world literature and film, Greek cinema, memory studies, history and identity, cultural studies, thing theory, teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes
Selected Publications
- Papagianni, C.(2024) “Reorienting the Gaze. Emirati Women Behind the Camera.” Reorienting with the Gulf: Film and Digital Media between the Middle East and South Asia, edited by Dale Hudson and Alia Yunis. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press
- Education in the 21st century: Methods and Scientific Practices. (Spring 2023) Development of Training Materials for Teachers in Collaboration with EKPA (National Kapodestrian University of Athens) and the Institute of Continuous Education and Lifelong Learning (KEDIVIM).
- Papagianni, C. (2020). “The Affectivity of Things in Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust,” Quarterly Review of Film and Video. Routledge/Taylor & Frances. DOI: 10.1080/10509208.2020.1832418
- Papagianni, C. (2020). “Cine-things: the Revival of the Emirati Past in Nojoom Alghanem’s Cinemascape.” All Things Arabia: Arabian Identity and Material Culture. Eds, Ileana Baird & Hulya Yagczioglu. Leiden: Brill. pp. 213-224 https://brill.com/view/book/9789004435926/BP000017.xml
- Papagianni, C. (2020). “Postfeminist Media Cultures.” (2020). In Karen Ross et.al (Ed). The International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media and Communication. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN: 9781119429104 DOI:10.1002/9781119429128.iegmc087
- Papagianni, C. “Dorothy Arzner.” (2020) In Karen Ross et.al (Ed). The International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media and Communication. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell ISBN: 9781119429104. DOI:10.1002/9781119429128.iegmc121
- Papagianni, C. (2018). “The Salvation of Emirati Memory in Nojoom Alghanem’s Hamama.” Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 35 (4), pp. 321-332.DOI: 10.1080/10509208.2017.1422376.
- Papagianni, C. (2016). Of History and Memory: Revising History as an Act of Justice. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Arts and Humanities(IICAHD), Dubai, UAE. https://papers.iafor.org/proceedings/conference-proceedings- iicahdubai2016/
