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Stavros Vlizos

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Ionian University

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Graduate of the University of Ioannina and Dr.Phil. of the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, I first worked as a contract archaeologist at the Ministry of Culture/Greece (1997-2001) and then at the Benaki Museum in Athens/Greece (2002-2013) as a researcher and scientific associate of the Director. In the Department of Archives, Library Studies and Museology of the Ionian University in Corfu/Greece, I teach as Associate Professor a wide range of courses in Museology and Archeology. I am the director of the Amykles Research Project (amyklaion.gr), Associate of the Athens Archaeological Society, corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute, member of the ICOM, and co-founder of the Athens "Roman Seminar". My research interests and publications refer to issues of material culture of Ancient and Roman Greece and the importance of ancient sanctuaries diachronically, as well as issues of promotion and management of cultural heritage and archaeological goods.