Melina Tamiolaki is Professor of Ancient Greek Literature at the Department of Philology of the University of Crete and Collaborating Faculty Member at IMS/FORTH. She holds a PhD from the University of Paris-Sorbonne (2007). Her monograph, Liberté et esclavage chez les historiens grecs classiques (Paris, Presses Universitaires Paris-Sorbonne, 2010) won the Zappas Award of the Association des Etudes Grecques in 2011. She has published two monographs, several edited volumes, and many peer-reviewed articles in international journals. She is the Principal Investigator of the project TALOS-Artificial Intelligence for Humanities and Social Sciences (https://talos-ai4ssh.uoc.gr/), funded by the European Union (2023-2028). Since 2023, she has been the Director of the Short-Term Program in Digital Humanities at the University of Crete.

Research Interests: Ancient Greek historiography, History of ideas, Political thought in ancient Greece, Leadership, Emotions, Reception of antiquity, Lucian, Theories of historiography, Ancient philosophy, Ancient rhetoric, Digital Classics / Digital Classical Philology

Research Projects 

• TALOS – Artificial Intelligence for Humanities and Social Sciences (AI4SSH) | Ηorizon 2021-2027
• LACRIMALIT -Leaders and Crisis Management in Ancient Greek Literature | Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (2022-2025)
• PluX – Plutarch and Xenophon. An underexplored relationship | Special Acount for Research Funds of University of Crete
• The Vicissitudes of Wandering. Xenophon’s Anabasis and its Legacy | Special Acount for Research Funds of University of Crete