DOMNA MICHAIL Curriculum Vitae PRESENT POSITION Assistant Professor (elected) of Social Anthropology Department of Pre-primary Education University of Western Macedonia 3 rd km highway Nikis Florinas 53100 Florina, Greece Email: dmihail@uowm.gr tel: +30 2385055124 mobile: 6932300188 EDUCATION Ph.D. in Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics (LSE) M.A. (by thesis) in Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester Diploma of Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester B.A. in English Language and Literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki RESEARCH INTERESTS Theories of nationalism, ethnicity, minorities, migration, Anthropology of Education. EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 2011-until today: 2007-until today: Assistant Professor (elected) Lecturer of Social Anthropology at the University of Western Macedonia 1995-2007: Teacher in state secondary schools SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Doctoral Thesis: Educational Disadvantage, Trilingualism and Social Change: The Pomaks of Greek Thrace Supervisor: Peter Loizos (1998-2003). Master Thesis: Ethnicity, Nation-building, and the Formation of the Moslem Minority in Greece.
Supervisor: Tim Ingold (1989-1991). Books: Michail, D. (1992). Nation, Nationalism and Ethnic Consciousness: An Anthropological Approach [Έθνος, Εθνικισμός και Εθνική Συνείδηση] Athens: Leviathan. (reprints 1997, 2003 Thessaloniki: Ant. Stamoulis). [in Greek]. Michail, D. (2003). Vanishing Worlds: A Human Geography of Indigenous People [Κόσμοι που χάνονται]. Thessaloniki: Ant. Stamoulis. [in Greek] Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (2002-2010): Michail, D. (2002). The Imposed Trilingualism and the making of illiteracy: The case of the Pomaks in the mountainous area of Xanthi. Peri Thrakis [Περί Θράκης], 2, 271-289. Michail, D. (2003). Issues of language among the Pomaks of Western Thrace: Political and Social approach. Macednon [Μακεδνόν], 11, 117-131. [in Greek] Michail, D. (2003). From Locality to European Identity : Shifting Identities among the Pomak Minority in Greece. Ethnologia Balkanica, Journal for Southeast European Anthropology, 7, 139-157. Michail, D. (2003). The Institutional Labyrinth and Political Dimensions of the Muslim Minority Education in Western Thrace. Peri Thrakis [Περί Θράκης], 3, 271-282. Tsioumis, K. & Michail, D. (2005). The issue of the identity of the Pomaks: Historical and Anthropological Approach. Peri Thrakis [Περί Θράκης], 4, 237-258. [in Greek] Michail D., (2009). Working here, investing here and there: present economic practices, strategies of social inclusion and future plans for return amongst Albanian immigrants in a Greek-Albanian border town. Journal of Southern European and Black Sea Studies, 9(4), 539-554. Michail, D. (2010). The Albanian immigrant parents attitudes towards the Greek nursery school: Issues of identity, language and strategies of integration. Social Sciences Tribune, [Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών], 57, 219-238. [in Greek] Michail, D. (2010). Language maintenance/shift among second generation Albanian immigrants in Greece: Social integration and mobility. Ethnologia, [Εθνολογία], 14, 207-224. [in Greek] Anastasiou, D., & Michail, D. (accepted, under revision). Exploring discordance between self-efficacy and writing performance among low-literate adult students. Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal. Book Chapters: Michail, D. (2003). From Local to European identity : Shifting Identities among the Pomak Minority in Greece In M. Maramihova (ed.) Living there, Dreaming here. Sofia: International Center for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations. Μιχαήλ, Δ. (1999). Applications of the renewable energy resources to the environment [Εφαρμογές των ανανεώσιμων πηγών ενέργειας στο περιβάλλον]. In Ε. Flogaiti & P. Vasala (eds.) The energy issue: approaches and dimensions [Το ενεργειακό ζήτημα: προσεγγίσεις και διαστάσεις]. Athens: Ellinika Grammata [Ελληνικά Γράμματα]. [in Greek] 12/03/11 2
Michail, D. (2004). The Geography of the Indigenous People. In E. Efthimiopoulos & M. Modinos (eds.) The Nature of Geography [Η Φύση της Γεωγραφίας]. Athens: Διεπιστημονικό Ινστιτούτο Περιβαλλοντικών Ερευνών (ΔΙΠΕ). [in Greek] Μιχαήλ, Δ. (2006). The education of the Pomaks of W. Thrace: Political dimensions on the issue [Η εκπαίδευση των Πομάκων της Δ. Θράκης: Πολιτικές και κοινωνικές διαστάσεις του θέματος] in T. Malkidis, Ν. Κokkas (eds.) Transformations of the collective identity of the Pomaks [Μετασχηματισμοί της συλλογικής ταυτότητας των Πομάκων], Xanthi: Spanidis [Ξάνθη: Σπανίδης] [in Greek] Michail, D. (2007). Education and Power relations within a Slavic-speaking Muslim Group in Greece: The case of the Pomaks of Xanthi. In Otto Sagner (ed.) The Pomaks in Greece and Bulgaria: A model case for borderland minorities in the Balkans. Südoste Europa-Stüdien 73. Münhen: Verlag. Michail, D. (2008). Albanian Immigrants in Western Macedonia-Kastoria Greece: A challenge for rethinking Greek Nationalism. In Elena Marushiakova (ed.) Dynamics of National Identity and Transnational Identities in the Process of European Integration. Cambridge Scholar Publishing. [also in Bulgarian]: Michail, D. (2009). In Mirella Decheva (ed.). Sofia: Paradigma. Michail, D. (2009). Bektashism [Bektasilik] in the Balkans and in the Western Thrace: Brief historical background and ethnographic observation. In Otto Sagner (ed.) Christians and Muslims: Interethnic Co-existence in Southeastern Europe. Südoste Europa-Stüdien. Münhen: Verlag. Michail, D. (2010). Boundary Crossing and Boundary Maintenance among Albanian immigrants and the Greek community of Argos Orestiko. In E. Avdikos (ed.) Popular Cultures and Boundaries in the Balkans. [Σύνορα και Λαϊκοί Πολιτισμοί στα Βαλκάνια]. Athens: Pedio [Αθήνα: Πεδίο] [in Greek]. Michail, D. (in press). Education, Social Mobility and Power relations among a small Pomak community in Western Thrace. In V. Evergeti (ed.) Disputed Identities: Portraying Conceptions of the Thracian Muslims in Greece. Springer s book series: Muslims in Global Societies. Anastasiou, D., Gardner, R. & Michail, D. (2011, in press). Ethnicity and Exceptionality. In J. Kauffman, & D. Hallahan (eds.) Handbook of Special Education. Routledge. Selected Publications in Conference Proceedings Michail. D. (2003). Migration, Tradition and Transition among the Pomaks in Xanthi, Western Thrace. Electronic publication of conference proceedings of the 1 st Symposium for the Social Sciences in Greece, Hellenic Observatory, European Institute, London School of Economics, London, 2005. www.lse.ac.uk/depts/european/hellenic Michail, D. (2005). Identity Construction of the Greek Pomaks and the Role of the Local Greek-speaking and Turkish-speaking Press. Conference Proceedings: International Conference on Political Marketing (ICPM 2005). Public Relations and Communication Department, TEI Kastoria [Τμήμα Δημοσίων Σχέσεων και Επικοινωνίας, ΤΕΙ Καστοριάς]. Kastoria, 2005. 12/03/11 3
Michail, D. (2005). Constructing identities in-between three nation-states: The Pomaks of Western Thrace. Conference Proceedings: Oxford Symposium on (Trans-) Nationalism in South East Europe. Oxford, 2005. Michail, D. Tsioumis, K. (2006). From Nationalism to Pluralism: The emergence of a new ideology for the Greek nation-state. Conference Proceedings: Greece and the Balkans: 200 years of co-existence, interaction and mutual influence. Oxford, 2006. Michail, D. (2008). Identity construction among the Albanian immigrant students of pre-primary and primary age and the parents strategies of social inclusion: An ethnographic approach. In A. Ross & P. Cunningham Reflecting on Identities: Research, Practice and Innovation. London: CiCe Publication. Proceedings of the tenth Conference in Europe Thematic Network. Istanbul, 2008. Michail, D. & Stamou A. (2009). Preprimary teachers discourses about immigrant children s identity construction. In Palaiologou N. (ed.) Intercultural Education: Paideia, Polity, Demoi. Cd-rom Proceedings of the International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Education (IAIE) and the Hellenic Migration Policy Institute (IMEPO). ISBN: 978-960-98897-0-4 (GR) & ISBN/EAN: 978-90-814411-1-7 (NL). Athens, 2009. Michail, D. & Anastasiou, D. (in press). Gender discrimination and learning disabilities as the main reasons of dropping-out from basic education: A retrospective study in the context of Second-Chance Schools in Greece. In A. Ross & P. Cunningham Lifelong Learning and Active Citizenship. London CICE Publication. Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the Children s Identity and Citizenship in Europe, Thematic Network. Barcelona, 2010. Μιχαήλ, Δ. (2005). Η στάση των Πομάκων της Ορεινής Ξάνθης στην Ελληνόφωνη Εκπαίδευση στο τέλος του 20 ου αιώνα [The attitudes of the Pomaks of the Mountainous area of Xanthi towards the Greek Education at the end of the 20 th century]. Conference Proceedings: Η ελληνική Παιδεία από τον 18 ο ως τον 20 ο αιώνα. Ερευνητικές συνιστώσες [Greek education from the 18 th to the 20 th century: Research Components]. Παιδαγωγική Σχολή Φλώρινας, Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Μακεδονίας, Φλώρινα, 2005. Τάχου Σ. & Μιχαήλ, Δ. (2010). Συγκρότηση ταυτοτήτων την εποχή του εθνικισμού: Η περίπτωση των Βλάχων της Πελαγονίας [The construction of identities during the era of nationalism]. Conference Proceedings: 11 th Greek Historic Conference [Πρακτικά Λ Πανελλήνιου Ιστορικού Συνεδρίου], Thessaloniki, 2009. Μιχαήλ, Δ., Τάχου Σ. & Αναστασίου Δ., (υπό δημοσίευση). «Οι έννοιες του «έθνους» και της «φυλής» στον Μεταξά: Εξετάζοντας την ιδεολογία του καθεστώτος της 4 ης Αυγούστου [The concepts of nation and race in Metaxa: Examining the ideology of the 4 th of August]. Conference Proceedings: 12 th Greek Historic Conference [Πρακτικά Μ Πανελλήνιου Ιστορικού Συνεδρίου], Thessaloniki, 2010. Selected Conference Paper Presentations Μιχαήλ, Δ. (2007). Το ζήτημα της ταυτότητας των Αλβανών μεταναστών στην Ελλάδα και οι σχέσεις τους με τον εκπαιδευτικό [The issue of the identity of the Albanian immigrants in Greece and their relations with the teacher]. Presented at the conference: Identités culturelles en Mediterranée. Τμήμα 12/03/11 4
Επιστημών Προσχολικής Αγωγής και Εκπαίδευσης, Τομέας Γλώσσας και Ιστορίας [Department of Sciences of Pre-school Education, Section of Language and Linguistics]. Thessaloniki, December 13-20, 2007. Michail, D. (2008). Constructing identity among the Albanian Immigrant Students in Western Macedonia- Kastoria-Greece. Presented at the 13 th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities at Columbia University, New York, April 10-12, 2008. Michail, D. (2008). Boundary crossing and boundary maintenance between the Albanian Immigrants and the Greek community in Argos Orestiko- Kastoria. Presented at the International Conference Boundaries and Folk cultures in the Balkans, Volos, June 6-8, 2008. Michail, D., & Anastasiou, D. (2008). Expectancies beyond skills: Social and psychological implications from Second Chance schooling. Presented at the 23 rd Conference of the Comparative Education Society in Europe. Athens, July 7-10, 2008. Anastasiou, D. & Michail, D. (2009). Self-efficacy without efficacy in written performance of adult students with learning difficulties. Presented at the 29 th EARLI Conference. Amsterdam, Netherlands August 25-29, 2009. Michail, D. & Koutsoumbas, A. (2009). Presented at the International Symposium: Bektashism Between Movement and Established Religion. European University of Tirana. Tirana, Albania October 23-24, 2009. DISSERTATION AND THESIS SUPERVISOR Supervisor of thirty one (31) undergraduate dissertations and examiner of fifty two (52) undergraduate dissertations at the Department of Public Relations and Communication at the TEI of Western Macedonia. Supervisor of eleven (11) graduate dissertations at the Department of Pre-school Education at the School of Education of the University of Western Macedonia. Supervisor and examiner of two (2) Master dissertations. TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN TERTIARY EDUCATION Undergraduate level: Balkan Studies Dept., University of Western Macedonia. (2002-2004). 2002-2003, 2003-2004 Courses: Εισαγωγή στην Κοινωνική Ανθρωπολογία [Introduction to Social Anthropology] (co-teaching) Ζητήματα Μετακομμουνιστικών Κοινωνιών στα Βαλκάνια [Issues related to post-communist communities in the Balkans (co-teaching) Ανθρωπολογική Έρευνα στα Βαλκάνια [Anthropological research in the Balkans] (co-teaching) 12/03/11 5
Primary Education Dept., School of Education, University of Western Macedonia. 2004-2005 Courses: Διαπολιτισμική Αγωγή και Εκπαίδευση [Intercultural Education] Εκπαίδευση και Μειονότητες [Education and Minorities] Pre-primary Education Dept., School of Education, University of Western Macedonia. 2005-2006 Courses: Εισαγωγή στην Κοινωνική Ανθρωπολογία [Introduction to Social Anthropology] Εισαγωγή στην Κοινωνική Ανθρωπολογία ΙΙ [Introduction to Social Anthropology II] 2007-today Εισαγωγή στην Κοινωνική Ανθρωπολογία [Introduction to Social Anthropology] Μειονότητες, Μετανάστες και Εκπαίδευση [Minorities, Migrants and Education] Κοινωνική Ανθρωπολογία του Βαλκανικού Χώρου [Social Anthropology of the Balkan area] Σχολικές Εθνογραφίες [School Ethnographies] Διαπολιτισμική Εκπαίδευση [Intercultural Education] Technological Educational Institution (TEI) of Western Macedonia 2004-today Course: Διαπολιτισμικές Επικοινωνίες [Intercultural Communications] Post-Graduate level: Primary Education Dept., School of Education, University of Western Macedonia, Post-Graduate program for Master s Degree 2009-2010 Courses: Ιστορία [History] (co-teaching) Εικόνα, Τέχνη και Μουσείο [Picture, Art and Museum] (co-teaching] Pre-primary Education Dept., School of Education, University of Western Macedonia, 2010-2011 12/03/11 6
Post-Graduate Program for Master s Degree: Teaching Methodology and Curricula. Course: Μέθοδοι και Προγράμματα Διαπολιτισμικής Εκπαίδευσης [Methods and Programs of Intercultural Education] Journal review PROFESSIONAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE Guest Reviewer: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS) Professional Affiliations - Royal Anthropological Society της Βρετανίας (member since 1992) - Minority Rights Group της Βρετανίας (member since 1992) - Survival International της Βρετανίας (member since 1992) - Greek Society for Ethnology [Ελληνική Εταιρεία Εθνολογίας] (member since 2008) - Greek Society of Social Anthropologists [Ελληνική Εταιρεία Κοινωνικών Ανθρωπολόγων (member since 2004) - EASA (European Association of Social Anthropologists) (member since 2003) - InASEA (International Association for Southeast European Anthropology) (member since 2003) - CESE (Comparative Education Society in Europe) (member since 2008) - ASN (Association for the Study of Nationalities) (member since 2008) - EARLI (member since 2009) - GREENPEACE (member and activist since1992) - Πανελλήνιου Συλλόγου Αποφοίτων του L.S.E. (Alumni since 2004) - Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece [Σύλλογος Προστασίας Θαλάσσιας Χελώνας] (member and activist since 1994) Conferences - Scientific Committee of the 1 st Conference on cultural school programs Culture and Aesthetics in Education, University of Athens. Peireus 2006. - Scientific Committee of the International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Education (IAIE) and the Hellenic Migration Policy Institute (IMEPO). Athens 2009 12/03/11 7
PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN PROGRAMS [ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΗ ΣΕ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΙΚΑ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ] Πρόγραμμα LIFE. Φορέας υλοποίησης: Σύλλογος Προστασίας Θαλάσσιας Χελώνας (ΜΚΟ). [ LIFE - Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece (NGO)] ΕΠΕΑΕΚ- Πρόγραμμα Ομαδικής Κινητικότητας Εκπαιδευτικών. Φορέας υλοποίησης ΥΠ.Ε.Π.Θ/Ε.Ι.Ν [Group Mobility for Teachers- Ministry of Education/National Youth Institute] ΕΠΕΑΕΚ-Πρόγραμμα Ατομικής Κινητικότητας Εκπαιδευτικών. Φορέας Υλοποίησης ΥΠ.Ε.Π.Θ/Ε.Ι.Ν [Individual Mobility for Teachers- Ministry of Education- National Youth Institute] ΕΠΕΑΕΚ- Έργο: «Αναμόρφωση Προπτυχιακών Προγραμμάτων Σπουδών». Φορέας Υλοποίησης Τ.Ε.Ι. Δυτικής Μακεδονίας [Reformation of Graduate Program of Studies- TEI of Western Macedonia] ΕΠΕΑΕΚ- Έργο: «Προγράμματα Προπτυχιακών Σπουδών του Τεχνολογικού Εκπαιδευτικού Ιδρύματος Δυτικής Μακεδονίας» [Program for Graduate Studies-TEI of Western Macedonia] 12/03/11 8