Ms. Eugenia BOURNOVA

Historian, Professor,

Department of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

 

Ι. PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born in Larissa, Greece, in 1958

Contact details: Department of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1, Sofokleous str,

GR 10559 Athens, Greece

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II. FOREIGN LANGUAGES

French and English

III. EDUCATION

1980: Licence d'histoire, University of LYON II, France

1981: Maitrise d'histoire, University of LYON II, France

1986: Doctorat de 3ème cycle in history and civilisations: ''Rapsani dans la première moitié du 20ème siècle. Essaie d'économie sociale d'un village grec '' supervisor Maurice GARDEN, University of LYON II, France

IV. PROFESSIONAL CAREER

1987 - 1990: University of Crete, Department of Sociology (European Social History 18th-20th Century, History of population)

1990 - Present: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Economics (European economic and social history 18th-20th century, urban history)

V. RESEARCH INTERESTS:

History of population, history of public health, history of real estate market: for the last decade research work has focused on the 20th century Athens.

Academic/scientific coordinator of «Economic and social history of modern Athens, 1834-1950», project which was co-funded by the European Social Fund and National Resources – (EPEAEK II) PYTHAGORAS 2004-2007.

See also: http://www.social-history-of-modern-athens.gr/

VI. SUBJECTS TAUGHT

1 Economic and Social History (European history 18th - 20th centuries).).

  1. 2. Greek Economic and Social History 1830-1940
  2. 3. History of the rural world
  3. 4. Urban History (19th-20th centuries)

VII. PUBLICATIONS

Books:

  1. Ιστορική Δημογραφία και ιστορία της καθημερινότητας, στη Ραψάνη από το 1900 έως το 1950,[Historical demography and history of everyday life, in Rapsani from 1900 to 1950] publ. Πλέθρον, Athens 1995, 158 p(in Greek).
  2. ΑπότιςΝέεςΚυδωνίεςστοΔήμοΑιγάλεω, Ησυγκρότησημιαςπόληςστον 20όαιώνα,[From Nees Kydonies to the city of Aigaleo: the formation of a town in the 20th century] publ. Πλέθρον, Athens 2002, 235 p(in Greek).
  3. Οι κάτοικοι των Αθηνών, 1900-1960. Ηδημογραφία, [The inhabitants of Athens, 1900-1960. Demography], statistical analysis: Myrto Dimitropoulou, cartography: Stavros Spyrellis, Departement of Economics / N.K.U.A, Athens 2016, 254 p. http://ebooks.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/econ/catalog/book/58

 

Articles:

  1. «Le village et le marchand: le cas de Rapsani» in Dertilis (éd.) BANQUIERS, USURIERS ET PAYSANS, réseaux de crédit et stratégies du capital en Grèce (1780-1930), Éditions La Découverte/ Fondation des Treilles, Paris, 1988, p. 105-117.
  2. «Évolution des systèmes de crédit en Méditerranée: le cas de la Crète au début du 20ème siècle», in Histoire & mesure, 1995 X-1/2, p. 25-45.
  3. «Compter les crétois ou avoir vingt ans en Crète en 1900» (en collaboration avec Maurice Garden) in L’ouvrier, l’Espagne, la Bourgogne et la vie provinciale.Parcours d’un historien. Mélanges offerts à Pierre Ponsot, U.L.-Casa de Velàzquez, Madrid, 1995, p. 389-404.
  4. «Santé publique et corps médical en transition: le cas de la Crète au début du XXe siècle» in Annales de démographie historique, 1996, 119-136.
  5. «Systèmes de crédit et marché immobilier en Méditerranée: le cas de la Crète (fin XIXe- milieu XXe siècle)» in Fontaine, G. Postel-Vinay, J.-L. Rosenthal et P. Servais (éd), Des personnes aux institutions, Actes du colloque international «Centenaire des FUCAM», Mons, 14-16 novembre 1996, p. 385-407.
  6. «Ο αγροτικός κόσμος: 1830-1940» (in collaboration with G. Progoulakis) [The rural economy: 1830-1940], in V. Κremmydas (ed.), Εισαγωγή στη Νεοελληνική Οικονομική Ιστορία, 18ος-20ός αιώνας [Initiation to the modern Greek economic history, 18th-20th century], Athens 1999, p. 45-104.
  7. «Κοινωνικο-επαγγελματικές δομές και πληθυσμιακές μεταβολές στο Ρέθυμνο. Από την Οθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία στο Ελληνικό Κράτος» [Socio-professionnal structures and population’s changes in Rethimno. From the Ottoman empire to the Greek state] in Πρακτικά του Β΄ Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου «Η πόλη στους νεότερους χρόνους, Μεσογειακές και Βαλκανικές όψεις (19ος-20ός αι.)», Athens 27-30 Νovember 1997, Εταιρία Μελέτης Νέου Ελληνισμού, Athens 2000, p. 437-445.
  8. «Le monde rural grec, 1830-1912» (in collaboration with G. Progoulakis) in Ruralia 8, 2001, p. 13-35.
  9. Κωνσταντίνος Χρηστίδης, Πορεία μιας ζωής: Από τα Γιάννενα στο Βουκουρέστι, 1818-1908 [Konstantinos Christides, Course of life: From Giannena to Bucarest, 1818-1908], scientific editorship and introduction Eugenia Bournova, publ. Πλέθρον, Athens
  10. Introduction to the Greek translation of the book of Gérard Béaur, La terre et les hommes; France et Grande Bretagne au 17e et 18e siècle [Η γη και οι άνθρωποι, Γαλλία και Μεγάλη Βρετανία τον 17ο και 18ο αιώνα], Τυπωθήτω, Athens 2003, p. 9-16.
  11. « Προπολεμική διαβίωση και κατοχική επιβίωση στην Αθήνα: ιστορία καθημερινής ζωής » [Prewar living and survival in occupied Athens: a story of everyday life] (in collaboration with Stavros Thomadakis), in Τα Ιστορικά, n. 41, December 2004, p. 455-470 (in Greek).
  12. «Η ελληνική ιστοριογραφία απέναντι στην αγροτική μεταρρύθμιση » [Greek historiography regarding the agrarian reform], in Πρακτικά του Δ΄ Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου Ιστορίας «Ιστοριογραφία της νεότερης και σύγχρονης Ελλάδας, 1833-2002», Κέντρο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών του Εθνικού Ιδρύματος Ερευνών (ΚΝΕ/ΕΙΕ), Athens 2004, v. Β΄, p. 373-387.
  13. «Στα Τουρκοβούνια και Στην Αθήνα με το όνειρο: πτυχές της εσωτερικής μετανάστευσης» [Tourkovounia and To Athens with the dream ] in Η μετανάστευση στον κινηματογράφο, Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών, Υπηρεσία Διπλωματικού και Ιστορικού Αρχείου, Κινηματογραφικό Αρχείο, Athens 2004, p. 221-234.
  14. «Θάνατοι από πείνα: η Αθήνα το χειμώνα του 1941-1942» [Deaths from starvation: Athens in the winter of 1941-1942], in Αρχειοτάξιο, 7, May 2005, p. 52-73 (in Greek).
  15. « The population of Athens and its region during the second half of 19th century» (in collaboration with Maurice Garden) [Ο πληθυσμός της Αθήνας και της γύρω περιοχής κατά το 2ο μισό του 19ου αιώνα], in Τα Ιστορικά, 43, December 2005, p. 373-396.
  16. «Εμπορικές επιχειρήσεις και οικογενειακές αντιδικίες»[Commercial firms and family contentions], in Τα Ιστορικά, n. 45, December 2006, p. 447-455.
  17. «La mortalité en transition dans une ville méditerranéenne: Rethymno au début du XXe siècle», in Histoire Urbaine, n. 21, April 2008, p. 5-30.
  18. «La population d’Athènes et de sa région dans la seconde moitié du XIXème siècle» (in collaboration with Maurice Garden), in Annales de Démographie Historique, 2010, n.1, p. 181-203.

https://www.cairn-int.info/article-E_ADH_119_0181--the-population-of-athens-and-the.htm

  1. « Surviving in Athens during the German Occupation» in The experience of Occupation, 1931-1949, Proceedings, International conference Wuhan, China, 14-16 April 2008, Wuhan University Press, 2010, p. 299- 308.
  2. “The ecomonic conditions during the occupation” [Οι οικονομικές συνθήκες στην περίοδο της Κατοχής] (in collaboration with Georges Progoulakis), in Έξι στιγμές του εικοστού αιώνα, Κατοχή Αντίσταση 1941-1944, editor Hagen Fleischer, 2010, Athens, p. 57-71 (in Greek).
  3. “Urban development in Greece and Greater Athens, 1950-2001” (in collaboration with G. Progoulakis), in Lars Nilsson (editor), The coming of the post-industrial city, Challenges and responses in Western European urban development since 1950, Stockholm 2011, p. 149-170
  4. «Naître à Athènes pendant la première moitié du XXe siècle. Démographie et institutions» (in collaboration with Maurice Garden), in Annales de Démographie Historique 2014 no 1, p. 209-230
  5. "The creation of new cities in the region of the Greek capital during the twentieth century: the case of Egaleo", International Journal of Regional and Local History, 2015, Volume 10, Issue 1 (May 2015), 47-68. http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/10.1179/2051453015Z.00000000024
  6. «Les réseaux de parrainage dans une capitale orthodoxe: Athènes, du milieu du XIXe siècle au milieu du XXe siècle» (in collaboration with Myrto Dimitropoulou) in Guido Alfani, Vincent Gourdon, Isabelle Robin (dir.) Le parrainage en Europe et en Amérique, Pratiques de longue durée (XVIe-XXIe), ed Peter Lang, Bruxelles 2015, p. 405-428.
  7. Bournova Ε., Dimitropoulou Μ. (2015) The capital’s social and professional stratification, 1860-1940 in Maloutas T., Spyrellis S. (eds) (2015) Athens Social Atlas. Digital compendium of texts and visual material(http://www.athenssocialatlas.gr/en/).
  8. «Quand Athènes a dû se confronter à la grippe espagnole » in Isabelle Séguy, Monica Ginnaio, et Luc Buchet (editors) Les conditions sanitaires des populations du passé : Environnements, maladies, prophylaxies et politiques publiques, éditions APDCA, Antibes, 2018, p.237-255.

27.  Bournova Eugenia., Stoyannidis Yannis, Gazochori: The History of a Neighbourhood (1857-1980) in Maloutas T., Spyrellis S. (eds), Athens Social Atlas. Digital compendium of texts and visual material (http://www.athenssocialatlas.gr/en/), 2018.

  1. Fabrice Boudjaaba, Eugenia Bournova, Michaël Gasperoni et Vincent Gourdon, « Introduction », Bulletin de correspondance hellénique moderne et contemporain [on line], 1 | 2019, mis en ligne le 01 décembre 2019, consulté le 06 mars 2020. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/bchmc/280
  2. « Histoires de dots, de familles et de transmission des biens à Athènes 19e – début 20e siècle », (in collaboration with Dimitropoulou Myrto), in Annales de Démographie Historique, 2022-2, σελ. 115-141.
  3. «1900-1950, women's physicians career paths/trajectories in Athens. A contribution to women’s history understanding» (in collaboration with Myrto Dimitropoulou), in Genealogy 2023, 7(1), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy7010007
  4. Going down Piraeus Street: the metamorphoses of a street, witness of industrial Greece”(in collaboration with Vincent Gouzi), in Maloutas T., Spyrellis S. (eds), Athens Social Atlas. Digital compendium of texts and visual material (http://www.athenssocialatlas.gr/en/), 2023.

 

Book review

Violetta Hionidou, Λιμός και θάνατος στην κατοχική Ελλάδα, 1941-44, [Famine and death in occupied Greece, 1941-1944], Athens: Estia, 2010. 295 pp., Historein (Vol. 12) 2012, p. 144-148.

 

International Conferences:

  1. International Conference «Health and the City: The city as healthy and/or as unhealthy place? (Middle Ages to the present)», Vienna 2-4 June 2005.

Title: «Doctors, diseases and mortality in the Mediterranean: the case of Crete in the very early 20th Century».

  1. International Conference «The price of life: welfare systems, social nets and economic growth», Catania 17-18 June 2005.

Title: «Famine and deaths in Athens during the German occupation».

  1. 3. Workshop on Welfare, Health and Social Change, Linköping, Sweden, August 24-26, 2006

Title: « Welfare and health in the city of Athens: from the Balkans Wars to the 1960’s”.

  1. 4. Eighth International Conference on Urban History, Stockholm 30th August-2nd September 2006.

Title: «Surviving in Athens during the German occupation».

  1. 5. Colloque international « Villes en Guerre (1939-1945) », Grenoble, 25-26 January 2007

Title: «Combattre la faim à Athènes pendant l’occupation allemande».

  1. 6. Workshop on European Frontiers, Marginalities and Vulnerabilities, Paris, 2007, March 30 and 31.

Title: « Les beaux quartiers of Athens: from the interwar period to the 1950s».

  1. 7. Workshop on Welfare, Health and Social Change-Comparative Perspectives, Cluj-Napoca, 21-22 September 2007

Title: «Health services and public health in Athens: 1834-1940, a transitional century».

  1. Seventh European Social Science History Conference, Lisbon, 26 February – 1 March 2008.

Title: «Athens in the 1950’s: urbanization, real estate and social segregation»

  1. International conference Descriptio Urbis, measuring and representing the modern and contemporary city, Rome, 27-29 March 2008

Title: «Coordonner les sources athéniennes en quête de la ségrégation, 1860-1940» (in collaboration with Myrto Dimitropoulou)

  1. International conference The experience of Occupation, 1931-1949, Wuhan, China, 14-16 April 2008

Title: « Surviving in Athens during the German Occupation»

  1. Workshop on Welfare, health and social change, Pamplona, Spain, 17-18 October 2008

Title: «Public Health, medical stuff and hospitals in Athens during the 20th century»

  1. International conference “Health and Welfare: diversity and convergence in policy and practice”, Athens 19-22 February 2009

Title: “Medical staff, diseases and mortality in Athens, 20th century”

  1. XVth World Economic History Congress, Utrecht, The Netherlands, August 3-7, 2009

Title: “1950-2000: from urbanization and industrialization to population stagnation and services”.

  1. IX Congreso de la Associacion de Demografia Historica, Ponta Delgada, Universidades dos Açores, S.Miguel, Açores, 16-19 junio 2010

Title (in collaboration with Maurice Garden) : ‘Le sort des enfants athéniens pendant la première moitié du XXeme siècle’

  1. 15. 9th European Social Science History Conference, Glasgow, 11-14 April 2012,

-Title: “The creation of new cities in Greater Athens during the 20th century” and

-Title (in collaboration with Myrto Dimitropoulou): «Networks of godparenthood in Athens, 19th and 20th centuries»

  1. International Congress CITIES THROUGH HISTORY, Guimaraes, Portugal, 24-26 October 2012,

Title: «Aspects of the production of urban space in Athens during the 20th century»

  1. European Society of Historical Demography, Launching Conference, Alghero, 25-27 September 2014,

Title (in collaboration with Myrto Dimitropoulou): “Public Health in Athens during the first decades of the 20th Century”.

  1. Colloque international « Hippocrate sans frontières. Soigner en terre étrangère au XIX siècle », Paris, 15-16 novembre 2018,

Titre « Des médecins grecs à Paris. Parcours géographiques et enjeux sociaux »

 

 

VIII. OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES - SOCIAL ACTION

Board member of the Historical Archive of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens from 2006

Founding and board member of the Greek Network of the history of health since 2017

Board Member of the Greek Society of Economic History 2008-2010

Board Member of the Association of Teaching Staff of School of Law, Eonomics and Political Sciences since its foundation up to 2012 (Secretary for 10 years and President 2009-2012)

Member of Executive Committee of the Panhellenic Federation of Faculty Members (P.O.S.D.E.P.) for 14 years of which 8 Secretary P.O.S.D.E.P until 2012.

Member of the Council of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 2012-2016.

Member of IUF (Institut Universitaire de France) Senior Jury 2103 and IUF Junior Jury 2015 (Excellence programs)

Member of the scientific network PARTINUS

Member of the scientific network SHiP (Studying the history of Health in Port cities)

 

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