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'''Maria Mavroudi''' (born 1967) is a [[history]] [[professor]] at [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>http://history.berkeley.edu/faculty/Mavroudi/</ref><ref>http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/09/28_Mavroudi.shtml</ref>
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Fluent in [[classical Greek]] and [[Arabic]],<ref>[http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/09/28/MNG99906DA1.DTL "THE MACARTHUR GRANTS: BAY AREA PROFILES"], ''The San Francisco Chronicle'', Charles Burress, September 28, 2004</ref> she also understands [[Coptic language|Coptic]], [[Latin]], and [[Syriac]], and speaks modern Greek and English fluently. She formerly taught at [[Princeton University]].<ref>http://www.princeton.edu/history/people/display_person.xml?netid=mavroudi</ref>
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| workplaces = [[University of California, Berkeley]]
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| alma_mater = [[Anatolia College]],<br/> [[University of Thessaloniki]],<br/> [[Harvard University]]
| awards = [[MacArthur Fellowship]]
| discipline = [[Byzantine studies]], history, [[philology]]
| thesis_title = The So-called Oneirocriticon of Achmet: A Byzantine Book on Dream Interpretation and Its Arabic Sources
| thesis_year = 1998
| thesis_url = https://books.google.com/books?id=iIxtkgAACAAJ
| doctoral_advisor = [[Ihor Ševčenko]]
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'''Maria V. Mavroudi''' (born 1967)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Burress |first=Charles |date=2004-09-28 |title=The MacArthur Grants: Bay Area Profiles, Professor strives to shed light on Byzantine era |url=https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/THE-MACARTHUR-GRANTS-BAY-AREA-PROFILES-2721706.php |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=SFGATE |publisher=The San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref> is a [[Greek Americans|Greek-born American]] Byzantinist, historian, and philologist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Toulas |first=George |date=February 20, 2022 |title=Μαρία Μαυρουδή: Οριακές νίκες δεν κερδίζονται χωρίς τον Εφιάλτη τους |trans-title=Maria Mavroudi: Marginal victories are not won without their Nightmare |url=https://parallaximag.gr/maria-mavroudi-oriakes-nikes-den-kerdizontai-choris-ton-efialti-tous-133286 |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=parallaximag.gr |language=el}}</ref> She is a [[history]] [[professor]] at [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://history.berkeley.edu/faculty/Mavroudi/ |title=UC Berkeley, Department of History |website=history.berkeley.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020702225319/http://history.berkeley.edu/faculty/Mavroudi/ |archive-date=2002-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/09/28_Mavroudi.shtml | title=09.28.2004 - History professor Maria Mavroudi receives MacArthur fellowship }}</ref>


==Education==
She graduated from [[Anatolia College]] in Thessaloniki, Greece, from the [[University of Thessaloniki]] with a [[Philology]] degree, and from [[Harvard University]] with a PhD in [[Byzantine Studies]].
Mavroudi graduated from [[Anatolia College]] in [[Thessaloniki]], [[Greece]]; from the [[University of Thessaloniki]] with a [[Philology]] degree;{{When|date=April 2022}} and from [[Harvard University]] with a PhD in 1998 [[Byzantine Studies]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eroqAAAAMAAJ |title=Harvard Magazine, Volume 100 |date=1997 |publisher=Circulation Department |others=Associated Harvard Alumni |pages=52 |language=en}}</ref> Her doctoral advisor was [[Ihor Ševčenko]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fnwvAQAAIAAJ&q=Maria+V.+Mavroudi+Harvard+1998 |title=Dissertation Abstracts International: The humanities and social sciences. A |date=1998 |publisher=University Microfilms |pages=1565 |language=en}}</ref>


== Career ==
She researches the recycling of the ancient tradition between [[Byzantium]] and [[Islam]]; Byzantine intellectual history; survival and transformation of Byzantine culture after 1453, along with other various topics.
She researches the recycling of the ancient tradition between [[Byzantium]] and [[Islam]]; Byzantine intellectual history; and the survival and transformation of Byzantine culture [[Fall of Constantinople|after 1453]], along with other various topics.

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Fluent in [[classical Greek]] and [[Arabic]],<ref name=":0" /> she also understands [[Coptic language|Coptic]], [[Latin]], and [[Syriac language|Syriac]], and speaks [[Modern Greek]], [[French language|French]], and [[English language|English]] fluently. She formerly taught at [[Princeton University]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.princeton.edu/history/people/display_person.xml?netid=mavroudi | title=Department of History }}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
* 2004 [[MacArthur Fellowship]]
* 2004, [[MacArthur Fellowship]]<ref name=":0" />


==Works==
==Works==
* ''A Byzantine Book on Dream Interpretation: The Oneirocriticon of Achmet and Its Arabic Sources'',
*{{Cite book |last=Mavroudi |first=Maria V. |title=The So-called Oneirocriticon of Achmet: A Byzantine Book on Dream Interpretation and Its Arabic Sources |publisher=Harvard University |year=1998 |type=dissertation}}
*{{Cite book |last=Mavroudi |first=Maria V. |title=A Byzantine Book on Dream Interpretation: The Oneirocriticon of Achmet and Its Arabic Sources |publisher=Brill |year=2002 |isbn=9789004120792 |series=Volume 36 of Medieval Mediterranean}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-10-11 |title=MacArthur Foundation Grant Awarded to Byzantium ''Genius'' |url=https://www.greeknewsonline.com/macarthur-foundation-grant-awarded-to-byzantium-genius/ |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=Greek News |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=muGVUiKEYccC&lpg=PA39&dq=Maria%20Mavroudi&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''The occult sciences in Byzantium''], Editors Paul Magdalino, Maria V. Mavroudi, La Pomme d'or, 2006, ISBN 978-954-8446-02-0
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=muGVUiKEYccC&dq=Maria%20Mavroudi&pg=PP1 ''The occult sciences in Byzantium''], Editors [[Paul Magdalino]], Maria V. Mavroudi, La Pomme d'or, 2006, {{ISBN|978-954-8446-02-0}}
*''the "Oneirocriticon of Achmet" and its Arabic sources'', Brill, 2002, ISBN 978-90-04-12079-2
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=tyLr097z_LYC&pg=PA105&dq=Maria+Mavroudi&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Maria%20Mavroudi&f=false "''Theodore Hyrtakenos''' Description of the Garden of St. Anna ''and the Ekphrasis of Gardens''"], ''Byzantine garden culture'', Editors Antony Robert Littlewood, Henry Maguire, Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, Dumbarton Oaks, 2002, ISBN 978-0-88402-280-0
*''the "Oneirocriticon of Achmet" and its Arabic sources'', Brill, 2002, {{ISBN|978-90-04-12079-2}}
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=tyLr097z_LYC&dq=Maria+Mavroudi&pg=PA105 "''Theodore Hyrtakenos''' Description of the Garden of St. Anna ''and the Ekphrasis of Gardens''"], ''Byzantine garden culture'', Editors Antony Robert Littlewood, Henry Maguire, Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, Dumbarton Oaks, 2002, {{ISBN|978-0-88402-280-0}}


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/maria-mavroudi-2014-07-14 "Byzantium: Beyond the Cliché - A Conversation with Maria Mavroudi"], ''Ideas Roadshow'', 2014
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Latest revision as of 16:14, 4 June 2024

Maria Mavroudi
Born1967 (age 56–57)
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship
Academic background
Alma materAnatolia College,
University of Thessaloniki,
Harvard University
ThesisThe So-called Oneirocriticon of Achmet: A Byzantine Book on Dream Interpretation and Its Arabic Sources (1998)
Doctoral advisorIhor Ševčenko
Academic work
DisciplineByzantine studies, history, philology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley

Maria V. Mavroudi (born 1967)[1] is a Greek-born American Byzantinist, historian, and philologist.[2] She is a history professor at University of California, Berkeley.[3][4]

Education

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Mavroudi graduated from Anatolia College in Thessaloniki, Greece; from the University of Thessaloniki with a Philology degree;[when?] and from Harvard University with a PhD in 1998 Byzantine Studies.[5] Her doctoral advisor was Ihor Ševčenko.[6]

Career

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She researches the recycling of the ancient tradition between Byzantium and Islam; Byzantine intellectual history; and the survival and transformation of Byzantine culture after 1453, along with other various topics.

Fluent in classical Greek and Arabic,[1] she also understands Coptic, Latin, and Syriac, and speaks Modern Greek, French, and English fluently. She formerly taught at Princeton University.[7]

Awards

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Works

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  • Mavroudi, Maria V. (1998). The So-called Oneirocriticon of Achmet: A Byzantine Book on Dream Interpretation and Its Arabic Sources (dissertation). Harvard University.
  • Mavroudi, Maria V. (2002). A Byzantine Book on Dream Interpretation: The Oneirocriticon of Achmet and Its Arabic Sources. Volume 36 of Medieval Mediterranean. Brill. ISBN 9789004120792.[8]
  • The occult sciences in Byzantium, Editors Paul Magdalino, Maria V. Mavroudi, La Pomme d'or, 2006, ISBN 978-954-8446-02-0
  • the "Oneirocriticon of Achmet" and its Arabic sources, Brill, 2002, ISBN 978-90-04-12079-2
  • "Theodore Hyrtakenos' Description of the Garden of St. Anna and the Ekphrasis of Gardens", Byzantine garden culture, Editors Antony Robert Littlewood, Henry Maguire, Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, Dumbarton Oaks, 2002, ISBN 978-0-88402-280-0

References

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  1. ^ a b c Burress, Charles (2004-09-28). "The MacArthur Grants: Bay Area Profiles, Professor strives to shed light on Byzantine era". SFGATE. The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  2. ^ Toulas, George (February 20, 2022). "Μαρία Μαυρουδή: Οριακές νίκες δεν κερδίζονται χωρίς τον Εφιάλτη τους" [Maria Mavroudi: Marginal victories are not won without their Nightmare]. parallaximag.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  3. ^ "UC Berkeley, Department of History". history.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on 2002-07-02.
  4. ^ "09.28.2004 - History professor Maria Mavroudi receives MacArthur fellowship".
  5. ^ Harvard Magazine, Volume 100. Associated Harvard Alumni. Circulation Department. 1997. p. 52.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ Dissertation Abstracts International: The humanities and social sciences. A. University Microfilms. 1998. p. 1565.
  7. ^ "Department of History".
  8. ^ "MacArthur Foundation Grant Awarded to Byzantium Genius". Greek News. 2004-10-11. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
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