Kleoniki Alexopoulou
Kleoniki Alexopoulou | |
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Κλεονίκη Αλεξοπούλου | |
Alexopoulou in December 2022 | |
| Born | 19 October 1984 |
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| Alma mater | Panteion University University of Athens Utrecht University Leiden University |
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| Discipline | History |
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| Institutions | Panteion University PIIRS Wageningen University NOVA University Lisbon University of Tübingen University of Bologna |
Kleoniki Alexopoulou (Greek: Κλεονίκη Αλεξοπούλου; born 19 October 1984) is a Greek historian specializing in economic and social history, colonialism, and the Global South. She has taught at Panteion University in Athens and served as an Academic Fellow at the Research Centre for the Humanities in Athens.[2]
In 2024–25, Alexopoulou was selected as a Fung Global Fellow at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS), where she focused on the theme of "colonial residues".[3] Her academic work includes a co-authored article with Jörg Baten in the European Review of Economic History, examining elite violence and numeracy in Africa from 1400 to 1950,[4] as well as research on fiscal and labour systems in colonial Africa.[5]
In 2025, she was appointed to the steering committee of the Global Sumud Flotilla, an international civil society initiative aimed at challenging the Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip and establishing a humanitarian corridor.[6]
References
- ^ "Kleoniki Alexopoulou - Curriculum Vitae". Retrieved 8 September 2025 – via Academia.edu.
- ^ "Kleoniki Alexopoulou". Research Centre for the Humanities (Athens). Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ "Fung Global Fellows to focus on 'Colonial Residues'". Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. Princeton University. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ Baten, Jörg; Alexopoulou, Kleoniki (2022). "Elite violence and elite numeracy in Africa from 1400 CE to 1950 CE". European Review of Economic History. 26 (2): 155–184. doi:10.1093/ereh/heab013.
- ^ "Kleoniki Alexopoulou". African Economic History Network. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ "The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza: Everything you need to know". Al Jazeera English. 31 August 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.