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Personal profile
Profile Keywords
Classical reception studies; history of archaeology; Byzantine art and its historiography; history of collecting; Grand Tour
Biography
Lenia has a BA Hons (Archaeology and Art History) from the University of Athens, Greece, as well as an MLitt (Late Medieval and Renaissance Italian Art) from St Andrews, where she also completed her PhD in 2009. She has worked as a Neil Macgregor scholar at the National Gallery, London, doing research for the National Inventory Research Project, and has participated in a number of archaeological excavations in Greece.
Research overview
Lenia's primary research interests are centred on classical reception, women travellers and history of archaeology. She has published various articles on Italo-Byzantine artistic contacts, and edited a collection of essays on The Legacy of Antiquity New Perspectives in the Reception of the Classical World (2013). She is currently working on a project to uncover and contextualise the excavation of the palace of Byzantine emperors in Istanbul during 1930-1950.
Teaching activity
Lenia has been teaching modules on classical reception, Byzantine art and the art and reception of Raphael.
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A Scottish perspective on teaching the reception of classical material culture, 2 May 2024, St Andrews
Kouneni, L., 2024Research output: Other contribution
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Teaching eighteenth-century classical reception through university museum collections
Kouneni, L., 1 Jun 2024, Innovations in teaching history: eighteenth-century studies in higher education. Larsen, R., Marples, A. & McCormack, M. (eds.). London: University of London Press, p. 151-175 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Narrative Space and Possible Worlds: Encountering Ancient Narratives from a Cognitive Perspective. Diegesis in Mind, Cognitive Disciplines and Ancient Narrative in Dialogue
Kouneni, L., 1 Dec 2023Research output: Other contribution
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Plate 3.38: Chimney Piece in the Bishop’s Palace at Exeter. Vetusta Monumenta: Ancient Monuments, a Digital Edition
Kouneni, L., 2023Research output: Other contribution
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“By Scottish Munificence”: the Walker Trust excavations of the Great Palace in Istanbul, 1935-55
Kouneni, L., 1 Aug 2022, Discovering Byzantium in Istanbul: scholars, institutions, and challenges, 1800-1955 . Delouis, O. & Pitarakis, B. (eds.). Istanbul: Istanbul Research Institute, p. 237-274 (İstanbul Araştırmaları Enstitüsü kitapları [Istanbul Research Institute publications]; vol. 48).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Activities
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(In)tangible Inquiry: Exploring sensory methods in qualitative research
Brown, A. M. (Organiser), Baluch, A. M. (Organiser), Kouneni, L. (Organiser) & Petzinger, J. T. (Organiser)
8 May 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
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‘Classical Reception and Pedagogy: A Scottish Perspective on Teaching the Reception of Classical Material Culture’
Petsalis-Diomidis, A. I. (Organiser) & Kouneni, L. (Organiser)
2 May 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
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Drawing in the Art History Classroom: Why Is It Not Enough to Listen and Look?
Kouneni, L. (Speaker)
4 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
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A proposal for a British School in Turkey and its Scottish Connection
Kouneni, L. (Speaker)
12 Dec 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Exploring transcultural relations in a late Dugento triptych
Kouneni, L. (Speaker)
24 Nov 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
Press/Media
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Scotland and the excavations of the Great Palace in Istanbul, c. 1930-1950
1/11/20
1 Media contribution
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