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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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The reception of classical material culture: pedagogical approaches in UK Universities
Kouneni, L. & Petsalis-Diomidis, A., 1 Apr 2026, Online : University of St Andrews.Research output: Other contribution
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Drawing in the art history classroom: why is it not enough to listen and look?
Kouneni, L., 16 Oct 2025, In: Visual Inquiry. 13, p. 127-143Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Scottish perspective on teaching the reception of classical material culture, 2 May 2024, St Andrews
Petsalis-Diomidis, A. & Kouneni, L., 31 May 2024, Online : University of St Andrews.Research 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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The afterlife of a Pagan hero in a Christian capital: antique sculptures of Hercules in Constantinople
Kouneni, L., 21 Nov 2024, Studies in Byzantine history and culture : a festschrift for Paul Magdalino. Tougher, S. (ed.). Leiden: Brill, p. 25-49 25 p. (Medieval Mediterranean; vol. 141).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Activities
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Classical Association Conference 2025, Panel on 'The Reception of Classical Material Culture: Pedagogical approaches in UK Universities'. Co-Organisers: Dr Lenia Kouneni (St Andrews) and Dr Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis (St Andrews). Participants: Professor Shelley Hales (Bristol), Professor Edmund Thomas (Durham) and Professor Caroline van Eck (Cambridge).
Petsalis-Diomidis, A. I. (Organiser) & Kouneni, L. (Organiser)
11 Jul 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
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Material Scotland
Kouneni, L. (Participant)
15 May 2025 → 16 May 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
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Art History and Museology
Kouneni, L. (Participant)
19 Nov 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
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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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Scotland and the excavations of the Great Palace in Istanbul, c. 1930-1950
1/11/20
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Thesis
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Antiquity through medieval eyes: the appropriation of antique art in the Trecento
Kouneni, L. (Author), Cassidy, B. (Supervisor), 25 Jun 2009Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis (PhD)