Angeliki Sirkou

Angeliki Sirkou is a Professor in the Department of Philology at the University of Patras specializing in Classical Studies. Appointed in 2010 and promoted to Professor in 2021 (Government Gazette 783/2-4-2021), her academic focus spans Papyrology, Epigraphy, and Palaeography with research centered on Late Antiquity's socio-political and material dimensions.

Her educational background includes:

• History and Archaeology degree from the University of Athens
• M.A. in Classical Philology from Queen Mary College
• Ph.D. from University College London (1994) on “The Edition of 26 Unpublished Greek Papyri Documents”

Professor Sirkou's research examines administrative systems, taxation practices, and daily life in Greco-Roman Egypt through papyrological evidence. Her three authored books include critical editions of Megarian documents and analyses of Late Antique material culture, reflecting her interdisciplinary approach bridging linguistic, historical, and archaeological methodologies.

Her 2017-2020 publications reveal consistent focus on Oxyrhynchus Papyri documents, with recurring themes in fiscal administration, monastic economies, and legal disputes in Byzantine Egypt. These works demonstrate methodological rigor in interpreting taxation lists, supply requests, and judicial records as windows into socio-economic structures.

No scientific awards were documented in the source material.

She has served as scientific collaborator in two major research initiatives: “Greek Fragmentary Tragedians online” (2020-2023, ELIDEK-funded) and “From the linguistic idiom of the Megarians to the linguistic idiom of Ancient Athens” (2009-2011). Her teaching portfolio includes undergraduate courses in Ancient Greek History and Hellenistic-Roman History, plus postgraduate seminars on epigraphic and papyrological text analysis.

Professor Sirkou participates in the Department of Philology's research ecosystem through the Center for Digital Research and Study, contributing to digital humanities projects while maintaining active scholarly collaboration within Mediterranean studies networks.