Dimitra Lampropoulou

Dr. Dimitra Lampropoulou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Archaeology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, affiliated with the School of Philosophy. Her research focuses on social and cultural history of the 19th and 20th centuries, emphasizing youth, education, social movements, welfare systems, labor history, and oral history.

Education:

• PhD in Contemporary Greek History (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
• Master’s/Undergraduate degrees in History and Archaeology (NKUA)

Research Interests:

• Historical analysis of youth movements and educational policies
• Intersections between labor practices and cultural identity
• Oral history methodologies and urban memory projects
• Governance of welfare systems in 20th-century Greece

Recent Publications:

• 'Gendering the Mixed Economies of Welfare' (Historein, 2024)
• 'Working Youth and Education in Postwar Greece' (International Labor and Working-Class History, 2016)

Professional Affiliations:

• Founding member of the Greek Oral History Association
• Member of Contemporary Social History Archives (ASKI)
• European Labour History Network (ELHN)
• Participant in COST Action 18119 'Who Cares in Europe?' (2019–present)

Advising & Collaborations:

• Supervised PhD/postgraduate theses on labor history and youth studies
• Co-edited volumes on oral history and work rhetorics
• Interdisciplinary research in EU-funded projects