Dr Lenia Kouneni
Deputy Head of School
Director of Teaching
Lecturer in Art History
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.
Teaching
Lenia has been teaching modules on classical reception, Byzantine art and the art and reception of Raphael.
Research areas
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.
Selected publications
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Jacqueline Dawson Chittenden: a forgotten classical scholar
Kouneni, L., 12 Nov 2021, In: History. 106, 372, p. 645-667 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From Antiquity to Byzantium to Late Medieval Italy: Hercules on the Façade of San Marco
Kouneni, L., 2020, Herakles Inside and Outside the Church. Allan, A., Anagnostou-Laoutides, E. & Stafford, E. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 219-247Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Excavation and Sponsorship: Sir David Russell and the Jericho Findings
Kouneni, L., 5 Oct 2018Research output: Other contribution
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The Image of Daniele Barbaro
Kouneni, L., 2015, Daniele Barbaro (1514-70). Letteratura, scienza e arti nella Venezia del Rinascimento. Moretti, L. & Marcon, S. (eds.). Treviso: Antiga, p. 48-57Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The Legacy of Antiquity
Kouneni, L. (ed.), 2014, 2014: Cambridge Scholars Press.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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“Artificioso vel incantato”: Aesthetic Appreciation, Superstition and Antiquity in Late Medieval Italy
Kouneni, G., 2014, The Legacy of Antiquity: New Perspectives in the Reception of the Classical World . Cambridge Scholars Press, p. 30-51Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The Kykkotissa Virgin and its Italian Appropriation
Kouneni, G., 2008, In: Artibus et Historiae. 57, p. 95-107Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Byzantine Type of Virgin and Child in Italy? The Pelagonitissa Virgin re-examined
Kouneni, G., 2007, In: Arte Cristiana. XCV, p. 1-8Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review