Interpretation of Pharaonic Egyptian Figures: Contributing to the study of human attitudes and movements.

Researcher: Pavlos Antonatos
Ph.D Committee: Ass. Prof. Panagiotis Kousoulis (Supervisor, University of the Aegean), Professor Emerita Iris Tzahili (University of Crete), Prof. Yvan Koenig (Catholic University of Paris).
Ph.D Voting Committee: Καθ. Νότα Κούρου (Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών), Καθ. Yvan Koenig (Καθολικό Ινστιτούτο Παρισιού), Καθ. Ίρις Τζαχίλη (Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης), Αν. Καθ. Κώστα Σμπόνιας (Ιόνιο Πανεπιστήμιο), Αν. Καθ. Σπύρος Σύροπουλος (Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου), Επ. Καθ. Παναγιώτης Κουσούλης (Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου), Λεκ. Κώστας Κοπανιάς (Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών).
Duration: 2006-2012
Interaction of ideas, symbols and cultures in the Southeastern Mediterranean from the 8th-6th c. BC: Hybrid and theriomorphic entities of Egyptian origin in the Aegean world.

Researcher: Electra Apostola
Funding: PhD Scholarship from the Research Funding Programme Heraclitus II, funded by the National Strategic Reference Framework – NSRF 2007-2015.
Ph.D Committee: Ass. Prof. P. Kousoulis (Supervisor, University of the Aegean), Prof. E. Mantzourani (University of Athens), Prof. Nanno Marinatos (University of Illinois, Chicago).
Ph.D Voting Committee: Ass. Prof. P. Kousoulis (Supervisor, University of the Aegean), Prof. E. Mantzourani (University of Athens), Prof. Nanno Marinatos (University of Illinois, Chicago), Prof.Sp. Syropoulos (University of the Aegean), Prof. D. Palaiothodoros (University of Thessaly), Prof. M. Stefanakis (University of the Aegean), Ass. Prof. K. Kopanias (University of Athens).
Duration: 2009-2015
The Egyptian Diplomatic System in the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean beyond the terms of “brotherhood” and “equality”: the egyptian “abandonment” of power and aspects of pharaonic identity and kingship.

Researcher: Grιgorios Kontopoulos
Funding: : ΥΠΑΤΙΑ – Πρόγραμμα υποτροφιών υποψηφίων διδακτόρων Πανεπιστημίου Αιγαίου.
Ph.D Committee: Ass. Proff. Panagiotis Kousoulis (Supervisor, University of the Aegean), Prof. Ludwig D. Morenz (University of Bonn), Prof. Anthony Spalinger (University of Auckland).
Duration: 2014-2020
Aspects of religion and ritual in the ancient Near East and Egypt: The introduction of foreign deities into the Egyptian pantheon in the Late Bronze Age.

Researcher: Anna Kalaitzaki
Funding: ΕΛΙΔΕΚ – HFRI- Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation
GSRT- General Secretariat for Research and Technology.
Ph.D Committee: Ass. Proff. Panagiotis Kousoulis (Supervisor, University of the Aegean), Prof. Christoph Uehlinger (University of Zurich), Ass. Prof. Konstantinos Kopanias (University of Athens).
Duration: 2016-today
Speaking Bodies: An approach to the Egyptian and Aegean ritual gestures of the Bronze Age.

Researcher: Christos Kekes
Χρηματοδότηση: ΕΛΙΔΕΚ – HFRI- Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation
GSRT- General Secretariat for Research and Technology.
Ph.D Committee: Ass. Prof. Panagiotis Kousoulis (Supervisor, University of the Aegean), Professor Emerita Iris Tzahili (University of Crete), Ass. Prof. Konstantinos Kopanias (University of Athens).
Duration: 2016-today
Sacrificing human lives: ritual sacrificial landscapes and politics in the prehistoric Aegean, Egypt and Eastern Mediterranean.

Researcher: Manos Lamprakis
Funding: –
Ph.D Committee: Ass. Prof. Panagiotis Kousoulis (Supervisor, University of the Aegean), Prof. Spyros Syropoulos (University of the Aegean), Prof. Panagiota Sarischouli (University of Thessaloniki).
Duration: 2018-today
A.E.L.T : Ancient Egyptian Learning Tool

Researcher: Dimitris Georgiou
Funding: –
Ph.D Committee: Ass. Prof. Panagiotis Kousoulis (Supervisor, University of the Aegean), Prof. Spyros Syropoulos (University of the Aegean), Prof. Katerina Frantzi (University of the Aegean).
Duration: 2018-today
New Solar Theology in Egypt and Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age and its survival during the transitional and early Historical Times.

Researcher: Dimitris Garoufalis
Funding: –
Ph.D Committee: Ass. Prof. Panagiotis Kousoulis (Supervisor, University of the Aegean), Prof. Manolis Stefanakis (University of the Aegean), Prof. Diamantis Panagiotopoulos.
Duration: 2017-today
Fayum portraits of the National Archaeological Museum and the Benaki Museum: origin, historical context, structural treatment.

Researcher: Maria Antigoni Katsigianni
Funding: –
Ph.D Committee: Ass. Prof. Panagiotis Kousoulis (Supervisor, University of the Aegean), Prof. Spyros Syropoulos (University of the Aegean), Prof. Theodore Ganetsos (University of West Attica, Athens (TEIATH)).
Duration: 2018-today