We are proud to share the good news that our colleagues and RC member in charge of the Book, Writing, and Performance Cultures team, Stratis Papaioannou, will be joining the faculty of Oxford University next spring.

Stratis obtained his BA from the University of Athens and his PhD from Vienna University. He is currently Director of Research at the National Hellenic Research Foundation (Athens) and Senior Fellow in Byzantine Studies, Dumbarton Oaks (Harvard). He has been appointed to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Bywater and Sotheby Professorship of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages with effect from 1 April 2026. He will be a fellow of Exeter.