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English CV.condylis/kondyli
I was born in Athens and after I moved to Belgium. I studied philologies romanes, and philologies et hirtoire orientales. My Ph.D. dissertation deals with the issue of Arab­Greek translations during the Middle Ages. I have worked for the Centre de Philosophie Arabe (Institut Superieu de Philosophie), the Institut Orientaliste de l’Université Catholique de Louvain, the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique de Belgique, the “Le Museon” journal, which is specialized in philologies orientales, the European School I, all located in Belgium. In Greece I have worked for the Institut Français d’Athens and in the private secondary level education. Since 1996, I am member of the teaching and research staff of Athens University, module ‘Arabist: classical literature and civilization­culture’.
Research interests and activities:
Analysis of medieval texts
Translations of medieval texts Transcultural studies
Lexicography (Arabic/Latin and Arabic/Greek)
Literature and especially poetry
Distinctions:
1993: Prize from the Royal Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts of Belgium.
2007: Fagnan Prize (Muslim and Semitic Studies).
2008: Medal of the Ministry of Higher Education of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Publications:
I. Articles:
1. «A propos de la traduction grecque de Kalila wa­Dimna», in Graeco­Arabica, ΙΙΙ (1984) 207­212.
2. «Stéphanitès kai Ichnélatès, traduction grecque de Kalila wa­Dimna», in Le Muséon, 103 (1990) 139­149.
3. Patrimoine Littéraire Européen, vol. 4a, Stéphanitès kai Ichnélatès, p. 322­335.
4. «Le discours I de saint Grégoire le Théologien en arabe», in Graeco­Arabica, VΙ (1995) 301­313.
5. Simone Van Riet, 28 novembre 1993, in Graeco­Arabica, VΙ (1995) 313­316.
6. Άδωνις (=Adonis). in Νέα Εστία, 1999.
7. Το Ευρωπαϊκό Σχολείο. Ένα κοινό ευρωπαϊκό εκπαιδευτικό σύστη μα (= The European School. A common European education system). in Φιλεκπαιδευτική επιθεώρηση 1(1996), 18­19.
8. Από τη διδασκαλία του αραβικού πολιτισμού προς την εκμάθηση της γλώσσας: εμπειρικές δίοδοι: (=From the teaching of Arab culture and civilization in language learning: empirical techniques) in Διδασκαλείο Ξένων Γλωσσών, Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών 2002, 73­80.
9. Revue Ουτοπία 2004, eddied in Arabic Civilization.
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Συνάντηση πολιτισμών: σαφήνεια του βλέμματος και αναζήτηση προσέγγισης μέσα στη διαφορά (= Meeting of Cultures: clarity of vision and search approach in diversity, vol. «Το σχολείο μπροστά στη διαφορετικότητα των γλωσσών και των πολιτισμών (= School facing the Disparities of Language)», Κοζάνη 2005.
Kalîla wa­Dimna: le chapitre du jugement de Dimna et sa traduction en grec. De l’acculturation du politique, in Byzantinoslavica 65(2007)41­50. Les fables du premier chapitre du livre Kalîla wa­Dimna dans leur traduction en grec et en espagnol. Toledo, 2007.
Η μεσαιωνική αραβική λογοτεχνία. Προς Δύση και Ανατολή, (= . The medieval Arabic literature. In West and East) Ημερίδα για το Ισλάμ, Εθνικό Κέντρο Ερευνών, Αθήνα 2007, Vol. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΙΝΟΣ ΑΜΗΤΟΣ. ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΑ ΣΤΗ ΜΝΗΜΗ ΤΟΥ Ι.Μ. ΧΑΤΖΗΦΩΤΗ, τόμος Α, Αλεξάνδρεια 2008, pp. 223­227. Ο Νταρουίς, η αραβική λογοτεχνία, η ποίηση, η Παλαιστίνη (= Darwish, Arab Literature, Poetry, Palestine) journal Η Αυγή, 24/5/2011.
II. Book reviews:
Gregoire Ziakas, Ο Αριστοτέλης στην Αραβική Παράδοση, εκδ. Κυριακίδη, Θεσσαλονίκη, 1980, περιοδικό Revue Philosophique de Louvain, έτος 1983, σσ. 691­693.
16. Vassilios Christides, The Conquest of Crete by the Arabs (ca. 824): A Turning Point in the Struggle between Byzantium and Islam, Ακαδημία Αθηνών, Αθήνα, 1984, περιοδικό Byzantion, έτος 1986, σσ. 512­514.
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III. Collaborations
Simone Van Riet, Liber de Philosophia Prima sive Scientia Divina I­X, Lexiques. Ouvrage publié avec le concours de la Fondation Universitaire de Belgique et de l’Unesco sur la recommandation du CIPSH, Peeters­Brill, 1983. 18. Édition critique de la version arabe du Discours I de Saint Grégoire de Nazianze, Corpus Christianorum, Series Orientalis. Éditions Brepols.
19. Adonis, témoignage. Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris 2000. 20. Patrimoine Littéraire Européen, Anthologie en langue française, Éditions De Boeck Université, Bruxelles 1993.
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Stéphanitès kai Ichnélatès, traduction du Kitab Kalîla wa­Dimna (collection Fonds Draguet de l’Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux­Arts de Belgique, classe des Lettres), éditions Peeters, Leuven, Paris 1997 (xxxi+239 pp.)
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Εισαγωγή στη Λογοτεχνία των Αράβων (= Introduction to the Arabic Literature), εκδόσεις Ελληνικά Γράμματα, Athens 2001 (516 pp.). 5th ed.
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Άδωνης, Οι Αναλογίες και οι Αρχές. Εισαγωγή, μετάφραση από τα αραβικά, ελάχιστα σχόλια, λεξιλόγιο, εργογραφία (= Adonis, The Proportions and the Principles, εκδόσεις Ελληνικά Γράμματα, Athens 2003 (245 pp.)
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Αραβικός Πολιτισμός (= Arabic Civilization), εκδόσεις Ελληνικά Γράμματα, Athens 2008 (535 σελ.). 3η έκδοση
Collaborations – Activities:
­ Presentations in congresses and meetings in Greece and in other European countries.
­ Conferences, radio broadcasting
­ Social activities
­ Member of Amnesty International, ­ Founding member of the Greek Scientific Society for the Middle Eastern Studies and of Friends of Ancien music, Teaching at Athens University.
Arabic studies, as a course of “free choice” in the Humanities Department, has two main targets: 1) to provide basic scientific knowledge to the students who will work after their graduation in the secondary level education, and 2) to provide a solid basis to the students who will follow postgraduate studies basically abroad, since the Arabic studies in Greece lack this perspective. Particularly in the Department of Turkish Studies, the course is aiming at offering basic knowledge for the understanding of the Turkish world.
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Introduction to Islam: Arabic Civilization I (70034): Arabia Ante Islam; Muhammad and the religion of Islam; Historical and cultural elements of the first years of Arabic dispersion (saga of Rashidun); The position of Islam within the society; Organization of the cultural presence of Arabs in the Middle Ages; Ideological currents of the Arabic culture during the Middle Ages in relation to the language and the script of the Arabs.
Arabic Civilization II (70037): Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphate; The Arabs in Mediterranean before the Ottomans; Ideological currents; Islam and other religions in the Arab world; The phenomenon of translation in the east and west of the Arab world; Various forms of art; Art of Life and transgender relationships, etc.
Elements of Arabic Literature (70037): historical approach of the Arabic literature from the pre­Islamic era to the contemporary avant­garde. Teaching is followed by commentaries on translated extracts from representative texts of each historical period.
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Grammatology: issues of Arabic Literature and Culture (70039): Features themes concerning the Arabic civilization and culture through commentaries on Arabic sources; Medieval translations into Arabic; Non­figurative art and calligraphy; Sufism and politics; Christian Arabic sources; Commentary on the Koran, etc. The course emphasizes each of the above mentioned issues every year and discusses how they are presented in the international and Arabic literature and bibliography. The choice of the issue is made on the basis of students’ and professor’s interests.
Byzantine world and the world of Islam : the history of peoples is not just wars and territories. The pollination of one culture with another is the richest and most truthful piece on the evolution of humanity and humanism.
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