Evangelos Albanidis, Ph.D., Professor, Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science
Teaching Sports History, Sociology of Sports, Philosophy and Ethics in Sports as well as History of Modern Olympic Games in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science of Democritus University of Thrace. Teaching also Sports History in Greek antiquity in the post graduate studies program of the International Olympic Academy (I.O.A.) and the University of Peloponnese called “Olympic Studies, Olympic Education, Organization and Management of Olympic Events” in ancient Olympia.
He is the President of the European Committee of Sports History (CESH), Fellow of CESH, President of the Scientific Association: Hellenic Academy of Physical Education, Co-Editor of the peer-reviewed scientific journals: European Studies for Sports History (ESSH) as well as the Exercise and Society: Journal of Sports Science.
He has published 42 papers in international and 50 articles in national scientific journals. He has also published three books on the history of sport in Greek language and two chapters in English language books. His main focus of research is the athletics in Greek antiquity as well as the political and cultural dimension of modern sports and Olympic Games. More specifically he focused on the study of history of sports in northern areas of Greece such as Macedonia, Thrace, Black Sea as well as on the ancient iso-Olympic Games which were held in places apart from Olympia in Peloponnese. Furthermore, he also studied the social origin of ancient Olympic victors and the coexistence of “barbarians” and Greeks in ancient Greek Gymnasium and in the Pan-Hellenic sacred Games. As regards the political and cultural dimension of modern sports he focused on the relationship between sports and politics as well as on sports and fascism.
Email address: valbanid@phyed.duth.gr
Institutional web-page: http://www.phyed.duth.gr/undergraduate/index.php/el/dpers/dep/mdep3
