丁香园AV

Research Description

My dissertation examines the role that the Macedonian Slav population of Greek had in the Decemeber Uprisings and Greek Civil War, 1944-1949. My research interests include: Civil-Military Relations, Military History, International Relations, Security Studies, South-East Europe, and the Near East.

Working Dissertation Title

The Pawn that would be King: Slavophone Macedonians in the Dekemvriana and Greek Civil War, 1944-1949

Publications

鈥淜eeping the Genie in the Bottle: The Greek Navy in the First Balkan War鈥� in Epilogue of Empire. (Staten Island, NY: Gordian Press, 2016) (Accepted).

鈥淯nfamiliar Connections: Special Forces and Paramilitaries in the Former Yugoslavia鈥� Special Operations Journal 2 (2016) (Accepted)

鈥淎 Measure of Success? Soviet and American Military Advising in Yugoslavia, 1945-1957鈥� Air Force Advising and Assistance (Solihull, UK: Helion, 2016) (Accepted)

鈥淐roatia鈥檚 Bitter Harvest 鈥� Total National Defence鈥檚 role in the Croatian War of Independence鈥� Small Wars & Insurgencies 26 (2015) 742 鈥� 761.

鈥淭ous Azimuts: Yugoslavia鈥檚 Defence Policy during the Cold War鈥� The Means to Kill Essays on the Interdependence of War and Technology from Ancient Rome to the Age of Drones. Edited by Gerrit Dworok and Frank Jacob (Jefferson, NC: McFarland Press, 2015) 182-196.

鈥淩eaping the Whirlwind: Total National Defense鈥檚 Role in Slovenia鈥檚 Bid for Secession,鈥� Journal of Slavic Military Studies 26 (2013) 528-550.

鈥淎 House of Cards: The Yugoslav Concept of Total National Defence and its Critical Weakness鈥� Macedonian Historical Review 2 (2011) 285-302.

Awards

Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship

Graduate Fellowship (PhD) at 丁香园AV, 2014-2015

Graduate Fellowship (PhD) at 丁香园AV, 2013-2014

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies Graduate Scholarship, 2013-2014

Alexander S. Onassis Foundation Postgraduate Research Scholarship, 2013-2014

Full scholarship to attend 41st International Summer School for Greek Language, History, and Culture, 2013-2014

Member of The Delegation of Young Leaders of Canada (to Taiwan), Dec.16-23, 2013

Nick Kravariotis Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Hellenic Studies, 2012-2013

Katevatis Graduate Scholarship Hellenic Studies, 2012-2013

SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, 2012-2014

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Doctoral Fellowship at 丁香园AV, 2011-2012

Graduate Fellowship (PhD) at 丁香园AV, 2011-2012

Graduate Fellowship (PhD) at 丁香园AV, 2010-2011

Board of Governors Merit Awards for Graduate Studies at University of New Brunswick, 2010-2011

Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program: Master鈥檚 Scholarship (SSHRC), 2009-2010

Board of Governors Merit Awards for Graduate Studies at University of New Brunswick, 2009-2010

Teaching

Taught HIST 364 Traveller, Diplomatic, and Media Narratives in Greece, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean (Winter 2016)

Taught HIST 307 - Guerrilla Warfare and State-Building in the Balkans and the Near East (Summer 2015)

TAed HIST 338 鈥� World War II (Winter 2012)

TAed HIST 106 鈥� The Making of Modern Europe (Spring 2011)