Tasoula Vervenioti

Tassoula Vervenioti studied at the Department of History and Archaeology of the School of Philosophy at the University of Athens and completed her Ph.D. at Panteion University with a dissertation titled "The Female Comrades: The Causes of Participation and the Actions of Women in the EAM Resistance Organizations 1941-1944." She later worked as a researcher at Princeton University. Vervenioti has taught in secondary education, at the University of Athens, and at the University of Crete. Additionally, she has served as a trainer and school advisor and has worked at the National Research Center and the Higher School of Pedagogical and Technological Education. She has been involved with Second Chance Schools, where she served as the Thematic Head of Social Literacy. Vervenioti has participated in interdisciplinary committees and groups and has a rich body of research work. Her research activity focuses on the social history of the 1940s and 1950s. She has written numerous articles in collective volumes and historical journals in Greek, English, French, and German. One of her latest works addresses the Greek Civil War: "Charity and Nationalism," in Paola Bacchetta and Margaret Power (eds.) "Right-Wing Women: From Conservatives to Extremists Around the World," Routledge, New York and London, 2002.