Alexandra Patrikiou graduated from the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Crete and obtained a Master’s degree in European Studies from Panteion University (2003) and King’s College London (2005). In 2012, she completed her doctoral dissertation, entitled “Representations of the Old Continent: The ‘Dialogue’ on Europe in Greece (1941–1946),” at Panteion University, under the supervision of Professor Prokopis Papastratis.

She was a scholarship recipient of the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) (2006–2009), the Foundation for Education and European Culture (2010–2011), and the Stanley J. Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies at Princeton University (2009).

Under the supervision of Alexis Dimaras, she worked at the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation (MIET) on the curation of an exhibition on school textbooks and readers (2010), and at the Institute for Modern Greek Studies and General Education (Moraitis School Foundation) on the publication of Selected Works by Alexandros Delmouzos (Language Is Only a Means, Athens, 2014).

From 2017 to 2023, she worked as a researcher at the Jewish Museum of Greece, where she was responsible for Holocaust education in primary and secondary schools.

Through publications in edited volumes and academic journals, as well as participation in conferences in Greece and abroad, her main research interests focus on various aspects of the social history of twentieth-century Greece, as well as on approaches to teaching these subjects in schools.

Participation in Recent Research Projects

ENGAGE: Jewish Women from Greece and Germany in the Twentieth Century
(Coordinator, 2025)

Following the successful completion of the DGZF-funded 2024 project “Building Bridges between Greece and Germany through Family Stories,” the same partners proposed a nine-month programme aimed at promoting intercultural dialogue between Greek and German university students and education professionals. The programme includes two multi-day educational visits to Greece and Germany, as well as the creation of an educational graphic novel.

IMAGINE – Active Remembrance Through Jewish Women’s Stories
(Partner, 2025–2027)

The project was created on the premise that remembering the personal stories of Holocaust survivors is a powerful means of promoting knowledge about Jewish life and the Holocaust itself. By examining the biographies of 14 Jewish women who lived during the twentieth century, Centropa seeks to make Jewish life understandable and relevant to young Europeans.

The project aims to use this deeper understanding to support and raise awareness of the EU Strategy on Combating Antisemitism. The project is funded by the EU’s Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme. The University of Patras team consists of Fryni Kostara and Ariadne Kouzeli.

Building Bridges between Germany and Greece through Family Stories
(Coordinator, 2024)

This transnational educational programme, developed by the University of Patras and Centropa, connected Greek and German university students through family stories from the turbulent twentieth century. Using testimonies and photographs from the Memories of Occupation in Greece database and Centropa’s oral history and photographic archives, the students explored Nazi atrocities, life in concentration camps, and Jewish culture and traditions among both Ashkenazi and Sephardic communities. Their work was presented in a 17-panel exhibition, which was on display in Patras for six months.