Eleni Bastouni received her degree in Archaeology from the Faculty of Philosophy at the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Ioannina in 2008. She achieved the highest score among 80 graduates (with honors). In the same year, she participated in a summer program organized by the Greek Ministry of Education in Oradea, Romania. The program focused on the excavation and promotion of the medieval castle in the city, as well as community involvement.

Following written examinations, Eleni was accepted into the interdepartmental and inter-university Postgraduate Program “Monument Management: Archaeology, City, and Architecture.” This program is jointly offered by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the University of Patras, and the University of the Aegean. During her studies, she took part in intensive summer workshops and architectural design courses in Delphi and Athens. These experiences aimed to promote and highlight archaeological sites and monuments.

Since 2022, Eleni has been enrolled in the Master’s Program in Cultural Informatics and Communication, specializing in the Design of Digital Cultural Products. She is part of the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of the Aegean, where her current GPA is 9/10. Her thesis project focuses on the development and design of a digital augmented reality (AR) application for promoting the historic FIX Brewery, located on Syngrou Avenue in Athens (now the National Museum of Contemporary Art). 

She participated in archaeological excavations in the broader area of Argolis under the supervision of the German Archaeological Institute and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Argolis. During the summer periods of 2004, 2005, and 2007, she worked at the prehistoric Acropolis of Tiryns and in the city of Argos. Additionally, as an archaeologist, she supervised earthworks related to the installation of optical fibers. These projects were carried out by the companies Egnatia Group (in 2023) and Ergomak S.M.P.C. (from 2024 to the present day) in the urban fabric of the western and northern suburbs of Attica. Her work is conducted under the supervision of the Ephorate of Antiquities of West Attica and the Ephorate of Antiquities of East Attica. Notably, these projects are  associated with United Fiber, Public Power Corporation, and Hellenic Telecommunications Organization.

She has worked as a philologist (2008-2013), in the field of communication, including roles at Teleperformance Hellas, Tellas, the National Bank, BMW Austria Bank, and Geniki Bank from 2008 to 2018. Additionally, she participated in a doctoral candidate program in osteology as an assistant at the M. H. Wieber Lab of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens from February 2022 to March 2022. Furthermore, she has experience in text editing, having worked as an assistant notary in Piraeus (2022/2023) and contributed to a cultural magazine in Kallithea.

Since 2008, she has collaborated with UNESCO on various scientific topics, such as archaeology, history, energy, environment, and politics. She is a scientific advisor for the 3rd International Forum on Water, which will take place in Athens in May 2024.

She was a member of Lydia Lithos, a scientific association for economic history (2010-2015), and since 2022, she has been a member of the Aegean Prehistory Society “Aegeus”. 

She has attended numerous seminars and conferences regarding history and archaeology, new technologies (e.g. GIS for archaeologists) and education, digital marketing and social media, e-commerce, entrepreneurship, diplomacy and energy. She has also attended multi-month courses or workshops, such as the "Quarterly interdisciplinary laboratory DELTA workshop "Digital Excavation through Learning and Training" of the Hellenic Open University, the National and Capodistrian University of Athens, Basilicata University (Italy) and Masaryk University (Czech Republic) and the program "Excavation Conservation and First Rescues for Archaeologists" of National University of Athens.

Her interests are related to cultural heritage and digital applications, including:

• Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) apps for mobile and fixed devices.
• Serious educational and cultural gaming.
• Ecomuseums and cultural heritage management.
• Local community participation in preserving cultural heritage.
• Landscape archaeology and cultural marketing.
• Maritime archaeology and storytelling.

Awards/shollarships:

• In1998, she was awarded the 3rd Prize in the Pan-Argolian Poetry-Prose Competition organized by the Argolis Literary Association.
• In 2008, she took the oath at the Department of History-Archaeology of the University of Ioannina during the spring ceremony.
• In 2023, she received the “UX Design” scholarship from MEXOXO in collaboration with Coursera and Google.org.

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Bastouni E.-Bertaha K., a live interview with the painter Marina Papalabridi", Chorostasi-for Culture and Tradition, KEHOLP, vol. 37, 2011, 28-29.

2. Bastouni E., "Archaeological research in Limnes in Argolis", "Limnes: stations and in a long history", June 2011.

3. Bastouni E., "Eros flying from jewelries to coins..." (poster) and slide show (in collaboration with Dr. K. Prentzas): "coinage-jewellery", International Conference "Coinage/jewellery: Uses - Interaction. Symbolisms from Antiquity to the Present", Ios, June 2008.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE:

Programming languages:

C#

Software/Application Development Tools:

Unity 3D, Vuforia

3D graphics development software/tools:

Cinema4D, After Effect and Premiere

2D graphics creation software/tools:

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma

Tools for creating text-based games and interactive stories:

Twine (an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories)

Omeka (open-source content management system for online digital collections)

LANGUAGES: 

English (C2)

German (A2)

Italian (A1/A2)