Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Archives, Library Science, and Museology,
Ionian University
Doctor of Modern Greek History, University of Ioannina
Primary school teacher
Salamina, Nato, Kerkyras 8, Postal Code 18903
e-mail: tompapak@gmail.com, tel. 6948365831
Thomas Papakonstantinou’s research focuses on the study and educational use of primary historical sources, museum education, history teaching, and the history of education, with particular emphasis on archival and museum material.
He is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Archives, Library Science and Museology of the Ionian University, with research on the use of historical sources in primary education for museum-education purposes. He holds a PhD in Modern Greek History from the University of Ioannina and is a graduate of the Department of Primary Education of the same university. He works as a primary school teacher.
He has participated in international and Greek conferences with published proceedings and has authored scientific articles focusing on the didactic use of primary historical sources, local press, and diplomatic archives in education and museum contexts.
Research interests: Primary historical sources (digital and analog); Museum education; History teaching; History of education; Archival and museum material; Modern Greek history
Publications:
Papakonstantinou, T. & Manolakos, P. (2022). Primary sources: From the researcher’s hands to the classrooms. A contribution to the new History
Curriculum for Primary Schools. Presented at the 36th International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences: Evaluation and Production of
Educational Material, Multicultural Education and Education Management, held on June 17-18, 2022, Patras: I.P.O.D.E. ISBN: 978-618-85920-3-2.
ISSN: 2732-7094, pp. 223-238. Available online: http://e-library.ipode.gr/praktika/CP51/#p=1
Papakonstantinou, T. & Μpampounis, Ch. (2022). Government on the verge of unconstitutionality during the period of the Cretan State (1900-1903)?
Presented at the 13th International Cretan Conference on: (a) Upheavals, ruptures, discontinuities, revolutions, and (b) Health and disease in human
communities, held on October 5-9, 2022, Agios Nikolaos, Crete: E.K.S.M. ISBN: 978-960-9480-55-0. Available online: https://13-iccs.gr/assets/014_G1_PAPAKONST-BABOUNHS.pdf
Papakonstantinou, T. (2025). Syros behind the scenes of British diplomacy (1868-1869). Disclosure and museum – educational use of diplomatic sources.
Presented at the 5th International Cycladic Conference on “CYCLADES, Sustainability – Culture” held in Adamas, Milos, on September 17-20, 2025.
Proceedings under publication.
Co-author of the new 5th grade history textbooks, submitted to the Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs in response to a call for proposals
(protocol number 46978/ΓΔ4, 25-04-2023).