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\"\"Education:
\n<\/strong>PhD, Department of Communication and Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2012);
\nMSc, \u201cHistory and Philosophy of Science and Technology,\u201d Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2022);
\nMA, \u201cCultural Studies,\u201d Department of Communication and Media Studies, (2011);
\nBA, Department of English Language and Literature, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2003).<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Dissertation title:
\n<\/strong>The Subversive Function of Beckett\u2019s Humor with Respect to the Process of Communication and its Ethico-Political Implications in the Context of the Society of the Spectacle<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Non-Exhaustive List of Major Publications:
\n<\/strong>Monographs
\n<\/strong><\/em>-Tsakalakis, T. (2023). Science Communication, Bioethical Dilemmas, and New Media<\/em>. Kallipos (in Greek).
\n-Tsakalakis, T. (2021). Political Correctness: A Sociocultural Black Hole<\/em>. Routledge.
\n-Tsakalakis, T. (2017). Misanthropy: The Ultimate Grand Narrative<\/em>. Smili (in Greek).
\n-Tsakalakis, T. (2010). Beckett\u2019s Humotopia<\/em>. Patakis.<\/p>\n

Chapters in Collective Volumes<\/em>
\n<\/strong>-Tsakalakis, T. (2020). Cultural prejudices against Greeks in British newspapers during the years of the financial crisis. In Mass Media and Everyday Life in Crisis-Ridden Greece<\/em>. Department of Communication and Media Studies (in Greek).
\n-Tsakalakis, T. (2015). The deconstructive function of humor in Beckett\u2019s tragicomedies. In G. Kakoliris (ed.), Politics and Ethics in Jacques Derrida\u2019s Thought<\/em>. Plethron (in Greek).
\n-Tsakalakis, T. (2014). Beckett\u2019s \u201cunnameable,\u201d messianism, and silicon dioxide. In M. Komninos & M. Rigou (eds.), Politics of the Image: Between Iconolatry and Iconoclasm<\/em>. Papazisis (in Greek).<\/p>\n

Peer-Reviewed Articles<\/em>
\n<\/strong>-Tsakalakis, T. (2027, provisionally accepted for publication). \u201cThe Dismal Outlook for Public Discourse in a GenAI-Inundated Disinformation Society.\u201d Information Polity<\/em>, forthcoming Special Issue titled \u201cDisinformation after Generative AI and Synthetic Data.\u201d
\n-Tsakalakis, T. (2025). \u201cThe Philosophical Significance of Douglas Adams\u2019s Comic AI Characters.\u201d Science Fiction Studies, 52<\/em>(3), pp. 503-523.
\n-Tsakalakis, T., Konstantis, K. (2024) \u201cIntegrating perspectives from engineering ethics into the study of technology: A synthesis of research on critical cases.\u201d Bioethica, 10<\/em>(1), pp. 7-18.
\n-Tsakalakis, T. (2016). \u201cSociety of the Spectacle, of Consumerism, of Fatigue: For a Lefebvrian Critique of Contemporary Everyday Life.\u201d Utopia, 116<\/em>, pp. 115-124 (in Greek).
\n-Tsakalakis, T. (2013). \u201cBeckett\u2019s Film: A Polycentric Parodic Pictorial Parable for Perennial Paradoxes.\u201d Samuel Beckett Today\/Aujourd\u2019hui, 25<\/em>, pp. 157-168.<\/p>\n

Translations (from English to Greek)<\/em>
\n<\/strong>-Tsakalakis, T. (2024). Eric Schatzberg\u2019s Technology: Critical History of a Concept<\/em>. Panepistimiakes Ekdoseis Kritis.
\n-Tsakalakis, T. (2020). Samuel Beckett\u2019s Rough for Theatre II<\/em>. Papazisis.
\n-Tsakalakis, T. (2016). Bertrand Russell\u2019s \u201cWhy I Took to Philosophy\u201d and \u201cEducation as Political Institution\u201d. Plethron.<\/p>\n

Conferences (indicative, non-exhaustive, list):
\n<\/strong>– Tsakalakis, T. \u201cThe Tragicomic Fate of \u2018Radical\u2019 Humor in this Hyperreal, Meta-Ironic, Post-Truth Era,\u201d International Conference Humor Against Authoritarianism: Memory, Resistance, and Democracy in Europe,<\/em> Athens, Greece, 2026.
\n– Tsakalakis, T. \u201cAdverse and (Potentially) Beneficial Effects of Science Hype on How the Socio-Ethical Conundrums Concerning Rare Diseases Are Addressed,\u201d 1st<\/sup> International Hype Studies Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 2025.
\n– Tsakalakis, T. \u201cBioethical Dilemmas Concerning the Medical Research on \u2018Orphan Diseases\u2019,\u201d 7th<\/sup> Panhellenic Conference of the Department of History and Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece, 2023 (in Greek).
\n– Tsakalakis, T. \u201cIllustrating How the Road to Censorial Hell May Be Paved with the Purported Good Intentions of Political Correctness,\u201d International Conference \u201cYou can teach an old dog new tricks! Old and new forms of censorship\u201d organized by Panteion University in collaboration with the National Museum of Modern Art, Athens, Greece, 2022.
\n-Tsakalakis, T. \u201cAffinities between Italo Calvino\u2019s Invisible Cities <\/em>and Terry Gilliam\u2019s Dystopian Postmodern Brazil<\/em>,\u201d INVISIBLE CITIES: An Interdisciplinary and Artistic Meeting, organized by the Department of Communication and Media Studies in collaboration with the Italian Educational Institute, Athens, Greece, 2015 (in Greek).
\n-Tsakalakis, T. \u201cThe Antinomy between Anti-Anthropocentrism and Tech-progressivism in Douglas Adams\u2019s Work,\u201d International Conference in Honor of Louis-Vincent Thomas, Mass Media and Power: Socio-Anthropological Approaches to Modern Politics, Athens, Greece, 2014 (in Greek).
\n-Tsakalakis, T. \u201cHumor as a Deconstructive Tool in Beckett\u2019s Tragicomedies,\u201d The Ethico-Political Thought of Jacques Derrida, Athens, Greece, 2013 (in Greek).<\/p>\n

Grants\/ Fellowships\/ Awards:
\n<\/strong>– Grant from private entity, namely, the former Greek Minister of Justice (and Professor Emeritus) Michael Stathopoulos, 2014-2015.
\n– Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund [SYLFF], Tokyo Foundation, 2004-2005.
\n– Award for academic excellence from the Greek State Scholarships Foundation, 1999-2003.<\/p>\n

Teaching Experience:
\n<\/strong>-Instructor at the E-Learning Center of Continuing Education & Lifelong Learning of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2022-present), two courses titled \u201cHumor in Art: Stand-up, Satire, Parody, Comedy, and Tragicomedy\u201d and \u201cPolitical Correctness and Cancel Culture.\u201d
\n-Adjunct lecturer\/Co-instructor (2021-2022) at the Department of Communication and Media Studies, for a postgraduate course titled \u201cAncient Tragedy and Modern Drama.\u201d
\n– Adjunct lecturer\/Instructor (2013-2021) at the Department of Communication and Media Studies, for the undergraduate courses titled \u201cEthics, Communication, and Bioethics,\u201d \u201cBasic Concepts of Communication Theory,\u201d \u201cCultural Dimensions in the Media,\u201d \u201cIssues of Modernity and Postmodernity,\u201d as well as co-instructor for the postgraduate courses \u201cAncient Tragedy and Modern Drama\u201d and \u201cDramatic and Cinematic Representations: From Shakespeare to Beckett.\u201d
\n-Co-instructor at the Department of English Language and Literature (2004-2005), undergraduate seminar titled \u201cHow to Write Academic Essays.\u201d<\/p>\n

Personal Website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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