On Tuesday, June 25, 2019 and time 18:15 - 21:00 in the Conference Hall of the Central Building of the University of Piraeus, speech by Dr. Georgiou Maggini, Scientific Director of the Benaki Museum

Speech Topic: "Digital strategies for museums, from vision to everyday life"


The changes in the way museum organizations operate and communicate during the last three decades have been stormy. The digital revolution in the research field, the widespread use of the internet and social media have transformed not only the 'how' but also the 'why' of museums, expanding their audience and at the same time raising key questions regarding their mission.

Brief Biography

Giorgis Magginis (b. 1971) studied archeology and art history at the University of Athens and the University of London / SOAS, where he completed his PhD thesis on the Holy Top of Mount Sinai with scholarships from the Hellenic Archaeological Commission of the United Kingdom, the Foundation Leventis and the Wingate Foundation. Since 2001 he has taught history of Byzantine art (SOAS), Islamic art (SOAS, Courtauld Institute, University of Edinburgh, Institute of Ismaili Studies, Aga Khan University, British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Qatar Museum of Islamic Art) and of Chinese art (Benaki Museum, SOAS). He is an honorary fellow of the University of Edinburgh. He has participated in archaeological excavations in Greece, Cyprus and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. He has worked at the Hellenic Children's Museum as a collections and library manager, at the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in London as an archive manager and museum curator, at the re-exhibition of the Archaeological Museum of Ioannina as a texts manager, as well as in museums in the United Kingdom as a development consultant. In 2013 he was a Stanley J. Seeger Fellow at Princeton University. He has published scientific articles on Cypriot prehistory, Islamic architecture and art, Sinaitic studies, Chinese ceramics as well as the Greek and Armenian diaspora. In 2016 he published two books: Mount Sinai: A History of Travelers and Pilgrims (London) and China Rediscovered: The Benaki Museum Collection of Chinese Ceramics (Athens and London).