Education
PhD Student in History of Technology, University of Athens and National Technical University of Athens, 2005
Master of Arts (M.A.) in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Athens and National Technical University of Athens, 2003
B.A. in History and Philosophy of Science, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Athens, 2000
Main Research
Software Localization
History of Greek Software Industry
Participation in Research Projects
"Software Tensions in Non-Anglophone European Contexts: The Example of Greece". | Associated Project member of "SOFT-EU: Software for Europe Constructing Europe through Software", an Inventing Europe (IE) research program.
Working Paper
Hara Konsta, Theodore Lekkas, and Aristotle Tympas " A Taxonomy of Gendered Computing Advertisements"
Publications
Aristotle Tympas, Fotini Tsaglioti, Theodore Lekkas, "Universal machines vs. national languages: Computerization as production of new localities" in Reiner Anderl; Bruno Arich-Gerz; Rudi Schmiede (eds.), Proceedings of Technologies of Globalization, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 2008.
Aristotle Tympas and Theodore Lekkas, "Certainties and Doubts in World Fair Comparisons of Computing Artifacts" in Proceedings of the XXV Scientific Instrument Symposium "East and West The Common European Heritage," Jagiellonian University Museum, Krakow, 2006.
Conference Presentations / Workshops / Symposiums
Lekkas, T. "Universalism vs. Localization in the History of Software: The Greek Experience",EUROCORES programme Inventing Europe Summer School, Deutsches Museum, Munich, 8 - 13 September 2008.
Lekkas, T. "Global-Local Tensions in the History of Software: The Greek Experience" Inventing Europe History of Technology Workshop "Technology and the Making of Europe, South East European Perspectives", Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 28 February - 1 March 2008.
Aristotle Tympas, Theodore Lekkas, and Katerina Vlantoni, "National-international tensions in the history of software localization: A case of permanent crisis in non-anglophone computer use in Europe" in SOFT-EU 2nd Workshop at Grenoble, January 21-24, 2008.
SOFT-EU 1st Workshop, Sep. 9-13 2007, Prague/Hejnice, Czech Republic.
Lekkas, T. "Has software development softened rigid European borders?" Third Plenary Conference of the Tensions of Europe Network and the Launch of Inventing Europe: ESF EUROCORES Programme, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007.
XXV Scientific Instrument Symposium, Krakow 2006.
Professional Experience
2007-2008: IT Technical Writer & Documentation Expert - Intralot
2005-2007: IT Technical Writer & Documentation Expert - Intrasoft International
2002-2005: Supply Chain Manager & Chief Buyer - Kosmos Floras Bookstores
Summer Schools
EUROCORES programme Inventing Europe Summer School, Deutsches Museum, Munich, 8 - 13 September 2008
"Cold War Technology in Europe" Summer School, August 27th-September 1st, Chios, Greece and Izmir, Turkey.
WEB Site Editor
Graduate Program in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Athens
Division of History of Science and Technology, Philosophy and History of Science Department (PHS), University of Athens
International Master Programme ESST at the GPHPST
Membership to Professional/Scientific Societies/Associations
Member of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)
Member of the History of Science Society (HSS)
Member of the IT History Society (ITHS)
Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI)
Member of the SIGCIS (Special Interest Group for Computers, Information and Society of the Society for the History of Technology)
Member of the National Company of the Historians of Science
Vice-Chairman of the National Company of the Historians of Science, 2002
Vice-Chairman of the Alumni Association of History and Philosophy of Science Department, 2002-2004
Chairman of the Student Association of History and Philosophy of Science Department, 1997-1999
Vice-Chairman of the Student Association of History and Philosophy of Science Department, 1996-1997 |
