Dr Yianni Cartledge

Lecturer in Greek Studies (Teaching Specialist (Acad))

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

yianni.cartledge@flinders.edu.au

Humanities

GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Yianni Cartledge is a lecturer in Greek Studies (Culture) and recent PhD graduate in the discipline of history. His PhD research topic was ‘Aegean Islander Migration to the United Kingdom and Australia, 1815-1945: Emigration, Settlement, Community Building and Integration’, submitted in Dec 2023 and conferred in 2024.

Yianni’s research interests include migration and the migrant experience, diaspora studies, Mediterranean histories (particularly the British and Ottoman Empires), and the history of modern Greece. He is also the current Assistant Editor of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History.

Qualifications

PhD, 'Aegean Islander Migration to the United Kingdom and Australia, 1815-1945: Emigration, Settlement, Community Building and Integration', Flinders University, supverisors: Prof Andrekos Varnava (principal), Dr Evan Smith, Prof Philip Payton

Mar 2020 → Mar 2024

Bachelor of Arts (Honours), 'From Classical to Christian: The Chios Massacre (1822) and its effect on British attitudes towards the Greeks during the Greek War of Independence', Flinders University, supervisor: Prof Andrekos Varnava

Mar 2018 → Oct 2018

Bachelor of Education (Middle & Secondary Schooling)/Bachelor of Arts (History & Modern Greek), Flinders University

Mar 2013 → Jun 2017

Honours, awards and grants

2021 | Commendation for Best HDR Student Publication (awarded 2022)

2021 | CHASS HDR Project Funding Awards

2021 | Tom Sheridan Scholarship, Labour History Society SA

2020 | Unley Council Small Sponsorship & Donations Scheme

2020 | NAA/AHA Postgraduate Scholarship

2020-23 | Research Training Program Scholarship

2016-19 | Flinders University Medal (2019) & Chancellor's Letter of Commendation (2016 & 2018)

2014-16 | LOGOS Modern Greek Scholarship (2014, 2015 & 2016)