Introduction
Soti Triantafyllou or Triantafillou (Greek: Σώτη Τριανταφύλλου; born 1957) is a Greek writer, historian, scholar and leading member of the modern generation of Greek writers. She is based in Athens and Paris.
Education
Soti Triantafyllou was born in downtown Athens. She attended English-Hellenic Elementary School and graduated from Arsakeion High School. Her further education includes: Diplôme d’Etudes de Lettres et Civilisation Françaises, Université de Nice, Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Nice, France (1979), Bachelor of Science; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Athens, Greece (Oct.1979), Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA), Faculty of History and Civilizations, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris (with professor Marc Ferro), France (1981), PhD, American History and Civilization, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris (thesis on “The Image of the U.S. Through the Hollywood Comedy 1946-1960” with Professor Marc Ferro), France (1984), PhD, History of American Cities, NYU (Thesis “Los Angeles, California and Athens, Greece: Urban Patterns” with professor Jean Heffer) (1989). She did post-doctoral research at the Centre Koyre in Paris (History and Philosophy of Mathematics) and at the EHESS (Russian Studies).
Career
Soti Triantafyllou has worked as a columnist for 35 years. She has contributed to most Greek dailies and magazines writing about international politics. She has also worked as professor of history and film studies at the Hellenic Film School, (1985-2000) and she has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Western Macedonia (Creative Writing) and at Aegean University (Faculty of geography and Urbanism, Mytilene, Greece (2004-2007)). Her academic work includes the project “The Image of Los Angeles in the Movies” (with Professor Jean Heffer) for the Centre d’Etudes Nord-Américaines, Paris, France (1984-1985). Her 10th novel, "Rare Earths", came out in October 2013. She is trilingual (Greek, English, French) and she translates from four languages including Italian and German.
Conferences
- Urban Decay: The Case of Detroit, Aegean University, Department of Geography, March 2005
- U.S. Foreign Policies and the European Paranoia, Panteion University [13], Department of History, Athens, April 2005
- Introduction to the Global City: Wang-Kar-Wai’s «Chunkging Express» and the Image of the Global City, Aegean University, Department of Geography, March 2006
- White Flight in Greater Athens, Aegean University, Department of Geography, April 2006
- Visionary Environments in the U.S., Aegean University, Department of Geography, May 2006
- Los Angeles-Athens: Urban Patterns, Aegean University, Department of Geography, March 2007
- Los Angeles Plays Itself, Aegean University, Department of Geography, Department of Sociology, April 2007
- Language and Ideology; Class struggles, Terror and Misery of the Greek Language, Athens University, Department of Greek Literature, January 2008
- American Culture in Greece and Variations of Anti-Americanism, The Hellenic Association of American Studies, Athens, November 2008
- The Greek Civil War and How the Defeated Wrote the Official History of Modern Greece, Panteion University, Department of History, Athens, December 2009
- Athens, a Mediterranean Capital: New Urbanism and the Future of Athens, Aegean University, Department of Geography, March 2010
- Dingbat buildings in Athens and Southern California, Aegean University, Department of Urban Studies, April 2010