{"id":10913,"date":"2023-04-19T13:24:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T10:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/?page_id=10913"},"modified":"2026-03-24T19:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:20:05","slug":"constantina-kalfa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/en\/fellows-2023\/constantina-kalfa\/","title":{"rendered":"Konstantina Kalfa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Adjunct Lecturer of Architectural History, Department of Theory &amp;History of Art, Athens School of Fine Arts.<\/h2>\n<h4>Title of research proposal: \u201cHOMELANDS &#8211; The Architecture of Homemaking in Greece, Turkey and Israel-Palestine during the Era of Economic Expansion (1945-1975)\u201d<\/h4>\n<div class=\"su-tabs su-tabs-style-horizontal su-tabs-mobile-stack\" data-active=\"1\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-tabs-nav\"><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Bio<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Publications<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Organisation of Open Workshop<\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-tabs-panes\"><div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Bio\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kalfa.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12953 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kalfa-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kalfa-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kalfa.jpg 592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Constantina Kalfa<\/strong> received her diploma and PhD from the School of Architecture, NTUA. Her current research revolves around the study of architecture in the realm of postwar modernization and development, with a particular focus on informal housing practices and how these are intertwined with multiple types of politics and social conflicts. She has published at <em>JSAH, Rethinking Marxism <\/em>and <em>Architecture and Culture <\/em>and contributed with a chapter in Aggregate\u2019s <em>Architecture in Development <\/em>(Routledge, 2022). In 2019, she authored the book <em>Self-sheltering Now! The Invisible Side of American Aid to Greece<\/em> [in Greek] (Athens: Futura). She is guest editor of <em>ABE Journal 20<\/em> special issue (2022) with Stavros Alifragkis and Panayiotis Tournikiotis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Updates<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/en\/kalfa-erc\/\">Dr. Konstantina Kalfa achieves ERC funding \u2013 Starting Grant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Publications\">\n<ul>\n<li>\u039a\u03ac\u03bb\u03c6\u03b1, \u039a (\u03c5\u03c0\u03cc \u03b4\u03b7\u03bc\u03bf\u03c3\u03af\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b7-2023) \u00abO John F.C. Turner \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03b5\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac \u03b1\u03c5\u03b8\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1 (1965-1975)\u00bb. \u03a3\u03c4\u03bf \u0394 \u039b\u03b1\u03bb\u03ac\u03ba\u03b7, \u03a7 \u039c\u03ac\u03b7\u03c2 (\u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03bc.) <em>\u039f \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b5\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b9\u03b4\u03b5\u03ce\u03bd. \u039f \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 \u03a8\u03c5\u03c7\u03c1\u03cc\u03c2 \u03a0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b5\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u03c5\u03ae \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03cd\u03b8\u03b5\u03c1\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b7\u03bc\u03bf\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1<\/em>. \u0391\u03b8\u03ae\u03bd\u03b1: \u03a8\u03b7\u03c6\u03af\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2<\/li>\n<li>Kalfa, K, S Alifragkis (\u03c5\u03c0\u03cc \u03ad\u03ba\u03b4\u03bf\u03c3\u03b7-2023) \u00abAtelier 66 and the Athenian polykatoik\u00eca: Power, control and agency agendas in and the 1960s-1980s Greek commercialised housing market\u00bb. \u03a3\u03c4\u03bf G Caramellino \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 F De Pieri (\u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03bc.), <em>Re-framing architectural history through housing. Housing histories as a methodological observatory<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u039aalfa, \u039a, S Alifragkis \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 P \u03a4ournikiotis (2022) <em>Small-scale building enterprise and global homeownership in the age of economic expansion<\/em>. <em>\u03a3\u03c4\u03bf ABE Journal \u2013 Architecture Beyond Europe<\/em> 20, https:\/\/journals.openedition.org\/abe\/12929?lang=en<\/li>\n<li>\u039aalfa, \u039a (2022) \u00abAntiparoch\u00ec and (its) architects: Greek architectures in failure\u00bb. \u03a3\u03c4\u03bf Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative (\u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03bc.) <em>Architecture in Development: Systems and the emergence of the Global South<\/em>, 401\u2013415. \u039d\u03ad\u03b1 \u03a5\u03cc\u03c1\u03ba\u03b7: Routledge, DOI: 10.4324\/9781003193654-27<\/li>\n<li>Kalfa, K, L Theodosis (2022) \u00abDealing with the commonplace: Constantinos A. Doxiadis and the Zygos Technical Company\u00bb, <em>ABE Journal \u2013 Architecture Beyond Europe<\/em> 20, DOI : https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4000\/abe.13699<\/li>\n<li>Kalfa, K (2021) \u00ab\u2018Giving to the world a demonstration\u2019: U.S. housing aid to Greece, 1947\u201351\u00bb, <em>Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians<\/em> 80:3, 305\u2013321, ISSN 0037-9808<\/li>\n<li>\u039aalfa, \u039a, M Papavasileiou (2021) \u00abLa maison de Iannis Xenakis pour Fran\u00e7ois-Bernard M\u00e2che a\u0300 Amorgos: une r\u00e9alisation par correspondance\u00bb. \u03a3\u03c4\u03bf L Arnoux-Farnoux (\u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03bc.) <em>Le double voyage<\/em>, Paris-Ath\u00e8nes (1945\u20101975), 125\u2013139. A\u03b8\u03ae\u03bd\u03b1: \u00c9cole Fran\u00e7aise d&#8217;Ath\u00e8nes, ISBN 978-2-86958-554-6<\/li>\n<li>\u039a\u03ac\u03bb\u03c6\u03b1, \u039a (2020) \u00ab\u03a0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b5\u03bd\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u03ba\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03bd\u03b5\u03bf\u03b5\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c1\u03c7\u03b9\u03c4\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2 (1945-1967)\u00bb, <em>PIXELS@humanitie<\/em>s 1, DOI:https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12681\/pixels-h.25322<\/li>\n<li>\u039a\u03ac\u03bb\u03c6\u03b1, \u039a (2019) <em>\u0391\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c3\u03c4\u03ad\u03b3\u03b1\u03c3\u03b7, \u03c4\u03ce\u03c1\u03b1! \u0397 \u03b1\u03b8\u03ad\u03b1\u03c4\u03b7 \u03c0\u03bb\u03b5\u03c5\u03c1\u03ac \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2 \u03b2\u03bf\u03ae\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1<\/em>. \u0391\u03b8\u03ae\u03bd\u03b1: Futura, ISBN 978\u2013960\u20139489\u201390\u20134<\/li>\n<li>Kalfa, K (2015) \u00abWhere the spell is chanted (fallacies of contemporary architectural discourses)\u00bb, <em>Architecture and Culture: Into the hidden abode, architecture and production<\/em> 3 (3): 315\u2013325, DOI: 10.1080\/20507828.2015.1082055<\/li>\n<li>Kalfa, K (2014) \u00abOn creatively destructing\u00bb. <em>Rethinking Marxism: A Journal of Economics, Culture &amp; Society<\/em> 26 (4): 581-591, DOI: 10.1080\/08935696.2014.947764<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Organisation of Open Workshop\">\n<ul>\n<li>Organisation of the Open Workshop &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/en\/mch-esmed-open-workshop-1\/\">Contested Histories of Settlement in Turkey and Beyond: Transnational Perspectives on Housing, Nation-Building, and National Identities<\/a>&#8221; at RCH.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adjunct Lecturer of Architectural History, Department of Theory &amp;History of Art, Athens School of Fine Arts. 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