Efi Avdela

Biography

Efi Avdela is Professor Emerita of Contemporary History at the Department of History & Archaeology of the University of Crete. Her research interests include gender history, the history of feminism, the history of crime and delinquency, the history of youth and sexuality, as well as the history of voluntary associations and collective action. She has recently coordinated the research project “For a history of sexuality in the Greek twentieth century: practices, discourses and identities”.
Among her many books, edited volumes and articles, she has published: «Δια λόγους τιμής»: Βία, συναισθήματα και αξίες στη μετεμφυλιακή Ελλάδα [‘For reasons of honour’: violence, emotions and values in post-civil-war Greece], Athens 2002; Problems of Crime and Violence in Europe, 1780-2000: Essays in Criminal Justice, co-edited with ShaniD’Cruze and Judith Rowbotham, Lewiston, NY, 2010; «Νέοι εν κινδύνω». Επιτήρηση, αναμόρφωση και δικαιοσύνη ανηλίκων μετά τον πόλεμο [‘Youth in danger.’ Surveillance, reformation and juvenile justice after the war], Athens 2013; When Juvenile Delinquency became an International Post-War Concern. The United Nations, the Council of Europeand the Place of Greece, Vienna University Press - V&R unipress, Vienna, 2019. Also http://www.public-sociality.uoc.gr/index_en.html