Christina Mitsopoulou is a Greek archaeologist, trained in Paris (Sorbonne) and then at the University of Athens. A lecturer in the Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology at the University of Thessaly, she has been running a research project at the École française d'Athènes since 2017, on a topic linked to the history of Greek archaeology. The project highlights an archive and a collection from a studio of the Gilliéron artists, father and son, who for two generations shaped the image we have of ancient Greece, by illustrating the great discoveries made during the period of the " grandes fouilles ", from the last quarter of the 19th century to the first quarter of the 20th.
Specializing in the archaeology of the classical period, she has published on ancient cults, the sanctuaries of female deities, including Demeter and the Eleusinian cult, in Attica and the Cyclades. She has excavated many Cycladic sites and then turned to more archival research. Her interests lie in the field of " Object Biography ", questions of data authenticity, and the examination of certainties established during the period of development of the discipline of Greek archaeology, at the turn of the 20th century.
Christina Mitsopoulou is a guest on the 2024 lecture series " Les Jeux au Collège de France ".