Brief resume
Assistant Professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Media Studies of the
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Since 1997 I am involved in academic research and teaching in collaboration with the Department of Primary Education, the Department of Economics and the Department of Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). During 2001-2002 I taught on contract at the Department of Languages, Literature and Culture of the Black Sea Countries (Demokritos University of Thrace).
In June 2003 I was elected as lecturer on Art and Mass Media in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In March 2009 I was elected as assistant professor on Sociology of the Arts and Mass Communication in the same School, where I teach "Music and Mass Media", "Art and Globalization" (offered also in English for the ERASMUS students), "Mass Communication and the Arts", "Music Industry and Culture" (undergraduate program), "Cultures of Cultural Production and Consumption", and "New Technologies and Cultural Organizations" (postgraduate program).
Since 2006 I collaborate with the Greek Open University as a tutor in the postgraduate program "Cultural Organizations Management" of the School of Social Science (course "Cultural Communication").
I have published 25 articles and papers in the fields of the sociology of culture and the arts, the sociology of music and the sociology of education. I have presented papers at 27 international and local conferences and I have participated in 16 international and local research projects. I also participate in two international and one local research networks. I am a member of the Advisory and of the Editorial Boards of Musicology. Review of Theory and Praxis of Music and webmaster of the journal in cooperation with I. Foulias. I am also a member of the Editorial Review Board of the Scientific Journals International (Communication & Media section), that encourages and supports the open-access model to research literature. I am a member of the European Sociological Association (ESA) and participate in the Research Network for the Sociology of the Arts (RN2), the International Musicological Society, the Hellenic Sociological Association and the Greek Society for Clinical Social Research (related to Research Committee 46 of the International Sociological Association).
Academia.edu: http://auth.academia.edu/AlexandrosBaltzis.
Favorite websites
Here are some of my favorite websites that you can visit and find lots of useful info.
A. Scholarly journals
- Music and Arts in Action (MAiA)
A fresh peer reviewed journal on the sociology of the arts and music that takes a holistic approach in researching the dynamic role of music and the arts in social life and cultural experience. The journal is peer-reviewed, indexed in Sociological Abstracts and participates in the open access movement. - Zitimata Epikinonias (Communication Issues)
A peer reviewed journal published since 2004 (in Greek) by the Faculty of Communication & Media Studies and the University Research Institute of Applied Communication (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens). Addressed to academics, journalists, and political decision makers, it covers a wide range of fields in communication studies. The journal is published twice-yearly in collaboration with Kastaniotis Publications. - Musicology (Musicología)
Review of Theory and Praxis of Music (in Greek). A peer reviewed journal founded in 1985 - before the Departments of Musical Studies to be established in the Greek Universities. A pioneer endeavour in the field of musicology in Greece. - Scientific Journals International
An institution supporting the open access movement for scientific knowledge and publications. Website with information on the movement and an interesting collection of peer reviewed journals in several fields.
B. Institutions, organizations
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
University's Home Page, everything about the university. - School of Journalism & Mass Media Studies
Information about the School, the curriculum, the teaching and research activities, and about the staff and faculty. - European Sociological Association (ESA)
Website with useful information about the development of sociology in Europe and about the research networks of the association. - Research Network for the Sociology of the Arts (ESA-RN2)
Research Network of the ESA. Website with information about its activities and orientation. - Digital Radio Cultures
International Research Netowork created through the European Action COST A20 for scientific and research cooperation in the European Union. - The Sociology of the Arts Group at Exeter University
The webpage of the Group at Exeter (SocArts) with information on the work of the group giving a special emphasis to the sociology of music. - International Sociological Association (ISA)
A website with detailed information and material on sociology and sociologists worldwide. - International Musicological Society (IMS)
Website with information on musicology and musicologists worldwide. It includes also information about the peer reviewed journal Acta Musicologica. - Hellenic Sociological Association
Professional and academic association (it includes also social anthropologists), founded in 1983. Website with information on the academic activities of the association and also about its activities and initiatives related with the status of the profession in Greece. - A.U.Th. Network Operation Center
Network services and usage manuals.