Dimitris Krallis () is a Greek historian who is Professor of Humanities and
Director of the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University.
Biography
Dimitris Krallis was born in Athens, Greece where he attended Athens College and the University of Athens. At the University of Athens he studied political theory and inspired by his professors of history, decided to apply for a graduate degree in Byzantine Studies. He attended the University of Oxford where he studied Byzantine social and political history. After an interruption of four years dedicated to military service and to teaching at the American College of Greece in Athens, he moved to the US and the University of Michigan for his doctorate. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he joined the faculty at Simon Fraser University where he is Professor of Humanities and Director at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies.
Books and Book-length translations
Serving Byzantium's Emperors: The Courtly Life and Career of Michael Attaleiates, New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture Series, New York, NY: Palgrave MacMillan, 2019. Michael Attaleiates and the Politics of Imperial Decline in Eleventh Century Byzantium (Tempe, AZ: Arizona Center of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2012). (with Anthony Kaldellis) Michael Attaleiates: History (Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library – Harvard University Press, 2012) – a translation