Publications

2024
Gardikas, Katerina. “

Professor Nikolaos Louros, a concerned scientist in twentieth-century Athens

”. Deltos 34, no. 52 (2024): 85-90.
2021
Γαρδίκα, Κατερίνα. “Η καταπολέμηση της ελονοσίας”. In 10 μεταρρυθμίσεις που άλλαξαν την Ελλάδα, 59-82. Αθήνα: διαΝΕΟσις, 2021.
2018
<em>Landscapes of Disease: Malaria in Modern Greece</em>
Gardikas, Katerina. Landscapes of Disease: Malaria in Modern Greece. Budapest, New York: Central European University Press, 2018. Abstract
Malaria existed in Greece since prehistoric times. Its prevalence fluctuated depending on climatic, socioeconomic and political changes. The book focuses on the factors that contributed to the spreading of the disease in the years between independent statehood in 1830 and the elimination of malaria in the 1970s. By the nineteenth century, Greece was the most malarious country in Europe and the one most heavily infected with its lethal form, falciparum malaria. Owing to pressures on the environment from economic development, agrarian colonization and heightened mobility, the situation became so serious that malaria became a routine part of everyday life for practically all Greek families, further exacerbated by wars. The country’s highly fragmented geography and its variable rainfall distribution created an environment that was ideal for sustaining and spreading the disease. These factors, in turn, affected the tolerance of the population to malaria. In their struggle with physical suffering and death, the Greeks developed a culture of avid quinine consumption and were likewise eager to embrace the DDT spraying campaign of the immediate post WWII years, which, overall, had a positive demographic effect.ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Malaria: An Ancient and Global Disease Chapter 2: The Fragmented Geography of the Disease Chapter 3: Malaria in Peace and War Chapter 4: Patients, Doctors, and Cures ConclusionReviewed in American Historical Review 125:3 (June 2020) by Andrew Robarts https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhz686 Bulletin of the History of Medicine 94:2 (Summer 2020) by Jesse Bump https://doi.org/10.1353/bhm.2020.0049 Hungarian Historical Review 8:4 (2019) by Róbert Balogh http://www.hunghist.org/82-book-reviews/606-2019-4-reviewsJournal of Modern Greek Studies by David Idol https://doi.org/10.1353/mgs.2019.0024Medical History by Lion Murard https://doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2019.68Social History of Medicine by Vassiliki Theodorou https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkz008Technology and Culture 62:1 (January 2021) by Daniel Gallardo-Albarrán https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2021.0025Μνήμων 36 (2017-2018) by Vangelis Karamanolakis 
2015
Γαρδίκα, Κατερίνα. “Ανατολικό Ζήτημα. Σύντομη εισαγωγή”. In Σατιρικοί χάρτες. Ιστορικές και σατιρικές απεικονίσεις της Ευρώπης (19ος-20ός αι.). Π. Σουκάκος (επ.). Αθήνα: Μίλητος, 2015.
The Fragmented Environment of Interwar Halkidiki
Gardikas, Katerina. “The Fragmented Environment of Interwar Halkidiki”. In Gounaris, Basil C. ed. Mines, Olives and Monasteries. Aspects of Halkidiki's Environmental History, 163-183. Thessaloniki: Epikentro, Pharos Books, 2015.
2014
Fish farming and malaria in modern Greece: conflicting interests or tragedy of the commons?
Gardikas, Katerina. “Fish farming and malaria in modern Greece: conflicting interests or tragedy of the commons?”. In Les zones humides méditerranéennes hier et aujourd’hui - Le zone umide mediterranee ieri e oggi. Padova: Padova University Press, 2014.
2013
Οι εξελικτικοί μηχανισμοί στην παγκόσμια ιστορία
Γαρδίκα, Κατερίνα. “Οι εξελικτικοί μηχανισμοί στην παγκόσμια ιστορία”. The Athens Review of Books 38 (2013).
2011
Health Policy and Private Care: Malaria Sanitization in Early Twentieth Century Greece
Gardikas, Katerina. “Health Policy and Private Care: Malaria Sanitization in Early Twentieth Century Greece”. In Health, Hygiene and Eugenics in Southeastern Europe to 1945, Studies in the History of Medicine, 127-142. New York: Central European University Press, 2011.
2008
Gardikas, Katerina. “Relief Work and Malaria in Greece, 1943–1947”. Journal of Contemporary History 43 (2008): 493–508.
Η διεθνής βοήθεια στη δημόσια υγεία: ανθρωπιστική κρίση, διακίνηση ιδεών και κοινωνική πολιτική
Γαρδίκα, Κατερίνα. “Η διεθνής βοήθεια στη δημόσια υγεία: ανθρωπιστική κρίση, διακίνηση ιδεών και κοινωνική πολιτική”. In Δημόσια υγεία και κοινωνική πολιτική: ο Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος και η εποχή του, 173–184. Athens: Παπαζήσης, 2008.
Η Ελλάδα και το Ανατολικό Ζήτημα (1821-1923)
Γαρδίκα, Κατερίνα. “Η Ελλάδα και το Ανατολικό Ζήτημα (1821-1923)”. In Η συγκρότηση του ελληνικού κράτους: διεθνές πλαίσιο, εξουσία και πολιτική τον 19ο αιώνα, 173-175. Athens: Νεφέλη, 2008.
1981
Ἀρχεῖο Ἀλέξανδρου Στ. Καραθεοδωρῆ. Κατάλογος καί εὑρετήρια
Γαρδίκα-Αλεξανδροπούλου, Κατερίνα. Ἀρχεῖο Ἀλέξανδρου Στ. Καραθεοδωρῆ. Κατάλογος καί εὑρετήρια. Athens: Κέντρο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών, 1981.