R. Caroline Stampliaka
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Program
Education
BA (Hons.), University of British Columbia, 2024
About
R. Caroline Stampliaka completed her Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Sociocultural Anthropology and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Sociocultural Anthropology with a focus on Environmental Anthropology, both at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests include traditional ecological knowledge systems, political ecology, multispecies ethnography, anthropology of food systems, oral histories, and the expressive culture of the Mediterranean, with a geographical focus on Southern Europe and Greece. Caroline grew up in a Greek-Austrian-Canadian family, living between Germany and Greece, and moved to Vancouver, Canada, in 2019 to pursue higher education.
Research
Caroline’s current master’s research project, “An Ethnographic Exploration of Migratory Beekeeping in Greece,” supported by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), aims to document the sustainable and traditional practice of nomadic beekeeping in Greece, amid the challenges posed by climate change and the austerity crisis.
Publications
Stampliaka, R. C. 2025. “Policy from Above, Solutions from Below: Unpacking the Paradoxes of Food Security Interventions in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, BC.” The Ethnograph.
Magliocco S., and Stampliaka R. C. 2025. “Hekate Soteria in Contemporary Paganism: Sarah Iles Johnston’s Contributions to the (Re)construction of Hekatean Worship.” In Navigating the Study of Myth, Ritual and Belief: Models from the Ancient Mediterranean to the Present Day; Essays in Honor of Sarah Iles Johnston.
Stampliaka, R. C. 2025. “Seen and Unseen: The Persistence of the Evil Eye in Greek Culture.” Culture & Tradition Journal.
Awards
2025 Graduate Student Travel Award, UBC
2024 Don Yoder Graduate Student Prize, American Folklore Society
2024 Fernand Braudel Graduate Student Prize, American Folklore Society
2024 Dr. Dan Small Prize, UBC Urban Ethnographic Field School
2024 Faculty of Arts Graduate Award, UBC
2024 SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship Master’s Award
2024 Liu Lin Ping Memorial Award, UBC
2024 Climate Hope Storytelling Fellowship, UBC
2023 Go Global Award, UBC
Graduate Supervision
Dr. Tracey Heatherington