Dr Dimitris Asimakoulas is an Associate Professor in the School of English Language and Literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has obtained a BA in English Language and Literature (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) and a PhD in Translation Studies (University of Manchester). He has 22 years of teaching experience in UK Higher Education institutions (University of Manchester; University of Salford; University of Surrey) and 3 years in research posts (University of Manchester; University of Newcastle upon Tyne).
His principal research interests include: sociology of translation, comic-book translation, audiovisual translation, media accessibility, and, more recently, creativity skills and the integration of generative artificial intelligence into translation practice and training.
He is the author of the monograph Rewriting Humour in Comic Books: Cultural Transfer and Translation of Aristophanic Adaptations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and co-editor of Translation and Opposition (Multilingual Matters, 2011). He has published his research in leading international journals, such as: Meta; The Translator; Target; Hermes: Journal of Language and Communication in Business; TTR: Traduction, Terminologie, Rédaction; Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics; The Interpreter and Translator Trainer.
