Dr. Gerassimos Pagratis was born in Corfu, studied in Italy (University of Lecce) and Greece (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), and received his Ph.D. degree from the History Department of the Ionian University (Corfu) in 2001 with a thesis titled ‘Maritime Trade in Venetian-ruled Corfu (1496–1538).

Pagratis was an Adjunct Lecturer of Maritime History at the Department of Shipping, Trade & Transport of the University of Aegean (Chios, 2001-2004), while he is currently Professor of Modern History of Italy and History of the Venetian Republic at the University of Athens.