Ph.D. in Literature Program
336 O’Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Areas of Specialization
National/Transnational/Postnational Cinemas
Migration and Diaspora in Greece and Spain
Contemporary Greek and Spanish literature and film
Dissertation/Thesis working title and topic
Title tbd
In my dissertation I will examine how the intersection between transnational processes of a global economy and the demographic shifts that these processes produce manifests itself in Spanish and Greek literature and cinema in the tropes of the immigrant caretaker, the sex worker and the undocumented laborer.
Harry Karahalios
Ph. D. Candidate
University of Notre Dame
Ph.D. in Literature Program
Degrees
Masters of Arts, 1998 DePaul University (English Literature)
B.A., 1995 University of Illinois at Chicago (English Writing & Literature)
Principal Presentations and Publications
“Spatial motifs in contemporary Greek films about immigration.” Immigration in Greek Cinema, 1956-2006. Bilingual Edition. Egokeros Press, 2006.
“The Baroque Passion of Almodóvar: Art Cinema as Ideological Critique.” Conference paper presented at the “‘Spanishness’ in the Spanish Novel and Cinema” Conference, University of North Texas, March 2008.
“Teaching Language through Film and other Cultural Forms.” Paper presented at the “Greek Education in America” Conference, Chicago 2007.
“Beautiful Corpses: Who Owns the Gaze in Greek Cinema?” Conference paper presented at the Modern Greek Studies Association Symposium, Yale University, October 2007.