Columbia University
617 Hamilton Hall
1130 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027
212-854-2189
Fax: 212-854-7856
Administrator, Heather Moran Email →
Courses Offered
Language:Elementary Modern Greek (two terms)
Intermediate Modern Greek (two terms)
Cultural Studies I: Modern Greek for the Bilingual Speaker (one term)
Cultural Studies II: Topics Through Greek Film (one term)
Literature:
The Making of Modern Greek Poetry (in Greek)
Myth, History, and the Modern Greek Novel (in Greek)
Writing and Censorship (in Greek)
Diaspora, Translation and Greek America (in English)
Erotokritos:Literature & Society in Renaissance Crete (in Greek)
C.P. Cavafy: The Typography of Desire (in English)
Travelers, Exiles, Refugees in the Modern Mediterranean (in English)
The Greek Islands:1600-present: Literature, Culture & their Mythologization (in English)
Greek and Turkish Contacts: Literature & Politics (in English)
History:
Modern Greece-Seminar
Southern Europe-Seminar
The Balkans-Seminar
Anthropology:
The Culture of Oedipus
Fluid Bodies
Europe: From Empires to Nations
Additional Areas:
Independent Study; Senior Research Seminar
Columbia University
Profile
Year Program Established: 1988
Approximate Number of Students Enrolled (per academic term): 60
Level of Program Offered (and when established):
Undergraduate level elective courses (1988)
Special concentration by petition (1988)
Graduate supervision (1997)
Official university minor (2000)
Faculty
Full Time Faculty:
Karen Van Dyck, Director
Mark Mazower, Professor (History)
Vangelis Calotychos,
Assistant Professor of Modern Greek Literature & Culture
Neni Panourgia, Assistant Professor (Anthropology)
Christine Philliou, Assistant Professor (History)
Elena Tzelepis, Lecturer
Resources
Sponsoring Departments/Administrative Entities:
Classics Department
Anthropology Department
History Department
Institute for Research on Women and Gender
Comparative Literature
Does the program offer financial support to students? No
Does the institution offer financial support to students? Yes