Modern Greek classes taught since September 1990; Modern Greek Program and C. P. Cavafy Professorship since 1999
Approximate Number of Students Enrolled (per academic term): 80
Level of Program Offered (and when established):
Minor (2001) and Major (2003) in Modern Greek
M.A. and Ph.D. (through several departments)
Regular:
Director: Artemis Leontis, C. P. Cavafy Professor of Modern Greek and Comparative Literature
Vassilis Lambropoulos
C. P. Cavafy Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Classical Studies
Despina Margomenou, Lecturer IV in Modern Greek
Will Stroebel, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Modern Greek
Affiliated:
Tatjana Aleksic, Assistant Professor of Slavic & Comparative Literature
John Fine, Professor of History
Johannes Foufopoulos, Assistant Professor of Natural Resources & Environment
George Tsebelis, Professor of Political Science
Program Established 1990 Courses started
1999 C. P. Cavafy Professorship
Approximate Total Number of Students Enrolled (per academic term)
60-150
Minor and Major in Modern Greek; undergraduate electives; PhDs through other programs
Sponsoring Departments/Administrative Entities:
Department of Classical Studies
Program in Comparative Literature
Does the program offer financial support to students? yes
Does the institution offer financial support to students? yes
C. P. Cavafy Professorship endowed by the Foundation for Modern Greek Studies;
Dimitri and Irma Pallas Annual Lecture;
Foundation for Modern Greek Studies and Constantine A. Tsangadas Trust support for undergraduate and graduate study;
Calliope Papala Politou Student Senior Prize;
Kalliopi Kontou-Filis and Kenneth P. Mathews Fund Study Abroad
Vassilis Lambropoulos Modern Greek Translation Prize;
Vakalo Family Endowment Visiting Artist Series
Hatcher Graduate Library Greek Collections;
”Meditopos: Mediterranean Topographies Workshop,” A Graduate Student and Faculty Study Group
(734) 764-0360
Fax: (734) 763-4959
Modern Greek Language:
Beginning Language I
Beginning Language II
Intermediate Language I
Intermediate Language II
Advanced Intermediate Language I
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Intermediate Conversation
Translating Greek (Advanced intermediate to Native proficiency)
Literature and Culture:
Greek American Experience (Modern Greek, American Culture)
Athens Present and Past (Modern Greek)
Travels to Greece (Modern Greek and Comparative Literature)
Greek Myth in Film (Modern Greek, Comparative Literature, Classical Civilization)
Engaging Antiquity: Heritage, Museums, Media, Tourism, and Communities (Modern Greek)
The Border Crossed Us (Modern Greek, Comparative Literature, Middle Eastern Studies)
Courses taught in other areas in Modern Greek Studies
(Anthropology; History; Political Science; International, European, or Balkan Studies; regularly taught graduate courses; Study Abroad options)
Courses in Comparative Literature (translation studies, refugee studies); History; Classical Studies, Political Science; Certificate in Classical Reception Studies