Modern Greek Translation Workshop at Princeton University
Application deadline: Friday 21st February, 2025. The Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies at Princeton University invites applications for a two-day Translation Workshop, to be held on April 28-29, 2025, focusing on the translation of Modern Greek texts into English. The goal of the workshop is to encourage collaborative, creative thinking about specific projects, and also…
Graduate students and ECRs! The 2025 SMGS Graduate Research Colloquium call for papers is now open!
The Society for Modern Greek Studies calls on graduate students (research or taught) and early career scholars (immediate postdoctoral, 0-2 years from the end of their PhD) from universities in the UK and abroad to participate in its annual Graduate Research Colloquium, this year held in-person at the University of Reading. Applications should be made…
THE JOURNAL ΚΑΜΠΟΣ
I am pleased to be able to announce that all the articles published in Κάμπος: Cambridge Papers in Modern Greek during the 20 years of its existence (1993-2013) have now been digitised and uploaded to the internet, with the agreement of the Director of the Library & Information Centre of the University of Patras, and…
Elizabeth Jeffreys (1941-2023), R.I.P.
We are sad to announce the passing of our member Professor Elizabeth Jeffreys, who died on 12 September 2023. She was Bywater and Sotheby Professor at Oxford University from 1996 to 2006, and a Fellow of Exeter College. She served as an active and conscientious chairman of the Standing Committee on Modern Greek in the…
Prize awarded to Prof. Dimitris Tziovas
The Council of the European Society of Modern Greek Studies (ΕΕΝΣ) has awarded the prize for the best published monograph of 2021, on a Modern Greek subject, to Professor Dimitris Tziovas of the University of Birmingham. The prize relates to his book Greece from Junta to Crisis: Modernization, transition and diversity (I.B. Tauris) carries with it the…
Peter Mackridge (1946-2022) R.I.P.
It is with great sadness that we announce that Peter Mackridge passed away peacefully on 16 June 2022. Peter was a beloved teacher, an inspiring supervisor, a brilliant scholar. His research and publications were influential in the field of modern Greek studies and shaped the thought and research of many scholars and students around him. He was one of…
The 2022 Niki Marangou Translation Prize: Call for submissions
Open to current students at any English uinversity. Closing date: 9 September 2022. The Niki Marangou Prize was first established in 2016 to honour the memory of the inspirational Cypriot poet, novelist, and painter Niki Marangou, who died in 2013. From 2019 onwards, the prize has been awarded annually for a literary translation from Modern…
The 2021 Niki Marangou PhD Dissertation Prize: Results
The Niki Marangou PhD Dissertation Prize competition has successfully concluded its second round: three submissions were received by the 31 December 2021 deadline. The jury of three (Maria Boletsi, Vassiliki Kolocotroni, and Ioannis Papadogiannakis) reported back by mid-May 2022, and the formal announcement was made at the 27 May 2022 in-person event hosted by the Society for…
“Athens Unpacked”: podcasts by Sofka Zinovieff
“Athens Unpacked” is a fascinating series of podcasts about Athens by the writer, anthropologist and Athens resident Sofka Zinovieff. She visits unusual places and meets Athenians, native and adopted: from singers, poets and graffiti writers to architects, journalists and chefs. All episodes can be accessed here: http://smarturl.it/athensunpacked?fbclid=IwAR2XAz_45aYE_JLmjECQdnNhlcoGAyfjQYMH46Dxh1bRkIc2XhKAVLXTmKE
2022 Niki Marangou PhD Dissertation Prize
The Society for Modern Greek Studies is pleased to announce the 2022 Niki Marangou PhD Dissertation Prize for the best dissertation completed in Modern Greek Studies in the UK. This new prize, now in its second round, recognises the lasting contributions of Niki Marangou, a Cypriot poet, novelist, and painter, to Greek letters and the arts. The prize is awarded annually by the Society for an outstanding PhD dissertation in Modern Greek Studies that must be defended…
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