Call for papers: workshop ‘Belonging Across Borders: Refugee Rights, Experiences and Protection in the Twentieth Century.’
Deadline for paper submissions: 10th February 2026. The workshop will be held on 22nd June 2026, at Stewart House, London. Keynote Speaker: Emeritus Professor Peter Gatrell (University of Manchester) 2026 marks the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention–the legal cornerstone of international refugee protection. This landmark convention was the culmination of a process defining the…
Call for Papers for our Annual Graduate Research Colloquium in Modern Greek Studies
Deadline: Sunday 22 February 2026. 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 taking place in person at the…
2025 Annual Graduate Research Colloquium programme!
The programme is now out for the SMGS Annual Graduate Research Colloquium, which will be held on Friday 30 May at the University of Reading! You can register your attendance here, or by using the QR code below. Also below is a flyer of visitor information. We hope to see you there!
AGM of the Society, with Lecture given by Ruth Padel and Paris Papamichos Chronakis.
We invite you to our annual lecture ‘Reading and Conversation on Jews in early twentieth-century Greece,’ on 21st of May 2025, 7:30 pm at the Friends’ Room at the Hellenic Centre 16-18 Paddington Street, London (open to all). The SMGS AGM will take place at 6:30 (members only). Professor Ruth Padel, author of Daughters of…
Niki Marangou PhD Dissertation Prize (Application deadline: Tuesday 31st December 2024)
The Society for Modern Greek Studies proudly announces the 2025 Niki Marangou PhD Dissertation Prize for the best dissertation completed in Modern Greek Studies in the UK. This annual prize, now in its fourth round, recognises the lasting contributions of Niki Marangou, a Cypriot poet, novelist, and painter, to Greek letters and the arts. The…
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…
Travel writers in Greece: from the 1940s to the present
How have British and American writers portrayed their travels in Greece, and why? Professor Gonda Van Steen (King’s College London), award-winning author Peter Barber, and historian of travel writing Dr David Wills consider trends and examples from the 1940s to 2024. 24th October 2024, 7pm. More information and booking available here.
Niki Marangou PhD Dissertation Prize 2024 now open
The Society for Modern Greek Studies proudly announces the 2025 Niki Marangou PhD Dissertation Prize. This annual prize recognises the lasting contributions of Niki Marangou, a Cypriot poet, novelist, and painter, to Greek letters and the arts. It will be awarded for an outstanding PhD dissertation in Modern Greek Studies in the UK that is…
SMGS Graduate Research Colloquium 2024: Programme
The programme for the 2024 Graduate Research Colloquium in Modern Greek Studies is now online! Join us on Tuesday 17th September at City University of London, Rhind Building, St John St, London EC1R 0JD.
Graduate Research Colloquium 2024 in Modern Greek Studies
We are pleased to announce the issue of our CfP for the Graduate Research Colloquium that will take place at City-University of London on 17 September 2024. PhD students/candidates and early career scholars are welcome to submit their applications by 21 June.
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