MGSA SYMPOSIUM 2011 – CALL FOR PAPERS

MGSA 2011, the twenty-second biennial international symposium of the Modern Greek Studies Association, will take place October 13-16, 2011 in New York, and will be coordinated by the Hellenic Studies Program at New York University.  See this page for details

New Greek America Newsletter Announced

"The Greek America Newsletter"

The Modern Greek Studies Association's Transnational Studies Committee will be publishing an electronic newsletter featuring the following:

  • Academic publications on Greek America, including book reviews.
  • Non-academic publications on Greek America, including autobiographies, community histories, fiction, poetry, photography, painting, etc.
  • Essays, articles, and book reviews published in the media
  • Films and documentaries
  • Updates and announcements of current oral history work undertaken in academic institutions as well as in Greek American communities
  • Research queries regarding Greek American topics

We request scholars, writers, artists and other cultural producers whose work explores the Greek world in the United States and/or the connections between Greece and the United States (repatriated Greek Americans, Greek films on Greek America, Greek writings about Greek Americans, etc.) to submit the full citation of their work in MLA format, including a two to three sentence description of their work. Each issue will be archived on the MGSA webpage under the heading 'The Greek America Newsletter.'

The purpose of this newsletter is to disseminate information about academic, artistic, and popular works in the transnational field of Greek America.

The publication of the first issue is projected for September 30, 2010. Please submit your material by September 1.

We expect to issue the newsletter on a bi-annual basis.

Forward all information to either Martha Klironomos e-mail or Yiorgos Anagnostou e-mail, co-chairs of the Transnational Studies Committee.

And please mention the creation of this newsletter to interested parties on behalf of the members of the MGSA Transnational Studies Committee who include Professors Artemis Leontis, Yiorgos Kalogeras and Dan Georgakas.