University of Maryland
Department of Classics
PhD (2006) University of Paris X-Nanterre, France, History and Archeology of the Ancient Worlds.
MA (2000) University of Paris X-Nanterre, France, Cultures of Classical Antiquity
1990: BA from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Philosophy
Book:
La dimension politique des tragédies d’Eschyle, ADRA-Nancy, De Boccard, Paris, 2010 (ISBN-13: 978-2-913667-26-0).
Reviews:
Nikos Birgalias’s “From the Social to the Political Majority. Isonomia and Political Changes in the Ancient World 550-479 BC,” Athens, Patakis, 2008, Revue des Etudes Anciennes, tome 113, 2011, no 1, p.226-228.
Rolf Hesse’s “Syntax of the Modern Greek Verbal System,” Geolinguistics 30 (2004): 225-229.
Current Research
Advancing her research project on the newly discovered volume Classical Bouquet, Professor Polyvia Parara has recently had two papers accepted for the following refereed international conferences:
1. International Association for the Study of the Culture of Cities, "Heritage in Transition," in Ermoupolis, Greece, 27-29 July 2016. The title of the paper is "Classical Bouquet: Cities and cultural landscapes from past to present."
2. 12th International Congress of Cretan Studies, in Herakleion, Greece, 21-25 September 2016.
The title of the paper is "The Journey of Elisavet Contaxaki’s Classical Bouquet from Crete to Washington D.C.: the historical and political context."
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Greek Tragedy and Politics
Greek Political Thought
Modern Greek Language
Elementary Modern Greek
Intermediate Modern Greek
Advanced Modern Greek
Modern Greek Readings and Conversations
Also :
Learning Modern Greek from Ancient Greek
Intensive First Level Modern Greek
Intensive Second Level Modern Greek
Modern Greek History
Modern Greek History through Literature