Modern Greek Studies Association
University of Illinois Chicago to host the 2026 Symposium
CALL for PAPERS: 29th MGSA SYMPOSIUM, October 2026
The MGSA’s 29th biennial Symposium will be held at University of Illinois-Chicago on 15-18 October, 2026.
The Program Committee is now accepting the electronic submission of abstracts for 20-minute individual papers, panels (of up to four 20-minute papers), special sessions, and undergraduate poster presentations. Submissions from all disciplines in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts and from interdisciplinary fields are welcome; comparative perspectives are encouraged.
MGSA SYMPOSIUM 2026 – CALL FOR PAPERS ▶
Important Deadlines
Individual Abstract Submission Deadline: January 15, 2026
Panel Submission Deadline: January 31, 2026
Special Session Submission Deadline: January 31, 2026
Undergraduate Poster Session Submission Deadline: January 15, 2026
Acceptances and rejections of individual abstracts and panels will be announced by March 15, 2026. Organizers of special sessions are notified of the PC’s decision by May 1, 2026.
The electronic forms for submission enforce the deadlines. They also enforce a 350-word limit for individual or panel abstracts and a 500-word limit for panel introductions and rationales. It is suggested that you write your abstract first and do a word count.
Open Theme
Proposals may concern any aspect of Greek Studies, Greece, the Greek Diaspora, and Cyprus in early modern and modern times. The following topics are offered as suggestions to inspire and stimulate thought, and submissions on these or related areas would be particularly welcome:
- Climate change, conservation, sustainability, and environmental history
- Greek Linguistics and Language Pedagogy
- Literary Studies
- Transnational worlds and networks
- Dispersals, migration, return migration, exile, and displacement
- Mobilities and contact zones of people, practices, ideas, and objects
- Early Modern Greek world and identity
- Greek Orthodox history & culture in the early modern and modern periods
- War, Violence, and modern Greek political culture
- Empire, Imperialism, and Colonialism
- Decoloniality and social justice
- Technology and material culture
- Translation and translation studies
- Critical Heritage Studies
- Critical reflections on the state of the field of Modern Greek Studies
- Visual Culture, Media, and Film Studies
- Lost and found archives, archival studies; archival theory and practice
- Contemporary Greek Politics
- Tourism and Foreign Investment
- Digital Humanities, AI research, and online learning
- Greece, Cyprus, Israel, and Palestine
- Medical Humanities
- Asylum Seekers and Mixed Migration Flows in 21st century Greece
- Gender, Sexuality, Biopolitics
- Contested national narratives
- Memory Studies
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Journal of MODERN GREEK STUDIES
MGS Editor Artemis Leontis invites proposals for special sections.
The latest issue of the Journal,Volume 43, No.1, May 2025 is available online.
The JMGS Editorial team is pleased to announce a new section of the journal entitled “Research Notes." Initial announcement here
Praised as "a magnificent scholarly journal" by Choice magazine, Journal of Modern Greek Studies is the only scholarly periodical to focus exclusively on modern Greece. The Journal publishes critical analyses of Greek social, cultural, and political affairs, covering the period from the late Byzantine Empire to the present. Contributors include internationally recognized scholars in the fields of history, literature, anthropology, political science, Byzantine studies, and modern Greece. Journal of Modern Greek Studies is the official publication of the Modern Greek Studies Association.
For submissions guidelines, please see the journal's guidelines page.
All submissions must be submitted via the online platform.
For inquiries and other correspondence please contact:
Professor Artemis Leontis, Editor for the Arts & Humanities and Editor for the Social Sciences [email protected]
More about the Journal of Modern Greek Studies
- Full Professorship in Modern Greek Studies, University of Vienna. Deadline 17 September
- Tenure-track positions at the University of Cyprus: 1) Ancient Greek and/or Roman History; and b) Ancient Greek and/or Roman Archaeology. Deadline 13 October
- The Brian D. Joseph Chair in Classics (Endowed Visiting Professorship) Deadline 17 October
- Director(s) of an ASCSA Summer Seminar, Gertrude Smith Professor(s), American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA). Athens Deadline 31 January
- Lecturer Pool – Middle Eastern Languages and History – Department of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures. U.C. Berkeley Deadline 8 April and ongoing
- Adjunct instructor for Modern Greek Literature in Translation. Queens College - CUNY
Call for Papers
- Manos Hadjidakis - Music, Culture, Politics. Sorbonne University – 21-22 Novembre 2025 Deadline 20 September
- Cold War Borderlands: Empire, Space, and Conflict in Thessaloniki and Northern Greece (1946-49) Deadline 30 September
- Greek Studies Now: A Cultural Analysis Network. Open Call for Contributions. Ongoing
- Call for Contributions: Ecomusicology Sounding Board's section posts. Ongoing.
★ New Fellowships/Scholarships
Membership Benefits
- Subscription to the Journal of Modern Greek Studies (2 issues per year)
with free online access at Project MUSE (including the archive).
Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press. - Opportunities to share research and interests with specialists around the world
- Opportunities to compete for our academic prizes (includes the book, translation, edited volumes, dissertation, and essay prizes)
- Reduced fees for biennial MGSA Symposia
- Posting access to MGSA-L, the MGSA listserv
- If you have questions, see the FAQ.
Study Abroad
- NHS/CYA Heritage Greece Program
- Modern Greek Language and Culture (26/6-23/7/2024), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
- Greek Language Summer School in Rhodes- Aegis 2024
- College Year in Athens
- The Athens Centre
- American College of Thessaloniki
- American Farm School Virtual Program, Thessaloniki
- Hellenic Centre
- See the complete list →
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