MGSA Survey of University Faculty and Administrators

Prof. Margaret Alexiou

George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies

Harvard University

Department of the Classics

I. Degrees

Ph.D. 1967 University of Cambridge (Classical, Byzantine, and Modern Greek)

II. Areas of Specialization

Philology

Literature

Folklore

III. Courses Taught in Modern Greek Studies

History and Development of the Greek Language (esp. 12th century literature)

The Modern Greek Novel (particularly Georgios Vizyinos)

Poetry of C. P. Cavafy

Folksongs of the Life Cycle

Greek and Black Women's Voices

The Magic of the Greek Wondertale

IV. Principal Publications (Greek words are given in transliteration)

Four Prodromic Poems. Cambridge Medieval Texts Series (general editor, Peter Dronke). Forthcoming.

Greek Language, Myth, and Metaphor: After Antiquity. Cornell University Press. Forthcoming.

Co-editor. The Text and its Margins. With Vassilis Lambropoulos. New York: Pella Publishing Co., 1985.

The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition. Cambridge University Press, 1974.

Articles on Cavafy, Vizyinos, Myrivilis.

Articles on the role of women's laments in sacrifice.

V. Office Address

Harvard University

175 Widener Library

Cambridge, MA 02138

Office Telephone (F)=Fax

(617) 495-5216

(617) 496-6720 (F)

Electronic Address

[email protected]

VI. Home Address

29 Roberts Road

Cambridge, MA 02138

Home Telephone (F)=Fax

(no information submitted)

VII. Comments and Additional Information

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