Dr. Maria Hnaraki

Director of Greek Studies

Assistant Professor

Drexel University

Department of Culture & Communication

I. Degrees

Ph.D. 2002 Indiana University (Ethnomusicology/Folklore/Cultural Anthropology)

M.A. 1999 (Ethnomusicology/Folklore)

Diploma of Arts 1996 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (Music Studies)

II. Areas of Specialization

Anthropology of the Mediterranean

Greek & Cretan Folklore

Mediterranean Music & Performance

Modern Greek Language

III. Courses Taught in Modern Greek Studies

Anthropology of the Mediterranean

Greek Folklore

Greek Music & Dance

Greek Literature & Poetry

Mediterranean Music Ensemble

Into the Labyrinths: Amazing Myths meet in Crete (Summer Abroad)

Modern Greek language (Elementary, Intermediate & Advanced Level)

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

2007 Unfolding Ariadne's Thread. Forthcoming book. Athens: Kerkyra

Publications.

2006 "Greece". The Ethnomusicologist's Cookbook. New York: Routledge

Press, pp. 240-245.

2006 "Greece." The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and

Folklife. London: Greenwood Press, pp. 493-501.

2006 "Speaking Without Words: Cretan Dance at Weddings as Expression, Dialogue and Communication." Folklor Edebiyat 45 (1): 93-106.

2004 "Is King Zeus Alive? Dance Mythomusicologies in the Mountainous Crete." October 2004. Arxaiologia 92: 68-75.

V. Office Address

Director of Greek Studies

MacAlister Hall 5023

Office Telephone (F)=Fax

215-895-6143

215-895-4999 (f)

Electronic Address

[email protected]

VI. Home Address

2200 Arch St. #406

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Home Telephone (F)=Fax

(607) 351-4375

VII. Comments and Additional Information

Other interests & activities:

--Mediterranean cultural events organization & management

--Singing, dancing, poetry writing, painting & swimming