MGSA Survey of University Faculty and Administrators

Dr. Gonda A. H. Van Steen

Associate Professor of Classics and Modern Greek

Director of the Modern Greek Program

The University of Arizona

Department of Classics

I. Degrees

Ph.D., 1995 Princeton University (Department of Classics, Program in Hellenic Studies)

M.A., 1992 Princeton University (Classics and Hellenic Studies)

B.A., University of Ghent, Belgium (Classical Philology)

Teaching Certificate, University of Ghent (Classical Philology)

II. Areas of Specialization

Ancient Greek literature, especially drama

Early Byzantine and Modern Greek language and literature

Performance, reception, and gender studies

Cultural history of Greece since 1821

Language instruction and pedagogy

Study abroad programs in Greece

III. Courses Taught in Modern Greek Studies

Modern Greek Language (beginning through advanced)

Byzantine Greek: Readings in Byzantine Greek Literature

Critical Introductions to Greek Theater and Cinema

Modern Greek Interpretations of Ancient Drama

The Ancient City in the Modern Greek Artistic Imagination

America, Antiquity, and Modern Greece

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

Venom in Verse: Aristophanes in Modern Greece. Princeton University Press, 2000

Guest editor JMGS 20, no. 2 (2002): "Greek Worlds, Ancient and Modern."

Articles on ancient, Byzantine, and modern Greek literature (especially drama), Greek feminism, and Greek numismatics.

(Updated CV or list of publications available upon request to [email protected])

V. Office Address

The University of Arizona

Department of Classics

Learning Services Bld. 203

1512 E. First Street

Tucson, AZ 85721-0105

Office Telephone (F)=Fax

520-621-7421

520-621-3678 (F)

Electronic Address

[email protected] (preferred and most reliable)

VI. Home Address

(no information submitted)

Home Telephone (F)=Fax

(no information submitted)

VII. Comments and Additional Information

Consult also http://www.coh.arizona.edu/classics

Information revised September 12, 2005

Web page revised September 12, 2005

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