The Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA), founded in 1968, is an American-based, non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of modern Greek studies in the United States and Canada.
Interdisciplinary in orientation, it seeks to stimulate the discovery and diffusion of knowledge about the language, arts, history, politics, economy and society of modern Greece. Its membership, which currently exceeds four hundred, consists primarily of teachers, students, and professional scholars; it also includes many other individuals who are actively concerned with modern Greece.
MGSA defines its scope broadly to include not only post-independence Greece but also the period of Ottoman rule and the later Byzantine Empire, as well as those aspects of early Byzantine, Hellenistic and Classical times that have a bearing on the modern period.
MGSA's activities since its foundation have been extensive. It has convened international symposia and summer seminars, has issued periodical publications and has produced a number of significant volumes on Greek history and literature. It also serves as an information and communications center for all persons seriously interested in the study of modern Greece.
