MGSA Survey of North American Institutions

New York University

New York, New York

I. Directors

            Professor K. Fleming

                        Director, A.S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies

                        Director, The Center for European and Mediterranean Studies

                        Director, Graduate Studies – Hellenic Studies

 

                        Professor Liana Theodoratou

                        Director, Language and Culture Programs – Hellenic Studies

                        Director, NYU in Athens

                        Director, Undergraduate Studies – Hellenic Studies

 

 

The A.S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies

285 Mercer Street, 8th Floor

New York, NY 10003

Tel: (212) 998-3990

Fax: (212) 998-3985

 

Website: www.nyu.edu/pages/onassis

Email: [email protected]

 

Program Contact: Niki Kekos, Administrator – Hellenic Studies

 

 

II. Profile of Modern Greek Studies Program

Year Program Established: 1988

Approximate Number of Students Enrolled (per academic term): 150

Level of Program Offered (and when established):

undergraduate level elective courses (1988)

graduate level elective courses (1990)

minor concentration (1988)

B.A. (2000)

M.A. (2000)

Ph.D. (2000)

Night courses toward a language certificate (SCPS)

 

 

III. Profile of Faculty

Full-time Faculty

K. Fleming, Associate Professor, History and Hellenic Studies

Phillip Mitsis, A.S. Onassis Professor in Hellenic Culture and Civilization, Classics

Liana Theodoratou, Clinical Professor, Hellenic Studies

 

Affiliated Faculty

Karl Appuhn, Assistant Professor, History

John Chioles, Professor, Comparative Literature

Joan Bretton Connelly, Associate Professor, Fine Arts

Khaled Fahmy, Associate Professor, Middle Eastern Studies

Yanni Kotsonis, Assistant Professor, History

 

Language Lecturers

Eleftheria Astrinaki

Despina Lalaki

 

IV. Administrative and Financial Resources

Sponsoring Departments/Administrative Entities:

Alexander S. Onassis Center for Hellenic Studies

The Center for European and Mediterranean Studies - NYU

The Remarque Institute - NYU

 

Does the program offer financial support to students? Yes

Does the institution offer financial support to students? Yes

 

V. Courses Offered

Language:

Elementary Modern Greek (two terms)

Intermediate Modern Greek (two terms)

Advanced Modern Greek: Literature, Culture and Civilization (two terms)

Literature:

Modern Greek Literature in Translation

Modern Greek Poetry

Studies in 20th Century Modern Greek Literature

Directed Reading in Modern Greek Literature

History:

Modern Hellenism since 1821

The Mediterranean in World History

The Balkans since 1800: From Nationalism to Communism

Topics in Balkan History

Nationalism and Minorities in Europe

Modern Greek History

Mediterranean Europe in the 20th Century

Modern Greek Politics

Cinema:

Cinemythology: Contemporary Greek Cinema 1970-2004

Southern European Cinema

Additional Areas:

Religion and Religious Life in Byzantium

Orthodox Church and Society

Seminar in Modern Greek Culture: Modern Greek Folk Ballads

European Travelers to Greece 18th-19th Century

 

Information last updated 3/20/07

Web page last revised 4/3/08

 

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