MGSA Survey of North American Institutions

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey


I. Director and Address

Professor Peter R. Brown, Chair

Lecturer Dimitri Gondicas, Executive Director

Princeton University

Program in Hellenic Studies

Humanities Programs Building, Room 107

Princeton, New Jersey 08544 USA

Telephone: (609) 258-3339

FAX: (609) 258-2137

Electronic Address: [email protected]

Website of program: http://www.princeton.edu/~hellenic



II. Profile of Modern Greek Studies Program

Year Program Established: 1979

Approximate Number of Students Enrolled (per academic term): 60

Level of Program Offered (and when established):

undergraduate level elective courses (1979)

graduate level elective courses (1995)

certificate (1989)

Ph.D. (Classical and Hellenic Studies) (1996)

Ph.D. (Near Eastern and Hellenic Studies) (pending approval)



III. Profile of Faculty

Full Time Faculty:

see http://www.princeton.edu/~hellenic/committee03_04.html



IV. Administrative and Financial Resources

Sponsoring Departments/Administrative Entities:

Program in Hellenic Studies

History Department

Classics Department

Comparative Literature Department

Near Eastern Studies Department

Political Science Department

Art & Archaeology Department

Music Department

School of Architecture

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

Advanced Modern Greek

Literature:

Myth, History, and Contemporary Experience in Modern Greek, English, and American Poetry

Literature and National Identity: Greece and the Seduction of the West

History:

Legacy of the Past: Politics, Society, and Culture in Modern Greece

Greeks, Turks, and Slavs: National Identity in the Balkans, 15th to 20th Century

Great Cities of the Greek World

The Mediterranean: 16th to 20th Century

Anthropology:

(none submitted)

Additional Areas:

Special Topics in Modern Greek Civilization

Introduction to Postclassical Greek, from the Late Antique to the Byzantine Eras

Introduction to Byzantine Civilization

Special Topics in Hellenic Studies


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