MGSA Survey of North American Institutions

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California

I. Director and Address

Professor Martha Klironomos

Center for Modern Greek Studies, The Nikos Kazantzakis Chair

College of Humanities

1600 Holloway Avenue

San Francisco, California 94132 USA

Telephone: (415) 338-1892

FAX: (415) 338-0932

Electronic Address: [email protected]

Website of program: http://www.sfsu.edu/~modgreek

II. Profile of Modern Greek Studies Program

Year Program Established: 1981

Approximate Number of Students Enrolled (per academic term): 50

Level of Program Offered (and when established):

Undergraduate level courses (1981)

Interdisciplinary Minor in Modern Greek Studies (2004)

College of Extended Learning, elective courses (1998)

III. Profile of Faculty

Full Time Faculty:

Martha Klironomos, Professor of English and Director of the Center for Modern Greek Studies (1996-present)

IV. Administrative and Financial Resources

Does the program offer financial support to students? The Thanasis Maskaleris scholarship for students pursuing Modern Greek Studies at San Francisco State University has been established.

Does the institution offer financial support to students? Yes

V. Courses Offered

Language:

Elementary Modern Greek (two terms)

Intermediate Modern Greek

Advanced Modern Greek

Modern Greek Conversation

Literature:

Modern Greek Literature (in the original and in translation)

Modern Greek Poetry

Kazantzakis

Greek American Literature

Greek Film and Literature

History:

Byzantine Empire

Greece and the Balkans

Anthropology:

Contemporary Greece

Greek Folk Culture

Folk Culture of Crete

Additional Areas:

British and American Travel Literature to Greece

Biography of A City: Athens

Information last updated 1/15/07

Web page last revised 1/22/07

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