MGSA Survey of North American Institutions

Yale University

New Haven, CT

I. Directors and Addresses

Stathis Kalyvas

Co-Director

Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science

8 Prospect Place

Yale University

New Haven, Ct 06520

(203) 432-5386

[email protected]

John Geanakoplos

Co-Chair, Hellenic Studies Program

James Tobin Professor of Economics

Director of Cowles Foundation

30 HLH

Yale University

New Haven, CT 06520

(203) 432-3397

Website of program: http://www.yale.edu/ycias/hsp/owl.html

Website of course listings: http://www.yale.edu/ycpo/ycps/E-L/hellst.html

Program contact: [email protected]

Phone: (203) 432-3423

Fax: (203) 432-5963

II. Profile of Hellenic Studies Program

Year Program Established: 2001

Approximate Number of Students Enrolled (per academic term): 40

Level of Program Offered (and when established):

Undergraduate level elective courses (2001)

Hellenic Studies Major (through Classics Department) (2002)

III. Profile of Faculty

Full Time Faculty:

George Syrimis, Associate Program Chair, Lecturer in Comparative Literature, [email protected]

Christine Philliou, Lecturer in History, [email protected]

Christina Katsougiannopoulou-Ewald, Post-doctoral Fellow

Visiting Lecturers:

Dr. Stathis Gourgouris, Fall 2001

Dr. Anna Stavrakopoulou, Spring 2002

Dr. Anastasia Karakasidou, Fall 2002

Dr. Cristina Katsougiannopoulou-Ewald, Spring 2003

IV. Administrative and Financial Resources

Sponsoring Departments/Administrative Entities:

European Studies Council at the Yale Center for International and Area Studies

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 (one term)

Additional Areas:

Greece and the Modern Imagination, Stathis Gourgouris, Fall 2001

Mediterranean Folktales, Anna Stavrakopoulou, Spring 2002

Greek Poetry and Song since 1800, George Syrimis, Fall 2002

Cultures, Histories, and Passions in South East Europe, Anastasia
Karakasidou, Fall 2002

Birth, Baptism, Marriage, Death: Aspects of Byzantine and Modern Greek
Private Life, Christina Katsougiannopoulou-Ewald, Spring 2003

The Poetry of C. P. Cavafy, George Syrimis, Fall 2003

Mother, Daughter, Empress, Nun: Women's Lives in the Eastern Mediterranean, Christina Katsougiannopoulou-Ewald, Fall 2003

The Ottoman Empire, Christine Philliou, Fall 2004

Mythologies of Hellenism, George Syrimis, Spring 2005

Modern Greece, Hellenism, and Turkey, Christine Philliou, Spring 2005

The Modern Olympics, Theodore Bromund

VI. Multimedia Development Projects

Electronic Pictionary

The project is based on the flash-cards method of vocabulary acquisition and has Greek-English and English to Greek pathways. Besides the basic vocabulary the data base will gradually expand to include pictures for all or most nouns, sentences for all verbs, as well as audio reinforcement of both vocabulary and sentences. Ultimately, students would be able to pick and choose from the entire data-base according to 1) chapter units, 2) part of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.), 3) thematic units (family, travel, public services, food, etc.). the project is intended for students of Elementary Modern Greek. Projected date of completion by September 2003.

Conceived and designed by George Syrimis and assisted by Christina Katsougiannopoulou-Ewald. Technical assistance from Vincent Cangiano at the Center for Language Study at Yale University.

Video Clips Set “IKONES”

The project involves short five minute video selections in Greek from Greek cinema and television. Assignments focus initially on comprehension with multiple choice questions and on writing where students will be asked to respond to specific questions. Students will be provided with extra vocabulary lists for each clip as needed. The project is intended for students of Intermediate Modern Greek. Projected date of completion by September 2003.

Conceived and designed by George Syrimis and assisted by Christina Katsougiannopoulou-Ewald. Technical assistance from Vincent Cangiano at the Center for Language Study at Yale University.

Poetry and Music Anthology

The project involves a wide selection of Greek poetry and music enhanced by biographical notes, short film clips, Greek art images, historical notes, as well as maps. It is intended to provide the students with the basic background on Greek poetry and music as well as a basic chronology of Greek history. The material will be organized around specific historical periods, poets and/or composers, formative cultural phenomena (Tsamikos, Zeibekiko, etc). There will be four to five sample presentations where the material will be organized in powerpoint format and give the student a model on how the material can be assembled for short in-class presentations. Once all the material is upload and linked, exercises will be developed to guide the student through the material and assign audio and written homework. The primary language will be Greek with additional vocabulary lists for difficult texts. The project can eventually be translated into English for a wider audience interested in Greek poetry and music. The project is intended for students of Advanced Modern Greek. Initially the project will be designed as a webpage. The advantage of a webpage is that it can be easily updated and modified though memory limitations may make the project slow and cumbersome. The alternative format could be a CD-ROM which would make the anthology much faster but not renewable.

Conceived and designed by George Syrimis and assisted by Christina Katsougiannopoulou-Ewald. Technical assistance from Vincent Cangiano at the Center for Language Study at Yale University.

Dynamic Images of Byzantine Church Interiors

A collection of three-dimensional images of interiors of Byzantine churches in Greece. The collection will be part of the website for the course “crossroads of European Civilization,” taught by Maria Georgopoulou.

Conceived and designed by Maria Georgopoulou and assisted by Vassilis Marinis.

Information last updated 9/28/04

Web page last revised 10/07/04

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