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The Program in Hellenic Studies offers an undergraduate curriculum in Modern Greek and Greek Diaspora Studies, interdepartmental support for graduate students working on Greece and the Balkans, and a series of events and conferences for the larger academic and Greek communities in the New York area. Under the auspices of the Classics Department, the Program allows students to study Greece through a contemporary lens and prepares them for further academic study and later professional work in the field. Students are encouraged to study in Greece in the summer and during their Junior year. The curriculum aims to build a strong linguistic base, a knowledge of the field, and a theoretical framework for analyzing cultural difference more generally.

Upcoming Events

Recent News

January 15, 2025

Dimitris Antoniou Interviewed by TA NEA

TA NEA journalist Efi Falida interviewed Lecturer in Hellenic Studies and SNFPHI Associate Director Dimitris Antoniou about SNFPHI, its activities, and the challenges that artists, educators, and community leaders pursuing public humanities projects currently face in Greece.

December 18, 2024

Karen Van Dyck receives Honorary Greek Citizenship

We are excited to share that our very own Karen Van Dyck, Kimon A. Doukas Professor of Modern Greek Language and Literature, was sworn in as an honorary Greek citizen last week!

Athanasios Balermpas, Secretary General of the Ministry of the Interior, stated: "Karen Van Dyck, Professor at Columbia University, was sworn in yesterday, honorably naturalized for her contribution to the country. Karen has contributed significantly to the promotion of modern Greek literature in the English-speaking world. We welcome her with honor and pride as our fellow citizen."

October 17, 2024

New Book by Stathis Gourgouris

Stathis Gourgouris's recently published book, Nothing Sacred, is a call to action for reconceptualizing humanism and democracy as creative sources of emancipatory meaning, from the immediate political sphere to planetary ways of living.

Read more in an interview with Columbia News here

Contact

Stathis Gourgouris

Director of the Program in Hellenic Studies   
Classics/ English/ ICLS
608 Hamilton Hall, New York, NY 10027
+1 212 854 3902
[email protected]

Nikolas P. Kakkoufa

Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Classics
617A Hamilton Hall, New York, NY 10027
+1 212 854 3902
[email protected]

Eleni Gizas

Program Coordinator, Hellenic Studies
Department of Classics
617 Hamilton Hall, New York, NY 10027
+1 212 851 0297
[email protected]


Photo credits

Ο Καραγκιόζης στην Αμερική: του καραγκιοζοπαίχτη Δημήτρη Μανωλόπουλου; Stamps, from the Private collection of Neni Panourgia; Photo: Drapetsona, Petros Gourgouris (2014); Ρακένδυτοι: Σχέδια του Ραλλή Κοψίδη σχολιασμένα ποιητικά. Εκδόσεις Φαρφουλάς. Αθήνα, 2019; Giannis Stavrou, Private Collection (Athens); Καραγκιοζολόγιο (τεύχος 6, χειμώνας 2018); Kosmas Stathis, Private Collection (Athens).