Initiatives

Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture

Transhistorical and cross-disciplinary explorations of aspects of Greek literature and culture from the fifteenth century to postmodernity. Presentations, which vary in theoretical approach, situate Modern Greek studies within comparative contexts: ancient and medieval Greece, Western, Balkan, and Mediterranean cultures.
This seminar is open to the public.

Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture Archive

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Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

This new seminar functions as a forum for lectures and intellectual exchanges on cultural politics across disciplines and national or historical boundaries. The main focus of the seminar is on European cultural politics in the era of globalization. Synchronic as well as diachronic explorations of current debates on the tensions between hegemonizing and marginal, local, or minor cultural discourses are presented and commented upon by policy makers and scholars in a variety of fields including: critical theory, philosophy, anthropology, political science, history, and law.

This seminar is open to the public.