02-01-94 Modern Greek Conference Planned

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY TO HOST CONFERENCE ON MODERN GREEK STUDIES

     COLUMBUS -- Students and scholars of modern Greek studies
are preparing for the fourth conference on Byzantine and Modern
Greek Studies: The Next Wave to be held at The Ohio State
University from Oct. 28-30.

     The conferences, held every two years since 1988, are geared
particularly toward the interests of graduate students in modern
Greek studies and provide an opportunity for scholars from many
universities to exchange ideas.  However, the conference sessions
are open to anyone who has a keen interest in the post-classical
Greek world.  There is no registration charge.

     Graduate students and recent Ph.D. recipients have been
invited to submit papers on the whole range of modern Greek
studies.  Presenters at previous conferences have been from
fields as diverse as literature, archeology, history,
linguistics, anthropology, sociology, economics, psychiatry and
architecture.  The program for the October conference will be
announced in May.

     Conference arranger Artemis Leontis said the Next Wave
conferences provide something for everyone.

     "It's a very broad conference, with multi-disciplinary
topics," she said.  "It gives graduate students a chance to
discuss their work in progress, get information about grants and
employment, learn about current research methods and practices,
and consolidate networks for future collaboration.  And it gives
young people a chance to meet informally with others in the
field."

     Leontis, an adjunct professor in Ohio State's Department of
Near Eastern, Judaic and Hellenic Languages and Literatures, said
the past three conferences have drawn attendees from across the
United States, as well as several foreign universities.

     While the focus is on graduate studies, undergraduates and
other persons interested in the subjects are welcome to attend
any of the sessions, she said.

     The biennial conferences are one example of the priority
Ohio State faculty place on graduate studies in post-classical
and modern Greek, Leontis said.  The program offers a master's
degree in modern Greek language and literature and is working
toward offering the Ph.D.  There is close collaboration with the
departments of history, comparative studies, theater, English,
linguistics and political science, through which several students
have already earned doctorates.  Past students in the program
have published four books, one edited volume, a set of poems,
four translations and some 50 articles and reviews.  They have
accepted academic positions at such respected universities as
Princeton, Harvard and Hellenic College.

     For more information about the New Wave conference or about
the program in Modern Greek Studies, contact any of these faculty
members: Vassilis Lambropoulus, (614) 292-6168; Gregory Jusdanis,
(614) 292-3785; or Artemis Leontis, (614) 292-9255.

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Contact: Artemis Leontis, (614) 292-9255 (office)
         or (614) 262-3934 (home).


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