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SMGS Graduate Research Colloquium 2023: Call for papers

Submitted by David Holton on

The Society for Modern Greek Studies calls on graduate students (research or taught) from universities in the UK and abroad to participate in its annual Graduate Research Colloquium, which this year will take place in Oxford on Saturday 17 June.

Full details can be found  in the attached document.

Proposals, including an abstract of 200 words maximum as well as a brief biographical note, should be emailed to Trisevgeni Bilia at trisevgeni.bilia@st-annes.ox.ac.uk no later than Saturday 15 April 2023.

 

15th International Graduate Student Conference in Modern Greek Studies

Submitted by David Holton on

 “Works in Progress: New Approaches”

Friday, May 5 2023

Call for Papers – Deadline February 10 2023

The Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies at Princeton University announces our Fifteenth Annual International Graduate Student Conference in Modern Greek Studies. We invite advanced doctoral candidates to submit proposals for papers on any aspect of the early modern and/or modern Greek world, from the fifteenth century to the present. This conference aims to provide a platform for a small number of outstanding doctoral students to exchange ideas with the Princeton Hellenic Studies academic community. 

 Papers for this conference may engage with topics from any discipline in the humanities or the social sciences, including but not limited to linguistics, literature, history, philosophy, visual and material culture, the creative arts, architecture, media and film, anthropology, religion, and sociology. We are especially interested in transnational and/or comparative perspectives that highlight Greece’s interactions and connections to wider cultural or geographical contexts, such as the Balkans, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and diaspora communities worldwide. Comparative and/or interdisciplinary approaches are particularly encouraged. Papers at previous conferences have addressed questions of identity, migration, gender and sexuality, contemporary politics and society, international relations, media representations, religion, diaspora, reception and translation studies, cultural memory, environment, architecture, and heritage.

 We invite submissions from doctoral candidates who are at the final stages of their dissertation work and are enrolled as graduate students at the time of the conference.

 Each selected participant will be assigned a mentor, a Hellenic Studies postdoctoral fellow, with whom to confer about their papers and preparation of their presentations, their dissertations and other research, as well as future professional opportunities.

 The conference will bring together six outstanding doctoral students for a week-long visit to Princeton, culminating in an intensive day of presentations and intellectual exchange.

 The conference will be organized as follows: Speakers will write a paper of around 5,000 words, to be circulated among the other presenters, chairs and respondents, in advance of the conference. On the day of the conference, speakers will summarize the main points of their paper in a prepared 20-minute presentation.  For each paper, a Princeton Hellenic Studies postdoctoral fellow will serve as respondent. In-depth discussion will follow.

 In addition to their participation at the conference, speakers will have the opportunity to meet with Princeton faculty, graduate students and visiting scholars, to access the Princeton Hellenic Collections, and to take part in a range of activities over the course of their week-long stay in Princeton (arrival Sunday, April 30  – departure Sunday, May 7).

 The Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies will cover participants' travel expenses (economy class) to Princeton, at the lowest available rates. Each speaker will be offered shared (double-occupancy, with another conference participant) accommodation for seven nights, as well as some meals during their stay in Princeton.

 Eligibility

We invite submissions from doctoral candidates who are enrolled as graduate students at the time of the conference and are at an advanced stage of their dissertation work.

 How To Apply

Please submit abstracts of no more than 500 words by Friday, February 10, 2023. Abstracts should include reference to the theoretical and/or methodological approach(es) employed. All words in a non-Latin script (including Greek) should be transliterated. Each abstract should be accompanied by:

 •a cover letter of no more than one page explaining how the proposed paper relates to the applicant’s dissertation, and situating the applicant’s research within his/her academic field(s)

 •curriculum vitae

 •applicant's contact information (name, current affiliation, postal and e-mail addresses, tel. nos.)

 •the name and e-mail address of an academic referee

 Receipt of all submissions will be acknowledged. Applicants will be notified by Monday, February 27, 2023 regarding acceptance. Participants will be expected to submit the full text of their papers by Friday, April 14, 2023. As noted above, papers (approximately 5,000 words) will be pre-circulated among speakers, chairs, respondents, and interested attendees. Papers should be in English, and presentations summarizing the main points must not exceed 20 minutes. Accepted applicants will be offered advice by their assigned mentors on how to structure and what to focus on in their oral presentations.

 Submissions should be e-mailed as a single PDF document to: hellenic@princeton.edu  and iasons@princeton.edu  with the subject line: “Modern Greek Studies Conference 2023 Proposal.”

 Deadline: Friday, February 10, 2023

7th European Congress of Modern Greek Studies

Submitted by David Holton on

The “7th European Congress of Modern Greek Studies”, co-organized by the European Society of Modern Greek Studies (EENS), the Austrian Society of Modern Greek Studies (ÖGNS) and the University of Vienna (Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies), will take place in Vienna from 11 to 14 September 2023.
Attached, please find the Call for Papers. The submission deadline for abstracts is 31 October 2022.
Please visit the conference website for further information:
https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2F7th-european-congress-of-modern-greek-studies.univie.ac.at%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cdwh11%40universityofcambridgecloud.onmicrosoft.com%7Ccc1ec5df5c9e4b4ec29d08dab2b23b58%7C49a50445bdfa4b79ade3547b4f3986e9%7C0%7C0%7C638018776075965045%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=x9mBKOOzRpDm265yPxmYx%2FOPrEmbSoqeOM23nDSrQeM%3D&reserved=0

100 Years of Askitiki: a two-day conference on Kazantzakis. Call for papers

Submitted by David Holton on

The Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies is delighted to announce a conference on the work of an icon of modern Greek literature, Nikos Kazantzakis.

"100 Years of Askitiki," will celebrate the centenary of the publication of his Askitiki (trans: The Saviours of God.) The conference will address many aspects of the work, and its context or interpretation, including but not limited to its presence in Kazantzakis’ other works, its reception in later Greek philosophy/politics/literature, its context (historical and autobiographical), and its interpretation.

We are pleased to confirm Professor Peter Bien, (Professor Emeritus, English and Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College) as Keynote Speaker.

Call for Papers

We invite abstract submissions for a 20-minute presentation and 10-minute Q&A from all scholars interested in Kazantzakis. To register your interest, please submit an abstract of max. 200 words to the following Microsoft Forms by October 1st, 2022:

https://forms.office.com/r/Bijn9k48Xd.

Your name and affiliation should be included. We aim to respond no later than November 15th, 2022.

For further information, please contact Dr Lewis Owens at l.owens.96@cantab.net or CCGS at ccgs@csah.cam.ac.uk.

Describing the aims of the conference, organiser Dr Lewis Owens, alumnus of Queens' College, Cambridge and former President of the U.K. branch of the International Society of Friends of Nikos Kazantzakis, said: "We encourage the discussion of the text from diverse perspectives, such as history, philosophy, comparative literature, Modern Greek literature, Classics, political studies, and others."

This one-day conference, and subsequent book, will mark Askitiki’s centennial by giving voice to the latest ideas about Kazantzakis’ work, and raising the profile of a figure who, in the words of Dr Owens, "...certainly deserves our attention."

It will be held at Queens’ College, Cambridge, on 30th June and 1st July 2023 and will follow the general outline of origins and context/text focus.

CCGS looks forward to hosting all the presenters for the entire conference, at which tea, coffee, and lunch will be provided. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer any remuneration or reimbursement for lodging or transportation.

Conference on Philhellenism and the Greek Revolution of 1821: Call for papers

Submitted by David Holton on

The British School at Athens and the National Library of Greece are organizing an International Conference with the title "Philhellenism and the Greek Revolution of 1821: Towards a Global History".

Venue: National Library of Greece, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens (SNFCC)
Dates: Wednesday 15 to Friday 17 March 2023

Full details can be found in the Call for papers, which is attached. Proposals should be sent to the Principal Organizer, Dr Michael Sotiropoulos, BSA 1821 Fellow in Modern Greek Studies, m.sotiropoulos@bsa.ac.uk.

The deadline for submissions is 31 May 2022.

Princeton Graduate Student Conference in Modern Greek Studies

Submitted by David Holton on

Fourteenth International Graduate Student Conference in Modern Greek Studies: Call for papers

“Works in Progress: New Approaches”, Friday, May 6, 2022

The Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies at Princeton University announces our Fourteenth Annual International Graduate Student Conference in Modern Greek Studies. Due to ongoing COVID-related restrictions, the 2022 conference is being planned to take place virtually, via zoom.  We invite advanced doctoral candidates to submit proposals for papers on any aspect of the early modern and/or modern Greek world, from the fifteenth century to the present. This conference aims to provide a platform for a small number of outstanding doctoral students to exchange ideas with the Princeton Hellenic Studies academic community. 

In addition to their participation at the conference, speakers will have the opportunity to virtually confer with Princeton faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students. Each selected participant will be assigned a mentor, a Hellenic Studies postdoctoral fellow, with whom to confer about their presentations, their dissertations and other research, as well as future professional opportunities.

Papers for this conference may engage with topics from any discipline in the humanities or the social sciences, including but not limited to linguistics, literature, history, philosophy, visual and material culture, the creative arts, architecture, media and film, anthropology, religion, and sociology. We are especially interested in transnational and/or comparative perspectives that highlight modern Greece’s links to wider cultural or geographical contexts, such as the Balkans, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and diaspora communities worldwide. Comparative and/or interdisciplinary approaches are particularly encouraged. Papers at previous conferences have addressed questions of identity, migration, gender and sexuality, contemporary politics and society, international relations, media representations, religion, diaspora, reception and translation studies, cultural memory, and heritage.

The conference will be organized as follows: Speakers will write a paper of around 5,000 words, which will be circulated among the other presenters, chairs and respondents, in advance of the conference. On the day of the conference, speakers will summarize the main points of their paper in a prepared 15-minute presentation.  For each paper, a Princeton Hellenic Studies postdoctoral fellow will serve as respondent. In-depth discussion will follow.

Eligibility

We invite submissions from doctoral candidates who are enrolled as graduate students at the time of the conference and are at an advanced stage of their dissertation work.

How To Apply

Please submit abstracts of no more than 500 words by Friday, March 4, 2022. Abstracts should include reference to the theoretical and/or methodological approach(es) employed. All words in a non-Latin script (including Greek) should be transliterated. Each abstract should be accompanied by:

•a cover letter of no more than one page explaining how the proposed paper relates to the applicant’s dissertation, and situating the applicant’s research within his/her academic field(s)

 •curriculum vitae

 •applicant's contact information (name, current affiliation, postal and e-mail addresses, tel. nos.)

•the name and e-mail address of an academic referee

Receipt of all submissions will be acknowledged. Applicants will be notified by Monday, March 21, 2022 regarding acceptance. Participants will be expected to submit the full text of their papers by Friday, April 22, 2022. As noted above, papers (approximately 5,000 words) will be pre-circulated among speakers, chairs, respondents, and interested attendees. Papers should be in English, and presentations summarizing the main points must not exceed 15 minutes. Accepted applicants will be offered advice on how to structure and what to focus on in their oral presentations.

Submissions should be e-mailed as a single PDF document to: hellenic@princeton.edu  and grace.monk@princeton.edu with the subject line: “Modern Greek Studies Conference 2022 Proposal.”

Deadline: Friday, March 4, 2022

Conference on Andreas Karkavitsas and his times: Call for papers

Submitted by The Society on

The Municipal Library of Lechaina and the Association of Supporters of the Municipal Library, under the auspices of the Municipality of Andravida-Kyllini, are organizing an international conference entitled "Andreas Karkavitsas and his Times: Literature, Language, Politics". It will take place at Lechaina, the birthplace of Karkavitsas, from 4 to 6 November 2022. A call for papers has now been issued. Full details of the thematic axes of the conference are included in the attached documents, which are in Greek and English. The deadline for the submission of proposals is  31 March 2022.

Conference "THE GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE AMERICAS"

Submitted by Regina Karousou... on

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

Conference

 

"THE GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE AMERICAS"

 

November 12-13, 2021

 

Princeton University and Columbia University in the City of New York

 

 

Princeton University's Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies and the Department of History at Columbia University invite scholars at all stages of their careers to submit proposals for individual papers to be given at a two-day international history conference scheduled for Friday to Saturday, November 12-13, 2021. The conference will explore the social, political, cultural and economic interconnections between the Greek War of Independence and the Americas.

 

The conference, which participates in global bicentennial celebrations of the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821, is intended to further historical thinking connecting histories of an age of revolutions on multiple continents. It may lend itself to work in a comparative vein or comparisons may arise through discussion of intensive case studies. The organizers anticipate work that fuels rethinking sovereignty, peoplehood, and a world of nations and empires through actors and processes.

 

Themes to be explored include: models of revolution in the Americas in rethinking the Greek Independence struggle; the liberal international moment of the 1820s in southern Europe and connections with the independence movements in South America; attitudes within Greece towards the Americas and the move to independence in the western hemisphere; questions of republics and slavery composed by African-Americans in 1820s; response to the slavery question in the Morea. Approaches to foreign and economic affairs including intervention and non-intervention policies developed in the Americas, such as the Monroe Doctrine and the policy of states in the Americas toward an independent Greece; the rise of an international market for sovereign debt and the debt boom/bust of the 1820s; economic and technological aspects of American involvement including steamship purchases; the suppression of piracy; the involvement of Protestant missions; the rescue of Greek orphans. Intellectual history and cultural and artistic responses, such as international Benthamism and radical constitutionalism; novel approaches to philhellenes of the Western Hemisphere, including classicizing political thought (e.g., Jefferson, Koraes); and the impact of philhellenism on American life, culture, and institutions (e.g., the cases of Francis Lieber and Samuel Gridley Howe); rethinking American philhellenes in Greece; the circulation of memoirs, journalism, captive and travel literature and the literary representation of the Greek war in the United States; memories of 1821 and Greek-American life over the following century and a half.

 

The conference is intended to meet over two sequential days, one each at the respective campuses of the hosting institutions.  If the conference is held in person as planned, speakers selected will be provided four nights lodging (2 nights in Princeton, 2 nights in New York City, booked on their behalf) and reimbursement of a fixed amount toward travel expenses. Selected participants should however be prepared for possible changes in the modality of the conference, if continuing public health and safety concerns prevail against or limit physical assembly. Health and safety concerns might even dictate a change in the dates of the conference. The organizers commit to making a decision in good time regarding modality.  Speakers should not purchase tickets for travel that are not fully refundable, until they are notified by the organizers to do so.  Should the conference be held virtually or in hybrid mode, there will be no reimbursements towards unexecuted travel expenses, and should the conference be held in person on different dates, there be will no reimbursement for travel arrangements made with respect to the original dates.

 

Deadline for proposals is Monday, February 8, 2021. Applicants should submit an abstract of no longer than 300 words and a one-page summary curriculum vitae to Sara Brooks (sbrooks@princeton.edu), Secretary to the Program Committee.

 

Program Committee: Dimitri Gondicas (Princeton University); Jeremy Adelman (Princeton University); Natasha Wheatley (Princeton University); Peter Wirzbicki (Princeton University); Mark Mazower (Columbia University); Konstantina Zanou (Columbia University); Kostas Kostis (University of Athens)

 

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