MODERN GREEK HISTORY

Modern Greek History
G57.1124  4 points.
Examines how the major developments in modern European history from the Enlightenment and state formation to the post-1945 era were manifested in “peripheral” and “small” European nation-states by using Greece as a case study.

Topics in Balkan History
G57.1506  4 points.
Primarily concerned with the emergence and persistence of nationalism in the Balkans. Explores the commonalities and differences between Balkan and European nationalist theory and practice. 

European Travelers to Greece, 18th-19th Centuries
G57.1507  4 points.
The changing image of Greece and the Greeks in the Balkans and the Near East in European travel literature between the 1700s and the early 1900s. 

Mediterranean Europe in the 20th Century
G57.2503  4 points.
Discusses the ways in which individual countries of Mediterranean Europe experienced similar patterns of political and social change and the extent to which a common and distinct overall pattern of historical evolution in Mediterranean Europe emerged in the 20th century.
 

MODERN GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Modern Greek Poetry of the 20th Century
G27.1142  Taught in modern Greek. 4 points.
Introduction to representative modern Greek poets of this century, including Cavafy, Sikelianos, Karyotakis, Seferis, Ritsos, Elytis, Galanaki, Laina, and Dimoula, through close reading of selected works. Considers the relation of the works to their historical, cultural, and comparative context.

Studies in 20th-Century Modern Greek Literature
G27.1145  Variable content course. 4 points.
Topics of 20th-century poetry and prose of a specialized nature in comparative perspective; individual authors; and specialized topics on individual authors and movements.

Topics in Literature and Contemporary Culture: Modern Greek Poetry/Poiesis
G29.3925  4 points.
Selective examination of nation, representation, language, and gender in the development of poetry and the configuration of collective identity in Greece and its diaspora from the beginnings of the nation-state to the present.

MODERN GREEK CULTURE

Poetics of Oral Composition
G27.1144  4 points.
Analysis and classification of the concepts of “formula” and “formulaic” and other tools of improvisation used in folk songs, which are by definition oral poetry, with emphasis on Homer’s epics.

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Topics in Modern Greek Politics
G53.2530  4 points.
Focuses on political institutions and the political process in Greece. Particular attention is given to the state, political parties, and interest groups. The approach is historical and analytical.

BYZANTINE HISTORY

History of Byzantium I, 284-867
G57.1503  4 points.
Historical development of East Rome, from the foundation of Constantinople to the rise of the Macedonian Dynasty. The construction of a Christian empire, the dialogue of pagan and Christian cultural forms, the challenge of Islam, the growth of a multicultural empire.

History of Byzantium II, 867-1453
G57.1504  4 points.
Byzantium from the Macedonian Dynasty to the fall of Constantinople. The growth of a landed aristocracy, humanism, relations with the Slavs and Western Europe, Seljuq Anatolia, and the persistence of Hellenic cultural and administrative forms.

Seminar: Topics in Byzantine History
G57.3025  4 points.
Close reading of primary and secondary source material concerning selected topics in the history of Byzantium.

Seminar: Readings in Medieval Greek Sources
G57.3116  Prerequisites: two or more years of college-level Greek and permission of the instructor. 4 points.
Analysis of medieval Greek primary source material, with special attention to building philological and paleographic skills. Sources examined vary each year.

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