Modern Greek Studies Seminars

This seminar series seeks to explore key themes in Modern Greek Studies through a global, interdisciplinary, and self-reflexive lens. Providing a forum for scholars coming from different disciplines and working in the field (broadly conceived), it aims to situate the Greek experience within broader transnational contexts, interrogate established narratives, and foster critical dialogue across disciplines. The seminar series is open to all.

Time and venue

Seminars usually take place once a month, on Thursdays, 4.15-6pm, in the Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway4 Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG. Exceptions are highlighted below.

Mailing list

You can join the a mailing list to receive information about the seminars by emailing the organisers, Dr Michalis Sotiropoulos (msotirop@ed.ac.uk) and Dr Katerina Stergiopoulou (K.Stergio@ed.ac.uk).

Semester 1 2026/27

DateSpeakerTopicNotes
Thu 24 SepDr Foteini Dimirouli (University of Oxford), with Benjamin Bateman (University of Edinburgh) as respondentBook Event: ’C. P. Cavafy in the English and American literary scenes: Authorizing the other’ 
Thu 29 OctProfessor Nicholas Doumanis (University of Illinois Chicago)‘The Modern Greek Diaspora “from Below”: The case of the Anglosphere, 1890s-1970s’ 
Wed 25 NovProfessor Yannis Hamilakis (Brown University)'From the Acropolis to Moria (and back): Archaeology, race, and unfinished histories'

5.10-6pm, Teviot Lecture Theatre (Doorway 5, Old Medical School) 

Co-sponsored by the Classics Seminar

Thu 26 NovProfessor Gonda Van Steen (King’s College London), Dr Joseph La Hausse de Lalouvière (University of Edinburgh), and Professor Aristidis Hatzis (University of Athens)Forum: ‘Revolutions at 200: Bicentenaries, historiography, and the politics of commemoration’ 

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Find out what else is on

The School of History, Classics and Archaeology offers an exciting programme of seminars across many subjects areas. Visit the research seminars website to find out what else is happening.

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