Wednesday, October 7, 2015
The 24th Symposium of the US-based Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA) is scheduled to take place October 15-18, 2015, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Louis Ruprecht, Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies at Georgia State University, will host the event. Yannis Hamilakis, Professor of Archaeology at Southampton University, UK will give the keynote address on Friday, October 16, headed "The Archaeo-Politics of a Crisis".
The MGSA is a scholarly organization for Modern Greek studies in North America, founded in 1968.
It is interdisciplinary, covering language, history, politics, economics, society, and the arts of modern Greece, broadly defined.
The MGSA sponsors the Journal of Modern Greek Studies, a scholarly periodical that focuses exclusively on modern Greece. MGSA’s biennial symposia are a focus for scholars of modern Greece in North America and around the world.
It is interdisciplinary, covering language, history, politics, economics, society, and the arts of modern Greece, broadly defined.
The MGSA sponsors the Journal of Modern Greek Studies, a scholarly periodical that focuses exclusively on modern Greece. MGSA’s biennial symposia are a focus for scholars of modern Greece in North America and around the world.