Vassilis Lambropoulos Essays

The Vassilis Lambropoulos Essays

on New Directions in Modern Greek Studies

The annual Vassilis Lambropoulos Essays provide new perspectives on the state of the field and its most promising innovations and opportunities. The endowed series honors Vassilis Lambropoulos, the first C.P. Cavafy Professor of Modern Greek and Comparative Literature, who directed the Modern Greek Program at the University of Michigan from 1999 to 2018. Thus it joins the past and future of Modern Greek Studies.

Credits: “Eleftheria / Freedom” mural (10/26/16) by Cacao Rocks with UM students in ClCiv 121 “Writing on the Wall” and their instructor. The mural was completed on October 26, 2016 and and can be seen at the corner of S. University and S. Thayer St., Ann Arbor. Cacao Rocks was a featured guest of the Global Graffiti Project organized by the UM Modern Greek Program and Institute for the Humanities (record.umich.edu). Background photo: Corfu (7/5/15) by Artemis Leontis.