PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies
Seventeenth International Graduate Student Conference
IN MODERN GREEK STUDIES
“Works in Progress: New Approaches”
Friday, May 2, 2025
Scheide Caldwell House, Room 103
9:45 a.m. WELCOME
Dimitri Gondicas (Princeton University)
10:00 a.m. PANEL I: ON THE MARGINS
Chair: Nikos Panou (Princeton University)
Orestis Tzirtzilakis (University of Oxford) Abstract & Bio
“Dionysios Solomos and the Archives of Hysteria”
Respondent: Alberto Ravani (Princeton University)
Karmen Misiou (European University Institute) Abstract & Bio
"Beyond Backlash: Unveiling Identity Transformations in the Face of Institutional Discrimination”
Respondent: Maria Kotsoni (Princeton University)
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. PANEL II: BELOW THE SURFACE
Chair: Molly Greene (Princeton University)
Nikos Sgouromallis (University of Athens) Abstract & Bio
“The Aesthetics of Satire: Themos Anninos and the Visual Culture of 19th-Century Literary Magazines”
Respondent: Tomos Evans (Princeton University)
Elati Pontikopoulou-Venieri (European University Institute) Abstract & Bio
"Ariadne’s Thread: Submarine Telegraph Connections of the Island of Crete (1850s – 1900s)”
Respondent: Sada Payir (Princeton University)
3:30 p.m. Coffee Break
4:00 p.m. PANEL III: TEMPORAL DRAG
Chair: Lisa Davis (Princeton University)
Yannis Tournikiotis (Sorbonne University) Abstract & Bio
“La Villa grecque Kérylos: A Dream of the Greek House or of Archaeological Knowledge?”
Respondent: Peter Boudreau (Princeton University)
Io Chaviara (Panteion University) Abstract & Bio
“Laughter and the National Self in the Greek Crisis: The Case of PASOK-Themed Parties”
Respondent: George Mantzios (Princeton University)
6:00 p.m. Reception
Program Committee
Peter Boudreau, Hellenic Studies
Kathleen Crown, Humanities
Elizabeth Davis, Anthropology
Karen Emmerich, Comparative Literature
Tomos Evans, Hellenic Studies
Dimitri Gondicas, Humanities and Hellenic Studies
Molly Greene, History and Hellenic Studies
Sam Holzman, Art & Archaeology and Hellenic Studies
Soo-Young Kim, Writing Program
Maria Kotsoni, SPIA and Hellenic Studies
George Mantzios, Hellenic Studies
Nikos Panou, Hellenic Studies
Sada Payir, Hellenic Studies
Alberto Ravani, Hellenic Studies
Effie Rentzou, French and Italian
Secretary to the Program Committee: Katerina Lamprou, Architecture
Supported by the Michael George Mazarakis Modern Greek Studies Fund