Useful Links for Modern Greek Studies

THE TOP HELLENIC/MODERN GREEK STUDIES PROGRAMS IN THE U.S.

PROGRAMS AT PUBLIC COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES

• Ohio State University, Department of Classics. Hosts the “Modern Greek Program” (established in the 1970s in collaboration with members of the Greek community in Columbus).
• Queens College CUNY.  Hosts the “Center for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies” (established 1974).
• University of California, Berkeley. Hosts the “Nikos Kazantzakis Visiting Scholar Program at the UC Berkeley Modern Greek and Hellenic Studies Program.”
• University of Florida, Gainesville.  Hosts the “Center for Greek Studies” (established 1980).
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.  Hosts the “Modern Greek Program,” with the C. P. Cavafy Professorship (endowed by the Foundation of Modern Greek Studies in 1999).
• University of Missouri, St. Louis.  Hosts the “Nicholas and Theodora Matsakis Hellenic Culture Center,” with the Hellenic Government-Karakas Foundation Professorship in Greek Studies (established 2008).

PROGRAMS AT PRIVATE COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES

• Brown University.  Hosts a “Modern Greek Studies Program,” with the Goltsos Lectureship in Modern Greek Language (established 2002).
• Columbia University.   Hosts a “Program in Neohellenic Studies,” with regular significant funding from the Niarchos Foundation (program established 1988).
• Georgetown University.  Hosts a “Modern Greek Language Program” (established 1966).
• Harvard University.  Hosts a “Program of Modern Greek Studies,” with the George Seferis Chair of Modern Greek Studies (established 1977).
• Loyola Marymount University, Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts.  Hosts the “Basil P. Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Studies” (established 1980).
• New York University.  Hosts the “A. S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies” (established 1987).
• Princeton University.  Hosts the “Program in Hellenic Studies,” and significantly funded by the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund (established 1979).
• Yale University.  Hosts the “Hellenic Studies Program,” supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for Hellenic Studies at Yale (program established 2001).

MAJOR U.S. SCHOLARLY & PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Byzantine Studies Association of North America.
• Modern Greek Studies Association.   A major gateway for initiatives, resources, and directories in the field of Modern Greek Studies, broadly defined.

KEY HELLENIC ORGANIZATIONS

• American Foundation for Greek Language & Culture (AFGLC) 
• American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA)
• Greek America Foundation
• Hellenic American Leadership Council
• Hellenic Federation of New Jersey

MAJOR FOUNDATIONS SUPPORTING HELLENIC STUDIES

• A. G. Leventis Foundation 
• Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation 
• Stavros Niarchos Foundation