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UF - Center for Greek Studies

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Pan Papacosta and Karelisa Hartigan believed that students at the University of Florida might be interested in learning the Modern Greek language. They offered an introductory course two evenings a week. Their belief was correct: if Greek is offered, the students will come. Throughout the next year, Drs. Papacosta, Hartigan, and Leonidas Polopolus worked tirelessly to create the Center for Greek S

tudies. Again, they were successful: the Florida Board of Regents approved the establishment of a Type II Center. Thus was born the University of Florida's Center for Greek Studies, the only such center in the state of Florida and, indeed, in the Southeast of the United States. The Center was inaugurated in May 1981, in a ceremony attended by then-consul Mr. Dimitrios Tsikouris and other prominent members of the Greek community. In the fall of 1981, the Center hired Dr. Aristotle Michopoulos, who taught a full range of Modern Greek language courses. He worked with Drs. Polopolus and Hartigan to spread the word about the Center throughout the state of Florida. Through the ever-growing generosity of Greek-Americans across the state and beyond, the Center has flourished. Years later, the Center hired Dr. Robert Wagman to teach Greek as well as many Classics courses. Dr. Wagman coordinated the Center’s multi-disciplinary course, “Greece Yesterday and Today,” in which all of the Center’s faculty have participated and which regularly attracts more than one hundred students. In the fall of 1995, Mr. Kontaridis started teaching as an Adjunct Lecturer in Greek Studies. He, too, added many students to the Greek language courses. In 2000, the Department of Classics and the Center for Greek Studies appointed Dr. Kostas Kapparis to a newly created position. Dr. Kapparis, who holds degrees from the University of Crete and the University of Glasgow, became the Center’s Associate Director two year later. In 2009, the University of Florida and the Center filled the Cassas Chair in Greek Studies and hired Dr. Gonda Van Steen, who currently also serves as Executive Director of the Modern Greek Studies Association of North America (www.mgsa.org). The Center made a junior appointment by bringing Dr. Eleni Bozia on board as Assistant Professor with specialties in Classics, Digital Humanities, and Modern Greek. Dr. Tom Kostopoulos continues to enrich our curriculum by offering courses on Modern Greek history and politics. Recently, Adjunct George Topalidis joined the ranks with his specialization in Greek-American History and the history of the Greeks of Florida. In 1979, Drs. Papacosta and Hartigan could never have dreamed that their "little class" would develop into a Center that has since brought hundreds of students to its courses and programs. And the Center is still growing! If you want to contribute to the Center’s success story and to its permanent growth, please contact Gonda Van Steen at [email protected] or 001-352-273-3796. We look forward to working with you!

08/03/2023

🎉To celebrate the release of an encyclopedia about the Roman historian Tacitus, written and edited by Victoria Pagán from UF Classics, here's a Tacitus-themed crossword puzzle! Come back tomorrow for the answer key.
Check out our full story here:
https://news.clas.ufl.edu/a-new-roman-encyclopedia/
Answers to the crossword are hidden here, if you search hard enough:
https://people.clas.ufl.edu/vepagan/about-the-project/

02/16/2023

01/23/2023

Home | Uf In Rome Program highlights, week 1 Program highlights, week 2 View the slideshow

11/09/2022

Congratulations to Anastasia Pantazopoulou () for the successful defense of her PhD dissertation on Monday morning! We’re so excited and happy for her!

10/25/2022

Are you interested in graduate school for Classics? Know someone who is? Check out the details here for UF Classics' fully-funded graduate program for both MAs and PhDs.

10/25/2022

Notice of Public PhD Defense: Join us on Monday, November 7, from 10am-12pm, for the dissertation defense of Anastasia Pantazopoulou. The public is welcome to attend the event in Dauer 125 or via Zoom (please DM for details). The title of the dissertation is “Identity Performance on Euripides and Contemporary North American ‘Stages.’ Spatial Dynamics in the Shaping and Interpretation of the Other.”

09/01/2022

Check out this event at 9am on Sept. 10 "Assessing The Ethnic Groups Of The Late Ottoman Empire Through A Decolonial Lens." Details and a registration link can be found on the website:

Assessing the Ethnic Groups of the Late Ottoman Empire through a Decolonial Lens « All Events Assessing the Ethnic Groups of the Late Ottoman Empire through a Decolonial Lens September 10 at 9:00 am Saturday, September 10, 2022 9 a.m. Registration Link The symposium will bring together junior and senior scholars whose research reexamines the political and social events that ...

09/01/2022

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05/25/2022

Check out the photo album from the Spring 2022 Awards Ceremony!

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03/03/2022

Spring 2022 scholarship applications are now open! See here for more details and application instructions: https://cgs.classics.ufl.edu/scholarships/

07/21/2021

Missing Greece this summer? It’s always a great time to visit Tarpon Springs, Florida, a small town rich in its Greek-American community. Grab a gyro, spot some sea sponges, and partake in a little bit of Greece in Florida!

04/28/2021

Two weeks ago, we honored our Spring 2021 UF Classics graduates as well as all of our 2021 Center for Greek Studies scholarship recipients in a virtual awards ceremony. Congratulations to everyone!

03/03/2021

Are you a University of Florida undergraduate taking Greek, Latin, or Classics courses? Then have we got news for you! The UF Center for Greek Studies has a wide range of scholarships available this spring. The deadline to apply is March 18, and you can message us for the application!

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