Past Events

The Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies, the University of Ljubljana, and the Ohio State University are pleased to announce the 2025 International Modern Greek Seminar for Classicists

Professor Georgios Kritikos (Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow and Harokopio University, Attica) explores the role of demotic Greek in shaping national identity, social integration of the Greek diaspora in interwar Asia Minor.

Prof Roberta Mazza discusses academic complicity in illegal papyrus trafficking, explored in her book Stolen Fragments, with a panel of experts

Prof. Felix Budelmann and Dr Saskia Peels-Matthey (both Rijksuniversiteit Groningen,) explore divine hospitality, sacred rituals, and the complex ways mortals envisioned sharing a table with the divine.

Dr. Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis uncovers the hidden histories of classical collecting within a 19th-century British-Levantine family.

Professor Barbara Graziosi (Princeton) presents Logion, an AI-driven project using NLP to aid Greek philology, exploring interdisciplinary challenges and opportunities.

Step into the haunting world of The Archeologist by Andreas Karkavitsas where ambition clashes with tradition, and an obsessive quest for ancient treasures uncovers unexpected truths about humanity and history. A seminar by Prof. Johanna Hanink.

Discover the enduring connection between Ancient and Modern Greek in Professor Jerneja Kavčič's seminar on linguistic continuity and teaching innovation.

Professor Mark Janse discusses two dialects of Cappadocian Greek, a Greek dialect from central Anatolia, thought to have vanished after 1923

Dr. Myriam Diarra (Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow and Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier), explores Greek imperial literature through the works of Galen and Lucian