Modern Greece:

Language, Literature, Culture

Links of Interest

Aiyina (Aegina) Harbor, 2004

©Kristin Lord 2004

Here are just a few links of interest to students of Classical Studies who may want to know more about modern Greece.

Country Profile

• overview from BBC (also contains media links, including Greek radio with Internet streaming)

Metasites

• The Hellenic Ministry of Culture (also has information on archaeological and cultural sites from all periods of Greek civilization)
• The Modern Greek Studies Association has links to a wide range of cultural institutions.
• The US Embassy in Athens has travel information as well as links to government, tourist, and educational institutions.
• The Center for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the City University of New York, Queens College
• National Centre for Hellenic Studies and Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
• Ellada.com: contains some advertising

Museums

· The Benaki Museum in Athens has exhibits of the material culture of Greece from all periods. You should check out their information on modern Greek writers.

Language Learning

• The Modern Greek Studies Association maintains a list of North American colleges and universities offering modern Greek.
• Greek Today, a comprehensive introductory textbook of modern Greek, written by Peter Bien, Dimitri Gondicas, John Rassias, Andromache Karanika, Chrysanthi Yiannakou-Bien. The related website has an excellent set of links to information on many areas of Greek culture.
• College Year in Athens offers a wide range of semester, academic year, and summer progams relating to Greece in all periods

Doing Research or Academic Travel in Greece

· Greek National Tourism Organization (includes commercial information)

· The American School of Classical Studies at Athens

· The British School at Athens

· L’Institut Canadien en Grèce/The Canadian Institute in Greece

Modern Greek writers (just a few of the many famous ones)

• information from the International Poetry Web about the poet Constantine Cavafy
• information from the International Poetry Web about the poet Yiannis Ritsos

• information from the Swedish Academy about the poet Giorgos Seferis, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1963
• information from the Swedish Academy about the poet Odysseus Elytis, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1979
• Nikos Kazantzakis home page, maintained by the Society of Cretan Historical Studies

Music

• home page of Christos Hatzis, Greek-Canadian composer
• home page of Katerina Sarri, pianist from Athens, Greece (also has links to poetry and other areas of interest to her)
• home page of Mikis Theodorakis

Visual Arts

• Greek Film Center
• Hellenic Ministry of Culture site on modern Greek art

Recreation and Leisure

• Hellenic Football Federation (soccer)

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