NEWS AND EVENTS
related to the CENSUS OF MODERN GREEK LITERATURE
The CENSUS held its first online presentation on April 5, 2022 (the invitation's text follows). At that time the CENSUS's new website, moderngreekliterature.org, was opened to the public, featuring the "Greek Authors 19th-21st centuries" section. -------------- INVITATION to a WEBINAR “Greek Authors 19th-21st centuries — The CENSUS website” Tuesday April 5th, 2022, 19:00 (Athens time), 12:00 (Boston time) The ‘CENSUS of Modern Greek Literature’ project is organizing a first presentation online. Please join us on Tuesday April 5th, 2022, 19:00 (Athens time), 12:00 (Boston time) to hear more about the current state of the CENSUS and its future outlook. As you are aware, “The CENSUS of Modern Greek Literature: a bibliography for the English-speaking world” aims to facilitate access to Greek literature for speakers of English by providing references to (all) English-language translations of modern Greek literature and to (all) studies in English that relate to modern Greek literature from the twelfth century AD to the present. The event features the presentation of the “Greek Authors 19th-21st centuries” section — the first to be made available on the CENSUS website under Open Access. This most recent phase of the project was completed, with the support of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, through the collaboration of two ad hoc teams of researchers / fellowship recipients — in Boston and under the aegis of the Marilena Laskaridis Chair of Modern Greek Studies, University of Amsterdam. The initial section to be presented includes references to 800 Greek literary authors (in approximately 7,000 entries). Please register here. More information on the event here. The CENSUS in 2020-2021 New collaboration for the CENSUS: Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation - University of Amsterdam (Marilena Laskaridis Endowed Chair of Modern Greek Studies) With the support of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, the CENSUS project has begun a new collaboration with the Marilena Laskaridis Endowed Chair of Modern Greek Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Support in the form of a grant from the Foundation is enabling a new initiative whereby select faculty and students connected with the Marilena Laskaridis Chair in Amsterdam are participating in research for the CENSUS through seminars begun in Amsterdam and continuing (through transatlantic connections) online. The collaboration has been facilitated by Prof. Maria Boletsi, incumbent of the Marilena Laskaridis Chair, and Dr. Tatiana Markaki, Chair of the Dept. of Modern Greek Language and Culture. The initial phase of the collaboration supported by the Foundation’s grant ran throughout the spring of 2020. The CENSUS team is pleased to announce that the Foundation subsequently renewed its grant for the second semester of 2020 as well as again for the first semester of 2021, and that the successful collaboration with the University of Amsterdam is continuing. The Foundation is also supporting research development at the CENSUS’ home base in Boston (USA). The research assistants collaborating with the CENSUS project in Amsterdam are: - Αnthi Argyriou (PhD Candidate at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis; Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam). - Georgios-Evgenios Douliakas (MA Comparative Literature and Cultural Analysis, Leiden University; PhD Candidate at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis; Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam). - Dr. Charalambos Passalis (philologist, guest lecturer at the Department of Modern Greek Studies of the University of Amsterdam, 2019-2022). More information can be found on the following websites: Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation and the Dutch Society for Modern Greek Studies (NGNS). Advancing into 2021-2022: The CENSUS project is aiming at releasing its first results in early 2022, as one of the 130 international projects promoted under the aegis of "Πρωτοβουλία 1821-2021" ('Initiative 1821-2021'). A presentation of the (extensive) section “AUTHORS 19th-21st c.” — to coincide with the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the Greek Revolution — is expected to take place under the sponsorship of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation. See more on our Media page. |
VIDEO: A SNAPSHOT OF THE "CENSUS" PROJECT
"CENSUS of Modern Greek Literature: A Snapshot (2018)". A brief video (4:05 mins., released in 2019) by director Angelos Bougas (Boston College '21), including an interview with renowned Greek prose-writer Thanássis Valtinós, provides a snapshot of the project (focussing on its history, on a student workshop held at Boston College, and on the outlook henceforth):
"CENSUS of Modern Greek Literature: A Snapshot (2018)". A brief video (4:05 mins., released in 2019) by director Angelos Bougas (Boston College '21), including an interview with renowned Greek prose-writer Thanássis Valtinós, provides a snapshot of the project (focussing on its history, on a student workshop held at Boston College, and on the outlook henceforth):
CENSUS outreach in 2020:
Dec. 3, 2020: “As you set out for Ithaka…: a (contemporary) literary and cultural ‘cruise’ to Greece’s sunny land". Presentation on modern Greek literature and culture delivered by Dia Philippides to the Boston College Association of Retired Faculty (BCARF). The presentation included a research coda on the CENSUS project, its research team, and the project's current supporters and outlook.
CENSUS outreach in 2019:
May 3, 2019: "From Evro Layton's archival legacy at Harvard". Talk delivered by Dia Philippides at the international conference held at Harvard University in memory of Evro (Zeniou) Layton (1924-2005), the first bibliographer of the national Modern Greek Studies Association (1968-) and renowned scholar of the printing of early modern Greek books. Article forthcoming.
Conference program (May 3-4, 2019) here.
Events of related interest:
World Library and Information Congress / IFLA 2019 held in Athens, Greece: 24-30 August 2019 (congress attended by Dia Philippides)
"Athens: UNESCO World Book Capital 2018": April 23, 2018-April 22, 2019
Earlier CENSUS events:
March 6, 2018: Interview of Thanassis Valtinos (Chairholder for Modern Greek Prose at the Academy of Athens) by Angelos Bougas (Boston College '21).
November 2-5, 2017: "Special Issues in the Translation of Modern Greek Literature". Presentation by Dia Philippides at the 25th Symposium of the Modern Greek Studies Association. Stockton State University. News from the Symposium can be viewed here.
The abstract can be viewed below:
April 26, 2017, 3-4 p.m. in the Digital Studio, O'Neill Library 205, Boston College: "The CENSUS of Modern Greek Literature: From Text to Data". Presentation by the CENSUS project team at the Spring Showcase of the Digital Scholarship Group of the BC Libraries.
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December 5, 2016: At Boston College, participation in Advancing Research and Scholarship Day, under the theme of 'The Environment and Society: Research for a Changing World'
Peter Klapes (BC Class of 2019), research assistant to the CENSUS project, was selected to present his research, "Environment and Society: Meeting in the Intellectual Agora", at the Student Research Demo Session.
The abstract can be viewed below:
March 16, 2016: At Boston College, participation in Advancing Research and Scholarship Day, under the theme of 'Big Data'
Peter Klapes (BC Class of 2019), research assistant to the CENSUS project, was selected to present his research, "Indexing for Review and Preview of the Spread of Modern Greek Literature in English", at the Student Research Demo Session.
The abstract can be viewed below:
February 9, 2016: At Harvard, presentation to the Advanced ... Greek Poetry Translation ... Workshop
From Boston College’s Dept. of Classical Studies, Maria Kakavas ("In Time’s Nest: Passion and Pain Through the Translator’s Pen-The Case of '1 Hour and 47 Minutes' by Emily Michail") and Dia Philippides (“An Invitation to Translators of Modern Greek Literature into English to Participate in the CENSUS") delivered a joint presentation to The Advanced Training in Greek Poetry Translation & Performance Workshop at Harvard University on February 9, 2016, by invitation from Dr. Vassiliki Rapti.
The recordings posted below have been prepared as a follow-up, to preserve and disseminate the -- visual as well as audio -- content of the presentation on the CENSUS project:
Part 1: The CENSUS (the collection and its forthcoming publication) [9:39 mins.]:
Part 2: Sample entries and expected outcomes from the CENSUS [10:39 mins.]:
Part 3: The CENSUS website (as viewed on Feb. 9, 2016) [8:11 mins]: