About us

The 8th European Congress of Modern Greek Studies, titled 'Archipelaga: language, literature, history and arts of Modern Hellenism', is organized by the European Society of Modern Greek Studies (EENS) in cooperation with the University of Palermo and the Italian Society of Modern Greek Studies (ISMGS). The congress addresses researchers in Modern Greek Studies, including literature, history, philology, linguistics, theater, cinema, anthropology, archaeology, and political science, inviting interdisciplinary and comparative submissions.

Important Dates

Tue, Jun 30, 2026
Abstract registration deadline
Sun, Jan 31, 2027
Submission deadline

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

Dialects, idioms, bilingualism, loanwords and linguistic osmosis in the Mediterranean
The Aegean, the Ionian and the Black Sea as symbols, myths and landscapes in Modern Greek literature
Literary production beyond the canon: song, orality, ephemera and “minor” genres
Arts and archipelagic aesthetics: theatre, cinema, painting and music
Ottoman, Venetian and colonial legacies and their cultural imprints
Cultural history of shipping, maritime routes and island formations
Digital “archipelagos” and Digital Humanities: new forms and formats of cultural activity and their analysis
Travel writing, travelogues, portolan charts, maps and imaginaries
The archipelago as a site of experience, authenticity, or consumption
Diasporic networks, migratory flows, refugeehood, historical and contemporary forms of mobility
Historical trajectories of the Greek book, publishing practices and the periodical press

Call for Papers Description

We invite submissions that explore the interdisciplinary, comparative and intercultural dimensions of Modern Greek Studies. Paper proposals should engage with methodological questions and present new approaches or perspectives on texts, images, objects and linguistic phenomena.

Committee

Organizing Committee

Maria Caracausi

Chair

Francesco Scalora

Coordinator

University of Padua

Niccolo Calafiore

Beatrice Cutolo

Paola Gullo

Enrico Palumbo

Rolando Pezzati

Shanna Rossi

Giulia Sorrentino

Scientific Committee

Vassilios Sabatakakis

Chair

Lund University

Francesco Scalora

Coordinator

University of Padua

Meropi Anastassiadou

University of Geneva

Christos Bintoudis

Sapienza University of Rome

Maria Boletsi

University of Amsterdam

Maria Rosa Caracausi

University of Palermo

Caterina Carpinato

Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Christoforos Charalambakis

Athens Academy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Julia Chatzipanagioti-Sangmeister

University of Cyprus

Ani Chikovani

Tbilisi State University

Titika Dimitroulia

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Vasiliki Dimoula

University of Vienna

Τudor Dinu

University of Bucharest

Alexandra Fiotaki

Hellenic Open University

Labros Flitouris

University of Ioannina

Zoe Gavriilidou

Democritus University of Thrace

Angela Gioti

University of Crete

Dionysis Gutsos

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Ernest Marcos Hierro

University of Barcelona

Georgia Kalogirou

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Olga Katsiardi-Hering

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Maxim Kisilier

Saint Petersburg State University

Przemek Kordos

University of Warsaw

Katerina Kostiou

University of Patras

Triantafyllos Kotopoulos

University of Western Macedonia

Cristiano Luciani

“Tor Vergata” University of Rome

Marie-Elisabeth Mitsou

EHESS, Paris

Moschos Morfakidis

University of Granada

Miltiadis Pechlivanos

FU Berlin

Bart Soethaert

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Alkisti Sofou

Sorbonne University, Paris

Maria A. Stassinopoulou

University of Vienna

Gonda van Steen

King’s College London

Vojkan Stojičić

University of Belgrade

Kostas Tsivos

Charles University Prague

Dimitris Tziovas

University of Birmingham

Dragomira Valtcheva

Sofia University

Lambros Varelas

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Emmanouil Varvounis

Democritus University of Thrace

Sophie Vassilaki

INALCO, Paris

Maria Zerva

University of Strasbourg

Tickets

Conference Fee Structure
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General Registration€90