Stathis Gourgouris

Stathis Gourgouris is Professor of Classics, English, and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.[1] He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2022.[2] He was also a former president of the Modern Greek Studies Association.

Biography

Gourgouris earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., all from the University of California, Los Angeles.[3][4] He taught at Princeton University from 1992 to 2000, Columbia University from 2002 to 2005, University of California, Los Angeles from 2005 to 2008, before rejoining Columbia's faculty in 2008.[5] He was also a visiting professor at the National Technical University of Athens.

Gourgouris' writings focus on the intersection between the poetics and politics of modernity and democracy.[6] He has written extensively on Ancient Greek philosophy, political theory, and contemporary Greek culture and politics.[1][7]

References
  1. "Stathis Gourgouris". Columbia University Department of Classics. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  2. "Four Columbians Win Guggenheim Fellowships". Columbia News. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  3. "Stathis Gourgouris | The Department of English and Comparative Literature". english.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  4. "Modern Greek Studies Association". www.mgsa.org. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  5. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  6. "Rethinking Greece: Stathis Gourgouris on democratic autonomy". www.greeknewsagenda.gr. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  7. LeBor, Adam (2015-07-09). "To emerge from the ruins Greece must shift focus to rebuilding and reform". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
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