Sappho to Elytis and Beyond: Archaic Lyric Across Byzantine, Modern Greek, and Wider European Poetic Worlds
A colloquium presented in collaboration with the Rutgers Program in Modern Greek Studies, the Rutgers Department of Classics, and the Network for the Study of Archaic and Classical Greek Song
Friday, October 2 (9:30 AM-5:30 PM) and Saturday, October 3, 2026 (9:30 AM-1 PM)
Rutgers University—New Brunswick, College Avenue Campus
Alexander Library, Teleconference Hall
Lucia Athanassaki (University of Crete, Department of Philology)
Ewen Bowie (University of Oxford, Corpus Christi College, Classics)
Emmanuel Bourbouhakis (Princeton University, Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies)
Kristina Chew (Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Department of Classics)
Andrew Ford (Princeton University, Department of Classics)
Gregory Nagy (Harvard University, Department of the Classics; former Director, Center for Hellenic Studies)
Artemis Leontis (University of Michigan, Modern Greek Program & Classical Studies)
Katerina Stergiopoulou (University of Edinburgh, Modern Greek Studies)
George Syrimis (Yale University, Hellenic Studies)
Naomi Weiss (Harvard University, Department of the Classics; Director Designate, Center for Hellenic Studies)