Dimitris Tziovas

Dimitris Tziovas ( Greek Δημήτρης Τζιόβας , born February 27, 1957 ) is a Greek Neo- Greekist .

Tziovas studied philology at the University of Ioannina with a diploma (πτυ )ο), which was followed by a doctoral scholarship at the University of Birmingham , which he completed with a PhD . Today he is Professor of Modern Greek Studies at the Center for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Birmingham, of which he was director from 2000 to 2003. From 1995 to 1998 he was secretary of the European Society for Neo- Greek Studies and a member of the scientific advisory board of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies (1995–2009, from 1995–2005 also editor of the review section) and the American Journal of Modern Greek Studies (1992– 2007).

Tziovas works on the literature, culture and history of modern Greece . The focus is on the literary theoretical investigation of fictional literature, the Greek language question , the Greek diaspora , Greek politics and the question of national identity, intercultural relations in the Balkans , the reception of Greek antiquity and Byzantine history, literature and culture in the modern Greek literature and culture. He has organized four international conferences on various of these topics at the University of Birmingham ( Greek Modernism and Beyond , 1995; Greece and the Balkans , 2001; Greek Diaspora and Migration , 2007; Reimagining the Past: Greek Antiquity and Modern Greek Culture , 2011). Last but not least, he is editor of the Birmingham Modern Greek Translations , a series of publications for translations from Modern Greek into English.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

• Από τον Λυρισμό στον Μοντερνισμό: Πρόσληψη, Ρητορική και Ιστορία στη Νεοελληνική Ποίηση. Nefeli, Athens 2005, table of contents .
• Kοσμοπολίτες και Aποσυνάγωγοι: Mελέτες για την ελληνική πεζογραφία και κριτική (1830-1930). Metaihmio, Athens 2003.
• The Other Self: Selfhood and Society in Modern Greek Fiction. Lexington Books, Lanham, Maryland 2003, excerpts online
• Το Παλίμψηστο της Ελληνικής Αφήγησης: Από την αφηγηματολογία στη διαλογικότητα. Odysseas, Athens 1993, 2nd edition 2002.
• Οι μεταμορφώσεις του εθνισμού και το ιδεολόγημα της ελληνικότητας στο μεσοπόλεμο. Odysseas, Athens 1989, 2nd edition 2002.
• Μετά την Αισθητική: Θεωρητικές δοκιμές και ερμηνευτικές αναγνώσεις της νεοελληνικής λογοτεχνίας. Gnose, Athens 1987, 2nd edition Odysseas, Athens 2003.

Editorships

• (Ed.): Greek Diaspora and Migration since 1700. Ashgate, Farnham 2009, table of contents and chapter 18 (PDF; 4.0 MB).
• (Ed.): George Theotokas , Τετράδια Ημερολογίου 1939-1954. Estia, Athens 1987, 2nd edition 1988, 3rd revised edition 2005.
• (Ed.): Greece and the Balkans: Identities, Perceptions and Cultural Encounters since the Enlightenment. Ashgate, Aldershot 2003.
• (Ed.): Susan Bassnett, Συγκριτική Γραμματολογία. Κριτική εισαγωγή. Patakis, Athens 2000 (Original: Comparative Literature: A Critical Introduction. Blackwell, Oxford 1993).
• (Ed.): Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves , Διηγήματα. Ouranis Foundation Series, Athens 1999, 2 vols.
• (Ed.): Greek Modernism and Beyond. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland 1997.

items

• From being to becoming: reflections on the enduring popularity of Kazantzakis . In: Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 33.1 (2009) pp. 83-91, online
• Ποιητική Μνήμη: Εμπειρίκος , Κοντός, Γκανάς. in: Εταιρία Σπουδών Νεοελληνικού Πολιτισμού και Γενικής Παιδείας: Καρυωτάκης και Καρυωτακισμός. Επιστημονικό Συνέδριο 31 Ιανουαρίου και 1 Φεβρουαρίου 1997. Athens 1998, pp. 105-129
• Allegorical Readings and Metaphors of Identity: Sexuality, Society and Nature in Vassilis Vassilikos ' To Φύλλο. In: Πρακτικά του Δ΄ Ευρωπαϊκού Συνεδρίου Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών / Proceedings of the 4th European Congress of Modern Greek Studies: Ταυτότητες στοτέτητόεσατοσω εόλεσατω εό λι4ες στον εόλ4 ιρω στον ελλ4λερω. Επιμέλεια: Κωνσταντίνος Α. Δημάδης. 2011, electronic edition: online , summary and presentation: online

Web links

• Personal page at the University of Birmingham (with photograph)
• Page on Academia.Edu (with photograph)
• Biography: A minor or undervalued genre in Greece? Lecture, Onassis Cultural Center, Athens, November 23, 2011: Video
• Birmingham Modern Greek Translations