List of known neo-Greekists

This list of well-known Neo-Grecists includes well-known representatives of Neo-Greek Studies who have completed their habilitation for this subject, are scientifically relevant as authors or have made other significant scientific contributions to Neo-Greek Studies.

Neo-Graecists deal with the modern Greek language , literature and culture as well as the history and regional studies of Greece , taking into account religion and politics, according to their respective orientation . There are close ties to Byzantine Studies, whose representatives are often Neo-Greekists at the same time, and to Greek Studies as part of Classical Philology , insofar as the ancient Greek language , literature and culture are relevant for the study of the modern Greek language, literature and culture and for the formation of the identity of modern Greece . Furthermore, language and literary scholar , Classical archaeologists , geographers , historians with a focus on Eastern and Southeastern European History , political scientists , anthropologists , ethnomusicologists , theater scholar and Orthodox theologians in the list represented as a series of historical figures.

list

A.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Willem J. Aerts (1926-2017)	Dutch	University of Groningen	Byzantine Studies Classical Philology	History of language, Alexander novel, Byzantine novel, Michael Psellos
Artemis Alexiadou (* 1969) Άρτεμις Αλεξιάδου	Greek	Humboldt University of Berlin University of Stuttgart University of Pennsylvania Princeton University	General Linguistics	Syntax , syntactic structure of noun phrases
Margaret Alexiou (*) Μάργαρετ Αλεξίου	British	University of Birmingham Harvard University	Comparative Byzantine Studies	Lament ritual, folk tales , folk song , Apokopos
Stylianos Alexiou (1921–2013) Στυλιανός Αλεξίου	Greek	University of Crete	Classical Archeology Byzantine Studies	Literature of the Cretan Renaissance: Apokopos , Erotokritos by Vitsentzos Kornaros , Βοσκοπούλα ; Digenis Akritas ; Dionysios Solomos
Giorgos G. Alisandratos (1915-2004) Γιώργος Γ. Αλισανδράτος	Greek			Modern Greek literature ( Solomos , Avlichos , Vergotis , Valaoritis , Palamas , Mavilis , Kalvos , Sikelianos , Kavafis , Gryparis , Varnalis , Sykutris ); Modern Greek language ( demoticism by Triantaphyllidis , Psycharis ); History of the Heptanesos ( Nicodemos Metaxas , Nikolaos Konemenos , Heptanesian radicalism, Cosmas of Aitolia , political satires on Kephallonia at the time of the Anglocracy).
Diamanti Anagnostopoulou (* 1958) Διαμάντη Αναγνωστοπούλου	Greek	University of the Aegean		Literary studies, literature between the world wars, the image of women, hyperrealism , Andreas Empirikos
Athanasios Anastasiadis (* 1971) Αθανάσιος Αναστασιάδης	Greek	University of Hamburg	Byzantine Studies German Studies	Konstantinos Chatzopoulos , Greek Civil War in Literature
Meropi Anastasiadou (* 1964) Μερόπη Αναστασιάδου	Greek	INALCO , Paris	History	Thessaloniki in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Cultural Heritage and Collective Identity in Greece and Turkey
Nikolaos P. Andriotis (1906–1976) Νικόλαος Π. Ανδριώτης	Greek	University of Thessaloniki	Linguistics	Lexicography , history of language , dialectology , etymology , Greek language question , Macedonian language
Sophia Antoniadis (1895–1972) Σοφία Αντωνιάδου	Greek	Leiden University		New Testament , liturgy
Giannis Apostolakis (1886–1947) Γιάννης Αποστολάκης	Greek	University of Thessaloniki		Folk song , Aristotelis Valaoritis , Kostas Krystallis
Philip Pandely Argenti (1891–1974) Φίλιππος Παντελής Αργέντης	Greek	changing (diplomatic service)	Jurisprudence	History of the island of Chios
Asterios Argyriou (* 1935) Αστέριος Αργυρίου	Greek	University of Strasbourg	Orthodox theology	Orthodox Christianity , history, edition philology
Maria Athanasopoulou (*) Μαρία Αθανασοπούλου	Greek	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Comparative studies	Greek prose and poetry of the 19th and 20th centuries, literature and national identity, theory of literary forms, sonnet

B.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Georgios Babiniotis (* 1939) Γεώργιος Μπαμπινιώτης	Greek	University of Athens		Linguistics, lexicography
Willem F. Bakker (* 1934)	Dutch	University of Amsterdam	Classical Philology	Edition Philology, Cretan Renaissance
Rosemary E. Bancroft-Marcus (*)	British	Oxford , Brussels	Classical Philology	Georgios Chortatsis , Literature of the Cretan Renaissance
Eleni Bastea (–2020) Ελένη Μπαστέα	Greek	University of New Mexico	History of Architecture Architecture Art History	Athens , neoclassicism , national consciousness and urban planning
Samuel Baud-Bovy (1906–1986)	Swiss	University of Geneva	Music ethnomusicology	Church and folk music
Roderick Beaton (* 1951) Ρόντερικ Μπήτον	Briton	King's College London	English studies	Folk poetry, novel, modern literature and poetry
Pierre-Marie-Mondry Beaudouin (1852–1928)	Frenchman	University of Bordeaux		Adamantios Korais , modern Greek language, Cypriot dialect
Peter Bien (* 1930)	Americans	Dartmouth College	English comparative studies	Modern literature
Gerard H. Blanken (1902–1986)	Dutch	Utrecht University University of Amsterdam	Classical Byzantine Studies	Modern Greek language and literature, dialect of Cargèse, Corsica, Kavafis
Gunnar de Boel (* 1955)	Belgian	Ghent University	Classical Byzantine Studies	Linguistics, history of the Greek language, Kazantzakis , Karagatsis , Kachtitsis , Psycharis
Fred Boissonnas (1858-1946)	Swiss	Geneva	(exclusively:) Photography regional studies	Photography of Greece, La Grèce par monts et par vaux , first ascent of Mount Olympus in 1913 with Daniel Baud-Bovy
Michael George Bojadschi (18th – 19th centuries) Μιχαήλ Γεωργίου Μποϊατζής	Greek	Vienna	philology	Grammar of Aromanian and Modern Greek
Ekkehard W. Bornträger (* 1958)	Swiss	University of Bern University of Friborg	Modern and Eastern European History	Phraseology, lexicostatistics, Greece and the Balkans, nationality and language politics
Pietro Bortone (* 1966)	Italian	University of Illinois	Classical Byzantine Studies	Linguistics, Byzantine Philology
Jacques Bouchard (* 1940)	Canadian	Université McGill Université de Montréal Université Laval	Classical Philology Literary Translation	Greek Enlightenment, Surrealism , Georgios Tertsetis
Bertrand Bouvier (* 1929) Μπερτράν Μπουβιέ	Swiss	University of Geneva	Classical Philology	Mirologion , folk song , Andreas Kalvos , Cypriot poetry, Iakovos Rhizos Nerulos
Robert Browning (1914-1997)	Briton	Birkbeck College , London	Classical Philology, Ancient History, Byzantine Studies	Greek manuscripts from Cyprus until 1570
Charles Marie Wladimir Brunet de Presle (1809–1875)	Frenchman	École spéciale des Langues orientales	Classical Philology	Greeks in Sicily

C.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Vangelis Calotychos (* 20th century) Βαγγέλης Καλότυχος	Greek	Columbia University New York University	Comparative literature science	Roman, Cyprus, Roman and film of the Balkans, literary theory
Chrys C. Caragounis (* 1940) Χρήστος Γ. Καραγκούνης	Greek	Lund University	Orthodox theology	Greek Language and New Testament Exegesis
Caterina Carpinato (* 1963)	Italian	Università Ca 'Foscari , Venice	Byzantine Philology	Venetian prints in vernacular Greek, the Batrachomyomachia of Dimitrios Zinos
Georgios N. Chatzidakis (1841–1941) Γεώργιος Νικολάου Χατζιδάκις	Greek	University of Athens	Classical Philology Linguistics	Greek Linguistics
Kiriaki Chrisomalli-Henrich (* 1946) Κυριακή Χρυσομάλλη-Henrich	Greek	University of Kiel	Literary and specialist translation into Greek	Modern Greek literature
Olga Cicanci (1940-2013)	Romanian	University of Bucharest	History	Greek trading companies in Transylvania, Greek life in Romania
Richard Clogg (* 1939)	Briton	King's College London	Modern history and contemporary history	Modern Greek History, A Concise History of Greece , History of the Balkans
Stephanos Constantinidis (* 1941) Στέφανος Κωνσταντινίδης	Greek	Université du Québec Université de Montréal Université Laval	Political Science Sociology Greek Studies Poetry	Greek foreign policy, Greco-Turkish conflict, Thucydides , Balkanology , Cyprus , Greek diaspora, especially in Canada, modern Greek literature
Stratos Constantinidis (* 1949) Στρατός Ε. Κωνσταντινίδης	Greek	Ohio State University	Theater studies	Modern theater
Louis Coutelle (1921-2012)	Frenchman	University of Aix-en-Provence	English studies	Dionysios Solomos
Martin Crusius (1526-1607)	German	University of Tübingen	Classical Philology	Lexicography of the vernacular

D.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Giannis Dallas (1924-2020) Γιάννης Δάλλας	Greek	University of Ioannina		Modern Greek poetry: Kavafis , Solomos , Kalvos , Varnalis , Theotokis , Sachtouris , Anagnostakis
Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison (1750–1805)	Frenchman	University of Paris Collège de France	Classical Philology	Discoverer of numerous manuscripts, edition philology, discoverer of Tsakonian
Apostolos Daskalakis (1900–1982) Απόστολος Δασκαλάκης	Greek	University of Athens	Byzantine and modern Greek history	Rigas Velestinlis , the Mani under the rule of the Ottomans
Richard MacGillivray Dawkins (1870–1955)	Briton	Oxford University	Classical Philology Byzantine Studies Classical Archeology	Greek dialects, Cappadocian , Greek fairy tales
Michael Deffner (1848–1934) Μιχαήλ Δέφνερ	German	Greek National Library, Athens	Classical archeology	Tsakonian
Lilia Diamantopoulou (* 1981) Λίλια Διαμαντοπούλου	Greek	University of Munich	General and comparative literature (comparative literature), early Christian and Byzantine art history	Forgeries, the “deceived science”, forms of translation and adaptation, virtual reality, visual and concrete poetry, visualization of knowledge
Karl Dieterich (1869–1935)	German	University of Leipzig, Bosnian-Herzegovinian Institute for Balkan Research, Sarajevo	Byzantine Studies Comparative Linguistics	History of the Greek language
Konstantinos A. Dimadis (* 1940) Κωνσταντίνος Α. Δημάδης	Greek	University of Amsterdam University of Groningen Free University of Berlin		Theater history, lexicography, Balkanology, literary sociology
Konstantinos Th. Dimaras (1904–1992) Κωνσταντίνος Θ. Δημαράς	Greek	University of Paris IV - Sorbonne		Greek enlightenment
Margaritis Dimitsas (1830–1903) Μαργαρίτης Δήμητσας	Greek	Athens Thessaloniki Monastir	philology	Geography and history of Greece and Macedonia
Tudor Dinu (* 1978)	Romanian	University of Bucharest	Classical Philology (Greek Studies) Byzantine Studies	Nikolaos Mavrokordatos , Ritsos , Engonopoulos
Gennaro D'Ippolito (* 1936)	Italian	University of Palermo	Classical Philology (Greek Studies)	Elytis, Kavafis
Lena Divani (* 1955) Λένα Διβάνη	Greek	University of Athens	history	History of Foreign Policy of Greece

E.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Hans Eideneier (* 1937)	German	University of Hamburg	Byzantine Studies	Early vernacular literature
Niki Eideneier-Anastassiadi (* 1940) Νίκη Αΐντεναιερ-Αναστασιάδη	Greek	Cologne	Buchverlag literary translation	Modern literature
Adolf Ellissen (1815–1872)	German	Göttingen University Library	Byzantine Studies	Middle and modern Greek literature
Gerhard Emrich (* 1940)	German	University of Bochum	Byzantine Studies	Kostis Palamas
Polychronis Enepekides (1917-2014) Πολυχρόνης Ενεπεκίδης	Greek	University of Vienna	Byzantine Studies	Source edition

F.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Claude Fauriel (1772–1844)	Frenchman	Bibliothèque Royale University of Paris	Foreign literatures	Folk song
Hagen Fleischer (* 1944) Χάγκεν Φλάισερ	German and Greek	University of Athens University of Crete	History	20th Century Greek History
Kimon Friar (1911–1993) Κίμων Φράιερ	Greek	University of Minnesota Duluth New York University Amherst College Adelphi College	English Literary Translation	Modern Greek poetry
Johannes Franz (1804-1851)	German	University of Berlin	Greek Studies	Modern Greek language

G

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Klaus Gallas (* 1941)	German	Weimar changing	(exclusively:) Architecture Architectural History Byzantine Art History	Regional studies of Greece and the islands of Crete and Rhodes
Stathis Gauntlett (* 1949)	Briton	La Trobe University University of Melbourne	Byzantine Studies	Modern Greek language and literature, folk culture, rebetiko
Effi Gazi (* 1966) Έφη Γαζή	Greek	University of the Peloponnese University of Thessaly	Recent history	Modern Greek history and historiography, nationalism, politics and religion
Arnold F. van Gemert (* 1938)	Dutch	University of Amsterdam	Classical Philology	Edition Philology, Cretan Renaissance
Dimitris I. Georgakas (1908–1990) Δημήτριος Ι. Γεωργακάς	Greek	University of North Dakota University of Utah McCormick Theological Seminar , Chicago University of Chicago	Comparative Linguistics	Modern Greek dialects
Girolamo Germano (1568-1632)	Italian	Chios		Modern Greek dictionary of modern Greek grammar
Charles Antoine Gidel (1827-1900)	Frenchman	College Louis le Grand Lycée Henri IV	Literary history	Modern Greek literary history Reception of the French chivalric novel in Greek literature from the 12th century
Stathis Gourgouris (* 1958) Στάθης Γουργούρης	Greek	Columbia University University of California at Los Angeles Columbia University Princeton University	Comparative literature science	Greek Enlightenment, modern Greek nation-state, literary theory
Constanze Güthenke (* 1972)	German	Corpus Christi College , Oxford Princeton University	Classical Philology	Philhellenism and Romanticism , Solomos, Seferis, modern Greek literature

H

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Karl Benedikt Hase (1780–1864)	German	École des Langues Orientales , Paris	Byzantine Studies	Greek language, lexicography, paleography, Leo Diaconus , Johannes Lydos
August Heisenberg (1869–1930)	German	University of Munich	Byzantine Studies	Language history
Benjamin Hendrickx (* 1939)	Belgian	Rand Afrikaans University	African Studies Byzantine Studies	Founder of Neo-Greek Studies in South Africa, Modern Greek Literature
Günther Steffen Henrich (* 1938)	German	University of Leipzig	Byzantine Studies	Onomastics, metrics, rhyme, lexicography, literature
Gunnar Hering (1934–1994)	German	University of Vienna	Modern and Eastern European History	History of Greece
Dirk Christiaan Hesseling (1859-1941)	Dutch	Leiden University	Byzantine Studies	Development of the Greek language Modern Greek literature Modern Greek popular belief
Carsten Høeg (1896–1961)	Dane	University of Copenhagen	Classical Philology	Sarakatsans
Hero Hokwerda (* 1949)	Dutch	University of Amsterdam	Literary translation	Modern Greek literature of the 19th and 20th centuries
David Holton (born 1946)	Briton	Cambridge University		Romance novel, Crete and Cyprus at the time of the Venetocracy, history and structure of Greek
Geoffrey Horrocks (* 1951)	Briton	St John's College , Cambridge	Indo-European Studies	History of language, language change, grammar of vernacular Greek of the Middle Ages, syntax, semantics, morphology
Jean Humbert (1901–1980)	Frenchman	Sorbonne University of Lille University of Lyon	Greek Studies	Disappearance of the dative

I.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities	image
Carl Jakob Iken (1789–1841)	German	Bremen		is considered to be the pioneer of Neo-Greek Studies, modern Greek literature
Johannes Irmscher (1920-2000)	German	Humboldt University Berlin	Classical Byzantine Studies	Cultural history

J

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Antonios N. Jannaris (1852–1909) Αντώνιος Ν. Γιάνναρης	Greek	St Andrews University	Classical Philology	Diachronic Greek grammar , Attic Greek
Mark Janse (* 1959)	Dutch	Ghent University Utrecht University	Classical Philology	Linguistics, Cappadocian Greek
Marjolijne C. Janssen (* 20th century)	Dutch woman	Cambridge University University of Amsterdam		Linguistics, grammar, erotokritos, Greek trade union movement
Elizabeth Jeffreys (* 1941)	British	Sydney University Oxford University	Byzantine Studies	Greek language question in the Byzantine millennium, Digenis Akritis, romance novel of the 14th century (Ο Πόλεμος της Τροάδος, German: "The Trojan War"), tradition
Michael Jeffreys (* 20th century)	British and Australian	Sydney University Oxford University	Byzantine Studies
Romilly James Heald Jenkins (1907-1969)	Briton	Cambridge University King’s College London Dumbarton Oaks	Byzantine Studies Classical Archeology	Dionysios Solomos, Murders at Dilessi
Brian D. Joseph (born 1951)	Americans	Ohio State University	Linguistics of South Slavic Studies	Greek grammar

K

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Ioannis E. Kalitsunakis (1878–1966) Ιωάννης Ε. Καλιτσουνάκης	Greek	Free University of Berlin University of Athens University of Berlin	Byzantine Studies Classical Philology	Prodromika , grammar
Petros P. Kalonaros (1894–1959) Πέτρος Π. Καλονάρος	Greek	Army school for officer candidates	Byzantine Philology Romance Studies	Folklore , Mani , Greek diaspora in southern Italy and Corsica
Tassos A. Kaplanis (* 20th century) Τάσος Α. Καπλάνης	Greek	University of Cyprus	Byzantine Studies Classical Philology	Modern Greek language and literature from the 12th to 19th centuries, Cypriot and Cretan literature and historiography in the 16th and 17th centuries
Stamatis K. Karatzas (1913–1986) Σταμάτης Κ. Καρατζάς	Greek	Ελληνικό Λογοτεχνικό και Ιστορικό Αρχείο , Athens University Aix-en-Provence University Ioannina Aristoteles University Thessaloniki University Hamburg		Modern Greek literature , modern Greek linguistics , origin of Griko and Tsakonian
Christos Karvounis (* 1969) Χρήστος Καρβούνης	Greek	Department of Translation, Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the University of Mainz in Germersheim	General linguistics, Greek studies	Greek language history , intralingual translation, diglossia , language issue , language politics
Giorgos K. Katsimbalis (1899–1978) Γιώργος Κ. Κατσίμπαλης	Greek	Athens	Private scholar	Modern Greek poetry, Kostis Palamas , bibliographical studies on modern Greek literature
Giorgos Kechagioglou (* 1947) Γιώργος Κεχαγιόγλου	Greek	University of Thessaloniki		Modern Greek literature
Edmund Keeley (* 1928) Έντμουντ Κίλι	Americans	Princeton University	Comparative Literature Writer Literary Translation	Konstantinos Kavafis , Giorgos Seferis , Odysseas Elytis , Jannis Ritsos
Paschalis M. Kitromilidis (* 1949) Πασχάλης Μ. Κιτρομηλίδης	Greek	University of Athens	Political science	Rigas Velestinlis , the French Revolution and Southeast Europe , the Modern Greek Enlightenment
Evangelos Konstantinou (1933–2015) Ευάγγελος Κωνσταντίνου	German	University of Würzburg	Orthodox Theology Byzantine Studies	Philhellenism
Adamantios Korais (1748–1833) Αδαμάντιος Κοραής	Greek	Paris	Medicine Classical Philology	Greek language question : middle way between the ancientizing high language and the vernacular , inventor of the Katharevousa
Sokratis Kougeas (1876–1966) Σωκράτης Κουγέας	Greek	Greek National Library Pantion University of Athens Athens School of Fine Arts University of Athens	History philology	Paleography , Codicology , New Testament , Moirologies of Mani , History of Modern Greece, Spyridon Lambros collaborators
Ekaterini Koumarianou (1919–2012) Αικατερίνη Κουμαριανού	Greek	Université de Paris IV – Sorbonne		Epistolography , correspondence between Theoklitos Farmakidis and Konstantinos Asopios , correspondence between Adamantios Korais , Το ελληνικό βιβλίο (“The Greek Book”) 1476–1830 , History of Greece, Hubert Pernot
Georgios Kourmoulis (1907–1977) Γεώργιος Κουρμούλης	Greek	University of Athens	Comparative Linguistics	Reverse dictionary of the modern Greek language
Paul Kretschmer (1866–1956)	German	University of Vienna University of Marburg	Classical Philology, Indo-European Studies, Comparative Linguistics	History of the Greek language , modern Greek dialects , Greek folk tales
Emmanuel Kriaras (1906-2014) Εμμανουήλ Γ. Κριαράς	Greek	University of Thessaloniki	Byzantine Philology Byzantine History	Erotokritos , Lexicography : Lexicon of Central Greek Folk Literature 1100–1669 , New Greek Lexicon of Modern Folk Language , Comparative Grammar
Karl Krumbacher (1856–1909)	German	University of Munich	Classical Philology Byzantine Studies Indo-European Studies	The problem of the modern Greek written language
Asteris Kutulas (* 1960) Αστέρης Κούτουλας	Greek	Berlin	German Studies Literary Translation Publicist	Mikis Theodorakis

L.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Basil Laourdas (1912–1971) Βασίλειος Λαούρδας	Greek	Institute for Balkan Studies , Thessaloniki	Classical Byzantine Studies	Literary reviews
Vasilios Lambropoulos (* 1953) Βασίλειος Λαμπρόπουλος	Greek	University of Michigan	Classical Byzantine Studies Comparative Studies	Modern Greek literature, literary criticism
Spyridon Lambros (1851-1919) Σπυρίδων Λάμπρος	Greek	University of Athens	History Classical Philology	Neos Hellinomnimon: Research into the scientific and philosophical developments of the Greek-speaking world during the Byzantine and Ottoman era, founder of Greek Byzantine Studies, Middle Greek language
Michel Lassithiotakis (1955–2012) Μιχαήλ Λασιθιοτάκης	Frenchman	University of Paris IV -Sorbonne University of Geneva	Classical Philology	Edition philology, epic poems and novels from the 12th to 15th centuries, literature from the Cretan Renaissance, Cypriot and Rhodian poetry from the 15th and 16th centuries, rhetoric and homiletics; Nikos Kazantzakis
Marc Lauxtermann (* 1960)	Dutch	University of Amsterdam University of Oxford	Byzantine Studies	Modern Greek Lexicography
Bruno Lavagnini (1898–1992) Μπρούνο Λαβανίνι	Italian	University of Palermo	Classical Byzantine Studies	Modern Greek literature
Renata Lavagnini (* 1942) Ρενάτα Λαβανίνι	Italian	University of Palermo	Byzantine Studies	Modern Greek poetry: Kavafis, Elytis, Pieris; d'Ansse de Villoison
Anastasia Danae Lazaridis (1953-2017) Αναστασία Δανάη Λαζαρίδου	Greek	University of Geneva	Literary translation	Modern Greek literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, Solomos, Kalvos, Neroulos and Seferis, lexicology, didactics of modern Greek
Émile Legrand (1841–1903) Αιμίλιος Λεγκράν	Frenchman	École des langues orientales , Paris	Byzantine Philology	Pronunciation of modern Greek , Digenis Akritas , Rigas Velestinlis , bibliographical compilation of modern Greek literature
Cay Lienau (* 1937)	German	Westphalian Wilhelms University	Geography Classical Philology	Geography and regional studies of Greece
Michael Llewellyn – Smith (* 1939) Μάικλ Λιουέλιν Σμιθ	Briton	Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service , changing	Greek history	History of Crete , Greeks in Asia Minor , beginning of the modern Olympic Games , history of the city of Athens
Melpo Logotheti - see under: Merlier

M.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Peter Mackridge (* 1946) Πήτερ Μάκριτζ	Briton	Oxford University King’s College London		History, diglossia and dialects of modern Greek, modern Greek poetry: Solomos, Kavafis, Politis, Prevelakis, Seferis and Tachtsis, grammar of modern Greek
Vasilios N. Makrides (* 1961) Βασίλειος Ν. Μακρίδης	Greek	University of Erfurt	Orthodox theology religious studies	Cultural history and sociology of Orthodox Christianity, history of religious ideas and mentalities in Orthodox Eastern Europe as well as the religious and cultural relations between Eastern and Western Europe
Manusos Manusakas (1904-2003) Mανούσος Μανούσακας	Greek	National Hellenic Research Center , Institute of Historical Research, Department of Byzantine Studies Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Postbizantini di Venezia University of Thessaloniki	Byzantine history Byzantine philology Paleography Edition philology	Modern Greek epistolography ( Frangiskos Skuphos ), history of Crete in the Renaissance , Cretan literature of the Venetocracy , paleography
Theodoros Manousis (1793-1858)	Greek	University of Athens		General and Greek history
Lodoïs de Martin du Tyrac, Comte de Marcellus (1795–1861)	Frenchman			Greek folk song
Panagiotis D. Mastrodimitris (* 1934) Παναγιώτης Δ. Μαστροδημήτρης	Greek	University of Athens	Byzantine Philology	Modern Greek literature, modern Greek detective novel
Elsie Mathiopoulou-Tornaritou (* 1928) Έλση Μαθιοπούλου – Τορναρίτου	Greek	University of Bonn		Modern Greek literature
John Mavrogordato (1882-1970)	Briton	Oxford University		Modern Greek poetry: Erotokritos, Kavafis, Digenis Akrites
Giannis Mavromatis (* 20th century) Ιωάννης Μαυρομάτης	Greek	University of Ioannina		Cretan theater, literature of the Cretan Renaissance, Erotokritos
Mark Mazower (* 1958)	Briton	Columbia University , New York City Princeton University University of Sussex Birkbeck , University of London	International Relations Philosophy Classical Philology	History of Greece in modern times, occupation of Greece by Hitler , history of the Muslims and Jews in Thessaloniki
Melpo Merlier (1889–1979) Μέλπω Μερλιέ	Greek		Musicology	Folk song, folk music, Byzantine music
Octave Merlier (1897–1976) Οκτάβιος Μερλιέ	Frenchman	Institut français d'Athènes		New Testament, Modern Greek Poetry: Angelos Sikelianos, Dionysios Solomos
Bruce Merry (born 1944)	South Africans	James Cook University Kuwait University Witwatersrand University	Italian and English studies	Encyclopedia of modern Greek literature
Gustav Meyer (1850-1900)	German	University of Graz University of Prague	Sanskrit Comparative Linguistics	Middle and modern Greek linguistics, Greek folk song, Greek grammar
Roger Milliex (1913-2006) Ροζιέ Μιλλιέξ, also Ροζέ Μιλιέξ	Frenchman	French Embassy, Nicosia University of Genoa , Paris Institut français d'Athènes		Greece during World War II
André Mirambel (1900–1970) Αντρέ Μιραμπέλ	Frenchman	École nationale des Langues orientales , Paris Institut français d'Athènes		Modern Greek grammar , didactics , lexicography , modern Greek literature , Giorgos Seferis
Karolos Mitsakis (* 1932) Κάρολος Μητσάκης	Greek	University of Maryland University of Oxford University of Thessaloniki University of Athens	Byzantine Studies	Byzantine Hymnography ( Romanos Melodos ), Early Greek and Modern Literature
Marilisa Mitsou (* 1953) Μαριλίζα Μητσού	Greek	University of Munich		Modern literature
Ulrich Moennig (* 1961)	German	University of Hamburg	Byzantine Studies	Byzantine and modern Greek Alexander novel, literature of the early modern period
Panagiotis Moullas (1935-2010) Παναγιώτης Μουλλάς	Greek	University of Paris X-Nanterre University of Thessaloniki	Byzantine Studies	Modern Greek prose writers (Papadiamantis, Vizyinos) and epistolography (Photis Politis, Manolis Triantafyllidis)
Dietram Müller (* 1941)	German	University of Mainz	Classical Philology	Poetry, reception of antiquities
Friedrich Wilhelm August Mullach (1807–1882)	German	Gallicum Gymnasium , Berlin	Classical Philology	Demetrios Zenos , modern Greek grammar
Ioanna Mylonaki (* 1961) Ιωάννα Μυλωνάκη	Greek	University of Cologne		Greek autobiography, travelogues
Kostas Myrsiades (* 1940) Κώστας Μυρσιάδης	Americans	West Chester University	English comparative studies	Homer and his reception, Karagiosis theater, Takis Papatsonis, Greek guerrilla theater

N

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Alexander Negris (19th century) Αλέξανδρος Νέγρης	Greek	Harvard University		Grammar , lexicography
Iakovos Rhizos Nerulos (1778–1850) Ιάκωβος Ρίζος Νερουλός	Greek	Académie de Genève		History of Modern Greek Literature , Greek History , Ottoman Empire
Costantino Nicas (* 1935) Κωνσταντίνος Νικάς	Greek	University of Naples		Greek Enlightenment , Greek literature abroad, Greek dialects in southern Italy ( Calabria and Apulia ), modern Greek literature from the 15th century to the present day, relations between Greeks and Italians, Greek literature and culture in Italy and the West
Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis (* 1963)	Greek	Central European University , Budapest Free University of Berlin	Byzantine Studies	Greek language question , modern Greek literature

O

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities	image
Maria Oikonomou (* 1968) Μαρία Οικονόμου	Greek	University of Vienna	Comparative studies, Italian philology, theater studies	Modern literature, the reception of myths, migration research

P

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Lydia Papadimitriou (* 1966) Λυδία Παπαδημητρίου	Greek	Liverpool John Moores University	(exclusively :) film studies	Greek musicals, war films, independent Greek cinema
Nikolaos M. Panagiotakis (1933–1997) Νικόλαος Μ. Παναγιοτάκης	Greek	University of Crete University of Ioannina	Byzantine Philology	Crete , Modern Greek Literature of the Early Modern Period and the Cretan Renaissance, Erotokritos
Evangelos P. Papanoutsos (1900–1982) Ευάγγελος Π. Παπανούτσος	Greek	Ministry of Education Greek School System	Philosophy Classical Philology	Modern Greek literature: Kostis Palamas , Konstantinos Kavafis , Angelos Sikelianos
Konstantinos Paparrigopoulos (1815-1891) Κωνσταντίνος Παπαρρηγόπουλος	Greek	University of Athens		Founder of modern Greek historiography
Manolis Papathomopoulos (1930–2011) Μανόλης Παπαθωμόπουλος	Greek	University of Ioannina	Classical Byzantine Studies	Early vernacular literature
Michael Paschalis (* 20th century) Μιχαήλ Πασχάλης	Greek	University of Crete	Classical Philology	Modern Greek literature: Kalvos, Kazantzakis, Seferis, Solomos, Prevelakis, Roidis, Chortatsis, Rankhavis
Miltos Pechlivanos (* 1965) Μίλτος Πεχλιβάνος	Greek	Free University of Berlin University of Munich	Literary studies	Modern Greek language system, modern Greek literature
Maria Perlorentzou (* 1942) Μαρία Περλορέντζου	Greek	University of Bari University of Gabriele D'Annunzio , Chieti		Modern Greek literature of the 19th and 20th centuries: Evanthia Kairi , Elisavet Mutzàn Martinengu ; Aris Alexandru , Kostas Stergiopoulos , Andreas Pagoulatos , Kostis Palamas , Alk (iviadis) Gian (nòpulos) ; Dimosthenis Vutiras , Stratìs Tsirkas , Giannis Psycharis
Hubert Pernot (1870–1946) Υμπέρ Περνώ	Frenchman	Université de Paris École des langues orientales , Paris	Greek Studies	Modern Greek linguistics: modern Greek phonology , grammar , dialectology ; Modern Greek literary studies: folk song , Digenis Akritas , Prodromika , Kostis Palamas
Aristides Phoutrides (1887–1923) Αριστείδης Φουτρίδης	Greek	Harvard University	Classical Philology	Modern Greek literature, Kostis Palamas
Irene Philippaki-Warburton (* 20th century) Ειρήνη Φιλιππάκη-Warburton	Greek	Reading University	English Studies Classical Philology	Linguistics, grammar
Michalis I. Pieris (* 1952) Μιχάλης Ι. Πιερής	Greek	University of Cyprus University of Thessaloniki University of Crete		Modern Greek language and literature, Cypriot literature of the Middle Ages ( Leontios Machairas ), contemporary poetry ( Kavafis , Seferis , Montis, Sinopoulos), novel of the generation of the 30s
Alexis Politis (* 1945) Αλέξης Πολίτης	Greek	University of Crete		History of ideas, mentality and literature, book and library studies, folk song
Linos Politis (1906–1982) Λίνος Πολίτης	Greek	University of Thessaloniki		Modern Greek literary history manuscript studies
Filippo Maria Pontani (1913–1983)	Italian	University of Padua	Classical Philology Byzantine Studies Literary Translation	Kavafis, Seferis, Solomos, Tsirkas, Ungaretti and Greece, grammar
Filippomaria Pontani (* 1976)	Italian	University of Venice	Classical Philology Byzantine Studies Literary Translation	Modern poetry and prose
Simon Portius (17th century) Σίμων Πόρκιος Ρωμάνος	Greek			Modern Greek grammar
Michaela Prinzinger (* 1963)	Austrian	Berlin	Literary translation	Modern literature
Ioannis Psycharis (1854–1929) Ιωάννης Ψυχάρης	Greek	École Spéciale des Langues Orientales École pratique des hautes études	Linguistics German studies	Greek language question, linguistics
Walter Puchner (* 1947) Βάλτερ Πούχνερ	Austrian	University of Crete University of Athens	Theater Studies Folklore	Theater history, folk drama, folk song

R.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Vukašin Radišić (1810–1843)	Principality of Serbia	University of Belgrade	poetics	Modern Greek literature , Theodoros Prodromos
John E. Rexine (1929-1993)	Americans	Colgate University	Byzantine Studies Classical Philology	Literary criticism of modern Greek literature
Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves (1809-1892) Ἀλέξανδρος Ῥίζος Ῥαγκαβής	Ottoman Empire	University of Athens	Classical archeology	Modern Greek literary history
Heinz A. Richter (* 1939) Χάιντς Α. Ρίχτερ	German	University of Mannheim	History	Greek and Cypriot history and contemporary history
David Ricks (* 1936)	Briton	King's College London	Classical Philology	Modern Greek poetry, especially Konstantinos Kavafis , Homer reception in the modern Greek poetry, Digenis Akrites
Gerhard Rohlfs (1892–1986)	German	University of Munich University of Tübingen	(exclusively :) Romance studies	Southern Italian Gracious ( Griko )
Panagiotis Roilos (* 1969) Παναγιώτης Ροϊλός	Greek	Ohio State University Harvard University	Classical Byzantine Studies	Kavafis , Kazantzakis , romance novel , erotokritos , literary theory , orality and literacy , ritual theory, literary anthropology
Isidora Rosenthal-Kamarinea (1918–2003) Ισιδώρα Καμαρινέα	Greek	University of Bochum	Literary translation	Religious poetry
Vincenzo Rotolo (* 1931)	Italian	University of Palermo	Byzantine and Greek studies	Eustathios of Thessalonike , Allacci , Brettakos, Ritsos , Elytis , newspaper language
Louis Roussel (1881–1971)	Frenchman	University of Montpellier INALCO Institut français d'Athènes	Greek Studies	Stories by Mykonos , Kalvos , Jean Moréas
Hans Ruge (* 1940)	German	Department of Translation, Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the University of Mainz in Germersheim University of Stockholm		Grammar, language development and language didactics

S.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Apostolos Sachinis (1918–1997) Απόστολος Σαχίνης	Greek	Athens		Literary criticism
Constantine Sathas (1842–1914) Κωνσταντίνος Σάθας	Greek	Athens Paris	Byzantine Studies	Modern Greek philology, theater history
Guy Saunier (* 1934) also: Michel Saunier; Γκυ or Μισέλ Σωνιέ	Frenchman	Université Paris IV – Sorbonne		Folk song , moirologion , Alexandros Papadiamantis , Melpo Axioti , Nikos Kavvadias , modern literature
Giorgos Savvidis (1929–1995) Γιώργος Σαββίδης	Greek	University of Thessaloniki University of Harvard		Kavafis, Seferis, Karyotakis, Sikelianos, Valaoritis
Philip Sherrard (1922-1995)	Briton	British School at Athens King’s College London	Byzantine Studies	Modern Greek poetry, Orthodox theology
Alexander Sideras (1935–2019) Αλέξανδρος Σιδεράς	Greek	University of Göttingen	Classical Byzantine Studies	Literature from antiquity to the present
Gregory M. Sifakis (* 1935) Γρηγόρης Μ. Σηφάκης	Greek	University of Thessaloniki New York University	Greek Studies	Folk song , Ptochoprodromos , Karagiozis , Mikis Theodorakis
Nikolaos Sophianos (16th century) Νικόλαος Σοφιανός	Greek	Venice Rome		Grammar of Modern Greek
Evangelinos Apostolides Sophocles (1807-1883) Ευαγγελινός Αποστολίδης Σοφοκλής	Greek	Harvard University	Classical Byzantine Studies	Greek Lexicography Didactic material for teaching Greek
Gustav Soyter (1883–1965)	German	University of Erlangen University of Leipzig University of Würzburg	Byzantine Philology	Modern Greek language comedies, popular distich
Maria A. Stasinopoulou (* 1961) Μαρία Α. Στασινοπούλου	Greek	University of Vienna	Classical Philology	Greek Enlightenment (diaphotismos)
Melita Stavrou (* 1952) Μελίτα Σταύρου	Greek	University of Thessaloniki	General Linguistics	Generative syntax of Greek, automatic translation of Greek noun phrase in Greek
Theofanis George Stavrou (* 1934) Θεοφάνης Γιώργος Σταύρου	Greek	University of Minnesota	East and Southeast European History	Dionysios Solomos , Kostis Palamas , Modern Greek History , Orthodoxy

T

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Yvon Tarabout (* 20th century)	Frenchman	INALCO , Paris		Modern Greek literature , Aristotelis Valaoritis , Kosmas Thesprotos
Albert Thumb (1865-1915)	German	University of Freiburg University of Strasbourg	Comparative Linguistics	Modern Greek language and folklore
Nikolaos Tomadakis (1907–1993) Νικόλαος Τωμαδάκης	Greek	University of Athens	Byzantine Studies	Modern Greek poetry: Solomos , Palamas
Henri Tonnet (* 1942)	Frenchman	University of Paris IV -Sorbonne	Classical Philology	Accentuation, history of language; Novel, novella
Panagiotis Toufexis (* 1969) Παναγιώτης Τουφεξής	Greek	University of Hamburg University of Cambridge	Classical Philology	Linguistics, diglossia, Byzantine lexicography
Arnold J. Toynbee (1889-1975)	Briton	King's College London London School of Economics and Political Science Royal Institute of International Affairs , London	History	Greco-Turkish War
Erich Trapp (* 1942)	Austrian	University of Vienna University of Bonn	Byzantine Studies	Byzantine lexicography, Digenis Akritas , diachronic language development
Manolis Triantaphyllidis (1883–1959) Μανόλης Τριανταφυλλίδης	Greek	University of Thessaloniki		Vernacular grammar
Constantine A. Trypanis (1909-1993) Κωνσταντίνος Α. Τρυπάνης	Greek	University of Athens University of Oxford University of Chicago	Byzantine Studies Classical Philology	Seal, Kostis Palamas
Irini Tsamadou Jacoberger (* 1958) Ειρήνη Τσαμαδού Jacoberger	Greek	University of Strasbourg	General Linguistics	Modern Greek linguistics: noun , genitive , modality , didactics
Pavlos Tzermias (1925-2016) Παύλος Τζερμιάς	Greek	University of Friborg University of Zurich	History	Recent and recent history, literature
Dimitris Tziovas (* 1957) Δημήτρης Τζιόβας	Greek	Birmingham University		Modernism, nationalism, the reception of antiquity and Byzantium in modern Greek literature, the Greek language question, Greek diaspora and travel literature, the Greeks and the Balkans

V

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Karen Van Dyck (born 1961)	American	Columbia University , New York		Modern literature, gender theory, Greek diaspora , translatology
Gonda Van Steen (born 1964)	Belgian	King's College London University of Florida University of Arizona Cornell University	Classical Philology	Aristophanes reception in modern Greece, reception of tragedies in political internment camps in the post-war period, France and the Ottoman Empire ( Comte de Marcellus ), reception of ancient literature in the 19th and 20th centuries, intellectual history of modern Greece
Nikos Veis (between 1882 and 1887–1958) Νίκος Βέης	Greek	University of Athens University of Berlin	Byzantine Philology Paleography Codicology	Manuscripts of the Meteora monasteries , palaeography , codicology
Mario Vitti (* 1926) Μάριο Βίττι	Italian	Viterbo University		A total of Modern Greek literature, including the discovery of Ευγένα one Theodoros Montzeleze of Zakynthos , Andreas Kalvos , the generation of the '30s , Odysseas Elytis
Spyridon Vryonis (1928–2019) Σπυρίδων Βρυώνης	Greek	University of Athens University of California at Los Angeles	Byzantine and modern Greek history	Coexistence of the peoples in Asia Minor and the peoples of the Balkans, ideological and political use of history in Turkey, the September pogrom of Istanbul

W.

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities
Wilhelm Wagner (1843–1880)	German	Scholars' School of the Johanneum , Hamburg	Classical Philology	Origin of modern Greek from ancient Greek, edition of Byzantine and early modern vernacular texts
Nikolaus Wenturis (1936–2001) Νικόλαος Βεντούρης	Greek	University of Tübingen	Political science	political system of Greece, Greece and the European Community
Christopher Montague Woodhouse (1917-2001)	Briton	changing		Philhellenism , Ioannis Kapodistrias , Modern Greek History

X

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities	image
Stefanos Xanthoudidis (1864–1928) Στέφανος Ξανθουδίδης	Greek	Heraklion Archaeological Museum 10. Ephoria for Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities		Cretan History, Folklore and Language; Erotokritos

Z

scientist	nationality	Place of work	other qualifications	Research priorities	image
Ioannis Zelepos (* 1967) Ιωάννης Ζελεπός	Greek	University of Munich University of Vienna	Southeast European history	Modern Greek History, Rebetiko , Orthodox Church in the Ottoman Empire
Georgios Theodorou Zoras (1908–1982) Γεώργιος Θεοδώρου Ζώρας	Greek	University of Athens University of Rome		Modern Greek language and literature

Legend

Scientists : This column records the name form common in German, the dates of life and the Greek name form (also for non-Greeks, provided the Greek name form is common).

Nationality : This column records the nationality, as far as can be determined in view of data protection and personal rights. In the case of Greeks abroad in particular , dual citizenship can also be given without the public being aware of this.

Place of activity : For academics, this column usually only records the universities at which they have taught with the rank of professor, possibly based on the current status in descending biographical order. However, lecturers with their academic affiliation and those outside of academic operations are also included with details of the city in which they are or were active.

Further qualifications : This column records further academic qualifications of the listed Neo-Graecists, both undergraduate training and academic achievements in other disciplines. In many cases, often in the case of Byzantinists, this column indicates the main qualification, while Neo-Greek Studies is only a secondary activity for these researchers. Nevertheless, no evaluations were made here. Detailed information can be found in the personal articles.

Main research areas : This column summarizes the key areas of work and research achievements of the researchers listed.

Image : This column shows images of the neo-Greekists mentioned.

literature

André Binte: The situation of neo- Greek studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin. In: Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society 18, 1997, 35–40, (online)

Günther Steffen Henrich : On the history of Neo-Greek and Byzantine studies at the University of Leipzig. In: Greeks in Leipzig, then - today. Leipzig 1999, 28–32.

Wolfram Hörandner , Johannes Koder , Maria Stassinopoulou (eds.), Viennese Byzantine and Neo-Greek Studies. Contributions to the symposium “Forty Years of the Institute for Byzantine and Neo-Greek Studies at the University of Vienna in memory of Herbert Hunger” (Vienna, December 4-7, 2002). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2004.

Panagiotis D. Mastrodimitris : Εισαγωγή στη Νεοελληνική φιλολογία. ΄Εβδομη έκδοση. Εκδόσεις Δόμος, Αθήνα 2005 (πρώτη έκδοση Θεσσαλονίκη 1974), pp 270-403: Τα ιστορικά και τα προσωπογραφικά της νεοελληνικής φιλολογίας , (online) ( Memento of 17 May 2014 for Internet Archive ) (PDF); τετάρτη έκδοση, Εκδόσεις Δόμος, Αθήνα 1983, (online)

André Mirambel : Le Grec modern à l'Ecole Nationale des Langues Orientales Vivantes, in: Cent-cinquantenaire de l'École des langues orientales. Imprimerie Nationale de France, Paris 1948.

Ilse Rochow: Modern Greek studies at the Berlin University from 1850 to 1905 . In: Johannes Irmscher , Marika Mineemi (editor): Ὁ Ἑλληνισμὸς εἰς τὸ ἐξωτερικόν. On the relations of Greece with foreign countries in recent times . Berlin 1968 ( Berlin Byzantine Works 40), pp. 553-583.

Constantine Sathas : Νεοελληνική Φιλολογία: Βιογραφία των εν τοις γράμμασι διαλαμψάντων Ελλήνων, από της καταλύσεως της Βυζαντινής Αυτοκρατορίας μέχρι της Ελληνικής εθνεγερσίας (1453-1821). Τυπογραφείο των τέκνων Ανδρέου Κορομηλά, Αθήνα 1868, (online) .

Henri Tonnet : Notice sur les enseignants de grec modern de l'INALCO , in: Pierre Labrousse (ed.): Langues O'1795–1995: deux siècles d'histoire de l'École des langues orientales . Paris, Éditions Hervas, 1995, ISBN 2-903118-90-6 , pp. 150-157.