The Center for Modern Greek Studies is a teaching, research and administrative unit of San Francisco State University's College of Humanities. Having been established in 1981, the Center's purpose is to promote the study of modern Greek language, literature, history and culture in relation to its earlier Hellenic and Byzantine civilizations.

Established in 1983, the Nikos Kazantzakis Chair supports academic and cultural outreach activities of the Center. It is the second such Chair in Modern Greek Studies to be established in the United States.

Activities and Programs

The Center currently offers an Interdisciplinary Minor in Modern Greek Studies at the B.A. level including courses in beginning, intermediate and advanced level Modern Greek language, Modern Greek and Greek American literature, Modern Greek history and anthropology, and Byzantine civilization.

The Center organizes special cultural outreach events such as concerts, art exhibits, readings, film screenings and lectures.

The Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Modern Greek Studies Collection, housed at the Center, contains some 2000 volumes.

The Northern California Greek American Archive, located at the Center, collects oral histories and written materials pertaining to Greek immigrants and the Greek American experience in California. Collections on Greece and the Greek American experience are also held in the University's J. Paul Leonard Library, including Bay Area Greek American Newspaper Archives.

Faculty and Staff

         Martha Klironomos
                    Professor of English and Director, Center for Modern Greek Studies 
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         Dr. Efthalia Papadaki
                    Visiting Scholar in Modern Greek Studies (2006-2009)
        
         Jesse Torgerson
                   Lecturer in Modern Greek Studies (Spring 2008)
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         Kristen Rodriguez-Salas
                   Administrative Assistant