St Cross College, Oxford

MA (BA Athens; MA, PhD Lond.); University Lecturer in Modern Greek

E-mail: dimitris.papanikolaou

Phone: (01865) 270482
Fax: (01865) 270757

External Web site : www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk

Dimitris's research focuses on the ways Modern Greek literature opens a dialogue with other cultural forms (especially Greek popular culture) as well as other literatures and cultures. He is also interested in literary and cultural theory and the new perspectives it offers for the study of literature. He has recently completed a monograph on Greek and French singer-songwriters of the 50s and 60s. His next big project is a detailed study of the writings of C.P.Cavafy informed by Queer Theory and Histories of Sexuality. Forthcoming publications include articles on Greek youth culture in the 60s, the popular uses of Zorba the Greek, the representation of immigrants in recent Greek cinema, William Plomer's 'Greek' short stories, and New Queer perspectives on Greekness.