Stathis Gourgouris

Stathis Gourgouris (Greek: Στάθης Γουργουρής) is a poet, essayist, translator, sound artist, and professor of classics, English, Comparative Literature at Columbia University.[1] He also writes opinion pieces on contemporary politics and culture in newspapers and internet media in both Greek and English. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2022.[2] He was also a former president of the Modern Greek Studies Association (2006-2012) and director of the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia (2009-2015). He is a member of the Sublamental Artists Collective,[3] which releases his music and sound art compositions under the name Count G.[4]

Stathis Gourgouris
Στάθης Γουργουρής
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (2022)
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineComparative Literature
Institutions

Biography

Gourgouris earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., all from the University of California, Los Angeles.[5][6] He taught at Princeton University from 1992 to 2000, Columbia University from 2002 to 2005, University of California, Los Angeles from 2005 to 2008, before rejoining Columbia's faculty in 2008.[7] He was also a visiting professor at the National Technical University of Athens.

Gourgouris' writings focus on the intersection between the poetics and politics of modernity and democracy.[8] He has written extensively on Ancient Greek philosophy, political theory, and contemporary Greek culture and politics.[1][9]

References
  1. "Stathis Gourgouris". Stathis Gourgouris. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  2. "Four Columbians Win Guggenheim Fellowships". Columbia News. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  3. "Sublamental Records". sublamental.com. 17 July 2022. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  4. "Count G". Count G. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  5. "Stathis Gourgouris | The Department of English and Comparative Literature". english.columbia.edu. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  6. "Modern Greek Studies Association". www.mgsa.org. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  7. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  8. "Rethinking Greece: Stathis Gourgouris on democratic autonomy". www.greeknewsagenda.gr. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  9. LeBor, Adam (9 July 2015). "To emerge from the ruins Greece must shift focus to rebuilding and reform". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
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