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The word is become flesh’: re-membering bodies in Walt Whitman and C. P. Cavafy

Event time: 
Friday, April 5, 2019 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Henry R. Luce Hall (LUCE ), 202 See map
34 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
Event description: 

Nikolas P. Kakkoufa holds a bachelor in Classical Studies and Philosophy (2008) and a Magister Artium in Modern Greek Philology (2010) from the University of Cyprus. In 2015 he was awarded the title of Doctor of Philosophy in Modern Greek Studies by King’s College London with the thesis titled ‘Athens – most foreign of capitals’: urban estrangement in Greek poetry, 1912-1993, which he is now in the process of turning into a book (forthcoming).

Before coming to Columbia as a Lecturer in the Classics Department, he has taught at Princeton University, at the University of Cyprus and at the University of Nicosia. His ongoing research projects are focusing on the comparative examination of Modern Greek and English/American literature (mostly Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman) and on the image of the city in literature. He has given presentations on the work of Vitsenzo Kornaros, Oscar Wilde, Kostis Palamas, C.P. Cavafy, Kostas Karyotakis, Nikolas Calas, Lefteris Poulios, Michalis Ganas etc. His current research focuses on Oscar Wilde’s reception in Greece in poetry, prose, theatre, and popular culture.

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