Will Stroebel

Candidate statement

Will Stroebel (incumbent) is an Assistant Professor of Modern Greek and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan. His work focuses on modern Greek and Turkish literatures, border studies, migration, book history and material culture. His first monograph, Literature’s Refuge, came out with Princeton U.P. in 2025. In all his capacities, he aims to expand the audience and interlocutors of Modern Greek Studies, which he believes has much to offer the larger intellectual ecosystem of the humanities and social sciences. He served on the MGSA Executive Board 2023-2026 as chair of the Transnational Studies Committee and co-chair of the Undergraduate Education Committee, as well as chair for the 2024 Constantinides Translation Prize. The main thrust of his work focused on revising and expanding the Resource Portal, organizing a series of Webinars, and co-organizing the 2025 Pedagogy Workshop alongside his colleagues at Boston University (where Kelly Polychroniou took the local organizational lead). Will has been humbled to serve the MGSA, which has always been like an extended family. It would be an honor to offer another term of service to the Executive Board and continue giving back to the MGSA community.