Simos Zenios

Candidate statement

Simos Zenios (Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Harvard University) is the Peter V. Tsantes Endowed Assistant Professor in Greek Literature and Language in the Department of Languages and Cultural Studies at Stony Brook University. He previously served as Associate Director of the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and as Lecturer in Modern Greek Language and Culture at UCLA. At both institutions, he has been actively involved in wide-ranging academic programming and cross-institutional collaborations as well as community outreach. His research explores the intersections of literature and intellectual history in the European Enlightenment and Romanticism, as well as literary and critical theory and classical receptions. He has published studies in peer-reviewed journals and academic presses in the U.S. and Europe. The topics of these studies include the literature and intellectual history of the Greek Revolution, Romantic philhellenism and imperialism, early modern Cypriot literature and cultural transfers, Greek modernism, and rhetoric and aesthetics in the British Enlightenment. He would be honored to serve on the MGSA Executive Board, if elected, and to contribute broadly to the mission and goals of the MGSA. He is particularly interested in deepening collaborations among scholars and institutions in North America and those based in Greece, Europe, and Australia. He is also committed to expanding opportunities and support for graduate students and early-career scholars in the field.