Grace Monk

Candidate statement

Grace Monk: I’m a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature at Princeton University, where I’m writing a dissertation about shipwreck in Greek and Latin American contexts and the ways that shipwreck prompts us to think about the past. More generally, I study Greek and Latin American literature and culture of the 20th-21st centuries. I first became interested in Modern Greek Studies as an undergraduate, and before graduate school I worked at Anatolia College in Thessaloniki. At Princeton, the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies is my home base. I’m involved in the graduate reading group, and I’ve run the Modern Greek language table for several years. I also help out with concerts and our annual graduate conference, and over the summer, I’ve worked with undergraduates in Greece and Cyprus. I’m currently on Princeton’s graduate student governance committee (part of the admin’s shared governance model), and I’ve worked in governance and programming at the Modern Language Association. I would enjoy getting to know the broader graduate community involved in Modern Greek Studies and supporting graduate involvement in the field. It was a pleasure to present at MGSA in the fall of 2024 and to see everyone here on campus. I look forward to the upcoming Symposium, and I’m deeply appreciative of this scholarly community.