Best Universities offering graduate programs in Modern Greek Language and Literature

The teaching of Modern Greek language and literature at Harvard dates back to 1828.

The Program of Modern Greek Studies at Harvard, part of the the Classics, is the oldest program of its kind in the United States. In 1987, we became the first program in the United States to grant a doctorate in this field. We also offer courses to the general public through the Extension School.

Students and researchers at the Program of Modern Greek Studies at Harvard have access to exceptional facilities.

Ph.D. Program in Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies.

From its earliest days, Bryn Mawr has had an international reputation in classical languages. It was among the first institutions to offer doctorates in classical philology to women in the United States.

The department is part of the Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics, and History of Art, which provides a forum for interdisciplinary collaboration and research and promotes a strong scholarly community among the graduate students in the three programs.

In addition to seminars at Bryn Mawr, students may take classes at the nearby University of Pennsylvania through a reciprocal agreement, and, by special arrangement, at Princeton University and other institutions in the area.

The Classics graduate students annually organize the Agnes Michels Lecture, selecting a speaker to give a public lecture and hold a seminar for the students.

In support of its commitment to studying literary and historical texts in their cultural as well as material contexts, the department offers two fellowships each year toward summer study in Italy or Greece, preferably at the American Academy in Rome or the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. The fellowships are normally reserved for students who will complete the M.A. degree in the academic year preceding the summer in which they plan to go abroad.

The department also offers the Berthe M. Marti Fellowship in affiliation with the American Academy in Rome to enable advanced graduate students to study and carry out research in Rome in the fields of early, classical, and medieval Latin, Latin paleography, Latin textual criticism, or some combination thereof. The Fellowship alternates between Bryn Mawr College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Financial aid is available through the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics, and History of Art. Funding is provided in form of fellowships, teaching assistantships, and internships and is usually offered for up to six years, contingent upon satisfactory progress.Senior graduate students of exceptional promise may be given the opportunity to design and teach a course as part of a funding package.