Associate Professor Christopher Livanos

Associate Professor Christopher Livanos

Areas: Classical and Early Modern poetry; Byzantine poetry; comparative drama; representations of nature; concepts of good and evil in world religions; notions of the human, the animal, and the monstrous.

Languages: Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek; Latin; Spanish; Italian.

Office
950 Van Hise
Phone: 263-3851
E-mail:

Office Hours: Fall 2009: Monday and Wednesday 1:30 - 2:30

Recent Publication

"Orthodox and Pagans in Byzantium," and "Developments in Byzantine Poetry" in The Byzantine World, Routledge, 2009 (forthcoming).

Congratulations to Professor Livanos on the publication of his book, Greek Tradition and Latin Influence in the Work of George Scholarios, published by Gorgias Press.

"This title is a study of the work and the career of the theologian and diplomat, George Scholarios, who, under the name Gennadios II, became the first Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church during the period of Ottoman Rule..." Read more

"Teaching the Canzoniere in a Comparative Literature Curriculum." Approaches to Teaching Petrarch's Canzoniere and the Petrarchan Tradition. Ed. Christopher Kleinhenz and Andrea Dini. MLA Publications. (forthcoming).

"Michael Choniates, Poet of Love and Knowledge." Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies (30.2) 2006. London: Maney Publishing. pp. 115-126.

"The Conflict Between Scholarios and Plethon: Religion and Communal Identity in Early Modern Greece," Modern Greek Literature: Critical Essays, ed. Gregory Nagy and Anna Stavrakopoulou. pp. 24-41. New York: Routledge, 2003.