The Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA) is a scholarly organization for modern Greek

Greece

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 studies in North America

North America

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. It was founded in 1968.

It is interdisciplinary, covering language, history, politics, economics, society, and the arts of modern Greece, broadly defined.

The MGSA sponsors the Journal of Modern Greek Studies

Journal of Modern Greek Studies

The Journal of Modern Greek Studies is an academic journal founded in 1983 and is the official publication of the Modern Greek Studies Association. It is devoted to the study of modern Greece and explores social, cultural, and political affairs in Greece from the late Byzantine period until the...

(1983- , , e-), the only scholarly periodical to focus exclusively on modern Greece. It covers Greek history, society, politics, and culture from the late Byzantine period

Byzantine Empire

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 to the present. Choice reviews has praised it as "a magnificent scholarly journal".

Its biennial symposia are a focus for scholars of modern Greece in North America.

External links

• MGSA official site
• Journal of Modern Greek Studies official site; also available online at MUSE (by subscription)