Eirini Kotsovili

Areas of interest

Cultural studies, women’s studies, Neo/Hellenic studies, comparative literature, theory, memory, identity, and gender studies.

Actively accepting MA students interested in:
modern / Greek literature, contemporary culture, literary theory, identity and gender

Education

• DPhil, Medieval and Modern Languages and Literature, University of Oxford
• MSt, Medieval and Modern Languages and Literature, University of Oxford
• BA, History and Hispanic Studies, McGill University

Biography

Eirini D. Kotsovili studied History, Hispanic studies at McGill University (B.A) and Literature at University of Oxford (M.St, D.Phil), where she was also Junior Dean (Somerville College). She is a member of the Stavros Niarchos Centre for Hellenic Studies, the Institute for the Humanities, as well as an Associate member of the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies. Together with Dr. Capperdoni and Dr. Horncastle, she leads the Memory and Trauma research cluster. Her research and teaching interests revolve around the notions of gender and identity, Modern Greece (comparative/transnational approach) and contemporary cultural production reflecting on the relation between past and present within various socio-political contexts.