Georgios Podaropoulos

Georgios (Yiorgos) Podaropoulos is a Doctoral Research Fellow in English Language Literature at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo. His academic journey includes positions as a Pre-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University's Center for Hellenic Studies and visiting student experiences across European institutions.

Education:

• MRes in Literary Studies, Leiden University (2021-2023, summa cum laude)
• BA Hons in Philology, University of Athens (2016-2020, first class honours)
• Visiting student at Université libre de Bruxelles (2018-2019) and University of Edinburgh (2022)

His research explores interdisciplinary intersections of literary criticism, temporal studies, and cultural analysis, with specialized focus on utopian visions, crisis narratives, and philosophical examinations of language across modernist and postmodernist traditions.

Honors and Funding:

• Awards: Thesis Prize from Netherlands Research School for Literary Studies; University of Athens distinction in Humanities; National Greek Examination Excellence Award
• Grants: Harvard University CHS fellowship; International Olympic Academy; Netherlands Research School for Literary Studies; Modern Greek Studies Association
• Scholarships: Onassis Foundation; Erasmus+; Greek State Scholarship Foundation