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Professor Bogdanou was awarded the Aristeion Award for her academic leadership as the director of the Basil P. Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Studies at Loyola Marymount University, as well as her support of numerous Greek-American organizations.

The Aristeion Award for Academic Leadership by the American Hellenic Council of California, 2024

Professor Bogdanou was awarded the HAWC Aristeion award for her support of local women's organizations and women in the arts

HAWC Aristeion Award

Board Member of the Greek Heritage Society of the Southern California

Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF), programming commitee

Hellenic American Women's Council

  Scholarship Advisor, The Saint Katherine Foundation, Saint Katherine Greek Orthodox Church, Redondo Beach, California.

Professor Bogdanou earned a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of California at Los Angeles with an emphasis in 19th - 20th c. European literature, critical theory and gender studies. A native of Athens, Greece, she completed her B.A. in English literature and linguistics at the University of Athens. Upon graduation, she received the prestigious National Scholar Award (I.K.Y) to pursue an M.A. in Comparative Critical Theory Studies at Warwick University in the UK and then her doctorate degree at UCLA. Prior to her appointment at LMU, she taught at UCLA and Occidental College.

Professor Bogdanou joined LMU in 2001. She has taught courses in comparative literature, critical theory, and Modern Greek literature, culture and language. She is currently the Director of the Basil P. Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Studies and the Odyssey Summer Study Abroad Program in Greece.

Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of identity politics, gender studies, cultural representations of women and women’s writing/voices.

Greek Language

Comparative European Literature

Critical Theory

Gender Studies

Modern Greek Studies

Greek

French

Ancient Greek

Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Basil P. Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Studies

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