Nikolas P. Kakkoufa

Lecturer, Modern Greek
Director of Undergraduate Studies of the Program in Hellenic Studies

(212) 854-9232
nk2776@columbia.edu
617A Hamilton Hall


Office Hours: Wednesday 2:30 pm-3:30 pm. By appointment and via Zoom.


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Research Interests

  • Modern Greek Poetry

  • Gender, Sexuality, and the Body

  • Reception in Modern Greek and Comparative Literature

  • The image of the city in Literature

  • Second Language Acquisition

Research languages: Modern Greek, English, French, Ancient Greek, Latin

Nikolas P. Kakkoufa joined the Department in 2017. Before his appointment at Columbia, he

taught at Princeton University and the University of Cyprus. He received a BA in Classical

Studies and Philosophy and an MA in Modern Greek Philology from the University of Cyprus

and a PhD in Modern Greek Studies from King’s College London (2015). During 2020-2021, he

was a Marilena Laskiridis Research Fellow in Modern Greek Studies at the University of

Amsterdam. He is the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Program in Hellenic Studies

where he also directs the Modern Greek Language Program and teaches language classes

(Elementary to Advanced) and classes on Modern Greek and Comparative Literature, Reception,

and Sexuality. He is also an affiliated faculty member of the Institute for the Study of Sexuality

and Gender and the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society. He has served on the

Lecturers Advisory Committee (2020-2023) and on the Columbia University Senate (2021-2023).

In 2021, he was awarded a Provost Large-Scale Teaching & Learning Grant for the project

Learning Greece from the Streets: An Urban E-Archaeology of the City.

Selected Publications

‘So skillfully mirrored in his art’: mirroring desire in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. In: L. Diamantopoulou and M. Yerolemou, eds. 2019. Mirrors and Mirroring: From Antiquity to the Early Modern Period. London: Bloomsbury Academic Press, pp. 93–103.

‘Dangerous dreams and dubious visions in Kornaros’ Erotokritos’. In L. Giannakopoulou and K.E. Skordyles, eds., 2017. Culture and Society in Crete: From Kornaros to Kazantzakis, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, pp. 33–66.

‘Σατιρικά Γυμνάσματα: μια ιδιάζουσα εφαρμογή της ‘ποιητικής’ μεθόδου της ονοματοχρησίας’. In: Η ποίηση και η ποιητική του Κωστή Παλαμά: εβδομήντα χρόνια από το θάνατό του. Τόμος Α, 2016. Athens: Palamas Foundation, pp. 367–390.

Κάνοντας ‘βήματα πίσω’. Η Παραλογή του Μιχάλη Γκανά και το δημοτικό τραγούδι. In: A. Polimerou-Kamalaki, ed., 2013. Λαϊκός Πολιτισμός και έντεχνος λόγος (Ποίηση - Πεζογραφία - Θέατρο). Πρακτικά Διεθνούς Επιστημονικού Συνεδρίου, 8-10 Δεκεμβρίου 2010. Volume A. Athens: Athens Academy, pp. 471-482.