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As a UCL Mellon Fellow Dimitris was researching Identities and Culture in Europe with a focus on popular culture and its role in identity formation.
Degrees
- 2002: PhD in Comparative Liteature, UCL - University of London Thesis: Singing Poets: Popular Music and Literature in France and Greece (1945-1975): Reading Brassens, Ferré, Theodorakis and Savvopoulos.
Supervisor: Professor Michael Worton. - 1998: MA in Comparative Literature and Translation Studies, UCL - University of London.
- 1997: Diploma in Music (Flute) Athens' Conservatory.
- 1995: BA in Classics, University of Athens
Scholarships and Awards
- 1997-2001: Greek State Scholarship Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship
- 2001-2002: Leventis Foundation. Scholarship for the completion of the PhD.
- 2000: UCL Graduate School Travel Scholarhip
- 1993-1995: Papadakis Foundation, Undergraduate Scholarship
Publications
- 'Demetrios Capetanakis: A Greek Poet (Coming Out) in England'.
- "Utopian Structures in A.Fragkias's Loimos". To be published in the Proceedings of the 2nd Conference of European Hellenists (in Greek)
- "Geekness as liminality: Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex and Vassilis Alexakis's Les Mots Etrangers".
- The songwriter as poetry reader: the poem-songs of Georges Brassens and Léo Ferré"
- "The art of the gesture: Re-reading the 18 Texts", Nea Hestia (Athens), March 2002 .
- "Bandits' Rock, from Katsantones to Savvopoulos. Bandits as Others in texts and songs of the late 20th century". Conference Proceedings in press, Hellenika Grammata, Athens
- "Setting Seferis's poetry to music", in George Seferis: Centenary Celebrations, The Hellenic Foundation for Culture, London, 2000.
- Introductory essay (on the Greek guitarist tradition) published as liner notes of the cd Jorinde, the Acrobat and the Owl (Lyra CD2430)
- Four theatre and dance reviews published in The Stage, London.