Each year, the Arthur and Mary Platsis Prizes award undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Michigan for exceptional work related to the Greek Legacy from its earliest roots through the Classical and Hellenistic eras and as echoed and reinforced in the works of Byzantine and Modern Greek culture. Students in any college and any field are invited to submit work dealing with the relevance of Greek thought and experience for our world today.

There are two main categories of submissions:  research and creative work.  Research may be presented in any standard scholarly form. Creative work may be presented in a variety of forms:  essays, plays, poems, films, musical compositions, performances, visual art, translations/adaptations, etc. Performances and musical compositions should be submitted on audio or video, visual arts in digital form or slides, and translations/adaptations together with the original work. There are no restrictions on length or size of works.

All entries must include four copies of the work(s) and must be accompanied by a cover sheet with the following information typewritten on the page:

  • Name of student
  • Local address & phone number
  • Permanent address
  • e-mail address
  • School or college
  • Class & UMID #

The deadline for submissions is Friday, May 18, 2007.

Please submit entries to:
Carrie Romant
Modern Greek
2172 Angell Hall/435 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003

All submissions must be complete, as outlined above. Entries will be anonymously evaluated by the 2006 Platsis Symposium Committee. Amounts of prizes shall also be determined by the committee and shall reflect the scope of the work selected. One or more prizes will be awarded at the 6th Annual Platsis Symposium, which will  be held on Sunday, September 23, 2007.

For more information, please contact: Carrie Romant, romantca@umich.edu