Every 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, and there are no restrictions on length or size of works. Entries are anonymously evaluated by the Platsis Symposium Committee.  Amounts of prizes are determined by the committee and shall reflect the scope of the work selected.  One or more prizes will be awarded every Fall during the Platsis Symposium.

The prizes are supported by the Arthur and Mary Platsis Endowment Fund for the Greek Legacy, named for Arthur and Mary Platsis, immigrants from Crete, Greece, who dedicated their lives to hard work and service in their adopted country of the United States.  Arthur and Mary Platsis believed in the power of education.  They also believed in celebrating the cultural and intellectual traditions of their Greek heritage.

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