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David Ricks

Professor David Ricks

Emeritus Professor of Modern Greek and Comparative Literature

Biography

David Ricks taught at King’s College London from 1989 to 2020 and has written on the work of many Greek poets, among them Solomos, Kalvos, Cavafy, SIkelianos, Anagnostakis, Sinopoulos, Vayenas and Ganas. He is editor (with Ingela Nilsson, Uppsala) of the journal Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, which welcomes strong contributions, and especially from younger scholars.

Research Interests 

  • Modern Greek poetry and short fiction
  • classical tradition
  • translation

For more details, please see David's full research profile.

Selected Publications

The Shade of Homer (1989)

Byzantine Heroic Poetry (1990)

ed., with Paul Magdalino, Byzantium and the Modern Greek Identity (1998)

ed., with Roderick Beaton, The Making of Modern Greece (2009)

ed., with Peter Mackridge, The British Council and Anglo-Greek Literary Relations, 1945-1955 (2018)

Research

Centre for Hellenic Studies 2 Agios Achilleios Lake Prespa, Greece
Centre for Hellenic Studies

The Centre for Hellenic Studies is a unique grouping of academics with interests and expertise covering more than three millennia, from Aegean prehistory to the history, language, literature and culture of Greece, Cyprus and the worldwide Greek diaspora today.

presentPasts
presentPasts

Across the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, King’s academics study cultural interactions across time and the transhistorical traditions that often frame, foster, and shape them.

Events

04FebAllegory: Wounded Greece rescued by A. Korais and R. Feraios , 1911

The 30th Annual Runciman Lecture

Join us at the Annual Runciman Lecture exploring the Greek revolution in poetry

Please note: this event has passed.

02OctArtwork by Panagiotis Stavropoulos

Beyond words: History and translation in modern Greek fiction

A panel discussion exploring how translators manage the reader’s historical awareness in relation to modern Greek fiction.

Please note: this event has passed.

Research

Centre for Hellenic Studies 2 Agios Achilleios Lake Prespa, Greece
Centre for Hellenic Studies

The Centre for Hellenic Studies is a unique grouping of academics with interests and expertise covering more than three millennia, from Aegean prehistory to the history, language, literature and culture of Greece, Cyprus and the worldwide Greek diaspora today.

presentPasts
presentPasts

Across the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, King’s academics study cultural interactions across time and the transhistorical traditions that often frame, foster, and shape them.

Events

04FebAllegory: Wounded Greece rescued by A. Korais and R. Feraios , 1911

The 30th Annual Runciman Lecture

Join us at the Annual Runciman Lecture exploring the Greek revolution in poetry

Please note: this event has passed.

02OctArtwork by Panagiotis Stavropoulos

Beyond words: History and translation in modern Greek fiction

A panel discussion exploring how translators manage the reader’s historical awareness in relation to modern Greek fiction.

Please note: this event has passed.