Word: alexiou
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Margaret B. Alexiou is happy with the fact that Harvard gets money from different places. After all, she points out, as Seferis Chair of Modern Greek she holds a chair entirely funded by Greek monies, including academic foundations...
...think a new situation exists," Alexiou says. "I think we can continue to fundraise from Greek or Greek-American sources, but we can count on Harvard support...In other words, the program can now hope to move on to a new phase...
...Alexiou adds that she doesn't see why politics would play a role in what is studied. Departments don't need to compete--rather, she says, they should "foster friendly relationships...
...that...the academics can handle it sensibly and be able to deal with the narrow nationalisms that can exist, including, sometimes, [with] the donors. That can be a problem when a donor says [for example], this has to go to a Greek-loving Greek or a Turk-loving Turk," Alexiou says...
...academic institutions like Harvard to ensure that political concerns do not clash with intellectual goals, Alexiou says...