Dimitris Prokos

Dimitris Prokos is currently completing his PhD research in the field of modern Greek Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He holds a BA in Classics and an MA in Modern Greek Literature. His doctoral dissertation consists of an interdisciplinary approach to the notion of verbal/musical repetition and its functions in modern Greek oral and sung poetry. He has shared his views with the academic community through conferences and journal publications both in Greece and internationally. In spring 2024, he worked on the James A. Notopoulos recordings of the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature at Harvard University, supported by a Fulbright fellowship. Dimitris is also an active musician (clarinet and electronics), composing and performing original music, mainly with the Athenian band Dury Dava, as well as in solo projects.