Ismini Lamb is the Director of the Modern Greek Studies Program and an Associate Teaching Professor. She offers courses on Hellenic identity, history, and culture, including 20th Century Greek Literature, World Visions of Modern Greece, Greek Society and Popular Culture, Byzantine History and Civilization, and The Orthodox Faith in Greek Culture. Her research interests include Hellenic identity and expression, national and ecumenical Hellenism, and social and humanitarian issues in contemporary Greece following the financial and refugee crisis. She is the co-author of The Gentle American: George Horton's Odyssey and His True Account of the Smyrna Catastrophe (Gorgias Press, 2022). This volume is the authorized biography of George Horton, the American philhellene, classicist, poet, best-selling author, diplomat, ethnographer, and humanitarian. She has been teaching the Greek language and culture for over thirty years at Georgetown, founded and mentors the Georgetown Hellenic Association, and loves sharing her appreciation of the continuity of Hellenic civilization from antiquity to the present with students. She has published widely including in the Journal of American Diplomacy, The Mediterranean Quarterly, The New European, Kathimerini, and The National Herald. She speaks frequently on Greek culture, history, and current events.
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Academic Appointment(s)
- Primary
- Associate Teaching Professor, College - Department of Classics