This course will explore the historical roots of the Greek nation-state, the homogenization of its linguistic landscape, and the consolidation of an ethnic majoritarian understanding of citizenship and belonging, focusing on the role literature and culture play in these processes. Students will study literary, historical, anthropological, legal, and other materials, and will meet writers, scholars, politicians, and activists living in Greece and actively engaged in rethinking what Greece has been, is now, and could become in the future. Based in Athens, the course will also visit Corfu, Epirus and Thessaloniki.