2026-2027 Hellenic Research Fellowship Program Awardees

2026-2027 Hellenic Research Fellowship Program Awardees

The University Library is pleased to announce our Hellenic Research Fellows and Writers-in-Residence for 2026-2027 along with their project titles. We are deeply grateful to our sponsors for the support of the Hellenic Research Fellowship Program (HRFP): the Tarbell Family Foundation; the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation; the Endowment Fund of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation of Sacramento; and private donors.

Research Fellows

  • Sevcan Gugumcu
    Visiting Researcher, UCLA
    Project Title: "Ontological Dependence and Properties in Aristotle’s Categories"
  • Dimitrios Kargiotis
    Professor, University of Ioannina
    Project Title: "Between Mediation and Literary Exchange: Thomas Doulis and His Engagement with the Modern Greek Literary Field"
  • Yevgeniy Runkevich
    Doctoral Candidate, UC Santa Barbara
    Project Title: "Surviving the Cosmic War: Jewish Migrants in Roman Asia Minor post-70 CE and the Apocalypse of John"
  • Ufuk Serin
    Associate Professor, Middle East Technical University (METU)
    Project Title: "Medieval Spaces and Beyond: Reception and Afterlives of Byzantine Architecture in Modern Türkiye (1923-Present)"
     

Writers-in-Residence

  • Maria Faust
    Research Associate, Chemnitz University of Technology
    Project Title: "Dialogues of Light"
  • Maria Syrigou
    Independent Writer
    Project Title: "FRAGMENTS"