The Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA) is a scholarly organization for modern Greek studies in North America. It was founded in 1968. It is interdisciplinary, covering language, history, politics, economics, society, and the arts of modern Greece, broadly defined. The MGSA sponsors the Journal of Modern Greek Studies (1983- , , e-), the only scholarly periodical to focus exclusively on modern Greece. It covers Greek history, society, politics, and culture from the late Byzantine period to the present. Choice Reviews has praised it as "a magnificent scholarly journal". Its biennial symposia are a focus for scholars of modern Greece in North America. List of presidents The following have served as President of the Modern Greek Studies Association:. 1970-73: Edmund Keeley 1974-76: John A. Petropulos 1977-79: A. Lily Macrakis 1980-82: Edmund Keeley 1983-85: Peter Bien 1986-88: P. Nikiforos Diamandouros 1988-90: Van Coufoudakis 1991-92: Michael Herzfeld 1993-95: Adamantia Pollis 1995-97: John Chioles 1997-99: Van Coufoudakis 2000-02: Peter Bien 2003-05: Thomas Gallant 2006-11: Stathis Gourgouris 2011-14: Gonda Van Steen 2014-17: Neovi Karakatsanis 2017-20: Franklin L. Hess References External links MGSA official site Journal of Modern Greek Studies official site; also available online at MUSE (by subscription) Modern Greek studies Learned societies of the United States