School of English - AUTh

Lydia Roupakia

Assistant Professor - Department of American Literature and Culture

310Γ | +30 2310 997354 | roupakia@enl.auth.gr
Office hours: MO 13:30-15:00(zoom or in-person meetings by appointment) | FR 12:00-13:30(zoom or in-person meetings by appointment)

Dr Lydia Efthymia Roupakia is Assistant Professor at the Department of American Literature and Culture of teh School of English at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She holds a PhD and an MPhil in English Studies from the University of Oxford, UK. Her PhD and MPhil research was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK).

Dr Roupakia joined the School of English at Aristotle University in September 2019. She has held the position of Head of the Department of American Literature and Culture (2021-2023). Dr. Roupakia's research interests focus on issues of multiculturalism in N. American literature and culture; identity construction and Inter-American studies; cultural theory; contemporary anglophone literature and ethics. Her publications include book chapters (e.g. Palgrave Macmillan, Rowman and Littlefield) and essays published in Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Atlantis, Literature Interpretation Theory, University of Toronto Quarterly, MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States and in other journals. She is also co-editor of a volume of essays on religion and migration published by Palgrave Macmillan (2017) and guest coeditor of a Special Issue of Ex-Centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media titled Religion, Mobilities and Belongings & Other Essays (2021).

Dr. Roupakia's prior teaching experience includes adjunct lecturing posts at the International Hellenic University (2010-2016) and at the University of Patras (2010). She has also taught at the University of Oxford (Christ Church College, tutorial program) and at the Oxford-Stanford undergraduate exchange program (Oxford, UK). Dr. Roupakia has also worked as a full-time member of the English Department at Anatolia College (The American College), Thessaloniki (2010-2019).

 Selected Publications

·       Roupakia, E.L “Intersectionally Aware Urban Re-mappings of Self and Belonging after Postmodernism: Reading Angie Cruz’s Dominicana.” In: Tsimpouki, T., Blatanis, K., Tseti, A. (eds) American Studies after Postmodernism. Renewing the American Narrative. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41448-0_8

·       Roupakia E.L. “On ‘Transcultural Presence’ and ‘Reparative’ Reading Practice: Rethinking Belonging and Transcultural Transformation in Julia Alvarez’s How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents,” MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, vol. 47, no. 2, 2022.

·       Roupakia E.L., Sideri, E. Religion, Mobilities and Belongings & Other Essays, Special Issue, Ex-Centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media, issue 5, 2021. https://ejournals.lib.auth.gr/ExCentric/issue/view/1097/showToc

·       Roupakia E.L. (main author), Sideri. E. “Introduction: Religion, Migration and Belonging: From Postcolonial Narratives to Posthuman Worlds.” Religion, Mobilities and Belongings & Other Essays, Special Issue Ex-Centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media, issue 5, 2021. 1-15. DOI: 10.26262/exna.v0i5.8490

·       Sideri Eleni and Roupakia E.L. (eds) Religion and Migration in the Black Sea Region, μέρος της σειράς Religion and Global Migrations. Palgrave Macmillan: 2017. 

·       Roupakia E.L. “Whose Recognition? Authenticity, Agency and Responsibility in Kerri Sakamoto’s The Electrical Field,” Community Boundaries and Border Crossings by Ethnic Women Writers, Kristen Lillvis, Molly Fuller, and Robert Miltner (eds), Rowman and Littlefield: 2016.

·       Roupakia E.L. “Religion, Cosmopolitanism and Ethics: Re-reading Monica Ali’s Brick Lane”. Journal of Postcolonial Writing: vol 52. no 6, 2016.

·       Roupakia E.L. “‘Art-iculating’ affective citizenship: Dionne Brand’s What We All Long For.” Atlantis, Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies: vol 37. no 1, 2015.

·       Roupakia E.L. “On ‘Care’, ethics and reading practice: Re-reading Zadie Smith’s White Teeth.” Literature Interpretation Theory, Routledge: vol 26. no 2, 2015.

·       Roupakia E.L. “On judging with care and the responsibility of an heir: reading Eden Robinson’s Monkey Beach.” University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 81, no 2, 2012.

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