Person

Senior Lecturer, Manager of Research and Research Education
- Greek (Modern Greek)
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Assistant Head of Department
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail marianna.smaragdiklass.luse
Phone +46 46 222 83 75
Mobile +46 79 066 00 17
Room SOL:L507c
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20
I am a I ecturer in Modern Greek, and I teach at all levels from beginners’ to master’s level. From beginners’ to continuation level, we also have distance courses, where I teach mainly at the beginners’ level and give lectures through interactive e-meetings. In my teaching, I pay particular attention to the contrastive elements between Greek and Swedish, as well as on language proficiency and pronunciation training.
My main research interest lies in the use of metaphor in Greek song texts. In my dissertation from 2012, Fire, Poison and Black Tears. Metaphors of Emotion in Rebétiko, I treated metaphors of emotion in the Greek music genre rebétiko. Another field of interest is the translation of Swedish literature into Greek and, at present, I work on preparing a project on literary transmission between Sweden, Greece and Spain. In this project, we investigate which Swedish literature is translated into Greek and Spanish, as well as differences in reception.
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
Books (1)
Articles (1)
Book chapters (1)
Conference contributions (3)
- Santesson, S., Hetherington, L., Josefsson, G., Lindstedt Cronberg, M., Nillasdotter, K., Smaragdi, M. & Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2018). Studenters skrivande : Brister, förväntningar, ansvar. In Bergqvist Rydén, J. & Larsson, M. (Eds.) Om samverkan, mångfald och mellanmänskliga möten : Proceedings från Lunds universitets pedagogiska utvecklingskonferens 2017 (pp. 121-127). Avdelningen för högskolepedagogisk utveckling, Lunds universitet.
- Smaragdi, M. & Johansson, I. (2018). Images of the North : An imagological analysis of Nordic noir book covers in Greece and Spain.
- Santesson, S., Josefsson, G., Lindstedt Cronberg, M., Nillasdotter, K., Smaragdi, M. & Wadsö-Lecaros, C. (2017). Studenters skrivande - brister, förväntningar, ansvar.
Reports (1)
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (1)
Administrative
- Assistant Head of Department at Centre for Languages and Literature
- Manager of Research and Research Education at Greek (Modern Greek)
- Member, The Board, Centre for Languages and Literature
- Member, The Working Committee, Centre for Languages and Literature
- Member, Head of Department, Centre for Languages and Literature
- Member, Grundutbildningsnämnden, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
Other tasks and qualifications
Assistant Head of Department

Senior Lecturer, Manager of Research and Research Education
- Greek (Modern Greek)
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Assistant Head of Department
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail marianna.smaragdiklass.luse
Phone +46 46 222 83 75
Mobile +46 79 066 00 17
Room SOL:L507c
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20