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Mina Karavanta holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the State University of New York at Binghamton (May 1999). She has specialized in Postcolonial Theory and Literature and, more generally, in Critical Theory. She is a lecturer at the Faculty of English Studies of the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens (Greece). She has written several essays related to the fields of Comparative Literature, Critical Theory and Cultural Studies and translated poetry and theory from and into English and Greek. She has participated in numerous conferences in the US and Europe and is a member of the ACLA and MLA and a partner of ATHENA II (European Thematic Network). She is currently working on a book about the concept and praxis of community, co-authoring a book on Globalization and Deconstruction and an edited collection of essays entitled Humanism and the Global Hybrid with Professor Nina Morgan (Kennesaw State University). Her teaching and research interests include Globalization Studies, Post-colonial Studies & Comparative Feminist Studies.