The Center is pleased to announce the publication of papers from The Greek Village, a symposium held at UCLA in February 2019, have been published in the May 2020 issue of the Journal of Modern Greek Studies. The papers include: Sharon E. J. Gerstel, “Perspectives on the Greek Village” Lin Foxhall, “The Village beyond the…
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The Center is thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr. Simos Zenios as Associate Director. Dr. Zenios received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at Harvard University. His research focuses on the relation between aesthetics and political power in the European literature of the long nineteenth century, with emphasis on the lyric poetry of the Greek…
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UCLA is now an official testing center for the Ellinomatheia. The Ellinomatheia or Certificate of Attainment in Greek was established in November 1998 (Presidential Decree 363/98) by the Ministry of Education in response to a persistant demand from learners of Greek in Greece and abroad, for official state recognition of their language level. The Centre…
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The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture, in collaboration with the St. Sophia Foundation, offers a non-credit Modern Greek language course at the elementary level, specifically designed for the needs of adult learners. Instructor Angeliki Asprouli holds a BA in Greek Language and Literature and a BA in Theater Studies…
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