How does a novella written more than one hundred years ago help to illuminate pressing issues in Greece today? Karkavitsas’ Archeologist, an allegory for the contestation of antiquity’s role in...
The Parthenon Marbles, commonly known as the Elgin Marbles, were removed from the ancient Acropolis of Athens in 1801 by Lord Elgin, British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Carved by...
We welcome the Byzantine Studies Association of North America (BSANA) and participants to the 48th Annual Byzantine Studies conference at UCLA! Most conference activities will take place at the Luskin...
Pigments in Ancient Greek Painting & Medicine: Ecology, Materiality and the Alchemical Laboratory lecture by Ioanna Kakoulli (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA) Saturday, April 29, 2023 3:00 p.m....
a panel discussion organized by Professor Ioanna Kakoulli (Acting Director, UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture) April 6-7, 2024 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. PST 6:30 to 9:30...
Byzantine Crime Novels in the Twenty-First Century: From History to Fiction A lecture by Panagiotis Agapitos Gutenberg Distinguished Research Fellow, Byzantine Literature University of Mainz Saturday, November 16, 2024 4:00...
The "Ring of Nestor", c. 1500 BC, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum. Pylos and Minoan Crete A lecture by Andreas G. Vlachopoulos Professor University of Ioannina Hosted by the UCLA SNF Center...