A Celebration of National Poetry Month In May 1944, at the height of a new crisis facing the Greek government in exile during World War II, which he served as a high-ranking diplomat, George Seferis confided these thoughts to his Alexandrian Greek friend Timos Malanos: ‘It might surprise you if I tell you that the...
The Byzantines had long dreaded the year 1492. According to their calculations based on the Scriptures, it would bring the end of the world. In an eerie stroke of irony, they were right in their fears. Even though they were slightly off in the timing of the fall of Constantinople into the hands of the...
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 Greek modernity, was published at a time when Greece’s ancient past was emerging as a modern national industry. Major excavations were tied to the establishment...
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 the sculptor Phidias, they were eventually sold to the British government in 1817 and are housed in the British Museum. Public debate about repatriating the...
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 Conference Center and Hotel on the UCLA campus.
The lecture is offered on the occasion of International Greek Language Day. Her Excellency, Alexandra Papadopoulou, Ambassador of Greece to the United States, will offer opening remarks. February 11, 2023, 10:00 AM PST/1:00PM EST/8:00 PM Athens The event takes place on Zoom. View a recording of this talk here. Modern Greek is taught and learned...
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. 306 Royce Hall Reception to follow Ancient Greek paintings between the fourth century BC and the third century AD are characterized by a splendor of...
"The Dolphin-Haunted Artifacts of Dimmed Atlantis:" Evocations of Graeco-Roman Antiquity during the HIV/AIDS Crisis Lecture by Emilio Capettini, Assistant Professor, UC Santa Barbara Wednesday, November 15, 2023 5:00 p.m. 248 Dodd Hall Reception to follow No RSVP required Reflections on memory and oblivion, erasure and persistence, and fragmentation and integrity pervade the rich output of...
(Re)envisioning Ancient Worlds Tuesday, December 5 – Wednesday, December 6 Royce 306 A Forum for exchanges on ancient studies at UCLA hosted by Global Antiquity Registration Requested For more information and to register, visit https://globalantiquity.ucla.edu/workshop/ See the program here.
Who Invented the Modern Greeks, and Why? Lecture by Anthony Kaldellis, Professor, University of Chicago Tuesday, March 12, 2024 5:00 p.m. 247 Dodd Hall Reception to follow No RSVP required This event will not be livestreamed or recorded. In the case of no other people is the distinction between “ancient” and “modern” more symbolically potent...
a conference presented by the UCLA Department of Classics For more information and the conference schedule, see: Plato and Lyric Poetry conference We regret to inform you that this conference originally scheduled for May 10 and 11 has been cancelled. If you have any questions, you can contact us at hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu.
Two Pendants with Hathor, Levantine, 1630–1440 BCE. Gold, lapis lazuli, glass, and semiprecious stones. © Hellenic Ministry of Culture – HOCRED / Archaeological Museum of Chora, NSF10540 / © Palace of Nestor Excavations, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati Photo: Jeff Vanderpool VEX.2025.1.55 Messenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art, Archaeology, and Reception of...