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Name: Anastassios Antonaras, Head of Exhibitions, Communication and Education Department, Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki | “Documenting Diversity in Thessaloniki and Its Hinterlands: Three Archaeological Stories”
Start: 2021-10-09T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2021-10-09T12:00:00-07:00
Location: by Zoom

February 2021
Rena Molho, “Problems of Incorporating the Holocaust into the Greek Collective Memory”

Featured February 3, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

by Zoom

Tolerance of antisemitism and neo-Nazism in Greece in recent years shows that the Holocaust has not yet been incorporated into the Greek national consciousness. This could be (partly) because Greece did not commemorate the Holocaust until it became a member of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in 2005. By reviewing the reactions of the Greek...
A Celebration of Greek Language Day: Professor Kathryn Morgan, “Know Thyself: Ancient Proverbs and the Road to Wisdom.”

February 7, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Professor Kathryn Morgan, UCLA Department of Classics “Know Thyself: Ancient Proverbs and the Road to Wisdom” The Sages of Ancient Greece were renowned for their pithy formulations of proverbial wisdom. Perhaps the most famous of these was the saying inscribed on the temple of Apollo at Delphi: “Know thyself!” (γνῶθι σεαυτόν), a command that had...
James Barron, The Greek Connection: The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos and the Untold Story of Watergate

February 13, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

The event will be offered on Zoom. RSVP to shorturl.at/dhjAU to receive the link. Download the Zoom app prior to the lecture to participate. He was one of the most fascinating figures in 20th-century political history. Yet today, Elias Demetracopoulos is strangely overlooked--even though his life reads like an epic adventure story. As a...
Thomas Gallant, “From Orphan to Abolitionist: Photius Fisk and the Making of Greek America”

Featured February 27, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

by Zoom

To participate in this event, RSVP here.
March 2021
Josiah Ober, Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics, Stanford University “Bargain/Revolution/Bargain. An Ancient Athenian Recipe for Democracy.”

March 6, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

To participate in this event, RSVP here.
Greek Book Club: Γιώργος Κυριακόπουλος, Η τρισεγγονή της Aραπίνας και άλλες ιστορίες

Featured March 27, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

by Zoom

«Να μπω εγώ σε ξένη κάμαρη; Ποτέ», απάντησε η σπιτονοικοκυρά με την αρχοντιά γυναίκας με άμεμπτες αρχές. Όμως σαν πήγε τρεις και κάτι, κάποιος της υπέβαλε την ιδέα πως μπορεί να μην είναι καλά, να είναι μέσα και να χρειάζεται βοήθεια. Με κατεβασμένα τα μούτρα πήγε η Γεωργία στο σκρίνιο, που φυλούσε το κουτί...
April 2021
David A. Bell, Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the Era of North Atlantic Revolutions; Professor of History, Princeton University, “The Greek Revolution in the Age of Revolution”

April 3, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

David A. Bell is a historian of early modern France, with a particular interest in the political culture of the Old Regime and the French Revolution. He attended graduate school at Princeton, where he worked with Robert Darnton, and received his Ph.D. in 1991. From 1990 to 1996 he taught at Yale, and from...
Helen Angelomatis-Tsougarakis, Professor Emerita of History, Ionian University “Fighters and Victims: Women’s Lives during the Greek Revolution”

April 10, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

The heroic events of the Greek Revolution of 1821 that eventually led to the liberation of part of Greece and the establishment of the modern Greek State had a tragic side for all Greeks. At the same time, they sowed the seeds for the changes that would gradually introduce Greeks to the realities of the...
September 2021
A Conversation with the Author: Chris Jaymes | “Sons of Chaos”

September 18, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

by Zoom

To register, please click the image above or here.
Maria Schoina, Associate Professor of English Literature, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki | “Byron’s Romantic Philhellenism”

September 25, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

by Zoom

Byron’s philhellenic verse and romantic involvement in the Greek Revolution inspired a host of poets and artists in Europe and across the Atlantic. His death in Missolonghi on April 19, 1824 appears to have been an especially great force in raising sympathy for the Revolution and stimulating young philhellenes to join the Greek fighting. But...
October 2021
Nikos Panou, “Slaying the Dragon: Byzantine Survivals in the Greek War of Independence”

October 2, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

by Zoom

The lecture will focus on an aspect of the Greek War of Independence that calls for answers to questions as basic as they are elusive. What role did the Byzantine heritage play in conceptualizing, representing, or animating the struggle against the Ottoman Empire? What strands of Byzantium were foregrounded and through which mechanisms did they...
Anastassios Antonaras, Head of Exhibitions, Communication and Education Department, Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki | “Documenting Diversity in Thessaloniki and Its Hinterlands: Three Archaeological Stories”

October 9, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

by Zoom

This lecture examines the diverse population that lived in Byzantine Thessaloniki and the surrounding area through three case studies: a young girl with African religious beliefs who lived in the late 3rd century, a Slavic lady of the late 8th century, and a group of archers from the 14th - 15th century who were trained...

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February 2021

Rena Molho, “Problems of Incorporating the Holocaust into the Greek Collective Memory”

A Celebration of Greek Language Day: Professor Kathryn Morgan, “Know Thyself: Ancient Proverbs and the Road to Wisdom.”

James Barron, The Greek Connection: The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos and the Untold Story of Watergate

Thomas Gallant, “From Orphan to Abolitionist: Photius Fisk and the Making of Greek America”

March 2021

Josiah Ober, Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics, Stanford University “Bargain/Revolution/Bargain. An Ancient Athenian Recipe for Democracy.”

Greek Book Club: Γιώργος Κυριακόπουλος, Η τρισεγγονή της Aραπίνας και άλλες ιστορίες

April 2021

David A. Bell, Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the Era of North Atlantic Revolutions; Professor of History, Princeton University, “The Greek Revolution in the Age of Revolution”

Helen Angelomatis-Tsougarakis, Professor Emerita of History, Ionian University “Fighters and Victims: Women’s Lives during the Greek Revolution”

September 2021

A Conversation with the Author: Chris Jaymes | “Sons of Chaos”

Maria Schoina, Associate Professor of English Literature, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki | “Byron’s Romantic Philhellenism”

October 2021

Nikos Panou, “Slaying the Dragon: Byzantine Survivals in the Greek War of Independence”

Anastassios Antonaras, Head of Exhibitions, Communication and Education Department, Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki | “Documenting Diversity in Thessaloniki and Its Hinterlands: Three Archaeological Stories”