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SUMMARY:Fighting Antisemitism and Preserving the Memory of the Holocaust: Advances in Greece and Europe? By Leon Saltiel
DESCRIPTION:Fighting Antisemitism and Preserving the Memory of the Holocaust: Advances in Greece and Europe? \nLecture by Leon Saltiel\, Director of Diplomacy\, Representative at UN Geneva and UNESCO\, and\nCoordinator on Countering Antisemitism for the World Jewish Congress \nSunday\, February 2\, 2025\n4:00 p.m.\nThe Harry and Yvonne Lenart Auditorium\, The Fowler Museum at UCLA\nReception to follow \nIntroductory remarks by The Honorable Christina Valassopoulou\, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles \nEvent is free but advanced registration is requested.\nRSVP: https://forms.gle/qeSd5APvr7EewWAG6 \nIf you are unable to attend but would like to watch the lecture via livestream on our YouTube channel\, the link is provided below: \nLivestream link: https://youtube.com/live/S72stydzSRU?feature=share \nThis year marks the 80th anniversary from the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp and the end of the Second World War\, which resulted in the Holocaust of 6 million Jews in Europe and North Africa by the Germans and their collaborators. Since then\, countries have been grappling with how to deal with this past but also with antisemitism\, which is scarily showing its ugly face again\, threatening democracy\, the rule of law and peaceful coexistence. Eighty percent of Jews in Europe feel that antisemitism has grown in their country in recent years. This lecture will focus on these challenges\, and a way forward\, using Greece as a case study\, a country trying to heals its wounds after a turbulent past. \nDr. Leon Saltiel is a historian specializing on the Holocaust in Thessaloniki\, Greece. He holds a Ph.D. in Contemporary Greek History from the University of Macedonia\, in Thessaloniki\, Greece\, and has been a post-doctoral researcher at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva\, Switzerland and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His publications include The Holocaust in Thessaloniki: Reactions to the Anti-Jewish Persecution\, 1942–1943 (Routledge 2020)\, which won the 2021 Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research\, and ‘Do Not Forget Me’: Three Jewish Mothers Write to their Sons from the Thessaloniki Ghetto in Greek (Alexandria 2018)\, English (Berghahn 2021) and French (Denoël 2023). He also serves as Director of Diplomacy and Representative at UN Geneva and UNESCO\, and Coordinator on Countering Antisemitism for the World Jewish Congress. \nThis event is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles\, co-sponsored by the Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies and made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nGefyra (Bridge) is a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Gefyra’s mission is to connect students\, faculty\, and communities along the West Coast of North America with Greek scholars\, artists\, and other creators\, so that they can together explore expansive and imaginative approaches to Greek culture and knowledge production. The program additionally supports academic conferences and cultural projects that bridge the West Coast and Greece. \nPresented by: \nCo-sponsored by:\n \nUnder the auspices of: \n \n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $16 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Campus Event\,” then “Leon Saltiel Lecture” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 5 EXCEPT in the Pay-by-Space section. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here.\nTo purchase a permit when you arrive at Parking Structure 5\, please park ONLY in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card (the parking on this level is very limited).\nGuest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095.\nAccessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 6) of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.  Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information.\n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu \n 
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/leon-saltiel/
LOCATION:The Fowler Museum at UCLA\, 308 Charles E Young Drive North\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Cultural Heritage,Hellenic,Heritage,History,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Gefyra Book Club: “Eleni\, or Nobody” by Rhea Galanaki
DESCRIPTION:Gefyra Book Club: Eleni\, or Nobody by Rhea Galanaki\, trans. David Connolly\n(Northwestern University Press\, 2002) \nDiscussion led by Professor Sharon Gerstel\, Director\, UCLA SNF Hellenic Center and\nDr. Eirini Kotsovili\, Senior Lecturer\, Global Humanities at Simon Fraser University \nSaturday\, February 8\, 2025\n10 a.m. Los Angeles / 8 p.m. Greece\nBy Zoom  \nClick here to RSVP \nThis academic year’s book club is held in English and will feature Greek books in translation. For future book selections and meeting dates\, click here. \nEleni Altamura\, favored by her father for her daring spirit and talent for painting\, is fabled to be Greece’s first “woman” painter. Rather than consent to spinsterhood at the age of twenty-seven\, Eleni sets sail with her seafaring father for Italy\, where she is to study painting at the famed School of the Nazarenes. Once in Naples\, Eleni flees her female identity and\, disguised as a young man\, walks with her father to Rome. Along the way she falls in love with her would-be husband while learning to navigate life in a man’s world\, as a man. Eleni\, or Nobody depicts the struggle between the female and male sexes\, Greek and foreign culture\, Greek Orthodoxy and Catholicism\, and erotic love and motherhood. Every morning Eleni’s rebirth as Nobody allows her to overcome the constraints of her gender and partake in her life’s struggle. Love reveals her femininity\, however\, and Eleni converts to Catholicism in order to marry the father of her two children. When she is later deserted\, Eleni is left with a shattered identity\, having been rejected by her husband because of her masculine ways and exiled from the art world because she is female. After the death of her two children\, Eleni spends the last twenty years of her life living alone. She continues to questions her identity as her life choices begin to spark various rumors that she may be either a powerful\, mad magician or just another crazy\, old woman. \nRhea Galanaki is considered Greece’s foremost woman novelist. She was born in Crete in 1947 and studied history and archaeology at the University of Athens. She is the author of several books of poetry and criticism as well as two other novels\, The Life of Ismail Ferik Pasha (Peter Owen\, Ltd.\, 1996) and Eleni\, or No One. She lives in Patras\, Greece. \nDavid Connolly is a professional translator and has translated 15 works by leading Greek poets and novelists. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nLinks to purchase book\, translated by David Connolly: \nAmazon: https://www.amazon.com/Eleni-Nobody-Rhea-Galanaki/dp/0810118858/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VP6FLTJD2XEO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.FlLenl6Qdxdz2LSD-aZB55tdaH432pIlDB3Zg2znBKy9x7U2lue6ncIOnQjUY-YWbFrTmcTycOakrfweNZby1zJEApikn6KGiMnK5QUwbSKdoQspVjXK6g_Wa6zD0Nd38ExQ2Zpl6GtCZlBJiRrfP3DInGNsrUQ0t2Vdp46eAzJg6_WAOcOaBzQBTEU5cXRDMl6iYnaLlqoD41G6U0GsUGYOT9MODwYIq5Rh0Dw74AA.CO_4WZemGMRl2vy7309hyy-To1rlHQ11Zxm4A-TyaYg&dib_tag=se&keywords=Eleni+or+Nobody&qid=1732302652&sprefix=eleni+or+nobody%2Caps%2C282&sr=8-1 \n\n\n\nWe understand that this book may be difficult to purchase. However\, you can access a digital version for free by creating an account and borrowing the book at the following link: https://archive.org/details/eleniornobody0000gala\n\n\n\nThe Gefyra Book Club meeting is part of Gefyra (Bridge)\, a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the Simon Fraser University SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/eleniornobody/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Gefyra,Hellenic,Literature,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Clean Monday (Kathara Deftera)
DESCRIPTION:Clean Monday (Kathara Deftera) \nSunday\, February 22\, 2026\n2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.\nJanss Steps\, UCLA Campus \nJoin us in flying kites to celebrate Kathara Deftera and enjoy light refreshments! \nClean Monday\, known as Kathara Deftera in Greek\, marks the beginning of Lent in Greek Orthodox tradition. This cultural event is widely celebrated in Greece as a day of personal renewal and togetherness. It is traditionally observed with outdoor gatherings\, kite flying\, and the sharing of simple foods. \nThis event has already taken place. We are no longer accepting RSVPs. \n  \nParking information: \nIf you plan on driving to UCLA\, please note that parking is available at Parking Structure 4\, located at 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. We highly recommend purchasing your parking permit in advance for $17\, as there will be no attendant on-site and parking is limited. \nFrom Sunset Blvd.\, enter north campus at Westwood Plaza and proceed straight to the underground parking structure. A walking map from UCLA Structure 4 to Janss Steps is available here. \nTo purchase your permit\, please visit the Bruin ePermit website and choose “Campus Event\,” then “Clean Monday”: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectValue.aspx. \nAccessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, elevators are available on all floors of parking structure 4. Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information. \nFor passenger drop-off near Janss Steps\, the most convenient location is the Wilson Plaza drop-off area at the entrance to Lot 4 before entering the underground parking structure\, near the intersection of Westwood Plaza and Charles E. Young Drive North. From there\, it is a short and direct walk to the base of Janss Steps.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/clean-monday/
LOCATION:UCLA Janss Steps\, 220 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Cultural Heritage,Hellenic,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Neuroprotective Greek Herbs: Bridging Neuroscience and Cultural Heritage
DESCRIPTION:Neuroprotective Greek Herbs: Bridging Neuroscience and Cultural Heritage \na seminar organized by\nAnastasia Tsingotjidou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) \nMarch 7\, 2026\n9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA \nThis event has already taken place. We are no longer accepting RSVPs.\nThis seminar brings together researchers from neuroscience\, pharmacology\, biology\, veterinary medicine\, nutrition\, and plant biodiversity to explore the neuroprotective potential of traditional Greek herbs. Through a combination of in-person and online presentations\, the program highlights translational research\, from animal models and isolated bioactive compounds to nutritional approaches and cultural heritage. The seminar concludes with a culinary demonstration using Cycladic herbs\, emphasizing the connection between Greek history\, daily life\, and brain health. \nView the full schedule here \nSpeakers: \n\nDr. Korina Atsopardi\, Department of Pharmacy\, School of Health Sciences\, University of Patras\nDimitra Efthymiopoulou\, Department of Nutrition & Dietetics and Department of Sports Nutrition\, Harokopio University (Zoom)\nIrene Giannakopoulos\, CEO\, Aegialis Hotel and Spa\, author of the culinary book\, My Amorgos!\nProfessor Marigoula Margariti\, Department of Biology\, School of Natural Sciences\, University of Patras (Zoom)\nMarita Papagianni\, Plant Taxonomist & Biodiversity Research Associate\, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Zoom)\nProfessor Igor Spigelman\, Laboratory of Neuropharmacology\, Section of Biosystems and Function\, School of Dentistry\, UCLA\nProfessor Anastasia Tsingotjidou\, School of Veterinary Medicine\, Faculty of Health Sciences\, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki\nAssociate Professor Konstantinos Xanthopoulos\, School of Pharmacy\, Faculty of Health Sciences\, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Zoom)\n\nThis seminar is hosted by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\, with generous support from Lee and Lilian Polydor\, The Polydor Foundation\, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. \n \n \nParking Information:\n \nParking for Royce Hall is available in Parking Structure 4. \nParking Structure 4 is located at: 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. Parking Structure 4 is accessible from Sunset Blvd. onto Westwood Plaza which leads directly to the underground parking structure. To view the walking map from Parking Structure 4 to Royce Hall\, click here. \nNo parking attendants will be on-site at the parking structure\, and Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking is extremely limited in this lot\, so we highly encourage you to purchase a parking permit in advance: \nAdvance parking is available for Parking Structure 4. \n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for Parking Structure 4 for $17 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Royce Hall\,” then “Neuroprotective Greek Herbs” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 4 EXCEPT in the Pay-by-Space section. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here.\nTo purchase a permit when you arrive at Parking Structure 4\, please park ONLY in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.\nGuest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095.\nAccessible parking: For individuals with accessibility needs\, parking lot 4 is ADA accessibility and has elevators on all floors. The elevators in Lot 4 provide access to Wilson Plaza\, with sidewalk access available. Upon reaching Janss Steps\, turn left towards the Anderson School of Business and Fowler Museum. Proceed past the Fowler Museum before you enter Anderson School of Business; take a right to access the elevator leading to Royce Hall. Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information.\nTo view the ADA map from Parking Structure 4 to Royce Hall\, click here.\n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/neuroprotective-greek-herbs/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Conference,Hellenic,Heritage,History,HUC@UCLA,Humanities,Lecture,Modern Greece,Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260328T100000
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SUMMARY:The Fumes of Mars: Book discussion with artist and writer Katerina Angelopoulou
DESCRIPTION:The Fumes of Mars: Book discussion with artist and writer Katerina Angelopoulou \nSaturday\, March 28\, 2026\n10:00 A.M. Los Angeles / 7:00 P.M. Greece\nVia Zoom \nThis event has already taken place. We are no longer accepting RSVPs. \nThis discussion will be moderated by Professor Sharon Gerstel\, Director\, UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and Dr. Eirini Kotsovili\, Senior Lecturer\, Global Humanities\, Simon Fraser University. \nOne of the deadliest wildfires ever recorded took place on July 23\, 2018 in Mati\, just 30 km from the historical center of Athens. Writer and artist Katerina Angelopoulou survived the fire\, and her book\, The Fumes of Mars\, combines her photographs with personal testimonies from other survivors\, timelines\, maps\, and reports. With these materials\, Angelopoulou attempts to weave a collective narrative of the events to better understand the violent disconnect between her own experience and the “official” account of the disaster in which facts were concealed and victims held culpable. \nThe book opens with black and white photographs showing the aftermath of the fire alongside testimonies of the survivors. These are followed by Angelopoulou’s photographs\, taken as the disaster unfolded\,overlaid with her timeline of events. Collected evidence on the events follows\, including aerial maps\, topographical information\, lists of the victims with location and cause of death\, weather and aircraft reports\, CCTV and news coverage images\, information from the State Investigator report\, and information on the ongoing trial. The final images of the book are of Angelopoulou’s personal artifacts after the fire\, such as remnants of jewelry\, books\, and glasses. This assembled evidence is embedded with importance because after the fire\, the truth of the victims and their families was questioned multiple times—in the public narrative\, facts were concealed and re-produced with false arguments blaming residents and victims. \nKaterina Angelopoulou is a writer and artist based in Athens. The Fumes of Mars won the Format Festival’s Reviewers’ Choice Award 2022\, was selected for the COCA Project 2021\, shortlisted for the Belfast Dummy Award and Photo Festival in 2022\, and exhibited at LCC in London as part of the Common Ground Exhibition. Angelopoulou holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics & Theoretical Physics from Imperial College London\, a B.A. in Design for Performance from Central Saint Martins\, and an M.A. with Distinction in Photojournalism & Documentary Photography from London College of Communication. \nView additional images and purchase the book here. \nThis program is made possible thanks to support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/the-fumes-of-mars/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Cultural Heritage,Hellenic,History,Humanities,Lecture,Modern Greece
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260727
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SUMMARY:Exhibition - Weaving Dreams: Kilims from Geraki\, Laconia
DESCRIPTION:Kilim. Tree of Life with wedding procession and initials ΓΠ. 19th Century. \nExhibition \nWeaving Dreams\nKilims from Geraki\, Laconia \nOn view from\nApril 23 – July 26\, 2026 \nGhika Gallery\n3 Kriezotou Street\, Kolonaki\, Athens \nThe village of Geraki\, located on the slopes of Mount Parnon\, is renowned for its millennia-old art of weaving on the vertical loom. \nThe exhibition presents dowry kilims and related objects from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century\, particularly works woven with images of women and men standing within a landscape of agricultural abundance and surrounded by symbolic imagery. Weavers produced textiles for domestic and commercial use. A finely woven kilim\, costly to acquire\, signified its owner’s affluence and social status\, making it a prized possession and family heirloom. \nGeraki weavers have long been recognized for their exceptional skills\, winning awards at the Vienna World’s Fair of 1873\, the Eighth International Exhibition in Thessaloniki in 1933\, and elsewhere. In recognition of this enduring weaving tradition\, the textile art of Geraki was inscribed in the Greek National Intangible Cultural Heritage Index in 2019. \nIn the 1930s\, artists\, scholars\, and folklorists passed through Geraki\, admiring the village’s Byzantine churches\, elaborate stone houses\, and vibrant weaving industry. This exhibition celebrates the connection between Geraki and several of the artists and intellectuals of that period\, whose work is exhibited in the Ghika Gallery. \nThis exhibition is organized by the Benaki Museum and curated by Sharon Gerstel and Sofia Pitouli. We extend our sincere thanks to the supporters listed below for their generosity. \nA catalogue accompanying the exhibition is available for purchase here: https://hellenic.ucla.edu/weaving-dreams/ \nUnder the Auspices:\nRegion of Peloponnese \nLead Supporter:\nStavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)\nGefyra is supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) \nExhibition Supporters:\nGefyra\nUCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\nGeorge and Tina Kolovos \nExhibition Hashtag\n#GerakiKilimsBenaki
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/weaving-dreams-exhibition/
LOCATION:Ghika Gallery\, 3 Kriezotou Street\, Kolonaki\, Athens\, 106 71\, Greece
CATEGORIES:Art History,Community,Gefyra,Hellenic,Heritage,History,Humanities,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Backgammon Night
DESCRIPTION:Backgammon Night \nFriday\, April 24\, 2026\n6:00 PM – 8:00 PM \n2117 Rolfe Hall\, UCLA Campus \nThis event has already taken place. We are no longer accepting RSVPs. \nParking information: \nIf you plan on driving to UCLA\, please note that parking is available at Parking Structure 5\, located at 302 Charles E Young Dr N\, Westwood\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. We highly recommend purchasing your parking permit in advance for $17\, as there will be no attendant on-site and parking is limited. To purchase your permit\, please visit the Bruin ePermit website and choose Campus Event\, then Backgammon Night: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectValue.aspx. This permit will be valid for only levels 1-4 in parking structure 5. \nAccessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 5) of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card. Elevators are accessible on levels 1 and 4 only. Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information. \nThe nearest guest drop-off is the rooftop level of parking structure 5\, next to the Anderson School of Business (see directions above). 
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/backgammon-night-7/
LOCATION:2117 Rolfe Hall\, 345 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Cultural Heritage,Hellenic,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260517T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260517T210000
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SUMMARY:GLENDI! A Community Dance Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Glendi!\nA Community Dance Celebration \nSunday\, May 17\, 2026\n7:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.\nDance lessons from 7:00 P.M. – 7:30 P.M. \nRolfe Courtyard\, UCLA Campus \nMusic performance by:\nAlekos Sioris\, Peter Deneff\, and Nondas Evangelatos \nJoin us for refreshments\, live music\, and dancing! \n Admission is free\, but advance RSVP is required due to limited capacity. \nThis event has already taken place. We are no longer accepting RSVPs. \n  \nThis event is made possible with support from the Mary Calfas Janos Program Fund and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nParking for Rolfe Courtyard is available in Parking Structure 5 located at: 302 Charles E Young Dr N\, Westwood\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. Parking Structure 5  is accessible from Royce Drive\, south of Sunset Boulevard\, and west of Hilgard Ave. (in the northeast section of the campus). \nA walking map from UCLA parking structure 5 to Rolfe Courtyard is provided here. \nNo parking attendants will be on-site at the parking structure\, and Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking is limited in this lot\, so we highly encourage you to purchase a parking permit in advance: \n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $17 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “Campus Event\,” then “Glendi” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 5 EXCEPT in the Pay-by-Space section. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here.\nTo purchase a permit when you arrive at Parking Structure 5\, please park ONLY in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card (the parking on this level is very limited).\nGuest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095.\nAccessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 6) of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.  Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information.\n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/glendi2026/
LOCATION:Rolfe Courtyard\, 345 PORTOLA PLAZA\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Dance,Diaspora,Hellenic
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260519T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260521T130000
DTSTAMP:20251229T182116Z
CREATED:20251229T182116Z
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SUMMARY:Ellinomatheia
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/ellinomatheia/
LOCATION:Rolfe 2117\, 345 Portola Ave\, Los Angeles\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Diaspora,Hellenic,Heritage,Language
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260530T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260530T160000
DTSTAMP:20251028T171710Z
CREATED:20251028T171710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251028T171710Z
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SUMMARY:ANTIGONE
DESCRIPTION:ANTIGONE by Sophokles\nA live theatrical performance in celebration of Hellenic culture\nNewly translated and adapted by Kenneth Cavander\nDirected by Andy Wolk \nMay 30\, 2026\n2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.\nAntaeus Theatre Company\nGlendale\, California \n[The performance length is 90 minutes] \nA post-performance talkback with Artistic Director Nike Doukas and Professor Kathryn Morgan (Department of Classics\, UCLA) will follow the show. A reception will take place afterward. \nTICKET PRICES:\nAdults – $35.00 + $3.00 convenience fee\nUniversity students – $30.00 + $3.00 convenience fee \nThis event has already taken place. Tickets are no longer available. \n“And if I die\nI will die happy.” \nAntigone’s decision to oppose her uncle Kreon’s edict and bury her brother’s body sets into motion a series of events that will challenge the bonds of family\, law\, and justice. Kenneth Cavander (The Curse of Oedipus) returns to Antaeus in a powerful new adaptation of Sophokles’ Antigone. \nDirected by Andy Wolk\, this Greek tragedy delves deep into the clash between duty to the state and loyalty to one’s kin. \nThis event is made possible with support from the Peter J. and Caroline B. Caloyeras Endowment for the Arts and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nParking information:\nAntaeus Theatre Company is located at:\n110 East Broadway\nGlendale\, CA 91205 \nExchange Parking Structure\nAddress: 115 North Artsakh Avenue\nRates: First 90 minutes free\, $2.00/hour\, Maximum daily charge: $12.00\nWith validation: $1 for up to four hours \nMarketplace Parking Structure\nAddress: 120 Artsakh Avenue\nRates: First 90 minutes free\, $2.00/hour\, Maximum daily charge: $12.00\nWith validation: $1 for up to four hours \nAntaeus Theatre Company offers validation for both of these lots. Ticket must be scanned before 4 hours pass in order for the validation to take effect.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/antigone/
LOCATION:Antaeus Theatre Company\, 110 East Broadway\, Glendale\, CA\, 91205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Cultural Heritage,Hellenic,Heritage,Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260717T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260717T200000
DTSTAMP:20260615T210509Z
CREATED:20260615T210509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260615T210509Z
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SUMMARY:Backgammon Night
DESCRIPTION:Backgammon Night \nFriday\, July 17\, 2026\n6:00 PM – 8:00 PM \n2117 Rolfe Hall\, UCLA Campus \nClick here to RSVP for Backgammon Night \nThis event is free\, but space is limited. \nJoin us for mezedes and conversation. \nIf you plan on driving to UCLA\, please note that parking is available at Parking Structure 5\, located at 302 Charles E Young Dr N\, Westwood\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. We highly recommend purchasing your parking permit in advance for $18\, as there will be no attendant on-site and parking is limited. \nTo purchase your permit\, please visit the Bruin ePermit website and choose “Campus Event\,” then “Backgammon Night”: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectValue.aspx. This permit will be valid for only levels 1-4 in parking structure 5. \nAccessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 5) of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card. Elevators are accessible on levels 1 and 4 only. Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information. \nThe nearest guest drop-off is the rooftop level of parking structure 5\, next to the Anderson School of Business (see directions above).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/backgammon-night-8/
LOCATION:2117 Rolfe Hall\, 345 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Heritage,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260821T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260821T200000
DTSTAMP:20260722T195715Z
CREATED:20260722T195715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260722T195715Z
UID:10000250-1787335200-1787342400@hellenic.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Backgammon Night
DESCRIPTION:Backgammon Night \nFriday\, August 21\, 2026\n6:00 PM – 8:00 PM\n \n2117 Rolfe Hall\, UCLA Campus \nThis event is free\, but space is limited. \nJoin us for mezedes and conversation. \nRSVP Here for Backgammon Night \nParking information: \nIf you plan on driving to UCLA\, please note that parking is available at Parking Structure 5\, located at 302 Charles E Young Dr N\, Westwood\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. We highly recommend purchasing your parking permit in advance for $18\, as there will be no attendant on-site and parking is limited. \nTo purchase your permit\, please visit the Bruin ePermit website and choose “Campus Event\,” then “Backgammon Night”: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectValue.aspx. This permit will be valid for only levels 1-4 in parking structure 5. \nAccessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 5) of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card. Elevators are accessible on levels 1 and 4 only. Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information. \nThe nearest guest drop-off is the rooftop level of parking structure 5\, next to the Anderson School of Business (see directions above).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/backgammon-night-9/
LOCATION:2117 Rolfe Hall\, 345 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Cultural Heritage,Diaspora,Hellenic,Heritage,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261003T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261003T110000
DTSTAMP:20260910T163457Z
CREATED:20260708T173402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T163457Z
UID:10000248-1791021600-1791025200@hellenic.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:West Coast Hellenic Book Club: Diary of a Soldier in the Asia Minor Campaign\, 1919-1921 by Pantelis C. Karatasakis
DESCRIPTION:West Coast Hellenic Book Club \nDiary of a Soldier in the Asia Minor Campaign\, 1919-1921 by Pantelis C. Karatasakis\n(Published by Alec P. Karys\, 2023) \nThis discussion will feature book editors Alec P. Karys and Gregory Kontos. \nThe conversation will be facilitated by Professor Sharon Gerstel\, Director of the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\, and Dr. Eirini Kotsovili\, Senior Lecturer in Global Humanities at Simon Fraser University. \nThis discussion will be held in English. \nSaturday\, October 3\, 2026\n10:00 A.M. Los Angeles / 8:00 P.M. Greece\nVia Zoom \nClick here to RSVP for this book club \nForeword by Gonda Van Steen\, Koraes Chair\, King’s College London: \nThis short\, poignant account of an ordinary soldier’s experiences at the front during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1921 is well worth reading. Pantelis Karatasakis manages to evoke both the valiant spirit of the Greek troops and the awful hardships they were forced to endure. Even though this lively account ends a year before Greece’s defeat\, the conditions the author witnessed were an omen of what was to come: hunger and freezing cold\, haphazard military operations\, scorched earth tactics by both sides. The heroism of Pantelis Karatasakis and his comrades would not be enough for the Greeks to prevail\, and the Asia Minor Disaster of 1922 ensued. Alexander Kitroeff When empires dissolve and new nation-states emerge\, it is easy for the voices of ordinary people to get lost in the turmoil. This publication of the diary of Pantelis C. Karatasakis brings not only the voice\, but also the tears\, sweat\, and blood\, of the foot soldiers of history back to the forefront. Pantelis moves us with Xenophon-like descriptions of places and distances\, which he interspersed with lyrical notes and the markers of a growing awareness of the sufferings of war -any war. He leaves a record of facts\, emotions\, hardships\, but ultimately survival and wisdom gained. Kudos to his son and to Gregory Kontos of Greek Ancestry to realize the value of this unique testimony. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nClick here to purchase this book on Amazon.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/diaryofasoldier/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Heritage,History,Literature,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261009T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261009T200000
DTSTAMP:20260901T215552Z
CREATED:20260818T185508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T215552Z
UID:10000254-1791568800-1791576000@hellenic.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Backgammon Night
DESCRIPTION:Backgammon Night \nFriday\, October 9\, 2026\n6:00 PM – 8:00 PM\n \n2117 Rolfe Hall\, UCLA Campus \nThis event is free\, but space is limited. \nJoin us for mezedes and conversation. \nRSVP for Backgammon Night Here
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/backgammon-night-10/
LOCATION:2117 Rolfe Hall\, 345 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Cultural Heritage,Hellenic
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261028T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261028T120000
DTSTAMP:20260901T223108Z
CREATED:20260820T175418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T223108Z
UID:10000255-1793185200-1793188800@hellenic.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:OXI Day
DESCRIPTION:OXI Day Celebration \nOctober 28\, 2026\n11:00 A.M.\nRolfe Courtyard\, UCLA Campus \nThis event is presented by the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the Hellenic Culture Club at UCLA \nWe will celebrate OXI Day\, a day that commemorates Greece’s unwavering courage and resilience. \nLight refreshments will be provided. \nClick here to RSVP for the OXI Day Celebration \nThis program is made possible thanks to generous support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/oxi-day/
LOCATION:Rolfe Courtyard\, 345 PORTOLA PLAZA\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Cultural Heritage,Diaspora,Hellenic
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261114T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261114T180000
DTSTAMP:20260910T170910Z
CREATED:20260803T192440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T170910Z
UID:10000251-1794672000-1794679200@hellenic.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Memory Rehearsal presentation by Eleni Sikelianos\, Poet
DESCRIPTION:Memory Rehearsal\npresentation by Eleni Sikelianos\, Poet and Author\nNovember 14\, 2026\n4:00 P.M.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus\nReception to follow\nRSVP at this link to attend\nIn 1901\, Eva Palmer abandoned her life as a privileged New York socialite\, moving to Paris with her lover\, the writer and salonist\, Natalie Barney. The two Americans became the center of a wild tangle of lesbian love affairs and backyard performances based on intentional reimaginings of Sappho’s work and life. A chance encounter led Eva to Greece\, where she married Angelos Sikelianos\, a visionary poet who would become a Greek national hero. Celebrated American poet Eleni Sikelianos grew up knowing little of these illustrious ancestors\, her great grandparents\, who\, in the early 20th century staged a revival of the ancient Delphic festivals\, convinced that it would open a path to world peace. It was not until the age of 20\, on her first trip to Greece\, that she encountered the breadth of their legacy. In her new book\, Memory Rehearsal (City Lights\, 2026)\, Sikelianos unearths the story of her search for these pioneering ancestors\, in a text that shifts between prose\, poetry\, imaginary performance texts\, fiction\, and nonfiction\, with archival and family photographs. \nEleni will read from and discuss Memory Rehearsal\, which Kirkus calls a “moving family memoir and a triumph of cultural archaeology.” \nEleni Sikelianos was born into a family of tree workers\, bohemians\, poets\, ne’er-do-wells\, visionaries\, and smalltime sort-of hustlers. She is a poet\, writer\, collaborator\, and “master of mixing genres.” As a student of the poets of Naropa\, she is a lineage-holder in the Outrider poetics family tree. Deeply engaged with ecopoetics\, her work takes up urgent concerns of environmental precarity and ancestral work. She has published ten books of poetry (most recently\, Your Kingdom\, 2023) and a trilogy of unclassifiable hybrid works\, sometimes called nonfiction\, sometimes memoirs\, sometimes fiction: The Book of Jon and You Animal Machine\, and\, most recently\, Memory Rehearsal  (City Lights\, 2026). Memory Rehearsal\, called “a triumph of cultural archaeology” in a starred Kirkus review and named One of Publishers Weekly’sMost Anticipated Books for 2026\, is a genre-busting encounter between a poet and her ancestral past documenting a startling intersection of queer history\, ancient theater\, utopian visions\, and modern poetry. \nAmong other honors\, she has been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships\, a Fulbright Artists fellowship\, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Award in nonfiction. She grew up in earshot of the ocean\, in small coastal towns near Santa Barbara\, and has since lived in San Francisco\, New York\, Paris\, Athens (Greece)\, Boulder (Colorado)\, and Providence. \nMemory Rehearsal will be available for purchase at the event! All major credit cards\, Apple Pay\, and Google Pay are accepted. Cash is also accepted with exact change only. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/eleni_sikelianos/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Cultural Heritage,Hellenic,Heritage,Lecture
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