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SUMMARY:Alkinoos Ioannidis in Concert
DESCRIPTION:Alkinoos Ioannidis in Concert \na concert presented by\nthe UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture \nSaturday\, April 27\, 2024 \n7:30pm \nSchoenberg Hall\,\nUCLA campus \n(updated 11:00am 4/26/24) A note about the current protests at UCLA – They are not expected to affect this concert\, and campus events are not being canceled at this time. \nTickets:\n$40 – general admission\n$15 – students with valid ID (can be purchased in person at UCLA’s Central Ticket Office in advance\, or on April 27 at Schoenberg Hall Box Office)\nBuy Tickets \nAlkinoos Ioannidis is a singer-songwriter who has released multiple solo albums\, most of which have gone gold or platinum. As a guest singer\, he has performed on more than 40 albums with various artists. He has also written songs\, arranged and produced albums for other artists\, as well as music for dance and theater\, while his symphonic work is often performed by orchestras in Greece and abroad. His influences range from traditional Cypriot music\, Greek composers of the last decades\, Byzantine\, Classical and Rock. \nPlaying solo\, often without a microphone\, Alkinoos Ioannidis lets the songs and the environment take the lead. Open to all of the miracles of live performance\, as well as the countless possibilities created by letting the moment and the audience guide him\, he plays and performs his songs in their simplest form\, taking us back to the moment of their creation and connecting us with the very essence of this sacred form of Art. Every concert of Alkinoos goes beyond his poetry and musicianship\, transforming the show into a deep\, unforgettable experience. \nFollowing the centuries-old tradition of the troubadours\, Alkinoos travels from city to city\, sharing the sensations\, feelings\, thoughts\, experiences\, dreams and realities that concern us all. His amalgamation of Near Eastern influences\, together with Folk\, Classical and Rock musical elements\, combined with his unique vocal delivery\, have made him popular not only in the Greek-speaking community at home and abroad\, but also among people of different ethnic backgrounds from around the world. \nThis event is being held under the auspices of the Deputy Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Cyprus\, the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in the United States and the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Cyprus in Los Angeles.  This program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)\, with support from the Dean of Humanities at UCLA and Power Muse Productions. \nIoannidis will also give a lecture at Mong Auditorium on Friday\, April 26.  For more information\, visit: https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/alkinoos-ioannidis-the-word-and-the-note/  \nParking Information: \nParking for Schoenberg Hall is available in Parking Structure 2\, located at 602 Charles E Young Dr E\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095.  \nFor a walking map from Parking Structure 2 to Schoenberg 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: \n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $15 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectValue.aspx Select “UCLA Campus Event”\, then “Alkinoos Ioannidis Solo”.  With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 2 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 2\, please park ONLY in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.\nGuest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest in front of Schoenberg Hall located at: 445 Charles E. Young Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095 United States + Google Map.\nAccessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area 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 additional parking areas and related information.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/alkinoos-ioannidis-solo/
LOCATION:Schoenberg Hall\, 445 Charles E. Young Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Modern Greece,Music
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SUMMARY:Alkinoos Ioannidis\, "The Word and the Note"
DESCRIPTION:The Word and the Note \nlecture by \nAlkinoos Ioannidis\nSinger-Songwriter \nApril 26\, 2024 \n4:00 pm \nMong Auditorium\, Engineering VI\nUCLA campus\nReception to follow \nEvent is free but advanced registration is requested \nWhat is a song? When do words function as sound and when do notes represent meaning? Is tradition closer to conservatism or progress? Does poetry die when it is sung? Why do religions have hymns? How is it that\, when reading the written word\, we may actually perceive a musical score? What is a product of its time\, what is timeless\, and what is just a waste of time? How many centuries can fit inside three minutes? \nThe song is the breath of humanity through the centuries. \nWe are going to look at its source\, the course it follows\, and where it leads – the obvious paths\, its tools\, but also its intangible elements\, the way it engulfs us\, and how it weaves its way in and all around us. \nThis lecture is for those interested in music\, language\, or sound. And\, of course\, it is for the lovers of song. \nAlkinoos Ioannidis is a singer-songwriter who has released multiple solo albums\, most of which have gone gold or platinum. Born in Nicosia\, Cyprus\, he studied classical guitar at the European Conservatory and studied theatre at the Drama School of the National Theatre of Greece and philosophy at The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens\, and later signed to Universal Music. In addition to writing songs\, he has composed music for dance\, film\, and theater\, and arranged or produced albums for other artists. His symphonic work is often performed by orchestras in different countries. During the last three decades\, he has given more than 2\,000 concerts all over the world. His influences range from traditional Cypriot songs\, Greek songwriting\, Near Eastern traditions\, folk\, rock\, electronic\, and classical music. \nIoannidis will also give a live concert at Schoenberg Hall on Saturday\, April 27.  For tickets and details\, visit: https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/alkinoos-ioannidis-solo/  \nThis event is being held under the auspices of the Deputy Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Cyprus\, the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in the United States and the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Cyprus in Los Angeles.  This program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)\, with support from the UCLA Dean of Humanities. \nParking Information:  \nParking for Engineering VI is available in Parking Structure 8\, located at 555 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. \n For a walking map from Parking Structure 8 to Mong Auditorium in Engineering VI\, 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: \n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $15 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectValue.aspx Select “UCLA Campus Event”\, then “Lecture with Alkinoos Ioannidis”.  With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 8 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 8\, please park ONLY in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.\nGuest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest in front of UCLA Luskin Conference Center located at: 425 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095\, United States + Google Map.\nAccessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area 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 additional parking areas and related information.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/alkinoos-ioannidis-the-word-and-the-note/
LOCATION:Mong Auditorium\, 404 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, CA 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Cyprus,Hellenic,Lecture,Music
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SUMMARY:Gefyra Greek Book Club: Η πολιορκία της Τροίας του Θοδωρή Καλλιφατίδη
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here. \nFor further information about the book and the author\, please visit the publisher’s website\, where you can also purchase a digital copy of the book. Please read the instructions carefully. \nFor further information about the Gefyra Conversation with the Author series and the Greek Book Club\, please contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu) or Dr. Eirini Kotsovili (dkotsovi@sfu.ca). \nThe Gefyra Greek Book Club meetings are 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/gefyra-greek-book-club-%ce%b7-%cf%80%ce%bf%ce%bb%ce%b9%ce%bf%cf%81%ce%ba%ce%af%ce%b1-%cf%84%ce%b7%cf%82-%cf%84%cf%81%ce%bf%ce%af%ce%b1%cf%82-%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%85-%ce%b8%ce%bf%ce%b4%cf%89%cf%81%ce%ae/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Gefyra,Literature,Modern Greece,Reception
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SUMMARY:Kouvenda: Greek Language Table
DESCRIPTION:Kouvenda: Greek Language Table\, an innovative online language forum that transcends campus boundaries and promotes community-based learning. This unique initiative aims to bring together individuals from diverse backgrounds\, fostering an inclusive space for learners of modern Greek at all levels. This dynamic language table invites UCLA students and Greek speakers from the community to engage in a collaborative learning environment. Whether one is a beginner navigating the intricacies of the Greek language or an advanced learner looking to refine their skills\, Kouvenda welcomes everyone. Going beyond the traditional classroom\, Kouvenda offers the opportunity to learners of Greek to enhance their language skills through real-world interactions and cultural exchange. We believe that Kouvenda will serve as a catalyst for language learning\, cultural exchange\, and community building. Join us in this exciting venture as we embark on a journey of shared knowledge and cross-cultural connections. \nFor more information or to express your interest in participating\, please contact Center Associate Director\, Dr. Simos Zenios\, at szenios@humnet.ucla.edu.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/kouvenda-greek-language-table-8/
CATEGORIES:Community,Language
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240316T160000
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SUMMARY:"Liberalism and the Foundations of the Modern Greek State (ca 1830-1880)" Lecture by Michalis Sotiropoulos
DESCRIPTION:Liberalism and the Intellectual Foundations of the Modern Greek State (ca 1830-1880) \nLecture by Michalis Sotiropoulos\, The 1821 Fellow in Modern Greek Studies\, British School at Athens  \nSaturday\, March 16\, 2024\n4:00 p.m.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA\nReception to follow \nThis event is free to attend but advance RSVP is requested.\nRSVP link: https://forms.gle/k9RShpX6Y7yzxZYX7 \nIntroductory remarks by The Honorable Christina Valassopoulou\, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles. \nQ&A moderated by Simos Zenios\, Associate Director\, UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture  \nThe lecture will be recorded\, after the event\, you will be able to find the recording on our YouTube channel here. \nAbstract:\nThe Greek state was a direct outcome of the Greek Revolution of 1821-30. During the revolution itself\, several attempts were made to give the state a political form\, with the Kapodistrias administration (1828-31) probably being the most consistent of them. After the assassination of Kapodistrias in 1831 and the anarchy that ensued\, the Great powers intervened and agreed to make the 17-year-old Prince Otto of Bavaria the monarch of Greece. The modern Greek monarchical state\, initially in effect absolutist\, was reshaped by two moments of revolt: 1843\, king Otto was forced to grant a constitution sanctioning a national parliament; and 1862\, when he was forced to abdicate\, opening the way for a new constitutional process\, the election of a new king\, and the promulgation of a new\, remarkably liberal constitution. Although both these processes were instrumental for the formation of the early Greek state\, they have received surprising little attention from historians. This lecture seeks to fill this gap and offer an interpretation of these political transformations and in particular of the ousting of King Otto. It argues that a significant factor in the criticisms against the Bavarian monarchy was a liberal ideology that was gradually formulated by a group of legal scholars – at times university professors\, lawyers\, jurists\, members of legislative committees\, politicians\, ministers etc. By focusing on the thought and public action of these jurists – figures such as Pavlos Kalligas\, Nikolaos Saripolos\, Ioannis Soutsos\, Ioannis Rallis\, to name but a few – this lecture has three aims: to shed new light on how and why these transformations came about;  to assess the liberal language that informed them; and to assess the short-term and long-term significance of these transformations for the history of modern Greece.  \nBio:\nMichalis Sotiropoulos\, FRHistS\, is a historian of modern Europe specializing in the intellectual history of the Mediterranean and the Greek world in the long nineteenth century. Sotiropoulos has earned a PhD from the University of London and is currently the 1821 Fellow in Modern Greek Studies at the British School at Athens and principal investigator of the SNF-funded research project ‘Unpublished Archives of British Philhellenism during the Greek Revolution\, 1821-1832’. His publications include studies of the Greek Revolution of 1821\, on law and the formation of states\, and on the historiography on the Age of Revolutions\, while his monograph Liberalism after the Revolution: The Intellectual Foundations of the Greek State\, ca. 1830-1880 was recently published by Cambridge University Press. In October 2024 Michalis will be joining the University of Edinburgh as a Lecturer in Modern Greek Studies. \nThis event is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles 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. \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. Parking Structure 4 is located at 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. \n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for Parking Structure 4 for $15 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Royce Hall\,” then “Sotiropoulos Lecture” 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 outfitted with ADA accessibility amenities\, such as multiple 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/michalis-sotiropoulos/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Gefyra,Hellenic,Humanities,Lecture,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Kouvenda: Greek Language Table
DESCRIPTION:Kouvenda: Greek Language Table\, an innovative online language forum that transcends campus boundaries and promotes community-based learning. This unique initiative aims to bring together individuals from diverse backgrounds\, fostering an inclusive space for learners of modern Greek at all levels. This dynamic language table invites UCLA students and Greek speakers from the community to engage in a collaborative learning environment. Whether one is a beginner navigating the intricacies of the Greek language or an advanced learner looking to refine their skills\, Kouvenda welcomes everyone. Going beyond the traditional classroom\, Kouvenda offers the opportunity to learners of Greek to enhance their language skills through real-world interactions and cultural exchange. We believe that Kouvenda will serve as a catalyst for language learning\, cultural exchange\, and community building. Join us in this exciting venture as we embark on a journey of shared knowledge and cross-cultural connections. \nFor more information or to express your interest in participating\, please contact Center Associate Director\, Dr. Simos Zenios\, at szenios@humnet.ucla.edu.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/kouvenda-greek-language-table-4/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Language,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240302T160000
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SUMMARY:Katherine Fleming\, "How to Think About the Past"
DESCRIPTION:“How to Think About the Past” \nLecture by \nKatherine Elizabeth Fleming \nPresident and CEO\, J. Paul Getty Trust\nand Alexander S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization\,\nDepartment of History\, New York University (NYU) \nMarch 2\, 2024 \n4:00 p.m. \nUCLA Fowler Museum\, Lenart Auditorium\nReception to follow \nEvent is free but advanced registration is requested\n \nIntroductory remarks by The Honorable Christina Valassopoulou\, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles. \nThis lecture will not be livestreamed or recorded. \nIn his poem “O gyrismos tou xenitimenou” (“The Return of the Exile”)\, Giorgos Seferis famously wrote that the protagonist’s nostalgia for Greece had created a “non-existent country.” \nWe access the past in various ways\, none of them totally reliable: memory\, nostalgia\, history — carry with them different implications and different defects. This talk will consider various ways in which these different pathways to the past connect to modern Greek history\, literature\, and nationalism. Drawing on examples from contemporary oral history and from Greek-Jewish memoirs\, it will consider the various ways in which the past is always with us — and always changing. \nKatherine Elizabeth Fleming is President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Alexander S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization in the Department of History at New York University (NYU)\, where she served as Provost from 2016 to 2022. A historian of Modern Greece and the Mediterranean\, her interests range from religious identity to historical memory to oral history. In Greece she is the co-director of the large-scale public history project ISTORIMA.ORG\, which she co-founded with the journalist Sofia Papaioannou with a significant grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.  From 2012-2016 she was President of the Board of the University of Piraeus in Greece. She currently serves as a political appointee to the administrative board of the University of Paris system in France.  \nThis event is being co-sponsored by the LMU Basil P. Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Studies and held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles. This program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \n \n \nParking Information: \nParking for Royce Hall 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). \nTo view the walking map from Parking Structure 5 to the Fowler Museum\, 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: \n\n\n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $15 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Campus Event\,” then “Katherine Fleming 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.\n\n\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).\n\n\nGuest drop/Ride-share drop off is directly behind the Museum: 305 Royce Drive\, directly off Sunset Blvd.\n\n\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.  Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information. Upon parking\, proceed to the elevators behind Korn Convocation Hall to reach the first floor. Once you exit\, you will find the Fowler Museum to your left.\n\n\n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/katherine-fleming-how-to-think-about-the-past/
LOCATION:UCLA Fowler Museum\, Lenart Auditorium\, 308 Charles E Young Dr. N.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,History,Humanities,Lecture,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Kouvenda: Greek Language Table
DESCRIPTION:Kouvenda: Greek Language Table\, an innovative online language forum that transcends campus boundaries and promotes community-based learning. This unique initiative aims to bring together individuals from diverse backgrounds\, fostering an inclusive space for learners of modern Greek at all levels. This dynamic language table invites UCLA students and Greek speakers from the community to engage in a collaborative learning environment. Whether one is a beginner navigating the intricacies of the Greek language or an advanced learner looking to refine their skills\, Kouvenda welcomes everyone. Going beyond the traditional classroom\, Kouvenda offers the opportunity to learners of Greek to enhance their language skills through real-world interactions and cultural exchange. We believe that Kouvenda will serve as a catalyst for language learning\, cultural exchange\, and community building. Join us in this exciting venture as we embark on a journey of shared knowledge and cross-cultural connections. \nFor more information or to express your interest in participating\, please contact Center Associate Director\, Dr. Simos Zenios\, at szenios@humnet.ucla.edu.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/kouvenda-greek-language-table-3/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Language,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240215T180000
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SUMMARY:Kouvenda: Greek Language Table
DESCRIPTION:Kouvenda: Greek Language Table\, an innovative online language forum that transcends campus boundaries and promotes community-based learning. This unique initiative aims to bring together individuals from diverse backgrounds\, fostering an inclusive space for learners of modern Greek at all levels. This dynamic language table invites UCLA students and Greek speakers from the community to engage in a collaborative learning environment. Whether one is a beginner navigating the intricacies of the Greek language or an advanced learner looking to refine their skills\, Kouvenda welcomes everyone. Going beyond the traditional classroom\, Kouvenda offers the opportunity to learners of Greek to enhance their language skills through real-world interactions and cultural exchange. We believe that Kouvenda will serve as a catalyst for language learning\, cultural exchange\, and community building. Join us in this exciting venture as we embark on a journey of shared knowledge and cross-cultural connections. \nFor more information or to express your interest in participating\, please contact Center Associate Director\, Dr. Simos Zenios\, at szenios@humnet.ucla.edu.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/kouvenda-greek-language-table-2/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Language,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Stavroula Tsiplakou\, "Present-day Cypriot Greek: Will the Dialect Survive?"
DESCRIPTION:Present-day Cypriot Greek: Will the Dialect Survive? \n  \nA lecture by\nStavroula Tsiplakou\nAssociate Professor of Linguistics; Dean of Arts\, Open University of Cyprus \non the occasion of International Greek Language Day\nFebruary 10\, 2024\n10 a.m. Los Angeles / 1 p.m. Washington\, D.C. / 8 p.m. Greece & Cyprus \nVia Zoom \nMessages by\nthe Honorable Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece\, Georgios Kotsiras\n&\nthe Honorable Secretary General for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy\,\nProf. John Chrysoulakis – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece \nOpening remarks by\nHer Excellency\, Ekaterini Nassika\,\nAmbassador of Greece to the United States\n&\nHis Excellency\, Evangelos Savva\,\nAmbassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the United States \nRecent research has shown that the contemporary Cypriot Greek variety is changing because of close contact with Standard Modern Greek: mixed\, hybrid structures are emerging which make the pancypriot\, koine variety more standard-like; moreover\, local subvarieties tend to disappear and be replaced by the koine variety as a result of demographic changes post 1974. However\, we are a long way away from full convergence to Standard Greek\, and the pancypriot variety displays linguistic vitality. In her talk\, Professor Tsiplakou examines some of the reasons why Cypriot Greek does not fully converge with Standard Greek and argues that this is due to both structural and social factors\, including the increased local prestige of the dialect. \nStavroula Tsiplakou is Associate Professor of Linguistics\, Dean of Arts\, and Academic Coordinator of the M.A. program in Greek Linguistics and Literature at the Open University of Cyprus. She holds a B.A. in Greek Literature from the University of Athens\, an M.Phil. in Linguistics from the University of Cambridge\, and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of London. Her research areas include syntax\, pragmatics\, text linguistics\, sociolinguistics\, and educational linguistics. She has published in Lingua\, Linguistic Inquiry\, Pragmatics\, Journal of Pragmatics\, and Multilingua\, Linguistics and Education. She has co-authored national curricula for language in Cyprus and in Greece and she has produced digital platforms for teaching Greek as a second language. \nIn case you missed it\, please view the video of the presentation below: \n \nThe event is held under the auspices of the Embassy of Greece in the United States\, the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in the United States\, the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles\, and the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Cyprus in Los Angeles. It is cosponsored by Thesaurus Linguae Graecae®. This program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/stavroula-tsiplakou-present-day-cypriot-greek-will-the-dialect-survive/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Cyprus,Hellenic,Language,Lecture,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Kouvenda: Greek Language Table
DESCRIPTION:Kouvenda: Greek Language Table\, an innovative online language forum that transcends campus boundaries and promotes community-based learning. This unique initiative aims to bring together individuals from diverse backgrounds\, fostering an inclusive space for learners of modern Greek at all levels. This dynamic language table invites UCLA students and Greek speakers from the community to engage in a collaborative learning environment. Whether one is a beginner navigating the intricacies of the Greek language or an advanced learner looking to refine their skills\, Kouvenda welcomes everyone. Going beyond the traditional classroom\, Kouvenda offers the opportunity to learners of Greek to enhance their language skills through real-world interactions and cultural exchange. We believe that Kouvenda will serve as a catalyst for language learning\, cultural exchange\, and community building. Join us in this exciting venture as we embark on a journey of shared knowledge and cross-cultural connections. \nFor more information or to express your interest in participating\, please contact Center Associate Director\, Dr. Simos Zenios\, at szenios@humnet.ucla.edu.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/kouvenda-greek-language-table/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Language,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Gefyra Conversation with the Author: Brandy Sour with Constantia Soteriou
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here. \nFor further information about the book and the author\, please visit the publisher’s website\, where you can also purchase a digital copy of the book. Please read the instructions carefully. \nFor further information about the Gefyra Conversation with the Author series and the Greek Book Club\, please contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu) or Dr. Eirini Kotsovili (dkotsovi@sfu.ca). \nThe Gefyra Conversation with the Author meetings are 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/gefyra-conversation-with-the-author-brandy-sour-with-constantia-soteriou/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Cyprus,Gefyra,Hellenic,Literature,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Gefyra Conversation with the Author: Δενδρίτες\, με την Κάλλια Παπαδάκη
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here. \nFor further information about the book and the author\, please visit the entry on BiblioNet. \nFor information on how to secure a copy of the book\, the Book Club\, and to join the mailing list\, please contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu) or Dr. Eirini Kotsovili (dkotsovi@sfu.ca). \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/gefyra-conversation-with-the-author-%ce%b4%ce%b5%ce%bd%ce%b4%cf%81%ce%af%cf%84%ce%b5%cf%82-%ce%bc%ce%b5-%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%bd-%ce%ba%ce%ac%ce%bb%ce%bb%ce%b9%ce%b1-%cf%80%ce%b1%cf%80%ce%b1%ce%b4%ce%ac/
CATEGORIES:Community,Diaspora,Gefyra,Hellenic,Literature,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:"Maria Callas: The Sacred Flame" Lecture by Helena Matheopoulos
DESCRIPTION:Maria Callas: The Sacred Flame \nLecture by Helena Matheopoulos\, Associate Editor\, Opera Now Magazine \nSaturday\, November 4\, 2023\n3:00 p.m.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA\nReception to follow \nThis event is free to attend but advance RSVP is requested. \nQ&A moderated by Peter Kazaras\, Director of Opera UCLA \nIntroductory remarks by The Honorable Ioannis Stamatekos\, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles. \nForty-five years after her death\, Maria Callas (nee Kalogeropoulos) is still worshipped as ardently as she was during her lifetime. Her records outsell those of any other diva\, past or present\, and she seems to mesmerize a new generation of opera lovers as potently as she bewitched the audiences of her day — a phenomenon unique in the history of opera. “Callas is not just unequaled — she is unequalable!” according to the legendary Italian film\, opera\, and stage director Luchino Visconti. The Italian press perceptively christened her “La Divina\,” thus emphasizing the extra\, metaphysical dimension that sets Callas apart from singers of her time and\, so far\, of all time. \nIn 2018\, she was the subject of a fascinating film by Tom Volf\, Maria by Callas. In 2019\, the Italian film actress Monica Bellucci starred in a one-woman show with Callas as its subject in Paris\, Athens\, and elsewhere. In 2020\, Marina Abramovic’s extraordinary show The 7 Deaths of Maria Callas was premiered at the Bavarian State Opera — a co-production in five more theaters\, including Athens\, Naples and Paris in 2021. No wonder Franco Zeffirelli chose to name his own film about her life\, Callas Forever. \nIn fall 2023\, the 100th anniversary of her birth\, the Mayor of Athens will inaugurate a Maria Callas Museum next to Athens Cathedral. UNESCO has named 2023 “Maria Callas Year” and Opera Houses all over the world are dedicating productions to her memory. “Without doubt\,” declares Kiki Morfoniou who sang Neris to her Medea at Epidaurus in 1961\, “Maria was The Voice of the Century.” \nIn fact\, Callas was more than that. More than the legend she was in her lifetime or the myth she became after her death. Beyond the magic and searing intensity of her personal performances\, she was a pioneer whose career marked a turning point in the history of opera. “She was a comet\, who shot through the operatic firmament and changed it forever\, by totally transforming operatic interpretation\,” according to soprano Barbara Frittoli. \nJames Levine\, former Artistic Director of the Metropolitan Opera\, explains that “Callas’ career was revolutionary. She invested opera with an unprecedented degree of musical/dramatic unity and dramatic credibility. This ‘Callas Revolution\,’ as it came to be known\, was so profound\, thorough and far-reaching that\, aided by inspired stage directors such as Luchino Visconti\, it transformed opera into believable theatre\, an art form that could survive and thrive in an era such as ours\, whose criteria of dramatic credibility have been shaped and dominated by cinema\, television and now\, also by digital media. So\, one is fully justified in talking about opera BC and AC – before and after Callas.” \nBIO:\nHelena Matheopoulos\, currently serving as the Associate Editor of Opera Now Magazine\, hails from Athens. With a background as a former fashion editor at Tatler and a consistent contributor to The Times (London)\, Gramophone\, and Opera Now\, she has garnered recognition for her authorship of several esteemed books on opera. Notable among her literary works are titles such as Placido Domingo\, Diva: The New Generation\, and Fashion Designers at the Opera. Matheopoulos holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Medieval History from the University College London. \nThis event is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles and is 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. \nParking for Royce Hall 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). \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: \n\n\n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $15 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Royce Hall\,” then “Maria Callas 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.\n\n\n\n\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).\n\n\n\n\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.\n\n\n\n\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.  Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information.\n\n\n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/mariacallas/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Gefyra,Hellenic,Humanities,Lecture
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Tassos Boulmetis and “1968”
DESCRIPTION:An Evening with Tassos Boulmetis and “1968” \nSaturday\, October 28\, 2023\n7:30 p.m.\nBilly Wilder Theater\, UCLA Hammer Museum\n10899 Wilshire Blvd\nLos Angeles\, CA 90024 United States + Google Map \nPresented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and Gefyra \n7:30pm – Film Screening \nQ&A with: \nTassos Boulmetis (Director)\nPaul Malcolm (Senior Public Programmer\, UCLA Film & Television Archive)\nJohn K. Papadopoulos (Distinguished Professor of Archaeology & Classics\, UCLA\, and Director\, Athenian Agora Excavations) \nAdmission is free. No advance reservations needed. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come\, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Please visit the link below for more information. \nhttps://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2023/10/28/evening-with-tassos-boulmetis \nABOUT THE FILM\nApril 4\, 1968. Athens’ Kallimarmaro Stadium is abuzz\, with thousands of people gathered and millions listening through their radios. The AEK – Slavia Prague basketball game has just begun. A girl in love is dreaming of her wedding day\, while her future husband becomes more desperate with every Greek shot through the opposing team’s hoop. An elderly husband and wife remember the home they left behind. A young communist prisoner cheers from his jail cell and a PROPO betting shop becomes the place where old and new wounds resurface. Years before this night\, three Constantinopolitans decided to create an athletic union that will commemorate their story. At the end of this night\, a moment in Greek history had been made. \nDIRECTOR BIO\nTassos Boulmetis\, the director of A Touch of Spice and Mythopathy\, built his film\, “1968\,” around a true athletic triumph that made history and united a divided country. Mr. Boulmetis studied Physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Film Production and Direction at the University of California\, Los Angeles (UCLA)\, with a scholarship from the A. S. Onassis Foundation. In Greece he started his career as a director/producer of TV shows for the state TV networks. In 1990 he wrote\, directed and co-produced the film The Dream Factory\, which won awards in both Greece and the U.S. A Touch of Spice\, a film that he wrote\, directed and co-produced became the most successful film ever in Greece with over 1\,600\,00 theater viewers. It has been distributed in 45 countries. His third feature\, Mythopathy\, a coming-of-age story of a young man during the 70’s in Greece\, is a sarcastic comedy about the Greek political system and its path to the recent economic crisis. Boulmetis is currently artist-in-residence for Gefyra. In fall 2023\, he is teaching at UCLA and engaging in public programming at Simon Fraser University. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nFor parking and theater details\, please visit https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/billy-wilder-theater \nABOUT GEFYRA\nThis event is part of a series of events held in collaboration with the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation for this pilot program\, which seeks to create networks across the West Coast of North America and between the West Coast and Greece. For more information about this collaboration\, please visit https://hellenic.ucla.edu/Gefyra/. \nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/tassos-boulmetis-and-1968/
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Gefyra,Hellenic
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SUMMARY:Aesthetics of Crisis: Political Street Art and Graffiti in Athens\, 2013-2023
DESCRIPTION:Aesthetics of Crisis: Political Street Art and Graffiti in Athens\, 2013-2023 \nLecture by Julia Tulke\, Assistant Professor\, Emory University \nSaturday\, October 14\, 2023\n3:00 p.m.\n314 Royce Hall\nReception to follow \nThis talk recapitulates the first ten years of Aesthetics of Crisis\, a longitudinal research project that has documented and examined political street art and graffiti in Athens since 2013\, generating an archive of nearly 7000 photographs. Initially probing the walls of the city as an artifact of and site of performative response to the Greek debt crisis\, the project has since adopted the notion of political street art as a “barometer” and method capable of rendering visible shifting currents of crisis and contestation. Over the course of a decade\, the project has traced and contextualized street-level responses to the 2015 austerity referendum\, the growing visibility of feminist and queer protest and expression since the mid-2010s\, the emergence anti-Airbnb and anti-gentrification graffiti since 2019\, reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic and first lockdowns of 2020 and\, most recently\, the turn to graffiti removal as an aspirational performance of post-crisis. By weaving together ethnographic and documentary sensibilities attuned to the complex material and affective realities of everyday life\, Aesthetics of Crisis offers a polyphonic counterpoint to the narrow and often fetishizing representation of the “crisis city” Athens through uncritical celebrations of “crisis creativity” and the attendant assertion that “Athens is the new Berlin.” \nJulia Tulke is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the Institute for the Liberal Arts at Emory University. She earned her Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester. Located at the intersections of urban studies\, visual culture\, and anthropology\, Tulke’s research centers on the visual and spatial politics of crisis\, with a particular focus on the material and symbolic terrain of the “crisis city\,” for which Athens has served as her central case study. Her work in and on the city through the past decade includes research and writing on political street art and graffiti\, artist-run spaces\, queer and feminist protest\, and the poetics of ruination. This work has appeared in the journals City: analysis of urban trends\, culture\, theory\, policy\, action and Forum Kritische Archäologie\, as well as the edited volumes The Aesthetics of Global Protest: Visual Culture and Communication and Greece in Crisis: The Cultural Politics of Austerity\, among other places. Julia’s longitudinal research project Aesthetics of Crisis won the 2022 Prosser Award for Visual Methodologies from the International Visual Sociology Association. https://juliatulke.com/ \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nIn case you missed the lecture\, the recording is available below:\n \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. \nParking Information: \nParking for Royce Hall 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). \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: \n\n\n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $15 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Royce Hall\,” then “Julia Tulke 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.\n\n\n\n\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).\n\n\n\n\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.\n\n\n\n\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.  Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/aestheticsofcrisis/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Gefyra,Hellenic,Humanities,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Gefyra Greek Book Club: Ο Δύτης\, του Μίνου Ευσταθιάδη
DESCRIPTION:Gefyra Greek Book Club \nΟ Δύτης\, του Μίνου Ευσταθιάδη \nSeptember 30\, 2023\n10:00 a.m. PDT / 8:00 p.m. Greece\nVia Zoom \nRSVP here. \nFor further information about the book and the author\, please visit the publisher’s site. \nYou can purchase a digital copy of the book at the publisher’s site\, Apple Books\, and Google Play. \nFor more information about the Book Club and to join its mailing list\, please contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu) or Dr. Eirini Kotsovili (dkotsovi@sfu.ca). \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/gefyra-greek-book-club-thediver/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Gefyra,Hellenic,HUC@UCLA,Humanities
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SUMMARY:Glendi! Beginning of the Year Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Glendi!\nBeginning of the Year Celebration \nSaturday\, September 23\, 2023\n7:00-9:00 PM\nRolfe Courtyard\, UCLA campus \nMusic performance featuring \nPetros Antoniadis\, Alexis Cohen\, Emmanuela Chiotaki and Eirini Nomikos \nOpening Remarks by: \nIoanna Kakoulli\, Acting Director\, Professor\, Materials Science and Engineering\, UCLA \nAlexandra Minna Stern\, Dean of Humanities\, Professor\, Departments of English\, History\, and the Institute for Society & Genetics\, UCLA \nThe Honorable Ioannis Stamatekos\, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles \nKelly Vlahakis-Hanks\, President & CEO\, ECOS and Chair of the Community Advisory Board \nJoin us for a true glendi with a fantastic musical performance\, dancing\, and delicious Greek food! Bring your family\, friends and dancing shoes. Meet the staff and learn more about the Center’s initiatives and programs. This is an outdoor event. \nRSVPs are no longer being accepted\, as we have reached capacity.\n  \nParking Information \nParking for Rolfe Hall 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). \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: \n\n\n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $15 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectValue.aspx. Select “UCLA Campus Event” then “GLENDI – SNF Hellenic Center.” 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.\n\n\n\n\n\n\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).\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe nearest guest drop off is the rooftop level of parking structure 5\, next to the Anderson School of Business (see directions above). Then taking the walking bridge east to the Rolfe Courtyard.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRideshare apps: For guests using rideshare apps like Uber and Lyft the nearest drop off is at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095.\n\n\n\n\n\n\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\n\n\nThis event is being held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles\, and is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/glendi2023/
LOCATION:Rolfe Courtyard\, 345 PORTOLA PLAZA\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Dance,Hellenic,Humanities,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230603T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230603T220000
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SUMMARY:Los Angeles Greek Film Festival Opening Night
DESCRIPTION:17th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival Opening Night \nHosted by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\nand Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) \nSaturday\, June 3\, 2023\nat UCLA’s James Bridges Theater \n5:00 p.m. Pre-reception\n7:00 p.m. Film Screening & Tribute Award to George Pelecanos \nAdvanced ticket purchase required.Photo by Alexa King. \nJoin us in kicking off the 17th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival! We are proud to co-host with the LAGFF the festival’s opening night\, featuring a screening of Black Stone and honoring the novelist\, screenwriter\, film\, and television producer George Pelecanos with the 2023 Honorary Orpheus Award. Pelecanos’ longtime collaborator\, director\, producer\, and former HBO Executive\, Kary Antholis\, will present the Award. \n\nOur feature film: \nBLACK STONE \nWhile filming absent civil servants\, a documentary crew stumbles upon Haroula\, a desperate\, overprotective Greek mother searching for her son. But when her son is accused of fraud\, Haroula sets out with her other disabled son and a Greek-African taxi driver to bring him back home where he belongs\, even if it means discovering who her son really is. \nWe are joined in discussion by the film’s director\, Spiros Jacovides\, actor and musician Kevin Zans Ansong\, and members of the creative team. \nSpiros Jacovides was born in London and studied Directing at Stavrakou College after completing his Film Studies degree from the London College of Printing. In 1998 he became a guest student of the acclaimed German University of Berlin\, DFFB. Since 2000\, Spiros worked as A.D. in various TV Commercials. Currently\, he writes\, produces\, and directs TVCs\, Web Ads\, Short Docs\, Corporate videos\, and Video Clips. So far\, he has written and directed three short films. “Black Stone” is his first feature film. \n\nBorn in the economically depressed Athenian district of Ambelokipi and growing up in and around the neglected Kipseli neighborhood\, Kevin Zans Ansong (Black Morris) made his first tentative steps in the world of Greek rap next to the legendary MC ‘Taki Tsan’ and has since gone on to flesh out his unique and intuitive voice amongst the new breed in his hometown. He has resonated with those in the know up North as The Thessaloniki Hip Hop Festival chose “Black Morris” as their Best New Artist of the Year in 2014. \n\nThe event is produced by writer/director Fay Efrosini Lellios\, a longtime collaborator of George Pelecanos and a friend of LAGFF. \nTickets \n$60 – General Admission \nTo purchase\, visit https://www.lagff.org/event/lagff-2023-opening-night/ \nFor more information about the festival\, visit www.lagff.org \nParking Information \nThe James Bridges Theater is located in Melnitz Hall on the UCLA campus\, near the intersection of Sunset Blvd and Hilgard Ave.  Address: 235 Charles E Young Dr N\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095  + Google Map \n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $15 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectValue.aspx.  Select “UCLA Campus Event\,” then “L.A. Greek Film Festival.” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 3 (South building) EXCEPT in the Pay-by-Space section in the North building. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here (only 1 permit allowed per email account).\nTo purchase a permit upon your arrival\, please park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area in Parking Structure 3 North\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay with exact cash amount or by credit card. Rates are $3 (for one hour) – $15 (all day).\nNo parking attendants will be on-site at the parking structure\, so please allow extra time for parking and walking to the theater.\nAccessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area of Parking Structure 3 North\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station kiosk to pay.  Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map for additional parking options and related information.\nDrop off – Guests can be dropped off in the Macgowan Hall Turnaround\, located east of the theater/building on Charles E. Young Dr E (see above map).\nFor more information about Visitor Parking at UCLA\, please visit this site\n\nThis event is supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \n \n \n 
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/los-angeles-greek-film-festival-opening-night/
LOCATION:James Bridges Theater\, UCLA\, 235 Charles E Young Dr N\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Hellenic,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230601T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230601T190000
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SUMMARY:Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations is a monthly discussion forum where members of our community discuss in Greek topics of Hellenic interest. For further information\, contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/kouvenda-hellenic-conversations-19/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230513T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230513T120000
DTSTAMP:20221216T004950Z
CREATED:20221216T004950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221216T004950Z
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SUMMARY:Conversation with the author: Αντώνης Μπαλασόπουλος\, Ο κύβος και άλλες ιστορίες
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here. \nTo purchase a digital copy of the book\, please visit the publisher’s site. \nFor more information about our Book Club and the Conversation with the Author series\, please contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/conversation-with-the-author-%ce%b1%ce%bd%cf%84%cf%8e%ce%bd%ce%b7%cf%82-%ce%bc%cf%80%ce%b1%ce%bb%ce%b1%cf%83%cf%8c%cf%80%ce%bf%cf%85%ce%bb%ce%bf%cf%82-%ce%bf-%ce%ba%cf%8d%ce%b2%ce%bf%cf%82-%ce%ba/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230507T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230507T170000
DTSTAMP:20230315T173648Z
CREATED:20230315T173648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T173648Z
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SUMMARY:Historical Trajectories of Hellenism in Asia Minor\, lecture by Paschalis Kitromilides (Academy of Athens)
DESCRIPTION:Historical Trajectories of Hellenism in Asia Minor\nlecture by\nPaschalis Kitromilides (Academy of Athens) \nDate: May 7\, 2023\nTime: 3:00 PM\nLocation: 314 Royce Hall\nReception to follow \nIntroductory remarks by The Honorable Ioannis Stamatekos\, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles and The Honorable Andreas Kyprianides\, Honorary Consul General of Cyprus in Los Angeles \nModerated by Sharon Gerstel (UCLA) & Dimitris Krallis (Simon Fraser University) \nProfessor Paschalis Kitromilides will present a survey of the Greek presence in Asia Minor from the original Greek colonization in antiquity to the exodus of the Greek population of the peninsula in the third decade of the twentieth century. He will examine the unity of the Greek world on both shores of the Aegean\, East and West\, for three millennia. Special attention will be paid to the modern period and to the cultural achievements of the “last Hellenism in Asia Minor”. \nPaschalis M. Kitromilides\, Ph.D. at Harvard University\, is a Greek-Cypriot political scientist and intellectual historian. He is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Athens and a member of the Academy of Athens. He has been director of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies since 1980 and was Director of the Institute of Neohellenic Research / National Hellenic Research Foundation (2000-2011). He has held visiting appointments at Harvard and Brandeis Universities\, University of Cambridge\, University of Oxford\, the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales\, the European University Institute and the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Villa I Tatti. He is the author or editor of over fifty books\, including Enlightenment and Revolution: The Making of Modern Greece (Harvard University Press\, 2013)\, and over two hundred and sixty articles and book reviews in academic journals and collective volumes in Greek and English. Besides English and Greek\, his books have appeared in Russian\, Romanian\, Serbian and Bulgarian. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nIn case you missed it\, please view the video of the presentation below: \n \nThis lecture is sponsored by Gefyra\, a collaborative program between the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University and the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) for this pilot program\, which seeks to create networks across the West Coast of North America and between the West Coast and Greece. For more information\, please visit https://hellenic.ucla.edu/ucla-sfu-pilot-program/.  \nThis event is also being held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles and Consulate General of Cyprus in Los Angeles\, and is co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies. \nParking Information: \nParking for Royce Hall is available in Parking Structure 5 located at: 340 Royce Drive\, 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). \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: \n\nYou may purchase your parking permit for $15 using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectValue.aspx. Select UCLA Royce Hall\, then “Paschalis Kitromilides Lecture\,” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park on any level in Parking Structure 5 EXCEPT the Pay-By-Space area on the rooftop level. 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 5) 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.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/hellenism-in-asia-minor/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Humanities,Lecture,UCLA SFU Pilot Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230504T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230504T190000
DTSTAMP:20230401T234554Z
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UID:10000170-1683223200-1683226800@hellenic.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations is a monthly discussion forum where members of our community discuss in Greek topics of Hellenic interest. For further information\, contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/kouvenda-hellenic-conversations-18/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T170000
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SUMMARY:Pigments in Ancient Greek Painting & Medicine:  Ecology\, Materiality and the Alchemical Laboratory
DESCRIPTION:Pigments in Ancient Greek Painting & Medicine: \nEcology\, Materiality and the Alchemical Laboratory\nlecture by\nIoanna Kakoulli\n(Department of Materials Science and Engineering\, UCLA) \nSaturday\, April 29\, 2023\n3:00 p.m.\n306 Royce Hall\nReception to follow \nAncient Greek paintings between the fourth century BC and the third century AD are characterized by a splendor of colors\, high artistic quality and rich pictorial effects such as shading\, translucency and transparency\, innovations that characterize and mark the art of Greek and later Roman painting traditions. Through the scientific analysis of surviving paintings—mainly wall paintings—this lecture explores the material ecology and intrinsic optical\, chemical and microstructural properties of pigments in Late Classical and Hellenistic painting. It further interrogates how these properties contributed to the paintings’ qualities\, aesthetics and function and their technological association with ancient makeup and therapeutic substances\, philosophy and early al(chemical) practices. Data is presented in the context of seminal texts of ancient writers such as Dioscorides\, Theophrastus\, Vitruvius and Pliny the Elder describing the chemical arts of color\, cosmetics and medicaments\, and alchemical recipes from two third-century AD Greek papyri\, which provide the earliest surviving direct evidence on ancient alchemical practices for the synthesis of colored compounds. \nIoanna Kakoulli\, who will serve as Acting Director of the UCLA SNF Hellenic Center in 2023-2024\, is a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering with a joint appointment in the Archaeology Interdepartmental Degree Program and the UCLA/Getty Conservation Program\, in which she served as the inaugural ‘Lore and Gerald Cunard’ Program Term Chair from 2011 to 2017. Since 2018\, Professor Kakoulli has also held the honorary adjunct professor title at the University of Cyprus. Dr. Kakoulli has a M.A. from the Courtauld Institute of Art of the University of London and a Ph.D. in Archaeological Science from the University of Oxford. \nParking Information \nParking for Royce Hall is available in Parking Structure 5 located at: 340 Royce Drive\, 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). \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 (available after April 1\, 2023): \n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $15 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Campus Event\,” then “Kakoulli 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 near 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 5)\, 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\nThe event is supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nImage caption: Detail of the Late Classical painted marble throne found in a Royal tomb in Vergina\, Greece attributed to Eurydice Sirra\, Macedonian queen and grandmother of Alexander the Great. The painted decoration of the throne shows the extensive use of a mercury-based pigment known as cinnabar; an important component in alchemy and perhaps the most celebrated pigment in Classical antiquity.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/pigments-in-ancient-greek-painting/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 306\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Art History,Classics,Community,Hellenic,Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230422T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230422T120000
DTSTAMP:20221212T012501Z
CREATED:20221212T012501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221212T012501Z
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SUMMARY:John Kittmer\, "'From the Tip of My Little Finger a River Flows:' Yannis Ritsos's Response to Dictatorship (1967-1970)"
DESCRIPTION:‘From the Tip of My Little Finger a River Flows:’\nYannis Ritsos’s Response to Dictatorship (1967-1970) \nA lecture by\nDr. John Kittmer\, former British ambassador to Greece\nin celebration of National Poetry Month. \nApril 22\, 2023\n10:00 AM Los Angeles/8:00 PM Athens\nVia Zoom \nOpening remarks by Her Excellency\nAlexandra Papadopoulou\,\nAmbassador of Greece to the United States \nExclusive poetry reading by renowned Greek actor \nStelios Mainas (Tetarti 04:45\, Mystikes Diadromes\, The Island) \nIn the first days of the Greek military dictatorship of 1967-1974\, Yannis Ritsos was imprisoned without trial: he was held initially in internment camps on the islands of Gyaros and Leros\, and then under house arrest at the family home in Karlovasi on Samos. The period of his confinement was lifted only in November 1970. During much of this period\, he was not only confined and harassed by the authorities\, but he was also very unwell. Despite this\, he managed to write and to maintain\, for the most part\, an astonishing rate of productivity\, producing nine collections of short poems and several long poems in different forms. In this talk\, we will look at Ritsos’ life and work during these years of confinement\, examining his poetic response – in short and long poems alike – to the conditions in which he was held\, the psychological pressures under which he was placed\, and the wider abuses of the military dictatorship. We shall consider the extent to which poetry offered Ritsos some sort of solution to the challenges he faced. \nJohn Kittmer is a former British ambassador to Greece and is the chair of The Anglo-Hellenic League. He has degrees in classics and modern Greek\, and wrote a prize-winning Ph.D. thesis on Yannis Ritsos. He is working on several publication projects in connection with Ritsos. His recent collaboration with the poet David Harsent on the poetry Ritsos wrote in the early years of the Colonels’ dictatorship will be published at the end of March (David Harsent\, A Broken Man in Flower: Versions of Yannis Ritsos\, introduction by John Kittmer [Hexham: Bloodaxe Books\, 2023]). \nIn case you missed it\, please view the video of the presentation below: \n \nThe event is cosponsored by the Embassy of Greece in the United States. \nThis program is supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/john-kittmer-from-the-tip-of-my-little-finger-a-river-flows-yannis-ritsos-response-to-dictatorship-1967-1970/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Humanities,Lecture,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230411T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230411T180000
DTSTAMP:20230208T155227Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T155227Z
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SUMMARY:“Memory\, Conflict and Democratization in Post-Junta Greece"\, lecture by Professor Kostis Kornetis (Autonomous University of Madrid)
DESCRIPTION:Date: April 11\, 2023\nTime: 4:00 PM\nLocation: Royce Hall 306 \nIntroductory remarks\, by The Honorable Ioannis Stamatekos\, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles \nQ&A moderated by Simos Zenios\, Associate Director\, UCLA SNF Hellenic Center \nReception to follow \nIn this talk\, Professor Kostis Kornetis will examine how distinct political generations experienced and remember the transition from authoritarianism to democracy in Greece\, known as Metapolitefsi\, since 1974. Its central claim is that the 2008-2012 economic and social crisis triggered a radical re-evaluation of democratisation by turning the conflicting generational recollections of these events into pivotal components of current political contestation. To demonstrate this\, Dr. Kornetis tells the oral (hi)stories of transition and its legacy across time\, beyond institutional achievements and setbacks\, which was the standard trope of narrating this story until all too recently. The study draws on in-depth interviews and a close analysis of a selection of memoryscapes (texts\, images\, and music) of the 1970s to make sense of the different generational ways in which the past is being remembered and contested at present\, arguing that “small” and “private” histories matter. As such\, it introduces to the literature and public debate the crucial role of generational memory in shaping the political\, social and cultural developments of the entire post-authoritarian period in Greece and beyond. \nProfessor Kornetis teaches contemporary history at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). He has taught at Brown University\, New York University\, and the University of Sheffield\, and was a CONEX-Marie Curie Experienced Fellow at Carlos III\, Madrid\, and Santander Fellow in Iberian Studies at St Antony’s College\, Oxford. He is the author of Children of the Dictatorship. Student Resistance\, Cultural Politics and the ‘long 1960s’ in Greece (Berghahn Books\, 2013 – recipient of the Edmund Keeley book award of the MGSA) and co-editor of Metapolitefsi (Themelio\, 2015)\, Consumption and Gender in Southern Europe since the “Long 1960s” (Bloomsbury\, 2016) and Rethinking Democratisation in Spain\, Greece and Portugal (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2019). His second book on the generational memory of the transitions to democracy in Southern Europe is forthcoming with Oxford University Press. \nIn case you missed the lecture\, the recording is available below: \n \n  \nParking Information: \nParking for Royce Hall is available in Parking Structure 5 located at: 340 Royce Drive\, 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). \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: \n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $15 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Royce Hall\,” then “Dr. Kostis Kornetis 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 5) 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\nThis event is the second in a series of events held in collaboration with the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation for this pilot program\, which seeks to create networks across the West Coast of North America and between the West Coast and Greece. For more information about this collaboration\, please visit https://hellenic.ucla.edu/ucla-sfu-pilot-program/
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/kostis-kornetis/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 306\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,HUC@UCLA,Humanities,Modern Greece,UCLA SFU Pilot Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230406T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230406T190000
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SUMMARY:Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations is a monthly discussion forum where members of our community discuss in Greek topics of Hellenic interest. For further information\, contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/kouvenda-hellenic-conversations-17/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Conversation with the Author: Μαριαλένα Σεμιτέκολου\, Ακουαρέλα
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here. \nTo purchase a digital copy of the book\, please visit the publisher’s site and read the instructions provided by the publisher carefully. The publisher has also made the book available via Apple Books and Google Play. \nFor more information about our Book Club and the Conversation with the Author series\, please contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/conversation-with-the-author-%ce%bc%ce%b1%cf%81%ce%b9%ce%b1%ce%bb%ce%ad%ce%bd%ce%b1-%cf%83%ce%b5%ce%bc%ce%b9%cf%84%ce%ad%ce%ba%ce%bf%ce%bb%ce%bf%cf%85/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Modern Greece,UCLA SFU Pilot Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230302T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230302T190000
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SUMMARY:Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations is a monthly discussion forum where members of our community discuss in Greek topics of Hellenic interest. For further information\, contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/kouvenda-hellenic-conversations-16/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230225T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230225T110000
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SUMMARY:Polymnia\, a conversation
DESCRIPTION:Polymnia\, a conversation \nFebruary 25\, 2023\n10:00 – 11:00 a.m.\nvia Zoom \nTo RSVP\, visit https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrcOiqrzIoGd1cPmL-9eZcPtHDIShg-gpG \nAs a follow up to the world premiere of POLYMNIA\, a chamber opera by Theodosia Roussos\, join us for a Zoom conversation with the composer and several of the artists who created this wonderful production. They’ll share stories and insights from the unique process behind bringing Theodosia’s family history to the stage and answer your questions. \nHosted by Sharon Gerstel\, Director\, UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture \nPanelists/Artists: \nTheodosia Roussos\, Composer/Librettist/Oboist/Performer\nDiana Wyenn\, Director/Dramaturg/Producer\nNatalie Buickians\, Performer\nPeter Kazaras\, Dramaturg\nMichele Patzakis\, Performer \nAbout POLYMNIA\nPOLYMNIA\, described by Opera News as “haunting and beautiful\,” is a debut experimental chamber opera by Theodosia Roussos which tells the story of a woman who responds with resilience and self-invention to the disruption of her life caused by war and trauma\, and how her experience echoes through time. \nDrawing from Sappho fragments of Sappho’s poetry as well as four generations of private family writings and oral history\, composer and performer Theodosia Roussos shares the story of her great-grandmother Polymnia Athanasiadis Pappas\, a young woman whose family was expelled from its Thracian village by the Ottoman Turks during the Asia Minor Catastrophe. Roussos draws influence from her Greek Cypriot American background and weaves elements of Byzantine and Greek folk music into the score. \nPresented on January 21-22\, 2023 at UCLA’s Little Theater in both Greek and English\, Polymnia reveals the very personal and also political experience of diaspora—what is lost\, what is retained\, and what cannot be forgotten. \nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/polymniaconversation/
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,HUC@UCLA,Humanities,Lecture
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