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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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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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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
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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
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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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SUMMARY:Themistoklis Aravossitas\, "Greek Language Education in North America: New Directions and Challenges" on International Greek Language Day"
DESCRIPTION:The lecture is offered on the occasion of International Greek Language Day. Her Excellency\, Alexandra Papadopoulou\, Ambassador of Greece to the United States\, will offer opening remarks. \nFebruary 11\, 2023\, 10:00 AM PST/1:00PM EST/8:00 PM Athens \nThe event takes place on Zoom. View a recording of this talk here. \nModern Greek is taught and learned across North America mainly as a heritage language\, through a complex education system that includes a variety of programs and learning materials\, as well as a diverse group of learners and teachers. This presentation discusses experiences\, community projects\, and studies from Toronto\, a representative anglophone multicultural city\, in order to examine the broader conditions of Greek language education in the diaspora. Asking how today’s schools and programs can serve the needs of future generations\, we examine some of the challenges faced by educators and community leaders: What is language shift and how it can be resisted? What’s the position of heritage languages in our society? What are the priorities for today’s parents and students and how can Greek language programs meet their needs? Has the pandemic affected the learning of Greek in the USA and in Canada? What types of opportunities emerge from information and communication technologies for our schools and communities? Proposing synergies between schools\, universities\, and community partners\, we argue that the future of Greek language education is ours to envision and plan. \nThemistoklis Aravossitas earned his BA in Education at the University of Athens. He completed his graduate studies at the University of Toronto\, with an MA and a PhD in Curriculum\, Teaching and Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. He specializes in Heritage Languages\, Teacher Education\, and Knowledge Media Design. His doctoral work\, titled The Hidden Schools\, explored Greek language education in Canada. He is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of the Aegean. He teaches Modern Greek at the Centre for European Studies in the Munk School of Global Affairs\, and at the Department of Languages\, Literature and Linguistics of York University. His scholarly work includes the co-edited volumes: Language Diversity in Greece: Local Challenges with International Implications (Springer\, 2020); Interdisciplinary Research Approaches to Multilingual Education (Routledge\, 2019); Handbook of Research and Practice in Heritage Language Education (Springer\, 2018). \nThe event is cosponsored by the Embassy of Greece in the United States and the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles. \nThis program is supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/lecture-by-dr-themistoklis-aravossitas-on-international-greek-language-day/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Classics,Community,Hellenic,HUC@UCLA,Humanities,Modern Greece
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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-15/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230122T140000
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SUMMARY:Polymnia
DESCRIPTION:Polymnia\nworld premiere \npresented by the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture \nSaturday\, January 21\, 2023\n7:00 p.m.\nUCLA Little Theater \nSunday\, January 22\, 2023 \n2:00 p.m.\nUCLA Little Theater \nRunning time: 85 minutes\, no intermission \nClick here to view the digital program. \nTheodosia Roussos\, composer/librettist\nMichiel Delanghe\, conductor\nDiana Wyenn\, director\nTanya Orellana\, scenic designer\nPablo Santiago\, lighting designer\nYee Eun Nam\, video designer\nWendell C. Carmichael\, costume designer\nPeter Kazaras and Diana Wyenn\, dramaturgy \nCast \nTheodosia Roussos\, Polymnia/Theodosia\nNatalie Buickians\, Paula\nMichele Patzakis\, Maria/Church Lady\nAnthony Moreno\, Nikolaos\nJoanna Lynn-Jacobs\, Anthie\nJon Lee Keenan\, Costa/Tax Collector/Turkish Soldier \nPolymnia\, described by Opera News as “haunting and beautiful\,” is a debut experimental chamber opera that tells the story of a woman who responds with resilience to war and trauma\, and relates how her experience echoes across generations and communities. Drawing from fragments of Sappho’s poetry\, Kassiane’s hymns\, 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 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 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. \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) and the National Endowment for the Arts. \nPolymnia is produced by Plain Wood Productions. \nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu. \nTickets \n$35-$60 \nSOLD OUT \n*If you have purchased a ticket and need accommodations (wheelchair\, walker\, etc.)\, please contact us at the email above. \nParking information \nParking information for ticketholders: The Little Theater is located in Macgowan Hall at UCLA. Please park in Parking Structure 3 North\, which is near the northeast corner of the campus\, close to Hilgard Ave and Sunset Blvd. \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 “Polymnia.” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 3 EXCEPT in the Pay-by-Space section. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here.\nTo purchase a permit upon your arrival at Parking Structure 3\, please park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area in the North building\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine.\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 special accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station kiosk to pay by credit card. Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view additional accessible parking areas on campus and related information. Guests can be dropped off in the Macgowan Turnaround\, east of the theater/building (see above map).\n\nCOVID-19 Protocol \nCurrent UCLA Covid protocols as of 1/18/23: We will NOT require proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for entry at the theater.  Wearing masks at this indoor event is OPTIONAL and encouraged.  Please check back for updates on protocols prior to the performance.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/polymnia-2/
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,HUC@UCLA,Humanities,Modern Greece,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230121T190000
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SUMMARY:Polymnia
DESCRIPTION:Polymnia\nworld premiere \npresented by the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture \nSaturday\, January 21\, 2023\n7:00 p.m.\nUCLA Little Theater\nReception to follow \nSunday\, January 22\, 2023 (2nd performance just added!)\n2:00 p.m. \nUCLA Little Theater \nRunning time: 85 minutes\, no intermission \nClick here to view the digital program. \nTheodosia Roussos\, composer/librettist\nMichiel Delanghe\, conductor\nDiana Wyenn\, director\nTanya Orellana\, scenic designer\nPablo Santiago\, lighting designer\nYee Eun Nam\, video designer\nWendell C. Carmichael\, costume designer\nPeter Kazaras and Diana Wyenn\, dramaturgy \nCast \nTheodosia Roussos\, Polymnia/Theodosia\nNatalie Buickians\, Paula\nMichele Patzakis\, Maria/Church Lady\nAnthony Moreno\, Nikolaos\nJoanna Lynn-Jacobs\, Anthie\nJon Lee Keenan\, Costa/Tax Collector/Turkish Soldier \nPolymnia\, described by Opera News as “haunting and beautiful\,” is a debut experimental chamber opera that tells the story of a woman who responds with resilience to war and trauma\, and relates how her experience echoes across generations and communities. Drawing from fragments of Sappho’s poetry\, Kassiane’s hymns\, 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 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 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. \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) and the National Endowment for the Arts. \nPolymnia is produced by Plain Wood Productions. \nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu. \nTickets \n$35-$60 \nSOLD OUT \n*If you have purchased a ticket and need accommodations (wheelchair\, walker\, etc.)\, please contact us at the email above. \nParking information \nParking information for ticketholders: The Little Theater is located in Macgowan Hall at UCLA. Please park in Parking Structure 3 North\, which is near the northeast corner of the campus\, close to Hilgard Ave and Sunset Blvd. \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 “Polymnia.” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 3 EXCEPT in the Pay-by-Space section. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here.\nTo purchase a permit upon your arrival at Parking Structure 3\, please park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area in the North building\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine.\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 special accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station kiosk to pay by credit card.  Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view additional accessible parking areas on campus and related information. Guests can be dropped off in the Macgowan Turnaround\, east of the theater/building (see above map).\n\nCOVID-19 Protocol \nCurrent UCLA Covid protocols as of 1/18/23: We will NOT require proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for entry at the theater.  Wearing masks at this indoor event is OPTIONAL and encouraged.  Please check back for updates on protocols prior to the performance.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/polymnia/
LOCATION:Little Theater\, 1167 MacGowan Hall\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,HUC@UCLA,Humanities,Modern Greece,Music
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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-14/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221218T220000
DTSTAMP:20220819T235334Z
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SUMMARY:Angelopoulos Retrospective: The Travelling Players
DESCRIPTION:The Travelling Players (O Thiassos) Greece\, 1975 \nA powerful vision of postwar Greek history as experienced by a troupe of actors on perennial tour\, The Travelling Players swept the awards at the 1975 Thessaloniki Film Festival and announced Theo Angelopoulos as a major international auteur. A multi-generational ensemble\, the players drag themselves and their trunks from one train station and theater to the next\, seemingly inured to the sweep of politics and war around them until they each\, inevitably\, become enmeshed with the tumult of their times. The myth of Atrides informs the personal dynamics among the players as they move through time with historical periods often shifting within a single\, long tracking shot. \n35mm\, color\, in Greek\, German\, and English with English subtitles\, 230 min. Director: Theo Angelopoulos. Screenwriter: Theo Angelopoulos. With: Eva Kotamanidou\, Aliki Georgouli\, Vangelis Kazan. \nFor tickets (free of charge)\, click here. \nThis film is presented by The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture with support from the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies and with the community partnership of the LAGFF. The retrospective is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/angelopoulos-retrospective-the-travelling-players/
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Hellenic,Humanities,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221216T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221216T220000
DTSTAMP:20220819T234741Z
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SUMMARY:Angelopoulos Retrospective: Ulysses' Gaze
DESCRIPTION:Ulysses’ Gaze (To Vlemma tou Odissea) Greece\, 1995 \nTheo Angelopoulos once confessed to an interviewer\, “I would like to believe the world will be saved by the cinema.” Ulysses’ Gaze gives this hope form as a Greek filmmaker known as A (Harvey Keitel) becomes obsessed with finding lost reels of film shot by the Manaki Brothers\, Yanaki and Milton\, real-life film pioneers who made the first movies in the Balkans. Relentlessly pursuing their whereabouts across the war-shattered region\, he comes to believe that this “first gaze” from the beginning of the century might reveal some meaning to those struggling at its end. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes\, Ulysses’ Gaze is the second film in Angelopoulos “Trilogy of Borders.” \n35mm\, color and b&w\, in Greek and English with English subtitles\, 176 min. Director: Theo Angelopoulos. Screenwriter: Theo Angelopoulos\, Tonino Guerra\, Petros Markaris\, Giorgio Silvagni\, Kain Tsitseli. With: Harvey Keitel\, Maia Morgenstern\, Erland Josephson. \nFor tickets (free of charge)\, click here. \nThis film is presented by The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture with support from the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies and with the community partnership of the LAGFF. The retrospective is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/angelopoulos-retrospective-ulysses-gaze/
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Hellenic,Humanities,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221210T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221210T170000
DTSTAMP:20220924T225649Z
CREATED:20220924T225649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220924T225649Z
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SUMMARY:My Rembetika Blues
DESCRIPTION:Film screening and discussion with filmmaker Mary Zournazi. \nMy Rembetika Blues is a film about the power of music and what makes us human. Rembetika music or the Greek blues is a music of the streets and a music of refugees. The film explores the heart and soul of Rembetika music through peoples’ stories of love\, loss and belonging. \nRembetika developed its roots from migrant experience. Mary Zournazi’s grandmother was one of the 1.2 million refugees who fled the Smyrna disaster in Turkey in 1922 and arrived at the Port of Piraeus in Greece. She\, like many\, became part of a movement of people\, and of tradition\, which saw the birth Rembetika. \nThrough its rawness and unique style\, Rembetika provides one of the world’s foremost musical accounts of migrant experience. Through Mary Zournazi’s grandmother’s story\, Zournazi narrates a personal account of the depth of longing and belonging that is part of the migrant life. By weaving together different stories and interviews\, the film looks at the legacies of history and migration\, and how music can connect people in times of struggle and in times of need. \nDrawing on the parallels of the migrant and economic crisis in Greece\, the film explores the revival of Rembetika today\, and how it continues to convey everyday life and struggle through the fusion of street music\, hip-hop\, and other influences such as Byzantine music and the Blues. \nThe film documents peoples’ memory and experiences that are often left out of the chronicles of history. It is a universal story about love\, life and music. \nConversation following the film with musician Alexis Cohen. Reception following the screening [film length is 83 minutes]. \nFilm Trailer: https://vimeo.com/536176096 \nSocial Media: https://www.facebook.com/rembetikablues/ \nView a recording of this talk here. \nParking information \nParking for Royce Hall is available in Parking Structure 5 located at: 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. Please park in Parking Structure 5\, which 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 $14 using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectValue.aspx. Select UCLA Royce Hall\, then “My Rembetika Blues Screening.” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 5. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here.\nTo purchase a permit at Parking Structure 5\, please park 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.\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 special 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 first 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. \nThis event is being held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles.  \n 
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/my-rembetika-blues/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Hellenic,HUC@UCLA,Humanities,Modern Greece,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221203T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221203T213000
DTSTAMP:20221008T031628Z
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SUMMARY:Lethal Nationalism: Genocide of the Greeks\, 1913-1923
DESCRIPTION:Under the fog of war during World War 1\, the genocide of the Greeks was carried out at the hands of the Ottoman and Nationalist Turks. This Genocide became the model for all Genocides to follow\, Nearly a million Greeks were killed\, and millions more were uprooted as part of the Ottoman and Nationalist Turks’ campaign of ethnic cleansing. Lethal Nationalism explores this dark chapter of history. \nBill Kurtis\, legendary television news anchorman\, narrates this powerful documentary. “This production is one of the most important projects that I’ve ever been associated with and it provides a sobering lesson as to why we should never forget the suffering that is caused by genocide.” – Bill Kurtis \nThe screening will be followed by Q & A with the film’s director and co-producer Peter Lambrinatos\, co-producer Spiro Lambrinatos\, and George Mavropoulos\, President of the Asia Minor and Pontos Hellenic Research Center. Opening remarks will be offered by the Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles\, the Honorable Ioannis Stamatekos. \nA $10 suggested contribution will benefit the work of the Asia Minor and Pontos Hellenic Research Center.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/lethal-nationalism-lethal-nationalism-genocide-of-the-greeks-1913-1923/
LOCATION:Saint Sophia Cathedral\, 1324 S Normandie Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Hellenic,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221202T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221202T220000
DTSTAMP:20220819T234453Z
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SUMMARY:Angelopoulos Retrospective: The Broadcast; Athens\, Return to Acropolis; Reconstruction
DESCRIPTION:The Broadcast (Ekpompi) Greece\, 1968 \nIn the manner of Jean Rouch’s Chronique d’un été (1961)\, the producers of a pop music television show hit the streets to ask women what makes the ideal man. A sharp satire on consumerism and escapism after the military junta known as the Regime of the Colonels seized power the year before. \n35mm\, b&w\, in Greek and English with English subtitles\, 22 min. Director: Theo Angelopoulos. Screenwriter: Theo Angelopoulos. With: Theodoros Katsadramis\, Lina Triantafillou\, Yannis Kostoglou. \nAthens\, Return to the Acropolis (Athina\, epistrofi stin Akropoli) Greece\, 1983 \nCommissioned as an episode for a television series on the cultural capitals of Europe\, Theo Angelopoulos structured Athens\, Return to the Acropolis as a personal journey through the city where he was born and raised. Incorporating references to his artistic inspirations—the poetry of George Seferis\, the music of Manos Hadjidakis\, and the paintings of Tsarouchis—Angelopoulos searches for the places he lived as a child amid modern developments that are changing the face of the city. \nDCP\, color\, in Greek and English with English subtitles\, 55 min. Director: Theo Angelopoulos. Screenwriter: Theo Angelopoulos. With: Kostas Meleounis\, Giorgos Alexiou\, Petros Fyssoun. \nReconstruction (Anaparastassi) Greece\, 1970 \nAfter years of working abroad in Germany\, a husband returns to his small rural village only to be murdered by his wife and her lover. Police and media descend on the town to discover the truth of the crime\, but in his first feature\, Theo Angelopoulos takes a wider view of the investigation. Based on an actual case\, the film’s story is only a pretext for Angelopoulos to explore the devastating impact of economic deprivation and changing emigration patterns on an entire region. \n35mm\, b&w\, in Greek with English subtitles\, 97 min. Director: Theo Angelopoulos. Screenwriter: Theo Angelopoulos\, Stratis Karras\, Thanassis Valtinos. With: Toula Stathopoulou\, Yannis Totsikas\, Thanos Grammenos. \nTotal runtime: 174 min. \nFor tickets (free of charge)\, click here. \nThis film is presented by The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture with support from the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies and with the community partnership of the LAGFF. The retrospective is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/angelopoulos-retrospective-the-broadcast-athens-return-to-acropolis-reconstruction/
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Hellenic,Humanities,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221201T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221201T190000
DTSTAMP:20220916T231853Z
CREATED:20220916T231853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220916T231853Z
UID:10000150-1669874400-1669921200@hellenic.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations is a bi-weekly 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-13/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221120T220000
DTSTAMP:20220819T232648Z
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SUMMARY:Angelopoulos Retrospective: The Dust of Time
DESCRIPTION:The Dust of Time Greece/Italy/Germany/Russia\, 2008 \nIn a direct reference to Ulysses’ Gaze\, The Dust of Time follows a filmmaker named A (here played by Willem Dafoe) on a journey to make a film about his parents. Moving between past and present\, memory and history\, fiction and reality\, the film spans the second half of the 20th century as A traces his parents’ émigré story from Russia and the death of Stalin to the U.S.\, Canada\, and then Germany while grappling with the disappearance of his own daughter. The second film in a planned trilogy that began with The Weeping Meadow (2004)\, The Dust of Time is Theo Angelopoulos’ final completed feature.\n35mm\, color\, 133 min. Director: Theo Angelopoulos. Screenwriter: Theo Angelopoulos. With: Willem Dafoe\, Irène Jacob\, Bruno Ganz. \nFor tickets (free of charge)\, click here. \nThis film is presented by The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture with support from the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies and with the community partnership of the LAGFF. The retrospective is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/angelopoulos-retrospective-the-dust-of-time/
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Hellenic,Humanities,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221120T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221120T120000
DTSTAMP:20220927T170804Z
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SUMMARY:Theo Angelopoulos: A Retrospective for the Present (Online panel discussion)
DESCRIPTION:This panel brings together distinguished scholars of Greek cinema to discuss the Greek director’s enduring contributions to a global cinema of time\, history\, and social crisis. Our speakers will discuss various aspects of Angelopoulos’s contemporaneity\, from the global impact of his distinctive filmic style and the philosophical dimensions of his visual language to the cinematic representation of issues that deeply challenge us today\, including migration\, social identity and displacement. The panel showcases Angelopoulos as an artist and thinker vital to our own grasp of our present and future. \nPanelists: \n\nVangelis Calotychos is Associate Professor of Classics at Brown University and Executive Director of the Modern Greek Studies Association). He is the author of Modern Greece\, a Cultural Poetics (2004) and The Balkan Prospect: Identity\, Culture\, and Politics in Greece after 1989 (2013)\, and editor of Manolis Anagnostakis: Poetry and Politics\, Silence and Agency in Post-War Greece (2012).\nVrasidas Karalis holds the Chair of Sir Nicholas Laurantos in Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies at the University of Sydney. He has translated Patrick White’s Voss and The Vivisector. He is the editor of Modern Greek Studies (Australian and New Zealand). His main publications in English include\, A History of Greek Cinema (Continuum 2012)\, Realism in Greek Cinema (I.B. Tauris\, 2017)\, Recollections of Mr Manoly Lascaris (Brandl & Sclesinger\, 2007)\, The Demons of Athens (Brandl & Schlesinger\, 2013)\, Reflections on Presence (re. Press\, 2016)\, The Cinematic Language of Theo Angelopoulos (Berhghan Press\, 2021) and the forthcoming Theo Angelopoulos Philosopher and Filmmaker (Palgrave 2023). He has also edited the collections Cornelios Castoriadis and the Project of Radical Democracy (2013)\, Martin Heidegger and the Aesthetics of Being (2008)\, Power\, Justice and Judgement in Hannah Arendt (2012). He is currently working on the Australian film-maker George Miller.\nLydia Papadimitriou is Reader (Associate Professor) in Film Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. She has published extensively on different aspects of Greek and Balkan cinema\, including financing and co-productions\, (digital) distribution\, film festivals\, politics and documentary. She is the author of The Greek Film Musical (2006)\, co-editor of Greek Cinema: Texts\, Forms and Identities (2011)\, and principal editor of the Journal of Greek Media and Culture. Her co-edited (with Ana Grgic) volume Contemporary Balkan Cinema: Transnational Exchanges and Global Circuits was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2020.\n\nThe presentations and discussion will be followed by a Q & A with the audience\, moderated by Professor Laurie Kain Hart (Anthropology; Director of the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies) and Dr. Simos Zenios (Associate Director of the UCLA SNF Hellenic Center; Stavros Niarchos Foundation & Ioannis P. and Eirini Caloyeras Lecturer in Modern Greek Language and Culture). \nRSVP here. \nThe panel is part of the Landscapes of Time: The Films of Theo Angelopoulos retrospective\, which is presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture with support from the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies and with the community partnership of the LAGFF. The retrospective is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles. 
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/the-films-of-theo-angelopoulos-an-international-academic-discussion/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Hellenic,Humanities,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221119T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221119T120000
DTSTAMP:20220907T022342Z
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SUMMARY:Evita Arapoglou\, "Asia Minor Hellenism: Heyday - Catastrophe - Displacement - Rebirth"
DESCRIPTION:In this lecture\, part of the Hellenic Together 4.0 series held in collaboration with the Benaki Museum in Athens\, exhibition curator Evita Arapoglou leads us through “Asia Minor Hellenism: Heyday – Catastrophe – Displacement – Rebirth.” \nThis program is supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nAbout the Exhibit \nVisitors to the exhibition begin their journey in the ‘heyday’ of Asia Minor Hellenism in Ionia and the west coast. They proceed to Cappadocia and the southern provinces\, travel to Pontus\, continue towards the west and the environs of Istanbul\, and end up in Eastern Thrace. \nThe heyday is followed by the period of persecutions\, the conclusion of World War I and the ensuing Treaties\, the period of the Greek landing in Asia Minor and the ensuing Campaign\, the ‘Catastrophe’ of 1922\, as well as the ‘Exodus’ of refugees. \nThe third and final section of the exhibition focuses on the settlement and integration of refugees in Greece\, as well as their impact on many sectors of Greek society. Part of the epilogue of the exhibition is dedicated to the creation of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies in 1930 by Melpo and Octave Merlier. \nThe exhibition features works of art\, icons\, ecclesiastical\, war and personal heirlooms\, costume\, jewelry\, handicrafts\, maps\, photographs\, archival and cinematographic material\, newspapers\, letters\, postcards\, and many other items. Excerpts from personal testimonies complement the narrative\, bringing images and silent objects to life. \nThe exhibition runs from September 15\, 2022 until February 12\, 2023.\nThursday\, Sunday: 10:00-18:00\nFriday\, Saturday: 10:00-22:00
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/evita-arapoglou-asia-minor-hellenism-heyday-catastrophe-displacement-rebirth/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Art History,Community,Hellenic,HUC@UCLA,Humanities,Lecture,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221113T220000
DTSTAMP:20220819T232302Z
CREATED:20220819T232302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220819T232302Z
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SUMMARY:Angelopoulos Retrospective: The Weeping Meadow
DESCRIPTION:The Weeping Meadow (To Livadi pou Dakryzei) Greece\, 2004 \nA family history told in wide shot\, The Weeping Meadow spans the turbulent decades between 1919 and the end of the Greek Civil War in 1949 as they buffet the lives of Eleni (Alexandra Aidini) and her adoptive brother and lover Alexis (Nikos Poursanidis). Taken in by Alexis’ family\, Eleni and Alexis fall in love and flee his oppressive father with the help of itinerant musicians touring the country as it descends into war and chaos. Intended as the first installment in a trilogy of Greek history and with its clear echoes of The Traveling Players (1975)\, The Weeping Meadow feels like a summing up by a director who thought of his films as chapters in one continuous story. \n35mm\, color\, 163 min. Director: Theo Angelopoulos. Screenwriters: Theo Angelopoulos\, Tonino Guerra\, Petros Markaris\, Giorgio Silvagni. With: Alexandra Aidini\, Nikos Poursanidis\, Giorgos Armenis. \nFor tickets (free of charge)\, click here. \nThis film is presented by The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture with support from the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies and with the community partnership of the LAGFF. The retrospective is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/angelopoulos-retrospective-the-weeping-meadow/
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Hellenic,Humanities,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221113T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221113T200000
DTSTAMP:20220927T170243Z
CREATED:20220927T170243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T170243Z
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SUMMARY:The East Has Set: A Tribute to the Smyrna Catastrophe
DESCRIPTION:In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Catastrophe of Smyrna\, this evening event includes a discussion about historical aspects and music of Asia Minor played by an ensemble led by oud-player Dimitri Mahlis.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/the-east-has-set-a-tribute-to-the-smyrna-catastrophe/
LOCATION:William and Jane Bristol Civic Auditorium\, 16600 Civic Center Dr\, Bellflower\, CA\, 90706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Lecture,Modern Greece,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221106T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221106T220000
DTSTAMP:20220819T231726Z
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SUMMARY:Angelopoulos Retrospective: The Hunters
DESCRIPTION:The Hunters (I Kynighi) Greece\, 1977 \nWhen a hunting party finds the body of a communist partisan perfectly preserved in the snow\, they carry it back to their lakeside lodge to open a formal inquest. Representatives of the  conservative elite—politicians\, military officers\, businessmen\, media figures—who have gathered to celebrate New Year’s Eve 1977\, they are suddenly confronted by the horrors that put them in power. Theo Angelopoulos once compared The Hunters to Hitchcock’s The Trouble with Harry and while an absurdist streak runs through the film it’s also one of the most pointed and damning political critiques of his career. \n35mm\, color\, in Greek with English subtitles\, 168 min. Director: Theo Angelopoulos. Screenwriters: Theo Angelopoulos\, Stratis Karras. With: Vangelis Kazan\, Eva Kotamanidou\, Giorgos Danis. \nFor tickets (free of charge)\, click here. \nThis film is presented by The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture with support from the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies and with the community partnership of the LAGFF. The retrospective is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/angelopoulos-retrospective-the-hunters/
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Hellenic,Humanities,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221104T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221104T223000
DTSTAMP:20220819T231402Z
CREATED:20220819T231402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220819T231402Z
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SUMMARY:Angelopoulos Retrospective: Alexander the Great
DESCRIPTION:Alexander the Great (O Megalexandros) Greece\, 1980 \nTheo Angelopoulos insisted that Alexander the Great was his “most simple film” to date for its linear structure\, beginning on New Year’s Eve 1900 and proceeding from there. The film’s straightforward chronology\, however\, belies the complex interplay of Greek Orthodox and Byzantine liturgy\, music\, and ritual that Angelopoulos weaves into this newly urgent politically-charged fable of a would-be liberator who devolves into despotism. A bandit leader\, Megalexandros\, sparks an international incident when he kidnaps a group of English tourists but when he and his men return to their village to hold up\, they find the revolution may have already passed them by. \n35mm\, color\, in Greek and English with English subtitles\, 199 min. Director: Theo Angelopoulos. Screenwriters: Theo Angelopoulos\, Petros Markaris. With: Omero Antonutti\, Eva Kotamanidou\, Mihalis Giannatos. \nFor tickets (free of charge)\, click here. \nThis film is presented by The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture with support from the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies and with the community partnership of the LAGFF. The retrospective is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/angelopoulos-retrospective-alexander-the-great/
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Hellenic,Humanities,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221103T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221103T190000
DTSTAMP:20220916T231718Z
CREATED:20220916T231718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220916T231718Z
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SUMMARY:Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations is a bi-weekly 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-12/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221107
DTSTAMP:20220811T005152Z
CREATED:20220811T005152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220811T005152Z
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SUMMARY:Byzantine Studies Conference
DESCRIPTION:We welcome the Byzantine Studies Association of North America (BSANA) and participants to the 48th Annual Byzantine Studies conference at UCLA! \nMost conference activities will take place at the Luskin Conference Center and Hotel on the UCLA campus.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/byzantine-studies-conference/
LOCATION:Luskin
CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Art History,Byzantine,Classics,Community,Hellenic,Humanities,Lecture,Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221030T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221030T220000
DTSTAMP:20220819T230940Z
CREATED:20220819T230940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220819T230940Z
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SUMMARY:Angelopoulos Retrospective: The Suspended Step of the Stork & The Beekeeper
DESCRIPTION:The Suspended Step of the Stork (To Meteoro Vima tou Pelargou) Greece\, 1991 \nThe plight of refugees in the Balkans and internationally dominated much of Theo Angelopoulos’ attention in the 1990s\, leading to two of his most acclaimed films\, Ulysses’ Gaze (1995) and Eternity and a Day (1998). The Suspended Step of the Stork\, which inaugurates this “Trilogy of Borders\,” however\, may be his sharpest assault on the moral and political failures of the West leading to the crisis. When a TV journalist believes he’s found a missing Greek politician living in a refugee camp\, a routine story becomes a potential blockbuster. A world-weary Marcello Mastroianni plays the mysterious refugee with Jeanne Moreau as the politician’s embittered wife who may hold the key to his identity. \n35mm\, color\, in Greek with English subtitles\, 136 min. Director: Theo Angelopoulos. Screenwriter: Theodoros Angelopoulos\, Tonino Guerra\, Petros Markaris\, Dimitris Nollas\, Thanassis Valtinos. With: Marcello Mastroianni\, Jeanne Moreau\, Gregory Patrikareas. \n& \nThe Beekeeper (O Melissokomos) Greece\, 1986 \nEvery year\, Spyros (Marcello Mastroianni) takes up the family tradition of transporting its colony of bees across the rugged northern Greek countryside. This season\, however\, he’s joined by a young woman (Nadia Mourouzi) he picks up hitchhiking. Mastroianni delivers a quiet\, reserved performance that confounded some critics who felt Theo Angelopoulos had miscast the international star. But Mastroianni’s soulful silence\, however\, draws us deep into the existential crisis at the heart of the film about a generation that felt consumed by history and another in the process of forgetting it. \n35mm\, color\, in Greek with English subtitles\, 122 min. Director: Theo Angelopoulos. Screenwriter: Theo Angelopoulos\, Tonino Guerra\, Dimitris Nollas. With: Marcello Mastroianni\, Nadia Mourouzi\, Jenny Roussea. \nFor tickets (free of charge)\, click here. \nThis film is presented by The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture with support from the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies and with the community partnership of the LAGFF. The retrospective is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/angelopoulos-retrospective-the-suspended-step-of-the-stork-the-beekeeper/
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Hellenic,Humanities,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221028T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221028T223000
DTSTAMP:20220819T230548Z
CREATED:20220819T230548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220819T230548Z
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SUMMARY:Angelopoulos Retrospective: Voyage to Cythera
DESCRIPTION:Voyage to Cythera (Taxidi sta Kithira) Greece\, 1984 \nAfter years living in exile in the Soviet Union\, a communist resistance fighter\, Spyros (Manos Katrakis)\, returns home to the dismay of his family and neighbors. His son Alexandros (Giulio Brogi) is a filmmaker casting a movie set during the German occupation while the villagers of his hometown are on the verge of transforming their rural farmland into a tourist resort. With his sudden\, defiant presence\, Spyros threatens to disrupt their efforts to excise the past through art or commerce. A reworking of the myth of Odysseus’ return\, Cythera is the first film in Angelopoulos’ “Trilogy of Silence.” \n35mm\, color\, in Greek with English subtitles\, 133 min. Director: Theo Angelopoulos. Screenwriters: Theo Angelopoulos\, Tonino Guerra\, Thanassis Valtinos. With: Manos Katrakis\, Mairi Hronopoulou\, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos. \nFor tickets (free of charge)\, click here. \nThis film is presented by The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture with support from the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies and with the community partnership of the LAGFF. The retrospective is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/angelopoulos-retrospective-voyage-to-cythera/
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Hellenic,Humanities,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221023T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221023T190000
DTSTAMP:20220927T165057Z
CREATED:20220927T165057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T165057Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Last Voyage
DESCRIPTION:A documentary based on the writings of Nikos Kazantzakis’ travels in the Far East. The film’s director Aris Chatzistefanou will join us for Q & A following the screening. \nCo-sponsored by the Hellenic Library\, the Friends of Nikos Kazantzakis in Los Angeles\, Southern California Cretans Association\, Cretans Omonoia of Orange County
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/film-screening-last-voyage/
LOCATION:Cinemark Downey\, 8840 Apollo Way\, Downey\, CA\, 90242\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Hellenic,Humanities,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221021T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221021T193000
DTSTAMP:20220819T230054Z
CREATED:20220819T230054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220819T230054Z
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SUMMARY:Angelopoulos Retrospective: Days of '36
DESCRIPTION:Days of ’36 (Meres tou ’36) Greece\, 1972 \nA political assassination kicks off Theo Angelopoulos’ portrait of one Greek dictatorship made under the shadow of another. This opening act of violence triggers a series of more ambiguous but equally ominous machinations—a prison escape\, a hostage crisis\, foreign powers conspiring over cocktails—with Angelopoulos emphasizing the atmosphere and anxiety of political repression over specific historical events. Wide shots and 360-degree camera pans suggest a panoramic vision but actually underscore what’s hidden from view. There is very little dialogue and even less explication but the cumulative effect is deeply unnerving. \n35mm\, color\, in Greek and English with English subtitles\, 105 min. Director: Theo Angelopoulos. Screenwriters: Theo Angelopoulos\, Petros Markaris\, Stratis Karras\, Thanassis Valtinos. With: Vangelis Kazan\, Kostas Pavlou\, Thanos Grammenos. \nFor tickets (free of charge)\, click here. \nThis film is presented by The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture with support from the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies and with the community partnership of the LAGFF. The retrospective is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/angelopoulos-retrospective-days-of-36/
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Hellenic,Humanities,Modern Greece
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