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SUMMARY:Exhibition - Weaving Dreams: Kilims from Geraki\, Laconia
DESCRIPTION:Kilim. Tree of Life with wedding procession and initials ΓΠ. 19th Century. \nExhibition \nWeaving Dreams\nKilims from Geraki\, Laconia \nOn view from\nApril 23 – July 26\, 2026 \nGhika Gallery\n3 Kriezotou Street\, Kolonaki\, Athens \nThe village of Geraki\, located on the slopes of Mount Parnon\, is renowned for its millennia-old art of weaving on the vertical loom. \nThe exhibition presents dowry kilims and related objects from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century\, particularly works woven with images of women and men standing within a landscape of agricultural abundance and surrounded by symbolic imagery. Weavers produced textiles for domestic and commercial use. A finely woven kilim\, costly to acquire\, signified its owner’s affluence and social status\, making it a prized possession and family heirloom. \nGeraki weavers have long been recognized for their exceptional skills\, winning awards at the Vienna World’s Fair of 1873\, the Eighth International Exhibition in Thessaloniki in 1933\, and elsewhere. In recognition of this enduring weaving tradition\, the textile art of Geraki was inscribed in the Greek National Intangible Cultural Heritage Index in 2019. \nIn the 1930s\, artists\, scholars\, and folklorists passed through Geraki\, admiring the village’s Byzantine churches\, elaborate stone houses\, and vibrant weaving industry. This exhibition celebrates the connection between Geraki and several of the artists and intellectuals of that period\, whose work is exhibited in the Ghika Gallery. \nThis exhibition is organized by the Benaki Museum and curated by Sharon Gerstel and Sofia Pitouli. We extend our sincere thanks to the supporters listed below for their generosity. \nA catalogue accompanying the exhibition is available for purchase here: https://hellenic.ucla.edu/weaving-dreams/ \nUnder the Auspices:\nRegion of Peloponnese \nLead Supporter:\nStavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)\nGefyra is supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) \nExhibition Supporters:\nGefyra\nUCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\nGeorge and Tina Kolovos \nExhibition Hashtag\n#GerakiKilimsBenaki
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/weaving-dreams-exhibition/
LOCATION:Ghika Gallery\, 3 Kriezotou Street\, Kolonaki\, Athens\, 106 71\, Greece
CATEGORIES:Art History,Community,Gefyra,Hellenic,Heritage,History,Humanities,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:The Fumes of Mars: Book discussion with artist and writer Katerina Angelopoulou
DESCRIPTION:The Fumes of Mars: Book discussion with artist and writer Katerina Angelopoulou \nSaturday\, March 28\, 2026\n10:00 A.M. Los Angeles / 7:00 P.M. Greece\nVia Zoom \nThis event has already taken place. We are no longer accepting RSVPs. \nThis discussion will be moderated by Professor Sharon Gerstel\, Director\, UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and Dr. Eirini Kotsovili\, Senior Lecturer\, Global Humanities\, Simon Fraser University. \nOne of the deadliest wildfires ever recorded took place on July 23\, 2018 in Mati\, just 30 km from the historical center of Athens. Writer and artist Katerina Angelopoulou survived the fire\, and her book\, The Fumes of Mars\, combines her photographs with personal testimonies from other survivors\, timelines\, maps\, and reports. With these materials\, Angelopoulou attempts to weave a collective narrative of the events to better understand the violent disconnect between her own experience and the “official” account of the disaster in which facts were concealed and victims held culpable. \nThe book opens with black and white photographs showing the aftermath of the fire alongside testimonies of the survivors. These are followed by Angelopoulou’s photographs\, taken as the disaster unfolded\,overlaid with her timeline of events. Collected evidence on the events follows\, including aerial maps\, topographical information\, lists of the victims with location and cause of death\, weather and aircraft reports\, CCTV and news coverage images\, information from the State Investigator report\, and information on the ongoing trial. The final images of the book are of Angelopoulou’s personal artifacts after the fire\, such as remnants of jewelry\, books\, and glasses. This assembled evidence is embedded with importance because after the fire\, the truth of the victims and their families was questioned multiple times—in the public narrative\, facts were concealed and re-produced with false arguments blaming residents and victims. \nKaterina Angelopoulou is a writer and artist based in Athens. The Fumes of Mars won the Format Festival’s Reviewers’ Choice Award 2022\, was selected for the COCA Project 2021\, shortlisted for the Belfast Dummy Award and Photo Festival in 2022\, and exhibited at LCC in London as part of the Common Ground Exhibition. Angelopoulou holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics & Theoretical Physics from Imperial College London\, a B.A. in Design for Performance from Central Saint Martins\, and an M.A. with Distinction in Photojournalism & Documentary Photography from London College of Communication. \nView additional images and purchase the book here. \nThis program is made possible thanks to support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/the-fumes-of-mars/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Cultural Heritage,Hellenic,History,Humanities,Lecture,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:West Coast Hellenic Book Club: The Jasmine Isle by Ioanna Karystiani
DESCRIPTION:Book cover design by: Emanuele Ragnisco \nWest Coast Hellenic Book Club: \nThe Jasmine Isle by Ioanna Karystiani\, trans. Michael Eleftheriou\n(Europa Editions\, 2006) \nDiscussion led by Professor Sharon Gerstel\, Director\, UCLA SNF Hellenic Center and Dr. Eirini Kotsovili\, Senior Lecturer\, Global Humanities at Simon Fraser University \nSaturday\, March 14\, 2026\n10 A.M. Los Angeles / 7 P.M. Greece\nVia Zoom \nThis event has already taken place. We are no longer accepting RSVPs. \n  \nFrom the Publisher: \nSet on the Greek island of Andros during the first half of the 20th century\, Karystiani’s first novel to be translated into English centers on Orsa Saltaferou\, a jovial teenager who falls in love with charming and sensual fisherman Spyros Maltambes. But when the time comes to settle down\, her imperious mother\, Mina\, decides that Spyros is not the man for her daughter and arranges a marriage to the richer Nikos Vatokouzis\, also a fisherman. Without a word of protest\, Orsa resigns herself to her fate-until she returns from her honeymoon to find her younger sister\, Mosca\, married to Spyros. Further intensifying emotions\, the sisters and their respective husbands must live with just a staircase between them. And because both men are sailors (as is the sisters’ father)\, they often travel for long stretches and leave the sisters-along with Mina and many other women on the island-to look after the homes\, raise their children and chat\, trying to gather news about their husbands and\, when it comes\, the war. With a talent for crafting graceful narration and poignant dialogue\, Karystiani presents a praiseworthy novel of a life caught between love and loss. \nAbout the Author: \nIoanna Karystiani was born on the island of Crete\, Greece\, in the town of Chania and now lives in Athens. Her literary debut came with the collection of short stories\, I kyria Kataki (Ms. Kataki). She has since written three novels\, all of which have been translated into several languages. She wrote the screenplay for The Brides\, directed by Pandelis Vulgaris and produced by Martin Scorsese\, and Estrella mi vida\, directed by Costa Gavras. She received the Greek state prize for literature and the Athenian Academy prize for her first novel\, and the Diavaso literature prize for her second. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nAvailable to borrow digitally for free on the Internet Archive at the link below: \nhttps://archive.org/details/jasmineisle0000kary/mode/2up \nIf you need help sourcing a copy of the book\, please email hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/thejasmineisle/
LOCATION:Athens
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Literature,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Neuroprotective Greek Herbs: Bridging Neuroscience and Cultural Heritage
DESCRIPTION:Neuroprotective Greek Herbs: Bridging Neuroscience and Cultural Heritage \na seminar organized by\nAnastasia Tsingotjidou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) \nMarch 7\, 2026\n9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA \nThis event has already taken place. We are no longer accepting RSVPs.\nThis seminar brings together researchers from neuroscience\, pharmacology\, biology\, veterinary medicine\, nutrition\, and plant biodiversity to explore the neuroprotective potential of traditional Greek herbs. Through a combination of in-person and online presentations\, the program highlights translational research\, from animal models and isolated bioactive compounds to nutritional approaches and cultural heritage. The seminar concludes with a culinary demonstration using Cycladic herbs\, emphasizing the connection between Greek history\, daily life\, and brain health. \nView the full schedule here \nSpeakers: \n\nDr. Korina Atsopardi\, Department of Pharmacy\, School of Health Sciences\, University of Patras\nDimitra Efthymiopoulou\, Department of Nutrition & Dietetics and Department of Sports Nutrition\, Harokopio University (Zoom)\nIrene Giannakopoulos\, CEO\, Aegialis Hotel and Spa\, author of the culinary book\, My Amorgos!\nProfessor Marigoula Margariti\, Department of Biology\, School of Natural Sciences\, University of Patras (Zoom)\nMarita Papagianni\, Plant Taxonomist & Biodiversity Research Associate\, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Zoom)\nProfessor Igor Spigelman\, Laboratory of Neuropharmacology\, Section of Biosystems and Function\, School of Dentistry\, UCLA\nProfessor Anastasia Tsingotjidou\, School of Veterinary Medicine\, Faculty of Health Sciences\, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki\nAssociate Professor Konstantinos Xanthopoulos\, School of Pharmacy\, Faculty of Health Sciences\, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Zoom)\n\nThis seminar is hosted by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\, with generous support from Lee and Lilian Polydor\, The Polydor Foundation\, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. \n \n \nParking Information:\n \nParking for Royce Hall is available in Parking Structure 4. \nParking Structure 4 is located at: 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. Parking Structure 4 is accessible from Sunset Blvd. onto Westwood Plaza which leads directly to the underground parking structure. To view the walking map from Parking Structure 4 to Royce Hall\, click here. \nNo parking attendants will be on-site at the parking structure\, and Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking is extremely limited in this lot\, so we highly encourage you to purchase a parking permit in advance: \nAdvance parking is available for Parking Structure 4. \n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for Parking Structure 4 for $17 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Royce Hall\,” then “Neuroprotective Greek Herbs” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 4 EXCEPT in the Pay-by-Space section. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here.\nTo purchase a permit when you arrive at Parking Structure 4\, please park ONLY in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.\nGuest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095.\nAccessible parking: For individuals with accessibility needs\, parking lot 4 is ADA accessibility and has elevators on all floors. The elevators in Lot 4 provide access to Wilson Plaza\, with sidewalk access available. Upon reaching Janss Steps\, turn left towards the Anderson School of Business and Fowler Museum. Proceed past the Fowler Museum before you enter Anderson School of Business; take a right to access the elevator leading to Royce Hall. Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information.\nTo view the ADA map from Parking Structure 4 to Royce Hall\, click here.\n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/neuroprotective-greek-herbs/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Conference,Hellenic,Heritage,History,HUC@UCLA,Humanities,Lecture,Modern Greece,Symposium
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SUMMARY:"Giannis in the Cities" Screening and Q&A with Director Eleni Alexandrakis 
DESCRIPTION:Giannis in the Cities (2024) – Screening and Q&A with Director Eleni Alexandrakis  \nPresented by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\nand the UCLA Film & Television Archive \nFebruary 22\, 2026\n7:00 P.M.\nBilly Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum \nADMISSION IS FREE \nIn 2025\, Giannis in the Cities\, which was screened at Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Los Angeles\, won both the Best Feature Film (Orpheus Award) and the Audience Award at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF). \nTicketing Information: Admission is free. No advance reservations are required. Seats will be assigned when tickets are picked up at the box office and are available on a first-come\, first-served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. \nDuring the Greek Civil War fought between 1946-1949\, childhood itself became a frontline in the clash between government and rebel forces. Under the guise of offering protection and education\, the Greek government enticed parents to surrender their children to a system of Childcare Cities that served as indoctrination mills that oftentimes alienated their wards from their own families. In her riveting\, visually striking adaptation of the memoir of Greek writer Giannis Atzakas\, writer-director Eleni Alexandrakis tells the searing story of Giannis and his experience growing up in these harsh institutions all the while unable to shake the memory of his rebel father and his longing for – and aversion to – a reunion. \nDCP\, b/w\, in Greek with English subtitles\, 90 min. Director: Eleni Alexandrakis. Screenwriters: Eleni Alexandrakis\, Panagiotis Evangelidis. With: Filippos Milikas\, Agni Stroubouli\, Evi Saoulidou. \nIn the role of Giannis: Philippos Milikas\, Marios-Konstantinos Gatetzas\, Konstantinos Athanassakis\, Aineias Tsamatis\nWith: Agni Stroumbouli\, Evi Saoulidou\, Katia Leclerc O’Wallis\, Katia Goulioni\, Themis Panou\, Evdoxia Androulidaki \nIn person for the Q&A session: Filmmaker Eleni Alexandrakis and Laurie Hart\, Chair of the UCLA Department of Anthropology & Co-Director of the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies. \nThis event is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nWatch the trailer here: \n \nAdditional information is available on the UCLA Film & Television Archive webpage here: https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/giannis-cities-2026-02-22 \nParking information can be found on the Billy Wilder Theater website here: https://cinema.ucla.edu/billy-wilder-theater/.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/giannisinthecities/
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Hellenic,Humanities
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SUMMARY:Messenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art\, Archaeology\, and Reception of the Second Millennium BCE
DESCRIPTION:Two Pendants with Hathor\, Levantine\, 1630–1440 BCE. Gold\, lapis lazuli\, glass\, and semiprecious stones.\n© Hellenic Ministry of Culture – HOCRED / Archaeological Museum of Chora\, NSF10540 / \n© Palace of Nestor Excavations\, Department of Classics\, University of Cincinnati\nPhoto: Jeff Vanderpool\nVEX.2025.1.55\nMessenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art\, Archaeology\, and Reception of the Second Millennium BCE \nScholars Presenting: Emily Egan (Associate Professor\, University of Maryland)\, Joanne Murphy (Professor\, UNC Greensboro)\, David Schneller (Assistant Professor\, UCLA)\, and Efthymia Tsiolaki (Postdoctoral Fellow\, University of Toronto) \nUCLA Graduate Students Presenting: Jayme Capazo\, McKenna Lincoln\, Talia Neelis\, Emma Pauly\, Duncan Restrepo\, Natalie Rudin\, Alexandra Seiler\, and Selman Oğuzcan Ünal \nHosted by the\nUCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\nin collaboration with\nThe J. Paul Getty Museum\nand held in conjunction with the exhibition\nThe Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece \nSaturday\, December 6\, 2025\n9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus\nReception to follow \nRegistration for this event is now closed. \nView full schedule here \n \nJoin us for an interdisciplinary symposium that reimagines the art and archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean and western Asia during the second millennium BCE. This event—the culmination of a graduate seminar in ancient art history held in conjunction with the Getty Villa exhibition The Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece – brings together invited scholars and UCLA graduate students from Art History\, Classics\, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC)\, and the Interdepartmental Program in Archaeology. Together\, participants will share new discoveries\, fresh ideas\, and creative approaches to understanding the interconnected worlds of this pivotal era in the ancient past. \nBios: \nEmily Catherine Egan is Associate Professor of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Art and Archaeology in the Department of Art History & Archaeology at the University of Maryland. She holds a dual B.A. in Classics and Old World Archaeology and Art from Brown University\, an M.Phil. in Archaeology from the University of Cambridge\, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Cincinnati. Her research focuses on artistic practice in the Bronze Age Aegean\, and particularly on the production\, consumption\, and iconography of Mycenaean painted surface decoration. She has undertaken archaeological fieldwork in Italy\, Turkey\, Jordan\, Armenia\, Cyprus\, and most recently in Greece\, where she is engaged in the study of wall and floor paintings from the Palace of Nestor at Pylos\, and Petsas House\, Mycenae. \nJoanne Murphy is a professor of Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Archaeology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro\, where she has worked since 2008 and serves as Department Head. She is also the current Director of the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies\, President of The American Friends of the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies (a 501c non-profit)\, and an Academic Trustee at the Archaeological Institute of America. She received her BA and first MA from University College Dublin\, Ireland\, and an MA and PhD from University of Cincinnati. Her research focuses primarily on religion and death and how they connect with identity\, community\, and political economies. As well as giving tens of lectures both nationally and internationally\, she has published over 30 papers and five edited volumes on these and related topics and has one monograph in press and two other volumes underway. She has led two major research projects: one\, a legacy study\, on the tombs around Pylos in southwestern Greece and one\, an archaeological survey on the Greek island of Kea. She has received awards for her research and for initiatives at UNCG and non-profits from various foundations including INSTAP\, the Mellon Foundation\, the Onassis Foundation\, the NEH\, and the Loeb Foundation.  She has also been recognized for her teaching and was awarded the Archaeological Institute of America’s Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award and UNCG College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award. She has a great love of sharing the past and has led tours in Greece\, Ireland\, France\, England\, Italy\, and Turkey\, as well as running an annual archaeological field school in Greece. \nDavid Schneller is an art historian and archaeologist whose research and teaching focuses on the ancient eastern Mediterranean and western Asia. He is currently working on his first book\, Crafting Across Time and Space: Artistic Exchange in the Eastern Mediterranean\, a study of artworks that resist categorization in the conventionally accepted fields of art history. This study makes the case for creative\, cross-cultural experiments and collaborations among a diverse group of artists and their patrons during the early first millennium BC by exploring materially-informed object histories and crafting knowledge. This research has been supported by the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation\, and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Prior to joining the Department of Art History at UCLA\, Professor Schneller taught in the Core Curriculum and Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University and in the Art History Department at the State University of New York at New Paltz. \nEfthymia Tsiolaki is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto. She is an archaeologist specializing in the Bronze Age Aegean\, with a focus on the social and economic organization of the Greek mainland. Her current research project explores the long-term history of settlement and land use in Messenia from the bottom-up\, integrating surface survey and excavation data with GIS-based analysis to highlight the dynamic character of peripheral communities before and during the rise of the Mycenaean palace at Pylos (ca. 3000 – 1100 BC). She also studies the technology and function of ground stone tools across several archaeological projects\, examining their roles in domestic and craft activities. \nThis event is organized by Professor David Schneller (UCLA) and Dr. Claire Lyons (Getty) and is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nCo-Sponsored by:\nUCLA College\, Division of Humanities\nThe Peter J. and Caroline Belz Caloyeras Endowment for the Arts\nThe George P. Kolovos Family Centennial Term Chair in Hellenic Studies\nThe Joan Palevsky Chair of Classics at UCLA\nGefyra\nUCLA Global Antiquity\nUCLA Department of Art History\nUCLA Department of Classics\nUCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures\nUCLA David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design \n 
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/messeniatomesopotamia/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classics,Cultural Heritage,Gefyra,Humanities
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SUMMARY:Pylos and Minoan Crete
DESCRIPTION:The “Ring of Nestor”\, c. 1500 BC\, Oxford\, Ashmolean Museum. \nPylos and Minoan Crete \nA lecture by \nAndreas G. Vlachopoulos\nProfessor\nUniversity of Ioannina \nHosted by the\nUCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\nin collaboration with\nThe J. Paul Getty Museum\nand held in conjunction with the exhibition\nThe Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece\n(June 27\, 2025 – January 12\, 2026 at The Getty Villa) \nSaturday\, November 22\, 2025\n4:00 p.m.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus\nReception to follow \nRegistration for this event is closed. \n \nDescription: \nPylos\, a vibrant and sun-drenched coastal region in Messenia (southwestern Peloponnese)\, features a rich landscape and abundant natural resources that closely resemble those of the palace of Knossos on Crete. In the heyday of the Neopalatial period of Crete (c. 1600-1500 BC)\, the area of Pylos gradually became the seat of powerful rulers of the Mycenaean elite\, whose way of life reflected not only the strong influence of the art and aesthetics of the Minoans\, but also a profound fusion of ideological and religious beliefs between the two societies. \nIn this engaging lecture\, we will delve into the historical journey of these two fascinating Aegean cultures. We will uncover the extensive Minoan influence on Pylos and the surrounding Mainland regions\, highlighting how the palatial Mycenaean world of early Greece gradually came into being. Join us for an exploration that illuminates the interconnectedness of these remarkable cultures. \nBio:  \nAndreas G. Vlachopoulos is Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology at the University of Ioannina. He completed undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Archaeology at the University of Athens\, specializing in Aegean Prehistory. His 1995 dissertation on the Post-Palatial period on Naxos and the Aegean received the Michael Ventris Award. He has been a Research Fellow at Princeton University (1998-99) and at the New York University Institute of Fine Arts (2001-02). Currently\, Andreas directs the Vathy\, Astypalaia Archaeological Project and the Kokkino Vouno Project at Akrotiri\, Thera. Among his main research interests are the Mycenaean Cyclades\, the Mycenaean period in Pylos\, the Thera frescoes\, and the Aegean Early Bronze Age. He is the author of monographs on Mycenaean Naxos and Astypalaia and the editor of two volumes on Aegean Prehistory (Argonautes and Paintbrushes) and seven volumes on Greek archaeology. He is a Fellow of the Archaeological Society at Athens and a Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute. \nThis event is organized by Professor David Schneller (UCLA) and Dr. Claire Lyons (Getty) and is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nCo-Sponsored by: \nUCLA College\, Division of Humanities\nThe Peter J. and Caroline Belz Caloyeras Endowment for the Arts\nThe George P. Kolovos Family Centennial Term Chair in Hellenic Studies\nThe Joan Palevsky Chair of Classics at UCLA\nGefyra\nUCLA Global Antiquity\nUCLA Department of Art History\nUCLA Department of Classics\nUCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures\nUCLA David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design \nDon’t miss our other upcoming programs in collaboration with the J. Paul Getty Museum here: \nSaturday\, November 15\, 2025Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BCE Aegean \nSaturday\, December 6\, 2025\nMessenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art and Archaeology of the Second Millennium BCE Symposium \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\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $17 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Royce Hall\,” then “Pylos and Minoan Crete” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 5 EXCEPT in the Pay-by-Space section. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here.\nTo purchase a permit when you arrive at Parking Structure 5\, please park ONLY in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card (the parking on this level is very limited).\nGuest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095.\nAccessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 6) of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.  Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information.\n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/pylosandminoancrete/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Cultural Heritage,Hellenic,History,Humanities,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BCE Aegean
DESCRIPTION:Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BCE Aegean \nLecture by Nikolas Papadimitriou (Director\, Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum\, Athens) and Eleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi (Curator\, Department of Prehistoric\, Egyptian\, Cypriot and Near Eastern Collections of Antiquities\, at the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum\, Athens) \nDemonstration by Akis Goumas (contemporary jewelry maker and researcher of ancient crafting technologies) \nHosted by the\nUCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture \nin collaboration with\nThe J. Paul Getty Museum\nand held in conjunction with the exhibition\nThe Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece \nSaturday\, November 15\, 2025\n2:00 P.M.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus \nSchedule\n2:00pm – Lecture begins\n3:00pm – Q&A\n3:30pm – Reception\n4:00pm – Demonstration by Akis Goumas\n5:00pm – Event concludes \nRegistration for this event is closed. \n \nThe Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece exhibition at the Getty Villa brings together some of the most exquisite artistic creations of the second millennium BCE Aegean. Many of these objects were the products of cultural fusion and combined elements from different artistic traditions originating in Minoan Crete\, Mycenaean Greece\, and areas far beyond. This presentation will examine the highly demanding techniques goldsmiths and seal-engravers used to create many of the objects in this exhibition. Following the lecture\, Akis Goumas will demonstrate the main steps of the technical processes involved in Mycenaean gold-working (sheet metal\, wire\, granulation\, etc.) and Minoan seal-engraving (soft materials and hard stones). \n \nDemonstration by Akis Goumas \nThe artist and researcher of ancient technologies Akis Goumas will demonstrate the main steps of the technical processes involved in: \n– Mycenaean gold-working (sheet metal\, wire\, granulation etc.)\n– Minoan seal-engraving (soft materials and hard stones). \nThe demonstration is based on the results of studies conducted in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens\, the Herakleion Archaeological Museum\, other museums in Greece\, and the Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean Seals at Heidelberg\, Germany\, which involved microscopic examination of artefacts\, archaeometric analyses and experimental reconstructions. \nThe studies have been conducted in collaboration with Dr Eleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi\, of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens\, and Dr Nikolas Papadimitirou\, of the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum\, Athens. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss with Mr Goumas and try some of the tools and materials used in the experiments. \nBios:\nNikolas Papadimitriou is the Director of the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum\, Athens\, Greece (www.camu.gr). He specializes in the Aegean Bronze Age\, with an emphasis on Mycenaean burial practices\, cultural interaction in the Mediterranean in the 2nd millennium BCE\, the prehistory of Athens and Attica\, and the study of craft technologies. Previously\, he worked as a Lecturer at the Institute of Classical Archaeology\, Heidelberg University\, Germany\, the Museum of Cycladic Art\, Athens and the Cyprus Department of Antiquities. Currently\, he is co-directing research projects at the archaeological sites of Marathon\, Thorikos (Attica) and Kato Samikon (Elis). He has a rich publication record and has received research fellowships from the Centers of Hellenic Studies at Princeton and Harvard (2011\, 2017). \nEleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi is Curator at the Department of Prehistoric\, Egyptian\, Cypriot and Near Eastern Collections of Antiquities at the National Archaeological Museum\, Athens (https://www.namuseum.gr/en/). She graduated from the University of Ioannina\, Greece\, and received her PhD at the University of Birmingham\, UK. Her research focuses on the Late Bronze Age Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean\, with special interest in Mycenaean jewelry and dress. She has given seminars and lectures on the history and technology of Mycenaean jewelry in Greece and abroad and has written articles and book chapters on various Late Bronze Age issues. For the past decade\, she has been co-directing a multi-disciplinary project for the reconstruction of ancient gold-working techniques\, while she is currently studying the corpus of metal signet rings housed in the Mycenaean Collection of the National Archaeological Museum. \nAkis Goumas is a contemporary jewelry maker and researcher of ancient crafting technologies. After receiving a Diploma in Economics (1978)\, he was trained as a jeweler and silversmith. From 1982 to 1986 he studied gemology and seal engraving in Greece and Germany. Between 1990 and 2006 he was the head designer in the jewelry company ONAR. Since 2000\, he has been teaching creative jewelry at the Chalkis School of Art\, and since 2017 at the ANAMMA Jewelry School in Athens\, and the ALCHIMIA Contemporary Jewelry School in Florence. Since 2006\, he is member of an interdisciplinary group of researchers\, who study ancient gold-working and seal-engraving techniques. In 2021 he was a Visiting Artist at the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies. Ιn 2023-24\, he was the holder of a Homo Faber fellowship\, established by Jaeger LeCoultre and Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship. In 2024-25 he participated in the organization of the exhibition “Art in Gold. Jewelry in Hellenistic Times” at the Benaki Museum\, Athens\, Greece. \nThis event is organized by Professor David Schneller (UCLA) and Dr. Claire Lyons (Getty) and is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nCo-Sponsored by: \nUCLA College\, Division of Humanities\nThe Peter J. and Caroline Belz Caloyeras Endowment for the Arts\nThe George P. Kolovos Family Centennial Term Chair in Hellenic Studies\nThe Joan Palevsky Chair of Classics at UCLA\nGefyra\nUCLA Global Antiquity\nUCLA Department of Art History\nUCLA Department of Classics\nUCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures\nUCLA David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design \nDon’t miss our other upcoming programs in collaboration with the J. Paul Getty Museum here: \nSaturday\, November 22\, 2025Pylos and Minoan Crete \nSaturday\, December 6\, 2025\nMessenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art and Archaeology of the Second Millennium BCE Symposium \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\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $17 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Royce Hall\,” then “Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 5 EXCEPT in the Pay-by-Space section. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here.\nTo purchase a permit when you arrive at Parking Structure 5\, please park ONLY in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card (the parking on this level is very limited).\nGuest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095.\nAccessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 6) of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.  Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information.\n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/crafttechnologies/
LOCATION:Athens
CATEGORIES:Cultural Heritage,Gefyra,Hellenic,Heritage,History,Humanities,Lecture,Reception
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SUMMARY:19th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival - Screening
DESCRIPTION:The UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture \nand the \n19th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival\npresent the West Coast premiere of\nLAST BREATH (LE DERNIER SOUFFLE)\nDirected by Costa-Gavras \nFollowed by a conversation with Oliver Stone and Costa-Gavras \nSaturday\, May 31\, 2025\n6:30 p.m. \nUCLA James Bridges Theater\n235 Charles E. Young Drive East\n1409 Melnitz Hall\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095\nReception to follow\nGeneral Admission – $20 + fee\nBuy tickets \nAbout the film:\nIn a kind of philosophical dialogue\, Doctor Augustin Masset and renowned writer Fabrice Toussaint discuss life and death… A whirlwind of encounters in which the doctor is the guide and the writer\, his passenger led to confront his own fears and anxieties… A poetic ballet\, where each patient is a tome of emotions\, laughter and tears… A journey to the throbbing heart of our lives. \nAbout the director:\nAcademy Award and Palme d’Or-winner\, President of the Cinémathèque Française\, and a master of both activist and idealist cinema\, Costa-Gavras has pushed the filmmaking boundaries since the 1960s; from redefining crime noir\, to tackling difficult transnational subjects\, to continually engaging audiences by presenting universal themes in a singular way. \nFollowing the screening\, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone will sit down with Costa-Gavras in an extended conversation. Both critically acclaimed political and social master storytellers\, Oliver Stone and Costa-Gavras have used their compelling and powerful art to create conversation starters influenced by living histories and personal experiences. Oliver Stone has said\, “Truth is the greatest treasure a Socratic soul can attain in this lifetime”; and Costa-Gavras\, “It’s important not to describe the character of the situation\, but… the ethical meaning… the ethic of truthfulness is something very precise.” From SALVADOR and MISSING\, PLATOON and SHOCK TROOPS\, JFK and Z\, NATURAL BORN KILLERS and MAD CITY\, U-TURN and SLEEPING CAR MURDERS\, WALL STREET and CAPITAL\, THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES and THE COSTA-GAVRAS CENTURY\, to name very few\, Oliver Stone and Costa-Gavras have repeatedly led audiences on daring visual journeys to witness humanity\, question the narrative\, and search for an independent sense of truth. Held in partnership with the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival\, and part of the LAGFF Costa-Gavras multi-event Tribute\, we are honored to co-present this once-in-a-lifetime live conversation between Oliver Stone and Costa-Gavras that is not to be missed! \nThe 19th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival runs May 27 – June 1\, 2025. For more information\, visit https://www.lagff.org/ \n         
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/19th-los-angeles-greek-film-festival-screening/
LOCATION:James Bridges Theater\, UCLA\, 235 Charles E Young Dr N\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Humanities
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SUMMARY:Pretty in Pink: A Portrait of Queen Olga of Greece at the Benaki Museum by George Manginis
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Benaki Museum in Athens \nPretty in Pink: A Portrait of Queen Olga of Greece at the Benaki Museum \nLecture by \nGeorge Manginis\nAcademic Director\nBenaki Museum in Athens \nSaturday\, January 11\, 2025\n4:00 P.M. \nIn an abundance of caution\, we have moved our lecture today online to Zoom.  It will NOT be held in person\, but we hope you will join us online:\n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/96787747340 \nMeeting ID: 967 8774 7340 \nOne tap mobile \n+12133388477\,\,96787747340# US (Los Angeles) \n+16692192599\,\,96787747340# US (San Jose) \nFind your local number: https://ucla.zoom.us/u/auD8r8WhJ \nOn the third floor of the Benaki Museum in central Athens hangs a portrait of Queen Olga\, the consort of Greece’s second king\, painted a few years after her wedding to George I. In March 2021\, the portrait\, attributed to an unknown artist\, was included in the Museum’s anniversary exhibition celebrating the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution. This lecture will unfold the story of this radiant but enigmatic painting\, from its creation to its bequest to the Museum\, offering surprising insights into 19th– and 20th– century Greek and European history. \nGeorge Manginis is the Academic Director of the Benaki Museum in Athens. He has taught and researched Cypriot prehistory\, Islamic art and architecture\, Sinai studies\, Chinese ceramics\, European decorative arts and the Greek and Armenian diasporas. In 2016 he published Mount Sinai: A History of Travellers and Pilgrims and China Rediscovered: The Benaki Museum Collection of Chinese Ceramics\, followed by Ceramics from Korea at the Benaki Museum: The George Eumorfopoulos Collection and Director’s Choice: Benaki Museum in 2021\, and Imperial China in 2023. \nThis event is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles\, co-sponsored by UCLA Art History\, and made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nGefyra (Bridge) is a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Gefyra’s mission is to connect students\, faculty\, and communities along the West Coast of North America with Greek scholars\, artists\, and other creators\, so that they can together explore expansive and imaginative approaches to Greek culture and knowledge production. The program additionally supports academic conferences and cultural projects that bridge the West Coast and Greece. \nPresented by:\n \nCo-sponsored by: \n \nUnder the auspices of: \n \n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/george-manginis/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Gefyra,Hellenic,Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241027T170000
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SUMMARY:Cappella Romana
DESCRIPTION:Cappella Romana\nWorld première program\nIN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST. DEMETRIOS \nDirected by\nAlexander Lingas\nFounder and Director\, Cappella Romana \nA performance presented by\nthe UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\,\nthe UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music\nand Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral \nSunday\, October 27\, 2024\n5:00 PM\nRunning time: 75 minutes; no intermission\nReception following the performance \nSaint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral\n1324 S Normandie Ave\nLos Angeles\, CA 90006 \nTickets: $25 General Admission (including service fees)\nFree for children under 18 \nAll students age 18+ with valid ID:\nUCLA students can reserve free tickets online with UCLA logon ID\nNon-UCLA students: Free tickets can be obtained at UCLA Central Ticket Office in advance\, or at event \nBuy Tickets \nCappella Romana brings to life the vibrant soundscape of medieval Thessaloniki\, Byzantium’s second largest city. Hear ancient hymns honoring the city’s patron\, the ever-popular St. Demetrios\, sung on the weekend of his annual feast day. Experience ecstatic Byzantine chants for the saint adorning the Cathedral Rite of Constantinople\, sung by the women and men of Cappella Romana. \nThis program\, held under the auspices of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco and the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles\, is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)\, the Peter J. and Caroline Belz Caloyeras Endowment for the Arts\, and the Mary Calfas Janos Program Fund. This program is co-sponsored by Gefyra (Bridge)\, the UCLA College Humanities Division\, UCLA Center for the Study of Religion\, and the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies. \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. \nClick Here for Digital Program \nParking Information: \nFree parking is available at Saint Sophia’s main parking lot and small lot across the street.  Please enter either lot from Normandie Avenue. Please consider carpooling or using rideshare services as parking fills up quickly. Metered parking is available on surrounding streets.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/cappella-romana/
LOCATION:Saint Sophia Cathedral\, 1324 S Normandie Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Byzantine,Community,Cultural Heritage,Gefyra,Hellenic,HUC@UCLA,Humanities,Music,Reception
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SUMMARY:Weaving Community: A Presentation of the UCLA SNF Hellenic Center’s Work in Greece and Los Angeles
DESCRIPTION:Weaving Community: A Presentation of the UCLA SNF Hellenic Center’s Work in Greece and Los Angeles \nLecture by \nProfessor Sharon Gerstel\nDirector\, UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture \nSeptember 29\, 2024\n2:00 PM\n \nThe Wilson-Hanks Family Cultural Center\,\nSt. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral\nReception to follow \nIntroductory remarks by The Honorable Christina Valassopoulou\, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles \nProfessor Sharon Gerstel\, director of the UCLA SNF Hellenic Center and George P. Kolovos Family Centennial Term Chair in Hellenic Studies\, will discuss the work of the Center in Los Angeles and Greece\, focusing especially on a large-scale\, multi-year project about weaving in the village of Geraki\, Lakonia. This project\, sponsored by Gefyra\, forms the basis of an upcoming exhibition at the Benaki Museum and a comprehensive catalog in both Greek and English. In an open and wide-ranging discussion\, Professor Gerstel will also present upcoming programming for the Center and discuss the Center’s mission and plans for the future. Joining Professor Gerstel will be Mrs. Chrysoula Stamatopoulou\, lead weaving instructor in Geraki\, who will also discuss the village’s weaving tradition\, which began in the ancient period and is still active today. Mrs. Stamatopoulou will demonstrate weaving on the vertical loom for those attending. \nAccompanying this event will be an exhibition of family heirlooms by the Greek Heritage Society. For their exhibition\, the GHS is looking for members of the Greek community of Los Angeles to share heirlooms that have come from Greece and have been passed down to children\, grandchildren\, and other relatives. They are particularly interested in woven items\, but other handicrafts\, such as embroidery can be shared. If you are interested in taking part in the event\, please contact Bessie Karras-Lazaris\, President of the Greek Heritage Society at greekheritage@hotmail.com. Under the email subject heading “Heirloom Project\,” please provide your name\, contact information\, and a brief description of the item(s) you would like to share. If selected\, you will be asked to write a longer description per guidelines that the GHS will provide along with your items on the day of the event. At the exhibition\, you will have the opportunity to talk to members of the community and give some insight into the history and significance of your heirlooms. \nPlease join us for an exciting lecture\, a weaving demo\, an exhibition of works of our grandmothers\, a walk through history\, a glimpse into the future\, and even a savory bite to eat. \nIn case you missed it\, please view the video of the presentation below: \n \nThis event\, co-sponsored by Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral\, is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles and made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nThe catalogue\, Weaving Dreams: Kilims from Geraki\, Laconia will be made available for sale soon here: https://hellenic.ucla.edu/weaving-dreams/
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/gerstellecture2024/
LOCATION:Huffington Center at Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral\, 1324 S. Normandie Avenue\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Cultural Heritage,Gefyra,Hellenic,Humanities,Lecture
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SUMMARY:International Conference on “Plato and Lyric Poetry” - Cancelled
DESCRIPTION:a conference presented by\nthe UCLA Department of Classics \nFor more information and the conference schedule\, see: Plato and Lyric Poetry conference \nWe regret to inform you that this conference originally scheduled for May 10 and 11 has been cancelled. If you have any questions\, you can contact us at hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu. 
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/platoandlyricpoetryconference/
LOCATION:Athens
CATEGORIES:Classics,Conference,Humanities
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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:“Who Invented the ‘Modern Greeks’ and Why?” Lecture by Anthony Kaldellis
DESCRIPTION:Who Invented the Modern Greeks\, and Why? \nLecture by Anthony Kaldellis\, Professor\, University of Chicago \nTuesday\, March 12\, 2024\n5:00 p.m.\n247 Dodd Hall \nReception to follow \nNo RSVP required \nThis event will not be livestreamed or recorded. \nIn the case of no other people is the distinction between “ancient” and “modern” more symbolically potent and seemingly clear-cut than with the Greeks. Their antiquity is an internationally recognized prestige culture\, and their modernity was born full of promise for the future\, as one of the first nations to emancipate itself from imperial domination. But\, this lecture will show\, the distinction arose long before the nineteenth century\, in a context that is now forgotten. Who first began to speak of the “modern” Greeks\, and why? The answer will take us to the Middle Ages and to the polemics that divided Christendom and set the stage for modern Europe. \nAnthony Kaldellis is a Professor of Classics at the University of Chicago who specializes in the history\, culture\, and literature of the eastern Roman Empire\, also known as Byzantium. He has published translations of many Byzantine works as well as monographs on aspects of its culture and politics\, and recently wrote a 1\,000-page history of Byzantium entitled The New Roman Empire (Oxford University Press\, 2023). \nThe event is part of the Reception of Hellenic Culture Lecture Series\, co-organized by the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the UCLA Department of Classics. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nParking Information: \n\nParking for Dodd Hall is available in Parking Structure 2 located at 602 Charles E. Young Drive\, East Los Angeles\, CA 90095. If you have accessibility needs\, this structure offers parking spots for drivers with disabilities.  Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information. \nFor further information\, please consult UCLA Visitor Parking. \nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/who-invented-the-modern-greeks-and-why-lecture-by-anthony-kaldellis/
LOCATION:247 Dodd Hall\, 315 Portola Pl\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classics,Hellenic,Humanities,Lecture,Modern Greece
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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:A Language Archipelago: Linguistic Variety and Contact in Cyprus
DESCRIPTION:A Language Archipelago: Linguistic Variety and Contact in Cyprus \nA conference in celebration of International Greek Language Day\nSchedule\, Speakers\, and Topics \nFebruary 24-25\, 2024 \nOpening remarks by\nDr. Vasiliki Kassianidou\nDeputy Minister of Culture\, Republic of Cyprus\n&\nHis Excellency\, Evangelos Savva\,\nAmbassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the United States \n  \nSpeakers: \nSpyros Armostis\, Lecturer in Linguistics\, University of Cyprus\nChryso Hadjidemetriou\, Research Analyst\, RWS Group – Life Sciences\nElena Ioannidou\, Associate Professor in Language Education\, University of Cyprus\nMatthias Kappler\, Associate Professor in Linguistics\, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia\nDimitra Karoulla-Vrikki\, Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics\, European University of Cyprus\nMarilena Karyolemou\, Professor in Linguistics\, University of Cyprus\nChryso Pelekani\, Special Scientist at the Language Centre\, University of Cyprus\nMaria Petrou\, Independent Scholar \nSchedule & Topics\nYou can view the conference schedule\, including presentation titles and descriptions here. To download it\, click here. \nThe conference A Language Archipelago: Linguistic Variety and Contact in Cyprus delves into the intricate linguistic tapestry of Cyprus\, exploring it as a dynamic zone where diverse languages have not only co-existed but also intersected\, leaving an indelible mark on one another. Renowned experts\, including both established scholars and emerging voices in the field\, provide a comprehensive overview and introduction to the linguistic ecosystem of Cyprus\, offering insights into the major linguistic varieties of the island and their interaction. Organized in honor of International Mother Language Day\, the conference aligns with the global effort to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity\, advocating for the enrichment that multilingualism brings to our global community. \nThe program promises a wide array of topics\, covering in-depth analyses of prevalent dialects like Cypriot Greek\, Cypriot Turkish\, Cypriot Arabic\, and Gurbetcha. It further probes into the nuanced facets of linguistic interchange\, prevailing ideologies\, and policy-making within the Cypriot milieu\, including code-switching practices among Cypriot Armenians\, the dynamics of translanguaging\, and the prominence of various languages in civic spaces. Participants will engage in stimulating dialogues that will decode the complex web of linguistic exchanges characteristic of Cyprus\, offering insights into the forces that influence the distinctive dynamics of language in this region. \nJoin us in this intellectual journey that celebrates the richness of Cyprus’s linguistic landscape and contribute to the global dialogue on the importance of preserving and understanding linguistic diversity. \nIn case you missed the conference\, the recordings are available below: \nDay 1: \n \nDay 2: \n \n  \nThe conference is 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. It is organized by the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and it is cosponsored by Thesaurus Linguae Graecae®\, the Narekatsi Chair in Armenian Studies\, the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures\, and the UCLA Center for World Languages\, with the support of the UCLA Promise Armenian Institute. This program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/a-language-archipelago-linguistic-variety-and-contact-in-cyprus/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Conference,Cyprus,Humanities,Language
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SUMMARY:Reconsidering the Generation of the 1930s: The Roots and Breadth of Greek Modernism Conference
DESCRIPTION:Reconsidering the Generation of the 1930s: The Roots and Breadth of Greek Modernism Conference \nSaturday\, November 18\, 2023\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA\n10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. \nConference organized by Sharon Gerstel (UCLA) and Sofia Pitouli (UCLA) \nWelcome remarks by The Honorable Ioannis Stamatekos\, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles. \nSpeakers: \nAreti Adamopoulou\, Professor of Art History\, University of Ioannina\nAbstract title: The “Generation of the 1930s” in Art: Cold War Cultural Politics and Modern Painting in Greece \nGeorge Baker\, Professor of Art History\, UCLA\nAbstract title: Yannis Tsarouchis and Anachronic Modernism: Lateness\, Counter-Memory\, and the Redefinition of the Human \nNikos Daskalothanassis\, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History\, Athens School of Fine Arts\nAbstract title: Theophilos and the Generation of the ’30s (again) \nPolina Kosmadaki\, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art\, The Benaki Museum\nAbstract title: Concepts of Artistic “Greekness” in the Post-Junta Period: The Case of the Exhibition of Tsarouchis\, Ghika\, Kontoglou\, Theofilos in the Greek Month in London\, 1975 \nSofia Pitouli\, Ph.D. Candidate in Byzantine Art\, UCLA\nAbstract title: Toward Greekness: Dimitris Pikionis’ Architectural Fantasies of Japan \nPoppy Sfakianaki\, Postdoctoral Researcher\, Institute for Mediterranean Studies/FORTH\nAbstract title: Greek Modern Art in Interwar Paris: Networks Rather Than a Generation \nConference Description:\nThis conference challenges the attribution of the term “Generation of the 1930s” (Γενιά του ’30) to artists and writers active during the 1930s and the following decades. The term initially addressed a group of writers and poets bound by similar experiences and socio-historical backgrounds. However\, between 1948-50\, artists were also clustered under the term\, which\nliterati employed regularly––and still do––in scholarship. These artists were credited with the creation of modernism in Greece\, which was inspired by Western European movements but was also deeply rooted in history\, particularly in Orthodox Byzantium. The conference explores the various poles of artistic inventiveness during the 1930s but also examines the work of these artists and writers throughout the twentieth century\, prompting us to conceive their work diachronically rather than within the confines of a single decade. Given the socio-political circumstances of the nineteenth century in Greece (the traumatic changes resulting from the Greco-Turkish war\, the ensuing population exchange\, the collapse of the Megali Idea\, the dramatic upheavals of interwar Greece\, the Metaxas dictatorship\, and the Junta regime)\, the conference examines transnational and cosmopolitan orientations within Greek modernism and the ways in which these intertwined with narratives of nationality and folklore. \nGreek Modernism Conference Schedule \nAttendance is free and open to the public. Lunch is not included.  \nThis conference will not be recorded or livestreamed. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) and is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles. \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. \nThank you to our co-sponsors!\n \n \n \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 “1930s Conference” 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 or 310-825-5323.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/1930sconference/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art History,Byzantine,Gefyra,Hellenic,Humanities,Modern Greece,Symposium
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SUMMARY:Emilio Capettini\, "'The Dolphin-Haunted Artifacts of Dimmed Atlantis:' Evocations of Graeco-Roman Antiquity during the HIV/AIDS Crisis"
DESCRIPTION:“The Dolphin-Haunted Artifacts of Dimmed Atlantis:” Evocations of Graeco-Roman Antiquity during the HIV/AIDS Crisis \nLecture by Emilio Capettini\, Assistant Professor\, UC Santa Barbara \nWednesday\, November 15\, 2023\n5:00 p.m.\n248 Dodd Hall\nReception to follow \nNo RSVP required \nReflections on memory and oblivion\, erasure and persistence\, and fragmentation and integrity pervade the rich output of queer artists and writers in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic\, and the oeuvres of the American writer Paul Monette and of the British “Renaissance man” Derek Jarman are no exception. This talk will examine how encounters\, whether real or imagined\, with the literary and material remnants of Graeco-Roman antiquity shaped Monette’s and Jarman’s ruminations over the dialectical oppositions just mentioned\, engendering philological and archaeological fantasies that played a key role in the articulation of their artistic practices. \nEmilio Capettini received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Pisa and the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa. He completed his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 2016 with a dissertation entitled “An Improbable Symphony: Genealogy\, Paternity\, and Identity in Heliodorus’ Aethiopica.” In addition to the ancient novel\, he is keenly interested in Greek epic poetry\, Greek tragedy\, and classical reception studies. At the moment\, Emilio is completing a monograph that explores the dynamics of selfhood in Heliodorus’ Aethiopica. His next project\, provisionally titled “Greek Characters Erasing in the Weather:” Queer Returns to Antiquity during the AIDS Crisis\, will examine how\, since the early ’80s\, queer writers and artists active in North America and the UK (e.g.\, John Dugdale\, Derek Jarman\, Mark Merlis\, and Paul Monette) have turned to the literary and material traces of Greco-Roman antiquity as they have reacted to\, and reflected on\, the sudden and seemingly inexplicable onset of HIV/AIDS. \nThe event is the inaugural lecture in the Reception of Hellenic Culture Lecture Series\, co-organized by the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the UCLA Department of Classics. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/emilio-capettini-the-dolphin-haunted-artifacts-of-dimmed-atlantis-evocations-of-graeco-roman-antiquity-during-the-hiv-aids-crisis/
LOCATION:UCLA\, Dodd 248
CATEGORIES:Classics,Hellenic,Humanities,Lecture,Reception
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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: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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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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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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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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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230411T180000
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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: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/
LOCATION:Athens
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: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/
LOCATION:Athens
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,HUC@UCLA,Humanities,Modern Greece,Music
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