Humanities
My Rembetika Blues
Royce Hall, 314 UCLAFilm screening and discussion with filmmaker Mary Zournazi. My Rembetika Blues is a film about the power of music and what makes us human. Rembetika music or the Greek blues is a music of the streets and a music of refugees. The film explores the heart and soul of Rembetika music through peoples’ stories of...
Angelopoulos Retrospective: Ulysses’ Gaze
Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesUlysses' Gaze (To Vlemma tou Odissea) Greece, 1995 Theo Angelopoulos once confessed to an interviewer, “I would like to believe the world will be saved by the cinema.” Ulysses’ Gaze gives this hope form as a Greek filmmaker known as A (Harvey Keitel) becomes obsessed with finding lost reels of film shot by the Manaki...
Angelopoulos Retrospective: The Travelling Players
Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe Travelling Players (O Thiassos) Greece, 1975 A powerful vision of postwar Greek history as experienced by a troupe of actors on perennial tour, The Travelling Players swept the awards at the 1975 Thessaloniki Film Festival and announced Theo Angelopoulos as a major international auteur. A multi-generational ensemble, the players drag themselves and their trunks...
Polymnia
Little Theater 1167 MacGowan Hall, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPolymnia world premiere presented by the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture Saturday, January 21, 2023 7:00 p.m. UCLA Little Theater Reception to follow Sunday, January 22, 2023 (2nd performance just added!) 2:00 p.m. UCLA Little Theater Running time: 85 minutes, no intermission Click here to view the digital program....
Polymnia
Polymnia world premiere presented by the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture Saturday, January 21, 2023 7:00 p.m. UCLA Little Theater Sunday, January 22, 2023 2:00 p.m. UCLA Little Theater Running time: 85 minutes, no intermission Click here to view the digital program. Theodosia Roussos, composer/librettist Michiel Delanghe, conductor Diana...
Themistoklis Aravossitas, “Greek Language Education in North America: New Directions and Challenges” on International Greek Language Day”
by ZoomThe 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. February 11, 2023, 10:00 AM PST/1:00PM EST/8:00 PM Athens The event takes place on Zoom. View a recording of this talk here. Modern Greek is taught and learned...
Polymnia, a conversation
Polymnia, a conversation February 25, 2023 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. via Zoom To RSVP, visit https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrcOiqrzIoGd1cPmL-9eZcPtHDIShg-gpG As 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...
“Memory, Conflict and Democratization in Post-Junta Greece”, lecture by Professor Kostis Kornetis (Autonomous University of Madrid)
Royce Hall, 306 10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDate: April 11, 2023 Time: 4:00 PM Location: Royce Hall 306 Introductory remarks, by The Honorable Ioannis Stamatekos, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles Q&A moderated by Simos Zenios, Associate Director, UCLA SNF Hellenic Center Reception to follow In this talk, Professor Kostis Kornetis will examine how distinct political generations experienced and remember the...
John Kittmer, “‘From the Tip of My Little Finger a River Flows:’ Yannis Ritsos’s Response to Dictatorship (1967-1970)”
by Zoom‘From the Tip of My Little Finger a River Flows:’ Yannis Ritsos’s Response to Dictatorship (1967-1970) A lecture by Dr. John Kittmer, former British ambassador to Greece in celebration of National Poetry Month. April 22, 2023 10:00 AM Los Angeles/8:00 PM Athens Via Zoom Opening remarks by Her Excellency Alexandra Papadopoulou, Ambassador of Greece to...
Pigments in Ancient Greek Painting & Medicine: Ecology, Materiality and the Alchemical Laboratory
Royce Hall, 306 10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPigments in Ancient Greek Painting & Medicine: Ecology, Materiality and the Alchemical Laboratory lecture by Ioanna Kakoulli (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA) Saturday, April 29, 2023 3:00 p.m. 306 Royce Hall Reception to follow Ancient Greek paintings between the fourth century BC and the third century AD are characterized by a splendor of...
Historical Trajectories of Hellenism in Asia Minor, lecture by Paschalis Kitromilides (Academy of Athens)
Royce Hall, 314 UCLAHistorical Trajectories of Hellenism in Asia Minor lecture by Paschalis Kitromilides (Academy of Athens) Date: May 7, 2023 Time: 3:00 PM Location: 314 Royce Hall Reception to follow Introductory 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...
Glendi! Beginning of the Year Celebration
Rolfe Courtyard 345 PORTOLA PLAZA, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesGlendi! Beginning of the Year Celebration Saturday, September 23, 2023 7:00-9:00 PM Rolfe Courtyard, UCLA campus Music performance featuring Petros Antoniadis, Alexis Cohen, Emmanuela Chiotaki and Eirini Nomikos Opening Remarks by: Ioanna Kakoulli, Acting Director, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA Alexandra Minna Stern, Dean of Humanities, Professor, Departments of English, History, and the Institute...