Humanities
Tassos Boulmetis’ A Touch of Spice
James Bridges Theater, UCLA 235 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Symposium: A Celebration of International Greek Language Day
Royce Hall, 314 UCLA
Mary E. Voyatzis, “Exploring Sacred Landscapes in the Mountains of Arcadia”
The mountainous region of Arcadia, situated in the heart of the Peloponnese, has attracted considerable interest and attention since antiquity. Many ancient authors described Arcadia in detail, discussing its rich mythology, many sites, unusual gods, numerous sanctuaries, engaging history, diverse geography, and the important fact that its inhabitants were indigenous, living there even before the...
Xenia Politou (Aegeas AMKE Curator of Modern Greek Culture, Benaki Museum), “The Costume of Women in Greece: Styles and References”
by ZoomLocal Greek women’s costumes are impressive because of their wide variety and large number of local variations. A more methodical analysis can bring to the surface certain common characteristics and will help the careful observer to identify from among these varieties the basic styles and main influences that contributed to their creation. The vicissitudes of...
Anna Ballian (Curator Emerita, Benaki Museum), “Bacini or Immured Vessels on Post- Byzantine Churches, 16th-17th Century: The Case of Iznik, Italian and Local Ware”
by ZoomThe image of a small church with immured ceramic vessels on its walls is interwoven with representations of the Greek landscape, whether on the islands or on the mainland. The practice of decorating church façades with brightly decorated vessels is older than the 16th century and the Ottoman period in Greece, and is related to...
Greek Book Club: Ρίκα Μπενβενίστε, Λούνα
Στο βιβλίο αυτό, η βιογραφία της Λούνας ανοίγει ένα μονοπάτι για να ξανασκεφτούμε τους Εβραίους της Θεσσαλονίκης στην πόλη τους, τη Shoah, τη φτώχεια και τα ανάποδα μεταπολεμικά χρόνια. Επειδή ήταν φτωχή, αγράμματη και γυναίκα, τα ίχνη της εύκολα χάνονται ανάμεσα στους αφανείς της ιστορίας. Αρχειακά τεκμήρια, καταγεγραμμένες μαρτυρίες, φωτογραφίες και προσωπικές αναμνήσεις συναρμόζονται ως...
A Celebration of Greek Language Day: Professor Kathryn Morgan, “Know Thyself: Ancient Proverbs and the Road to Wisdom.”
Professor Kathryn Morgan, UCLA Department of Classics “Know Thyself: Ancient Proverbs and the Road to Wisdom” The Sages of Ancient Greece were renowned for their pithy formulations of proverbial wisdom. Perhaps the most famous of these was the saying inscribed on the temple of Apollo at Delphi: “Know thyself!” (γνῶθι σεαυτόν), a command that had...
James Barron, The Greek Connection: The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos and the Untold Story of Watergate
The event will be offered on Zoom. RSVP to shorturl.at/dhjAU to receive the link. Download the Zoom app prior to the lecture to participate. He was one of the most fascinating figures in 20th-century political history. Yet today, Elias Demetracopoulos is strangely overlooked--even though his life reads like an epic adventure story. As a...
Thomas Gallant, “From Orphan to Abolitionist: Photius Fisk and the Making of Greek America”
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Maria Schoina, Associate Professor of English Literature, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki | “Byron’s Romantic Philhellenism”
by ZoomByron’s philhellenic verse and romantic involvement in the Greek Revolution inspired a host of poets and artists in Europe and across the Atlantic. His death in Missolonghi on April 19, 1824 appears to have been an especially great force in raising sympathy for the Revolution and stimulating young philhellenes to join the Greek fighting. But...