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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Josiah Ober, Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics, Stanford University “Bargain/Revolution/Bargain. An Ancient Athenian Recipe for Democracy.”
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Greek Book Club: Γιώργος Κυριακόπουλος, Η τρισεγγονή της Aραπίνας και άλλες ιστορίες
by Zoom«Να μπω εγώ σε ξένη κάμαρη; Ποτέ», απάντησε η σπιτονοικοκυρά με την αρχοντιά γυναίκας με άμεμπτες αρχές. Όμως σαν πήγε τρεις και κάτι, κάποιος της υπέβαλε την ιδέα πως μπορεί να μην είναι καλά, να είναι μέσα και να χρειάζεται βοήθεια. Με κατεβασμένα τα μούτρα πήγε η Γεωργία στο σκρίνιο, που φυλούσε το κουτί...
David A. Bell, Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the Era of North Atlantic Revolutions; Professor of History, Princeton University, “The Greek Revolution in the Age of Revolution”
David A. Bell is a historian of early modern France, with a particular interest in the political culture of the Old Regime and the French Revolution. He attended graduate school at Princeton, where he worked with Robert Darnton, and received his Ph.D. in 1991. From 1990 to 1996 he taught at Yale, and from...
Helen Angelomatis-Tsougarakis, Professor Emerita of History, Ionian University “Fighters and Victims: Women’s Lives during the Greek Revolution”
The heroic events of the Greek Revolution of 1821 that eventually led to the liberation of part of Greece and the establishment of the modern Greek State had a tragic side for all Greeks. At the same time, they sowed the seeds for the changes that would gradually introduce Greeks to the realities of the...
Marinos Pourgouris, University of Cyprus, “Odysseus Elytis: The Poet as Philosopher”
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Embassy of Greece and the UCLA SNF Hellenic Center present Odysseus Elytis: The Poet as Philosopher. A quarter of a century after his death, and despite his immense popularity in Greece, Odysseus Elytis remains a rather elusive poet. “I became thousands of years old,” he poignantly writes in...
Greek Book Club: Let Me Explain You, by Annie Liontas
by ZoomStavros Stavros Mavrakis, Greek immigrant and proud owner of the Gala Diner, believes he has just ten days to live. As he prepares for his final hours, he sends a scathing email to his ex-wife and three grown daughters, outlining his wishes for how they each might better live their lives. With varying degrees of...
A Conversation with the Author: Chris Jaymes | “Sons of Chaos”
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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...