Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations

by Zoom

Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations is a bi-weekly discussion forum where members of our community discuss in Greek topics of Hellenic interest. For further information, contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu).

Takis Mavrotas, “Theofilos: ‘The Evzone of Painting'”

by Zoom

This lecture, co-sponsored by the Embassy of Greece, will be introduced by Her Excellency Alexandra Papadopoulou, Ambassador of Greece to the United States The acclaimed folk artist Theophilos represents the tradition of Greece and its people. Born in ca. 1870 in a village close to Mytilene, his father was a cobbler while his mother, Penelope...

Evangelia Balta, “Karamanlides: Rum Orthodox Turkish-Speaking Anatolians before and after the Population Exchange (1923)”

Opening remarks by Her Excellency Alexandra Papadopoulou, Ambassador of Greece to the United States. This lecture focuses on the language, social history, and culture of the Rum Orthodox population that lived in Asia Minor and the urban centers of the Ottoman Empire. Among these were Orthodox Christians who spoke Turkish as their native language. Like...

Maria Pantelia, “Preserving Greek Literature from Homer to Solomos”

Opening remarks by Her Excellency Alexandra Papadopoulou, Ambassador of Greece to the United States. For almost three millennia Greek literature has been preserved in a variety of different media, encompassing inscriptions on stone, papyrus rolls, medieval manuscripts, and, most recently, digital formats. It is a checkered history. Natural disasters, accidents, wars, political and religious upheavals...

Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations

by Zoom

Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations is a bi-weekly discussion forum where members of our community discuss in Greek topics of Hellenic interest. For further information, contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu).

Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations

by Zoom

Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations is a bi-weekly discussion forum where members of our community discuss in Greek topics of Hellenic interest. For further information, contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu).

Kathara Deftera Celebration

Janns/Tongva Steps UCLA, Los Angeles, United States

Bring your family to fly kites with us to celebrate Kathara Deftera! Everyone is welcome! Janns/Tongva Steps, UCLA. Lagana and tarama will be offered. RSVP: hellenicstudentsucla@gmail.com Closest Parking: Parking Structure 4 is located at 221 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90095. Enter UCLA campus from Sunset Blvd. at Westwood Plaza. Proceed straight to the underground...

Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations

by Zoom

Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations is a bi-weekly discussion forum where members of our community discuss in Greek topics of Hellenic interest. For further information, contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu).

Makriyannis Unplugged – Adapted, Directed and Performed by Yorgos Karamihos

Freud Playhouse 245 Charles E Young Dr E., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Celebrated director and actor Yorgos Karamihos pays tribute to General Yannis Makriyannis, the hero of the 1821 Greek Revolution, in a show that tells the story of a nation in revolt and an individual in the process of self-formation. Adapting selected passages of Makriyannis’ Memoirs, a seminal work of Modern Greek letters, Makriyannis Unplugged renders...

Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations

by Zoom

Kouvenda: Hellenic Conversations is a bi-weekly discussion forum where members of our community discuss in Greek topics of Hellenic interest. For further information, contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu).