Humanities

Name: Screening of award-winning short documentary “Dukakis: Recipe for Democracy” directed by Erin Trahan and Jeff Schmidt
Start: 2026-01-13T16:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-01-13T18:00:00-08:00
Location: Royce Hall, 314

November 2024
Byzantine Crime Novels in the Twenty-First Century: From History to Fiction by Panagiotis Agapitos, University of Mainz

Featured November 16, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Royce Hall, 314 10745 Dickson Ct., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Byzantine Crime Novels in the Twenty-First Century: From History to Fiction A lecture by Panagiotis Agapitos Gutenberg Distinguished Research Fellow, Byzantine Literature University of Mainz Saturday, November 16, 2024 4:00 p.m. 314 Royce Hall, UCLA Campus Reception to follow RSVP link: https://forms.gle/AMserxQLbWa2exNS9 Event is free but RSVPs are requested. If you are unable to attend...

Free
January 2025
Pretty in Pink: A Portrait of Queen Olga of Greece at the Benaki Museum by George Manginis

Featured January 11, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Via Zoom

Photo credit: Benaki Museum in Athens Pretty in Pink: A Portrait of Queen Olga of Greece at the Benaki Museum Lecture by George Manginis Academic Director Benaki Museum in Athens Saturday, January 11, 2025 4:00 P.M. In an abundance of caution, we have moved our lecture today online to Zoom. It will NOT be held...

Free
February 2025
Fighting Antisemitism and Preserving the Memory of the Holocaust: Advances in Greece and Europe? By Leon Saltiel

Featured February 2, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

The Fowler Museum at UCLA 308 Charles E Young Drive North, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Fighting Antisemitism and Preserving the Memory of the Holocaust: Advances in Greece and Europe? Lecture by Leon Saltiel, Director of Diplomacy, Representative at UN Geneva and UNESCO, and Coordinator on Countering Antisemitism for the World Jewish Congress Sunday, February 2, 2025 4:00 p.m. The Harry and Yvonne Lenart Auditorium, The Fowler Museum at UCLA Reception...
April 2025
Backgammon Night

April 3, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

2117 Rolfe Hall 345 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, United States

Backgammon Night Thursday, April 3, 2025 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM 2117 Rolfe Hall, UCLA Campus RSVP here This event is free, but space is limited. Join us for mezedes and conversation. Parking for Rolfe Hall is available in Parking Structure 5 located at: 302 Charles E Young Dr N, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Parking...

Free
May 2025
Gefyra Book Club: “Niki: A Novel” by Christos Chomenidis

Featured May 17, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

by Zoom

Gefyra Book Club: Niki: A Novel by Christos Chomenidis, trans. Patricia Felisa Barbeito (Other Press, 2023) Discussion led by Professor Sharon Gerstel, Director, UCLA SNF Hellenic Center and Dr. Eirini Kotsovili, Senior Lecturer, Global Humanities at Simon Fraser University Saturday, May 17, 2025 10 a.m. Los Angeles / 8 p.m. Greece Via Zoom RSVP here:...
October 2025
Celebrating 40 Years with the Greek Heritage Society: Exploring and Preserving Our Hellenic Identity

October 11, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Royce Hall, 314 10745 Dickson Ct., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Celebrating 40 Years with the Greek Heritage Society: Exploring and Preserving Our Hellenic Identity October 11, 2025 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Main Event 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Genealogy Workshop (Special Event - Optional) 314 Royce Hall, UCLA campus Register Here: https://forms.gle/QrzdvXYGyMi3R9oT6 Become a Sponsor: https://forms.gle/eA8Maddp4dWuqN11A Join the Greek Heritage Society (GHS)...
The Scapegoat by Sophia Nikolaidou

October 18, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

by Zoom

Design by: Christopher King Gefyra Book Club: The Scapegoat by Sophia Nikolaidou, trans. Karen Emmerich (Melville House, 2015) Discussion led by Professor Sharon Gerstel, Director, UCLA SNF Hellenic Center and Dr. Eirini Kotsovili, Senior Lecturer, Global Humanities at Simon Fraser University Saturday, October 18, 2025 10 A.M. Los Angeles / 8 P.M. Greece Via Zoom...

Free
November 2025
Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BCE Aegean

November 15, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BCE Aegean Lecture 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) Demonstration by Akis Goumas (contemporary jewelry maker and...
Pylos and Minoan Crete

November 22, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Royce Hall, 314 10745 Dickson Ct., Los Angeles, CA, United States

The "Ring of Nestor", c. 1500 BC, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum. Pylos and Minoan Crete A lecture by Andreas G. Vlachopoulos Professor University of Ioannina Hosted by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture in collaboration with The J. Paul Getty Museum and held in conjunction with the exhibition The Kingdom of Pylos:...
December 2025
Messenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art, Archaeology, and Reception of the Second Millennium BCE

December 6, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Royce Hall, 314 10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Two Pendants with Hathor, Levantine, 1630–1440 BCE. Gold, lapis lazuli, glass, and semiprecious stones. © Hellenic Ministry of Culture – HOCRED / Archaeological Museum of Chora, NSF10540 / © Palace of Nestor Excavations, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati Photo: Jeff Vanderpool VEX.2025.1.55 Messenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art, Archaeology, and Reception of...

Free
“Χριστουγεννιάτικες παραδόσεις και έθιμα στην Ελλάδα,” lecture (in Greek) by Stavroula Pisimisi

December 13, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Via Zoom

Χριστουγεννιάτικες παραδόσεις και έθιμα στην Ελλάδα (Christmas Traditions and Customs in Greece) Σταυρούλα Πισιμίση, Λαογράφος και Διευθύντρια Μουσείο Λαϊκής Τέχνης και Παράδοσης “Αγγελική Χατζημιχάλη” (Stavroula Pisimisi, Folklorist and Director, “Angeliki Chatzimihali” Museum of Folk Art and Tradition) Χαιρετισμοί από Την Αυτής Εξοχότητα Αικατερίνη Νασίκα, Πρέσβειρα της Ελλάδας στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες (Opening remarks by Her Excellency...

Free
January 2026
Screening of award-winning short documentary “Dukakis: Recipe for Democracy” directed by Erin Trahan and Jeff Schmidt

January 13 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Royce Hall, 314 10745 Dickson Ct., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Screening of award-winning short documentary Dukakis: Recipe for Democracy directed by Erin Trahan and Jeff Schmidt Panel discussion to follow with: Rusty Bailey (former Mayor of Riverside, California); Daniel J.B. Mitchell (Professor Emeritus, UCLA Anderson School of Management and Luskin School of Public Affairs); Erin Trahan (Co-Director); and Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks (President & CEO of ECOS)...

Free

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Humanities

November 2024

Byzantine Crime Novels in the Twenty-First Century: From History to Fiction by Panagiotis Agapitos, University of Mainz

January 2025

Pretty in Pink: A Portrait of Queen Olga of Greece at the Benaki Museum by George Manginis

February 2025

Fighting Antisemitism and Preserving the Memory of the Holocaust: Advances in Greece and Europe? By Leon Saltiel

April 2025

Backgammon Night

May 2025

Gefyra Book Club: “Niki: A Novel” by Christos Chomenidis

October 2025

Celebrating 40 Years with the Greek Heritage Society: Exploring and Preserving Our Hellenic Identity

The Scapegoat by Sophia Nikolaidou

November 2025

Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BCE Aegean

Pylos and Minoan Crete

December 2025

Messenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art, Archaeology, and Reception of the Second Millennium BCE

“Χριστουγεννιάτικες παραδόσεις και έθιμα στην Ελλάδα,” lecture (in Greek) by Stavroula Pisimisi

January 2026

Screening of award-winning short documentary “Dukakis: Recipe for Democracy” directed by Erin Trahan and Jeff Schmidt