In this lecture, part of the Hellenic Together 4.0 series held in collaboration with the Benaki Museum in Athens, exhibition curator Evita Arapoglou leads us through "Asia Minor Hellenism: Heyday - Catastrophe - Displacement - Rebirth." This program is supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). About the Exhibit Visitors to the exhibition begin their...
Film 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...
Ulysses' 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...
The 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 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....
The 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 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...
Date: 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...
Pigments 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) 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 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...
Aesthetics of Crisis: Political Street Art and Graffiti in Athens, 2013-2023 Lecture by Julia Tulke, Assistant Professor, Emory University Saturday, October 14, 2023 3:00 p.m. 314 Royce Hall Reception to follow This talk recapitulates the first ten years of Aesthetics of Crisis, a longitudinal research project that has documented and examined political street art and...