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SUMMARY:Gefyra Book Club: "Niki: A Novel" by Christos Chomenidis
DESCRIPTION:Gefyra Book Club: Niki: A Novel by Christos Chomenidis\, trans. Patricia Felisa Barbeito\n(Other Press\, 2023) \nDiscussion led by Professor Sharon Gerstel\, Director\, UCLA SNF Hellenic Center\nand Dr. Eirini Kotsovili\, Senior Lecturer\, Global Humanities at Simon Fraser University \nSaturday\, May 17\, 2025\n10 a.m. Los Angeles / 8 p.m. Greece\nVia Zoom \nRSVP here: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tOd7OiJDRcCfM5-T2u0Ecg \nThis academic year’s book club is held in English and will feature Greek books in translation. For future book selections and meeting dates\, click here. \nBorn in 1938\, Niki\, the daughter of the deputy secretary general of the Greek Communist Party\, is swept up in turmoil before her first birthday: her parents are arrested\, and she joins her mother in exile on an island near Santorini. Growing up\, she experiences the Italian and German invasion\, the Nazi occupation\, and the civil war that came after\, often caught between her socialist values and those of the right-wing establishment\, to which half her relatives belong. Through her memories and the stories of her family\, with roots on both coasts of the Aegean Sea\, Niki also tells the history of Greece and Asia Minor from the late nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. Her remarkable tales\, full of humor and verve in spite of hardship\, are populated by working-class heroes\, privileged elites\, daring revolutionaries\, and free-spirited bohemians. \nChristos Chomenidis was born in Athens\, Greece. In addition to writing novels\, Chomenidis has hosted his own nationally broadcast radio show\, written scripts for cinema and television\, and writes a column for Greece’s largest newspaper\, Ta Nea. His novel Νiki won the 2021 European Book Prize\, and his works have been translated into numerous languages. \nPatricia Felisa Barbeito is Professor of American Literatures at the Rhode Island School of Design and a translator of modern Greek fiction and poetry. Her translations include Elias Maglinis’s The Interrogation\, which was awarded the 2013 Modern Greek Studies Association’s Constantinides Memorial Translation Prize\, M. Karagatsis’s The Great Chimera\, and Amanda Michalopoulou’s God’s Wife\, which was short-listed for the 2020 National Translation Award. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nLinks to purchase book: \nhttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/niki-christos-chomenidis/1142242207?ean=9781635421972 \nhttps://otherpress.com/product/niki-9781635421972/ \nhttps://www.amazon.com/Niki-Novel-Christos-Chomenidis/dp/1635421977 \nThe Gefyra Book Club meeting is part of Gefyra (Bridge)\, a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the Simon Fraser University SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/nikianovel/
LOCATION:by Zoom
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SUMMARY:Gefyra Book Club: “Eleni\, or Nobody” by Rhea Galanaki
DESCRIPTION:Gefyra Book Club: Eleni\, or Nobody by Rhea Galanaki\, trans. David Connolly\n(Northwestern University Press\, 2002) \nDiscussion led by Professor Sharon Gerstel\, Director\, UCLA SNF Hellenic Center and\nDr. Eirini Kotsovili\, Senior Lecturer\, Global Humanities at Simon Fraser University \nSaturday\, February 8\, 2025\n10 a.m. Los Angeles / 8 p.m. Greece\nBy Zoom  \nClick here to RSVP \nThis academic year’s book club is held in English and will feature Greek books in translation. For future book selections and meeting dates\, click here. \nEleni Altamura\, favored by her father for her daring spirit and talent for painting\, is fabled to be Greece’s first “woman” painter. Rather than consent to spinsterhood at the age of twenty-seven\, Eleni sets sail with her seafaring father for Italy\, where she is to study painting at the famed School of the Nazarenes. Once in Naples\, Eleni flees her female identity and\, disguised as a young man\, walks with her father to Rome. Along the way she falls in love with her would-be husband while learning to navigate life in a man’s world\, as a man. Eleni\, or Nobody depicts the struggle between the female and male sexes\, Greek and foreign culture\, Greek Orthodoxy and Catholicism\, and erotic love and motherhood. Every morning Eleni’s rebirth as Nobody allows her to overcome the constraints of her gender and partake in her life’s struggle. Love reveals her femininity\, however\, and Eleni converts to Catholicism in order to marry the father of her two children. When she is later deserted\, Eleni is left with a shattered identity\, having been rejected by her husband because of her masculine ways and exiled from the art world because she is female. After the death of her two children\, Eleni spends the last twenty years of her life living alone. She continues to questions her identity as her life choices begin to spark various rumors that she may be either a powerful\, mad magician or just another crazy\, old woman. \nRhea Galanaki is considered Greece’s foremost woman novelist. She was born in Crete in 1947 and studied history and archaeology at the University of Athens. She is the author of several books of poetry and criticism as well as two other novels\, The Life of Ismail Ferik Pasha (Peter Owen\, Ltd.\, 1996) and Eleni\, or No One. She lives in Patras\, Greece. \nDavid Connolly is a professional translator and has translated 15 works by leading Greek poets and novelists. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nLinks to purchase book\, translated by David Connolly: \nAmazon: https://www.amazon.com/Eleni-Nobody-Rhea-Galanaki/dp/0810118858/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VP6FLTJD2XEO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.FlLenl6Qdxdz2LSD-aZB55tdaH432pIlDB3Zg2znBKy9x7U2lue6ncIOnQjUY-YWbFrTmcTycOakrfweNZby1zJEApikn6KGiMnK5QUwbSKdoQspVjXK6g_Wa6zD0Nd38ExQ2Zpl6GtCZlBJiRrfP3DInGNsrUQ0t2Vdp46eAzJg6_WAOcOaBzQBTEU5cXRDMl6iYnaLlqoD41G6U0GsUGYOT9MODwYIq5Rh0Dw74AA.CO_4WZemGMRl2vy7309hyy-To1rlHQ11Zxm4A-TyaYg&dib_tag=se&keywords=Eleni+or+Nobody&qid=1732302652&sprefix=eleni+or+nobody%2Caps%2C282&sr=8-1 \n\n\n\nWe understand that this book may be difficult to purchase. However\, you can access a digital version for free by creating an account and borrowing the book at the following link: https://archive.org/details/eleniornobody0000gala\n\n\n\nThe Gefyra Book Club meeting is part of Gefyra (Bridge)\, a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the Simon Fraser University SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/eleniornobody/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Gefyra,Hellenic,Literature,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Fighting Antisemitism and Preserving the Memory of the Holocaust: Advances in Greece and Europe? By Leon Saltiel
DESCRIPTION:Fighting Antisemitism and Preserving the Memory of the Holocaust: Advances in Greece and Europe? \nLecture by Leon Saltiel\, Director of Diplomacy\, Representative at UN Geneva and UNESCO\, and\nCoordinator on Countering Antisemitism for the World Jewish Congress \nSunday\, February 2\, 2025\n4:00 p.m.\nThe Harry and Yvonne Lenart Auditorium\, The Fowler Museum at UCLA\nReception to follow \nIntroductory remarks by The Honorable Christina Valassopoulou\, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles \nEvent is free but advanced registration is requested.\nRSVP: https://forms.gle/qeSd5APvr7EewWAG6 \nIf you are unable to attend but would like to watch the lecture via livestream on our YouTube channel\, the link is provided below: \nLivestream link: https://youtube.com/live/S72stydzSRU?feature=share \nThis year marks the 80th anniversary from the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp and the end of the Second World War\, which resulted in the Holocaust of 6 million Jews in Europe and North Africa by the Germans and their collaborators. Since then\, countries have been grappling with how to deal with this past but also with antisemitism\, which is scarily showing its ugly face again\, threatening democracy\, the rule of law and peaceful coexistence. Eighty percent of Jews in Europe feel that antisemitism has grown in their country in recent years. This lecture will focus on these challenges\, and a way forward\, using Greece as a case study\, a country trying to heals its wounds after a turbulent past. \nDr. Leon Saltiel is a historian specializing on the Holocaust in Thessaloniki\, Greece. He holds a Ph.D. in Contemporary Greek History from the University of Macedonia\, in Thessaloniki\, Greece\, and has been a post-doctoral researcher at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva\, Switzerland and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His publications include The Holocaust in Thessaloniki: Reactions to the Anti-Jewish Persecution\, 1942–1943 (Routledge 2020)\, which won the 2021 Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research\, and ‘Do Not Forget Me’: Three Jewish Mothers Write to their Sons from the Thessaloniki Ghetto in Greek (Alexandria 2018)\, English (Berghahn 2021) and French (Denoël 2023). He also serves as Director of Diplomacy and Representative at UN Geneva and UNESCO\, and Coordinator on Countering Antisemitism for the World Jewish Congress. \nThis event is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles\, co-sponsored by the Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies and made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nGefyra (Bridge) is a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Gefyra’s mission is to connect students\, faculty\, and communities along the West Coast of North America with Greek scholars\, artists\, and other creators\, so that they can together explore expansive and imaginative approaches to Greek culture and knowledge production. The program additionally supports academic conferences and cultural projects that bridge the West Coast and Greece. \nPresented by: \nCo-sponsored by:\n \nUnder the auspices of: \n \n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $16 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Campus Event\,” then “Leon Saltiel Lecture” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 5 EXCEPT in the Pay-by-Space section. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here.\nTo purchase a permit when you arrive at Parking Structure 5\, please park ONLY in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card (the parking on this level is very limited).\nGuest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095.\nAccessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 6) of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.  Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information.\n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu \n 
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/leon-saltiel/
LOCATION:The Fowler Museum at UCLA\, 308 Charles E Young Drive North\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Cultural Heritage,Hellenic,Heritage,History,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Pretty in Pink: A Portrait of Queen Olga of Greece at the Benaki Museum by George Manginis
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Benaki Museum in Athens \nPretty in Pink: A Portrait of Queen Olga of Greece at the Benaki Museum \nLecture by \nGeorge Manginis\nAcademic Director\nBenaki Museum in Athens \nSaturday\, January 11\, 2025\n4:00 P.M. \nIn an abundance of caution\, we have moved our lecture today online to Zoom.  It will NOT be held in person\, but we hope you will join us online:\n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/96787747340 \nMeeting ID: 967 8774 7340 \nOne tap mobile \n+12133388477\,\,96787747340# US (Los Angeles) \n+16692192599\,\,96787747340# US (San Jose) \nFind your local number: https://ucla.zoom.us/u/auD8r8WhJ \nOn the third floor of the Benaki Museum in central Athens hangs a portrait of Queen Olga\, the consort of Greece’s second king\, painted a few years after her wedding to George I. In March 2021\, the portrait\, attributed to an unknown artist\, was included in the Museum’s anniversary exhibition celebrating the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution. This lecture will unfold the story of this radiant but enigmatic painting\, from its creation to its bequest to the Museum\, offering surprising insights into 19th– and 20th– century Greek and European history. \nGeorge Manginis is the Academic Director of the Benaki Museum in Athens. He has taught and researched Cypriot prehistory\, Islamic art and architecture\, Sinai studies\, Chinese ceramics\, European decorative arts and the Greek and Armenian diasporas. In 2016 he published Mount Sinai: A History of Travellers and Pilgrims and China Rediscovered: The Benaki Museum Collection of Chinese Ceramics\, followed by Ceramics from Korea at the Benaki Museum: The George Eumorfopoulos Collection and Director’s Choice: Benaki Museum in 2021\, and Imperial China in 2023. \nThis event is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles\, co-sponsored by UCLA Art History\, and made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nGefyra (Bridge) is a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Gefyra’s mission is to connect students\, faculty\, and communities along the West Coast of North America with Greek scholars\, artists\, and other creators\, so that they can together explore expansive and imaginative approaches to Greek culture and knowledge production. The program additionally supports academic conferences and cultural projects that bridge the West Coast and Greece. \nPresented by:\n \nCo-sponsored by: \n \nUnder the auspices of: \n \n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/george-manginis/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Gefyra,Hellenic,Humanities
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SUMMARY:Gefyra Conversation with the Author: Οι πρωτόπλαστοι\, με τον Σωφρόνη Σωφρονίου
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here. \nFor further information about the book and the author\, please visit the entry on BiblioNet. \nFor information on how to secure a copy of the book\, the Book Club\, and to join the mailing list\, please contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu) or Dr. Eirini Kotsovili (dkotsovi@sfu.ca). \nThe Gefyra Book Club meeting is part of Gefyra (Bridge)\, a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the Simon Fraser University SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/gefyra-conversation-with-the-author-%ce%bf%ce%b9-%cf%80%cf%81%cf%89%cf%84%cf%8c%cf%80%ce%bb%ce%b1%cf%83%cf%84%ce%bf%ce%b9-%ce%bc%ce%b5-%cf%84%ce%bf%ce%bd-%cf%83%cf%89%cf%86%cf%81%cf%8c%ce%bd%ce%b7-2/
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Cyprus,Literature,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Gefyra Greek Book Club: Η πολιορκία της Τροίας του Θοδωρή Καλλιφατίδη
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here. \nFor further information about the book and the author\, please visit the publisher’s website\, where you can also purchase a digital copy of the book. Please read the instructions carefully. \nFor further information about the Gefyra Conversation with the Author series and the Greek Book Club\, please contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu) or Dr. Eirini Kotsovili (dkotsovi@sfu.ca). \nThe Gefyra Greek Book Club meetings are part of Gefyra (Bridge)\, a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the Simon Fraser University SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/gefyra-greek-book-club-%ce%b7-%cf%80%ce%bf%ce%bb%ce%b9%ce%bf%cf%81%ce%ba%ce%af%ce%b1-%cf%84%ce%b7%cf%82-%cf%84%cf%81%ce%bf%ce%af%ce%b1%cf%82-%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%85-%ce%b8%ce%bf%ce%b4%cf%89%cf%81%ce%ae/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Gefyra,Literature,Modern Greece,Reception
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SUMMARY:"Liberalism and the Foundations of the Modern Greek State (ca 1830-1880)" Lecture by Michalis Sotiropoulos
DESCRIPTION:Liberalism and the Intellectual Foundations of the Modern Greek State (ca 1830-1880) \nLecture by Michalis Sotiropoulos\, The 1821 Fellow in Modern Greek Studies\, British School at Athens  \nSaturday\, March 16\, 2024\n4:00 p.m.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA\nReception to follow \nThis event is free to attend but advance RSVP is requested.\nRSVP link: https://forms.gle/k9RShpX6Y7yzxZYX7 \nIntroductory remarks by The Honorable Christina Valassopoulou\, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles. \nQ&A moderated by Simos Zenios\, Associate Director\, UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture  \nThe lecture will be recorded\, after the event\, you will be able to find the recording on our YouTube channel here. \nAbstract:\nThe Greek state was a direct outcome of the Greek Revolution of 1821-30. During the revolution itself\, several attempts were made to give the state a political form\, with the Kapodistrias administration (1828-31) probably being the most consistent of them. After the assassination of Kapodistrias in 1831 and the anarchy that ensued\, the Great powers intervened and agreed to make the 17-year-old Prince Otto of Bavaria the monarch of Greece. The modern Greek monarchical state\, initially in effect absolutist\, was reshaped by two moments of revolt: 1843\, king Otto was forced to grant a constitution sanctioning a national parliament; and 1862\, when he was forced to abdicate\, opening the way for a new constitutional process\, the election of a new king\, and the promulgation of a new\, remarkably liberal constitution. Although both these processes were instrumental for the formation of the early Greek state\, they have received surprising little attention from historians. This lecture seeks to fill this gap and offer an interpretation of these political transformations and in particular of the ousting of King Otto. It argues that a significant factor in the criticisms against the Bavarian monarchy was a liberal ideology that was gradually formulated by a group of legal scholars – at times university professors\, lawyers\, jurists\, members of legislative committees\, politicians\, ministers etc. By focusing on the thought and public action of these jurists – figures such as Pavlos Kalligas\, Nikolaos Saripolos\, Ioannis Soutsos\, Ioannis Rallis\, to name but a few – this lecture has three aims: to shed new light on how and why these transformations came about;  to assess the liberal language that informed them; and to assess the short-term and long-term significance of these transformations for the history of modern Greece.  \nBio:\nMichalis Sotiropoulos\, FRHistS\, is a historian of modern Europe specializing in the intellectual history of the Mediterranean and the Greek world in the long nineteenth century. Sotiropoulos has earned a PhD from the University of London and is currently the 1821 Fellow in Modern Greek Studies at the British School at Athens and principal investigator of the SNF-funded research project ‘Unpublished Archives of British Philhellenism during the Greek Revolution\, 1821-1832’. His publications include studies of the Greek Revolution of 1821\, on law and the formation of states\, and on the historiography on the Age of Revolutions\, while his monograph Liberalism after the Revolution: The Intellectual Foundations of the Greek State\, ca. 1830-1880 was recently published by Cambridge University Press. In October 2024 Michalis will be joining the University of Edinburgh as a Lecturer in Modern Greek Studies. \nThis event is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles and made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nGefyra (Bridge) is a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Gefyra’s mission is to connect students\, faculty\, and communities along the West Coast of North America with Greek scholars\, artists\, and other creators\, so that they can together explore expansive and imaginative approaches to Greek culture and knowledge production. The program additionally supports academic conferences and cultural projects that bridge the West Coast and Greece. \n \nParking Information:\n \nParking for Royce Hall is available in Parking Structure 4.  \nParking Structure 4 is located at: 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. Parking Structure 4 is accessible from Sunset Blvd. onto Westwood Plaza which leads directly to the underground parking structure. To view the walking map from Parking Structure 4 to Royce Hall\, click here. \nNo parking attendants will be on-site at the parking structure\, and Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking is extremely limited in this lot\, so we highly encourage you to purchase a parking permit in advance: \nAdvance parking is available for Parking Structure 4. Parking Structure 4 is located at 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. \n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for Parking Structure 4 for $15 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Royce Hall\,” then “Sotiropoulos Lecture” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 4 EXCEPT in the Pay-by-Space section. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here.\nTo purchase a permit when you arrive at Parking Structure 4\, please park ONLY in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.\nGuest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095.\nAccessible parking: For individuals with accessibility needs\, parking lot 4 is outfitted with ADA accessibility amenities\, such as multiple elevators on all floors. The elevators in Lot 4 provide access to Wilson Plaza\, with sidewalk access available. Upon reaching Janss Steps\, turn left towards the Anderson School of Business and Fowler Museum. Proceed past the Fowler Museum before you enter Anderson School of Business; take a right to access the elevator leading to Royce Hall. Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information.\nTo view the ADA map from Parking Structure 4 to Royce Hall\, click here.\n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/michalis-sotiropoulos/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Gefyra,Hellenic,Humanities,Lecture,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Gefyra Conversation with the Author: Brandy Sour with Constantia Soteriou
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here. \nFor further information about the book and the author\, please visit the publisher’s website\, where you can also purchase a digital copy of the book. Please read the instructions carefully. \nFor further information about the Gefyra Conversation with the Author series and the Greek Book Club\, please contact Dr. Simos Zenios (szenios@humnet.ucla.edu) or Dr. Eirini Kotsovili (dkotsovi@sfu.ca). \nThe Gefyra Conversation with the Author meetings are part of Gefyra (Bridge)\, a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the Simon Fraser University SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/gefyra-conversation-with-the-author-brandy-sour-with-constantia-soteriou/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Cyprus,Gefyra,Hellenic,Literature,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Reconsidering the Generation of the 1930s: The Roots and Breadth of Greek Modernism Conference
DESCRIPTION:Reconsidering the Generation of the 1930s: The Roots and Breadth of Greek Modernism Conference \nSaturday\, November 18\, 2023\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA\n10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. \nConference organized by Sharon Gerstel (UCLA) and Sofia Pitouli (UCLA) \nWelcome remarks by The Honorable Ioannis Stamatekos\, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles. \nSpeakers: \nAreti Adamopoulou\, Professor of Art History\, University of Ioannina\nAbstract title: The “Generation of the 1930s” in Art: Cold War Cultural Politics and Modern Painting in Greece \nGeorge Baker\, Professor of Art History\, UCLA\nAbstract title: Yannis Tsarouchis and Anachronic Modernism: Lateness\, Counter-Memory\, and the Redefinition of the Human \nNikos Daskalothanassis\, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History\, Athens School of Fine Arts\nAbstract title: Theophilos and the Generation of the ’30s (again) \nPolina Kosmadaki\, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art\, The Benaki Museum\nAbstract title: Concepts of Artistic “Greekness” in the Post-Junta Period: The Case of the Exhibition of Tsarouchis\, Ghika\, Kontoglou\, Theofilos in the Greek Month in London\, 1975 \nSofia Pitouli\, Ph.D. Candidate in Byzantine Art\, UCLA\nAbstract title: Toward Greekness: Dimitris Pikionis’ Architectural Fantasies of Japan \nPoppy Sfakianaki\, Postdoctoral Researcher\, Institute for Mediterranean Studies/FORTH\nAbstract title: Greek Modern Art in Interwar Paris: Networks Rather Than a Generation \nConference Description:\nThis conference challenges the attribution of the term “Generation of the 1930s” (Γενιά του ’30) to artists and writers active during the 1930s and the following decades. The term initially addressed a group of writers and poets bound by similar experiences and socio-historical backgrounds. However\, between 1948-50\, artists were also clustered under the term\, which\nliterati employed regularly––and still do––in scholarship. These artists were credited with the creation of modernism in Greece\, which was inspired by Western European movements but was also deeply rooted in history\, particularly in Orthodox Byzantium. The conference explores the various poles of artistic inventiveness during the 1930s but also examines the work of these artists and writers throughout the twentieth century\, prompting us to conceive their work diachronically rather than within the confines of a single decade. Given the socio-political circumstances of the nineteenth century in Greece (the traumatic changes resulting from the Greco-Turkish war\, the ensuing population exchange\, the collapse of the Megali Idea\, the dramatic upheavals of interwar Greece\, the Metaxas dictatorship\, and the Junta regime)\, the conference examines transnational and cosmopolitan orientations within Greek modernism and the ways in which these intertwined with narratives of nationality and folklore. \nGreek Modernism Conference Schedule \nAttendance is free and open to the public. Lunch is not included.  \nThis conference will not be recorded or livestreamed. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) and is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles. \nGefyra (Bridge) is a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Gefyra’s mission is to connect students\, faculty\, and communities along the West Coast of North America with Greek scholars\, artists\, and other creators\, so that they can together explore expansive and imaginative approaches to Greek culture and knowledge production. The program additionally supports academic conferences and cultural projects that bridge the West Coast and Greece. \nThank you to our co-sponsors!\n \n \n \nParking for Royce Hall is available in Parking Structure 5 located at: 302 Charles E Young Dr N\, Westwood\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. Parking Structure 5  is accessible from Royce Drive\, south of Sunset Boulevard\, and west of Hilgard Ave. (in the northeast section of the campus). \nNo parking attendants will be on-site at the parking structure\, and Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking is extremely limited in this lot\, so we highly encourage you to purchase a parking permit in advance: \n\n\n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $15 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Royce Hall\,” then “1930s Conference” with the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 5 EXCEPT in the Pay-by-Space section. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here.\n\n\n\n\nTo purchase a permit when you arrive at Parking Structure 5\, please park ONLY in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card (the parking on this level is very limited).\n\n\n\n\nGuest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095.\n\n\n\n\nAccessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 5) of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.  Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information.\n\n\n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu or 310-825-5323.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/1930sconference/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art History,Byzantine,Gefyra,Hellenic,Humanities,Modern Greece,Symposium
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SUMMARY:"Maria Callas: The Sacred Flame" Lecture by Helena Matheopoulos
DESCRIPTION:Maria Callas: The Sacred Flame \nLecture by Helena Matheopoulos\, Associate Editor\, Opera Now Magazine \nSaturday\, November 4\, 2023\n3:00 p.m.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA\nReception to follow \nThis event is free to attend but advance RSVP is requested. \nQ&A moderated by Peter Kazaras\, Director of Opera UCLA \nIntroductory remarks by The Honorable Ioannis Stamatekos\, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles. \nForty-five years after her death\, Maria Callas (nee Kalogeropoulos) is still worshipped as ardently as she was during her lifetime. Her records outsell those of any other diva\, past or present\, and she seems to mesmerize a new generation of opera lovers as potently as she bewitched the audiences of her day — a phenomenon unique in the history of opera. “Callas is not just unequaled — she is unequalable!” according to the legendary Italian film\, opera\, and stage director Luchino Visconti. The Italian press perceptively christened her “La Divina\,” thus emphasizing the extra\, metaphysical dimension that sets Callas apart from singers of her time and\, so far\, of all time. \nIn 2018\, she was the subject of a fascinating film by Tom Volf\, Maria by Callas. In 2019\, the Italian film actress Monica Bellucci starred in a one-woman show with Callas as its subject in Paris\, Athens\, and elsewhere. In 2020\, Marina Abramovic’s extraordinary show The 7 Deaths of Maria Callas was premiered at the Bavarian State Opera — a co-production in five more theaters\, including Athens\, Naples and Paris in 2021. No wonder Franco Zeffirelli chose to name his own film about her life\, Callas Forever. \nIn fall 2023\, the 100th anniversary of her birth\, the Mayor of Athens will inaugurate a Maria Callas Museum next to Athens Cathedral. UNESCO has named 2023 “Maria Callas Year” and Opera Houses all over the world are dedicating productions to her memory. “Without doubt\,” declares Kiki Morfoniou who sang Neris to her Medea at Epidaurus in 1961\, “Maria was The Voice of the Century.” \nIn fact\, Callas was more than that. More than the legend she was in her lifetime or the myth she became after her death. Beyond the magic and searing intensity of her personal performances\, she was a pioneer whose career marked a turning point in the history of opera. “She was a comet\, who shot through the operatic firmament and changed it forever\, by totally transforming operatic interpretation\,” according to soprano Barbara Frittoli. \nJames Levine\, former Artistic Director of the Metropolitan Opera\, explains that “Callas’ career was revolutionary. She invested opera with an unprecedented degree of musical/dramatic unity and dramatic credibility. This ‘Callas Revolution\,’ as it came to be known\, was so profound\, thorough and far-reaching that\, aided by inspired stage directors such as Luchino Visconti\, it transformed opera into believable theatre\, an art form that could survive and thrive in an era such as ours\, whose criteria of dramatic credibility have been shaped and dominated by cinema\, television and now\, also by digital media. So\, one is fully justified in talking about opera BC and AC – before and after Callas.” \nBIO:\nHelena Matheopoulos\, currently serving as the Associate Editor of Opera Now Magazine\, hails from Athens. With a background as a former fashion editor at Tatler and a consistent contributor to The Times (London)\, Gramophone\, and Opera Now\, she has garnered recognition for her authorship of several esteemed books on opera. Notable among her literary works are titles such as Placido Domingo\, Diva: The New Generation\, and Fashion Designers at the Opera. Matheopoulos holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Medieval History from the University College London. \nThis event is held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles and is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nGefyra (Bridge) is a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Gefyra’s mission is to connect students\, faculty\, and communities along the West Coast of North America with Greek scholars\, artists\, and other creators\, so that they can together explore expansive and imaginative approaches to Greek culture and knowledge production. The program additionally supports academic conferences and cultural projects that bridge the West Coast and Greece. \nParking for Royce Hall is available in Parking Structure 5 located at: 302 Charles E Young Dr N\, Westwood\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. Parking Structure 5  is accessible from Royce Drive\, south of Sunset Boulevard\, and west of Hilgard Ave. (in the northeast section of the campus). \nNo parking attendants will be on-site at the parking structure\, and Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking is extremely limited in this lot\, so we highly encourage you to purchase a parking permit in advance: \n\n\n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $15 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Royce Hall\,” then “Maria Callas Lecture” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 5 EXCEPT in the Pay-by-Space section. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here.\n\n\n\n\nTo purchase a permit when you arrive at Parking Structure 5\, please park ONLY in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card (the parking on this level is very limited).\n\n\n\n\nGuest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095.\n\n\n\n\nAccessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 5) of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.  Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information.\n\n\n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/mariacallas/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Gefyra,Hellenic,Humanities,Lecture
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Tassos Boulmetis and “1968”
DESCRIPTION:An Evening with Tassos Boulmetis and “1968” \nSaturday\, October 28\, 2023\n7:30 p.m.\nBilly Wilder Theater\, UCLA Hammer Museum\n10899 Wilshire Blvd\nLos Angeles\, CA 90024 United States + Google Map \nPresented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and Gefyra \n7:30pm – Film Screening \nQ&A with: \nTassos Boulmetis (Director)\nPaul Malcolm (Senior Public Programmer\, UCLA Film & Television Archive)\nJohn K. Papadopoulos (Distinguished Professor of Archaeology & Classics\, UCLA\, and Director\, Athenian Agora Excavations) \nAdmission is free. No advance reservations needed. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come\, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Please visit the link below for more information. \nhttps://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2023/10/28/evening-with-tassos-boulmetis \nABOUT THE FILM\nApril 4\, 1968. Athens’ Kallimarmaro Stadium is abuzz\, with thousands of people gathered and millions listening through their radios. The AEK – Slavia Prague basketball game has just begun. A girl in love is dreaming of her wedding day\, while her future husband becomes more desperate with every Greek shot through the opposing team’s hoop. An elderly husband and wife remember the home they left behind. A young communist prisoner cheers from his jail cell and a PROPO betting shop becomes the place where old and new wounds resurface. Years before this night\, three Constantinopolitans decided to create an athletic union that will commemorate their story. At the end of this night\, a moment in Greek history had been made. \nDIRECTOR BIO\nTassos Boulmetis\, the director of A Touch of Spice and Mythopathy\, built his film\, “1968\,” around a true athletic triumph that made history and united a divided country. Mr. Boulmetis studied Physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Film Production and Direction at the University of California\, Los Angeles (UCLA)\, with a scholarship from the A. S. Onassis Foundation. In Greece he started his career as a director/producer of TV shows for the state TV networks. In 1990 he wrote\, directed and co-produced the film The Dream Factory\, which won awards in both Greece and the U.S. A Touch of Spice\, a film that he wrote\, directed and co-produced became the most successful film ever in Greece with over 1\,600\,00 theater viewers. It has been distributed in 45 countries. His third feature\, Mythopathy\, a coming-of-age story of a young man during the 70’s in Greece\, is a sarcastic comedy about the Greek political system and its path to the recent economic crisis. Boulmetis is currently artist-in-residence for Gefyra. In fall 2023\, he is teaching at UCLA and engaging in public programming at Simon Fraser University. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nFor parking and theater details\, please visit https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/billy-wilder-theater \nABOUT GEFYRA\nThis event is part of a series of events held in collaboration with the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation for this pilot program\, which seeks to create networks across the West Coast of North America and between the West Coast and Greece. For more information about this collaboration\, please visit https://hellenic.ucla.edu/Gefyra/. \nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/tassos-boulmetis-and-1968/
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Gefyra,Hellenic
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SUMMARY:Envisioning the Greek Landscape: From Thera to Climate Change Conference
DESCRIPTION:Envisioning the Greek Landscape: From Thera to Climate Change Conference \nOrganized by Professor Katerina Lagos\, California State University\, Sacramento and Professor James Horncastle\, Simon Fraser University \nOctober 19\, 2023 – October 21\, 2023\nAthens\, Greece\nKostis Palamas building (University of Athens)\, and Cotsen Hall (Gennadius Library) \nSince ancient times\, people residing in the Mediterranean have encountered and confronted climatic challenges\, including volcanic eruptions\, tsunamis\, fires\, and drought. Over the millennia\, the Greek people have dealt with the health\, demographic\, and economic consequences of environmental change\, offering a variety of solutions. \nToday\, governments around the world are developing new technologies and policies to mitigate the environmental impact of contemporary society. Drawing lessons from the long Greek experience\, this conference will explore the following: \n\nClimate challenges and resilience: fires\, drought\, poor agricultural production\, and how people faced these challenges since antiquity\nStewards or exploiters of the land: in what way has the environment been perceived by various societies\, institutions\, and rulers.\nLand use and external influences: modernized technology versus traditional forms of domestic usage.\n\nThe Envisioning the Greek Landscape conference is breaking new ground by exploring the Greek environment through an interdisciplinary and diachronic lens. Academics from different scholarly disciplines and historical periods will address the themes outlined above\, examining how the peoples inhabiting Greece\, broadly conceived\, have responded to these issues. Additionally\, the conference will conclude with a policy roundtable so that both academics and policymakers can discuss some of the important issues raised in the scholarly panels. In this manner\, the scholars will be extending their influence beyond academic circles. The conference organizers strongly believe that understanding past environmental challenges and experiences can influence or shape contemporary policymaking. Often\, earlier historical solutions to environmental challenges can inspire for more ecologically friendly solutions in the present. \nThe panels will examine topics such as disease\, drought\, forest fires\, earthquakes\, and balancing human existence to the surrounding environment. The panels will begin with the ancient period\, and then progress to Byzantium\, the Ottoman era\, the modern Greek state\, and then conclude with recent developments. Additionally\, institutions such the Orthodox Church\, political and economic elites\, both domestic and foreign\, will be analyzed vis-à-vis their perceived role toward the environment. \nFinally\, one of the fundamental goals of the conference is to stimulate a new exchange of ideas regarding the Greek environment. With that in mind\, the organizers of the conference intend to publish a selection of the presentation papers as an edited volume. This will disseminate the ideas of the conference to a wider audience – both popular and academic – and help foster greater interest in the environment: past\, present\, and future. \nAthens Environment Conference Program \n This event is open to the public to learn more\, click here: www.hellenicoutreach.org \nWatch the policy panel livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/live/sINBNuwBNcg?si=utBql4HjZ2OlJ9yb \nSpeakers:  \n\nIosif Botetzagias (University of the Aegean)\nJohn Chryssavgis (Ecumenical Patriarchate)\nJim Crow (University of Edinburgh\, UK)\nAndreas Doulfis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)\nÖnder Eren Akgül (Kadir Has University\, Turkey)\nKaterina Gardikas (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)\nSharon Gerstel (UCLA\, USA)\nCharis Gerosideris (Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University\, Saudi Arabia)\nAthanassios Grammenos (University of Piraeus)\nChris Gratien (University of Virginia\, USA)\nJames Horncastle (Simon Fraser University\, Canada)\nStefania Kalogeraki (University of Crete)\nAndreas Kakridis (Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences\, Athens)\nStefania Kalogeraki (University of Crete)\nAnastasia Karakasidou (Wellesley University\, USA)\nThanasis Kizos (University of the Aegean)\nStathis Klonaris (Agricultural University of Athens)\nMaria Kousis (University of Crete)\nNikos Lazaridis (Sacramento State University\, USA)\nKaterina Lagos (Sacramento State University\, USA)\nGeorgios Liakopoulos (Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology\, Germany)\nAngelos Loukakis (National Centre of Social Research\, Athens)\nFaidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou (University of Crete)\nAndreas Papandreou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)\nMaria Paschou (University of Crete)\nSocrates Petmezas (University of Crete)\nRuben Post (University of St. Andrews\, UK)\nNiki Tsironi (National Hellenic Research Foundation\, Athens)\nNikos Tsivikis (Institute of Mediterranean Studies\, Crete)\nGeorge L. Vlachos (EIE\, National Institute of Research\, Athens)\nCristiano Vignola (Sapienza University\, Italy)\nJustine Walter (International University of Applied Sciences\, Germany)\nSam White (University of Helsinki\, Finland)\nBonna Westcoat (American School of Classical Studies at Athens)\n\nThis event is supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/environmentconference/
LOCATION:University of Athens
CATEGORIES:Hellenic,Modern Greece,Symposium
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SUMMARY:Aesthetics of Crisis: Political Street Art and Graffiti in Athens\, 2013-2023
DESCRIPTION:Aesthetics of Crisis: Political Street Art and Graffiti in Athens\, 2013-2023 \nLecture by Julia Tulke\, Assistant Professor\, Emory University \nSaturday\, October 14\, 2023\n3:00 p.m.\n314 Royce Hall\nReception to follow \nThis talk recapitulates the first ten years of Aesthetics of Crisis\, a longitudinal research project that has documented and examined political street art and graffiti in Athens since 2013\, generating an archive of nearly 7000 photographs. Initially probing the walls of the city as an artifact of and site of performative response to the Greek debt crisis\, the project has since adopted the notion of political street art as a “barometer” and method capable of rendering visible shifting currents of crisis and contestation. Over the course of a decade\, the project has traced and contextualized street-level responses to the 2015 austerity referendum\, the growing visibility of feminist and queer protest and expression since the mid-2010s\, the emergence anti-Airbnb and anti-gentrification graffiti since 2019\, reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic and first lockdowns of 2020 and\, most recently\, the turn to graffiti removal as an aspirational performance of post-crisis. By weaving together ethnographic and documentary sensibilities attuned to the complex material and affective realities of everyday life\, Aesthetics of Crisis offers a polyphonic counterpoint to the narrow and often fetishizing representation of the “crisis city” Athens through uncritical celebrations of “crisis creativity” and the attendant assertion that “Athens is the new Berlin.” \nJulia Tulke is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the Institute for the Liberal Arts at Emory University. She earned her Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester. Located at the intersections of urban studies\, visual culture\, and anthropology\, Tulke’s research centers on the visual and spatial politics of crisis\, with a particular focus on the material and symbolic terrain of the “crisis city\,” for which Athens has served as her central case study. Her work in and on the city through the past decade includes research and writing on political street art and graffiti\, artist-run spaces\, queer and feminist protest\, and the poetics of ruination. This work has appeared in the journals City: analysis of urban trends\, culture\, theory\, policy\, action and Forum Kritische Archäologie\, as well as the edited volumes The Aesthetics of Global Protest: Visual Culture and Communication and Greece in Crisis: The Cultural Politics of Austerity\, among other places. Julia’s longitudinal research project Aesthetics of Crisis won the 2022 Prosser Award for Visual Methodologies from the International Visual Sociology Association. https://juliatulke.com/ \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nIn case you missed the lecture\, the recording is available below:\n \nGefyra (Bridge) is a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Gefyra’s mission is to connect students\, faculty\, and communities along the West Coast of North America with Greek scholars\, artists\, and other creators\, so that they can together explore expansive and imaginative approaches to Greek culture and knowledge production. The program additionally supports academic conferences and cultural projects that bridge the West Coast and Greece. \nParking Information: \nParking for Royce Hall is available in Parking Structure 5 located at: 302 Charles E Young Dr N\, Westwood\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. Parking Structure 5  is accessible from Royce Drive\, south of Sunset Boulevard\, and west of Hilgard Ave. (in the northeast section of the campus). \nNo parking attendants will be on-site at the parking structure\, and Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking is extremely limited in this lot\, so we highly encourage you to purchase a parking permit in advance: \n\n\n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for $15 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Royce Hall\,” then “Julia Tulke Lecture” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 5 EXCEPT in the Pay-by-Space section. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here.\n\n\n\n\nTo purchase a permit when you arrive at Parking Structure 5\, please park ONLY in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card (the parking on this level is very limited).\n\n\n\n\nGuest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095.\n\n\n\n\nAccessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 5) of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.  Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/aestheticsofcrisis/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Gefyra,Hellenic,Humanities,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Historical Trajectories of Hellenism in Asia Minor\, lecture by Paschalis Kitromilides (Academy of Athens)
DESCRIPTION:Historical Trajectories of Hellenism in Asia Minor\nlecture by\nPaschalis Kitromilides (Academy of Athens) \nDate: May 7\, 2023\nTime: 3:00 PM\nLocation: 314 Royce Hall\nReception to follow \nIntroductory 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 \nModerated by Sharon Gerstel (UCLA) & Dimitris Krallis (Simon Fraser University) \nProfessor Paschalis Kitromilides will present a survey of the Greek presence in Asia Minor from the original Greek colonization in antiquity to the exodus of the Greek population of the peninsula in the third decade of the twentieth century. He will examine the unity of the Greek world on both shores of the Aegean\, East and West\, for three millennia. Special attention will be paid to the modern period and to the cultural achievements of the “last Hellenism in Asia Minor”. \nPaschalis M. Kitromilides\, Ph.D. at Harvard University\, is a Greek-Cypriot political scientist and intellectual historian. He is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Athens and a member of the Academy of Athens. He has been director of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies since 1980 and was Director of the Institute of Neohellenic Research / National Hellenic Research Foundation (2000-2011). He has held visiting appointments at Harvard and Brandeis Universities\, University of Cambridge\, University of Oxford\, the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales\, the European University Institute and the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Villa I Tatti. He is the author or editor of over fifty books\, including Enlightenment and Revolution: The Making of Modern Greece (Harvard University Press\, 2013)\, and over two hundred and sixty articles and book reviews in academic journals and collective volumes in Greek and English. Besides English and Greek\, his books have appeared in Russian\, Romanian\, Serbian and Bulgarian. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nIn case you missed it\, please view the video of the presentation below: \n \nThis lecture is sponsored by Gefyra\, a collaborative program between the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University and the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) for this pilot program\, which seeks to create networks across the West Coast of North America and between the West Coast and Greece. For more information\, please visit https://hellenic.ucla.edu/ucla-sfu-pilot-program/.  \nThis event is also being held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles and Consulate General of Cyprus in Los Angeles\, and is co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies. \nParking Information: \nParking for Royce Hall is available in Parking Structure 5 located at: 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095.  Parking Structure 5  is accessible from Royce Drive\, south of Sunset Boulevard\, and west of Hilgard Ave (in the northeast section of the campus). \nNo parking attendants will be on-site at the parking structure\, and Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking is extremely limited in this lot\, so we highly encourage you to purchase a parking permit in advance: \n\nYou may purchase your parking permit for $15 using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectValue.aspx. Select UCLA Royce Hall\, then “Paschalis Kitromilides Lecture\,” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park on any level in Parking Structure 5 EXCEPT the Pay-By-Space area on the rooftop level. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here.\nTo purchase a permit when you arrive at Parking Structure 5\, please park ONLY in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card (the parking on this level is very limited).\nGuest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095.\nAccessible parking: If you have accessibility needs\, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 5) of this structure\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.  Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information.
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/hellenism-in-asia-minor/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Hellenic,Humanities,Lecture,UCLA SFU Pilot Program
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