Past Events
1988-1989
November 28th, 1988
TWO VIEWS OF GREEK AMERICA
(co-sponsored by the Aegean Review) The Great Longing, a slide presentation by Jenny Marketou Odd Beat, a film by Ariane Cotsis
February 21st, 1989
THE SURREALIST POETRY OF MATSI HADZILAZAROU
(co-sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender) a lecture by Andia Frantzi, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
April 17th, 1989
NEW POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS
(co-sponsored by Poets and Writers, Inc.)
a reading by Olga Broumas
The first reading in the series AMERICAN WRITERS WHO ARE GREEK which presents to a Greek audience American writers who, though Greek, are better known outside the Greek community, and, provides a new cultural context for American readers to experience these writers’ work.
April 24th,1989
CONTEMPORARY GREEK WOMEN NOVELISTS
a lecture by Maria Anastasopoulos, University of Athens.
June 26th – 30th, 1989
MACEDONIA: HISTORY, CULTURE, ART
(co-sponsored by the Pan-Macedonian Association)
This series of lectures and seminars addresses the historical and cultural role of Macedonia from classical to modern times. Speakers include: Argyro B. Tataki (Research Centre for Greek and Roman Antiquity, Athens), Malcolm Errington (University of Marburg), Lucretia Gounaropoulou (Archaeological Museum, Thessaloniki), Richard A. Billows (Columbia University), Demetrios Pandermalis (Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki), Erich S. Gruen (University of California), Ch. Bakirtzis, (Ephor of Byzantine Antiquities, Kavala), Carolyn S. Snively (Gettysburg College), John Koliopoulos (Anatolia College), and Evangelos Kofos (Institute for Balkan Studies, Thessaloniki).
1989-1990
THE POLITICS OF CONTINUITY This series brings together eminent scholars in the field to debate the relation of Modern Greek studies to Classical and Byzantine Studies in a diverse range of disciplines.
February 15th, 1990
WOMEN AND THE CONTINUITY DEBATE
a lecture by Margaret Alexiou (Seferis Chair, Harvard University),
response by Charles Stewart (Harvard University)
February 22nd, 1990
BLACK ATHENA AND THE CONTINUITY DEBATE
a lecture by Martin Bernal (Cornell University),
responses by Gail Holst (Cornell University)
and Janet Hart (University of Michigan)
March 1st, 1990
BYZANTINE HISTORY AND THE CONTINUITY DEBATE a lecture by Speros Vryonis (Onassis Center, New York University), response by Alan Cameron (Columbia University)
March 8th, 1990
ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE CONTINUITY DEBATE a lecture by Michael Herzfeld (Indiana University), response by Ernestine Friedl (Duke University)
March 14th, 1990
AN EVENING OF GREEK POETRY AND PROSE
(sponsored by The Columbia University Hellenic Association, Columbia Volunteers for the Arts, Center for American Culture Studies and Poets and Writers, Inc.)
readings by Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke and Alki Zei
1990-1991
November 27th 1990
GREEK GYPSIES a slide-lecture by Diane Tong, photographer and author of Gypsy Folktales
March 12th, 1991
EROTIC PROSE a reading by Ersi Sotiropoulou, author of Farce, Mexico, and Vacation without a Corpse.
April 15th , 1991
DREAMING OF THE BARBARIANS: OF MODERN HELLENES IN EUROPE a lecture by Stathis Gourgouris (Ohio State University).
1991-1992
October 3rd ,1991
THE GREEK AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
a lecture by Dan Georgakas, editor of Greek-American Studies Newsletter, co-editor of New Directions in Greek-American Studies.
November 6th -7th ,1991
AT THE EDGES OF EUROPE: A FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY GREEK AND IRISH WOMEN'S POETRY
(co-sponsored with the Poetry Society of America) November 6th , 1991 a reading at the National Arts Club by Katerina Anghelaki Rooke, Eavan Boland, and Medbh McGuckian
introduced by Rachel Hadas
November 7th , 1991
a symposium with Poets: Katerina Anghelaki Rooke, Eavan Boland, and Medbh McGuckian. Critics: Gail Holst (Cornell), Siobhan Kilfeather (Columbia), Karen Van Dyck
(Columbia), and Clair Wills (Essex).
February 24th , 1992
THE POETRY OF ODYSSEAS ELYTIS: AN 80th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Andonis Decavalles, Dorothy Gregory, and Edmund Keeley read from the original Greek and English translations.
March 25th , 26th , and 27th , 1992
CONTEMPORARY GREEK CINEMA
(sponsored with the Columbia University Hellenic Association, the Greek-American Columbia Association and in collaboration with the U.S. Office of the Greek Film Center). Films Shown: Theophilos (1987) Director: Lakis Papastathis Stone Years (1985) Director: Pantelis Voulgaris The Tree We Hurt (1986) Director: Dimos Avdeliodis Honeymoon (1979) Director: George Panoussopoulos
1992-1993
December 7th , 1992
HOMERIC SURVIVALS IN MODERN GREEK FOLKSONGS a lecture by Grigoris Sifakis (Onassis Center, New York University)
February 20th , 1993
THE PARTHENON RESTORATION PROJECT a lecture by M. Dorres (Architect, Athens)
April 14th , 1993
DOES HELLENISM HAVE A PLACE IN THE MODERN WORLD? a lecture by Constantine Dimaras (Pandeion University, Athens) response by Dionysis Savvopoulos (songwriter, Athens)
1993-1994
November 10th , 1993
THE GREEK DIASPORA IN MODERN TIMES a lecture by Richard Clogg (European Studies Centre, Oxford)
November 17th , 1993
INSIDE HITLER'S GREECE a lecture by Mark Mazower (School of European Studies, Sussex)
December 1st , 1993
SEACHING FOR GREEK AMERICA
a lecture by Charles Moskos (Sociology, Northwestern University)
introduced by Steven Marcus and Carolyn Bynum
The first annual KIMON A. DOUKAS LECTURE to honor the life and interests of Kimon Doukas whose generous gifts have made possible the Columbia Program in Hellenic Studies.
March 2nd , 1994
a reading by Irini Spanidou, author of God's Snake
March 29th , 1994
BYZANTINE STUDIES: ITS PLACE IN MODERN SCHOLARSHIP a lecture by Angeliki Laiou (Dumbarton Oaks)
April 7th , 1994
TRANSLATION, THE UNRESOLVED DILEMMA
a lecture by Kay Cicellis,
author and translator of numerous Greek novels into English
April 11th , 1994
a reading by Cali Doxiadis from her novel One Story Only
1994-1995
November 10th , 1994
THE SUSPENDED STEP OF THE STORK
(co-sponsored by the Greek-American Student Organization) a showing of a film by Theodoros Angelopoulos
November 17th , 1994
CULTIVATING NEW LANDS: THE CONSOLIDATION OF TERRITORIAL GAINS IN NORTHERN GREECE (1912-1940) IN LITERATURE
(co-sponsored by the Greek-American Student Organization) a lecture by Peter Mackridge (Oxford)
January 24th , 1995
KIMON A. DOUKAS LECTURE
Nationalism in the Harem: A Greek American Journalist in Constantinople a lecture by Yiorgos Kalogeras (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
March 9th, 1995
REMEMBERING RESISTANCE: WOMEN'S WORDS
(co-sponsored by the Onassis Center) a reading from Greek Women's testimonies by Olympia Dukakis, actress
compiled and introduced by Janet Hart (University of Michigan) April 6th , 1995
ADJUSTMENT AND RESISTANCE TO CHANGE: VIRTUES AND VICES OF THE GREEK ECONOMY OVER THE LAST DECADE
(co-sponsored by the Greek-American Student Organization) a lecture by Antigone Lyberaki (Pandeion University)
1995-1996
September 28th , 1995
ON THE ASCETICS OF THE WORD: LITERATURE AND HISTORY
NYU/Columbia joint seminar in Modern Greek Studies a lecture by Rhea Galanaki, author of the award-winning novel The Life of Ismail Ferik Pasha
October 2nd , 1995
A reading of poetry and prose by Rhea Galanaki
(co-sponsored by the Greek Ministry of Culture)
October 22nd , 1995
A tour of Greek America at Ellis Island by Dan Georgakas
October 26th , 1995
“THE BEST WALL TO HIDE OUR FACE BEHIND”: THE POETRY OF MANOLIS ANAGNOSTAKIS
NYU/Columbia joint seminar in Modern Greek Studies a lecture by David Ricks (King’s College, London)
December 6th , 1995
GREECE IN THE '90S
(co-sponsored by the Institute on Western Europe) a lecture by Constantine Tsoukalas (University of Athens)
February 20th ,1996
GREEK WOMEN'S POETRY a lecture by Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke
1996-1997
Three Events in the Series
AMERICAN WRITERS WHO ARE GREEK
sponsored by the Program in Hellenic Studies and HELLAS, the Columbia Greek-American Association
October 24th , 1996
FATHER DANCING a reading by Nick Papandreou, author of Father Dancing: An Invented Memoir
November 21st , 1996
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS a reading by Olga Broumas, author of Beginning with O and Sappho's Gymnasium
February 6th , 1997
A WRITER'S ODYSSEY a lecture by Nicholas Gage, author of A Place for Us and Eleni
February 26th , 1997
THE LINKAGE APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT: THE CASE OF CYPRUS Maria Hadjipavlou-Trigeorgis, Lecturer, University of Cyprus sponsored by the Institute on Western Europe
April 17th , 1997
GREECE: OPPORTUNITY AND CHALLENGE Yannos Papantoniou, Minister of Economy and Finance sponsored by the Columbia Business School and the Hellenic Association
April 29th , 1997
In memory of Kimon A. Doukas's life (1903-1997)
THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE GREEK DIASPORA: NATIONAL STEREOTYPES AND TENTATIVE INTERPRETATIONS a lecture by Constantine Tsoukalas, Professor of Sociology, University of Athens
1997-1998
October 20th , 1997
COSTA-GAVRAS, CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY Screening of Costa-Gavras’ film Z in 35mm print -New York Premiere
November 24th , 1997
Screening of Costa-Gavras’ Mad City Preview, which preceded the official opening of this film
Costa-Gavras in Interview
A public discussion between the director and Professor Annette Insdorf, of Columbia University
December 6th , 1997
TRADITIONAL GREEK CHRISTMAS SONGS
Choral singing by the children’s choir of the School of the Transfiguration April 14th , 1998
POETRY READING A reading by acclaimed poet Maria Laina of her new work
April 20th and 21st , 1998
Puppets in Performance: Avant-Garde and Popular Perspectives
(Co-organized with the Deutsches Haus, Columbia University) a series of three lectures on the shadow puppet theater and its impact on the avant-garde
Lecturers included:
New York based theater artist Theodora Skipitares,
Anna Stavrakopoulou, Assistant Professor in Hellenic Studies, Harvard University and
Harold Segel,
Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
Lectures were followed by the screening of Lotte Reiniger’s 1920s animation film, The Adventures of Prince Achmed
1998-1999
September 17th, 1998
GREECE AND THE FUTURE OF EUROPE
an address by
Theodoros Pangalos
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece
Organized in collaboration with The School of International and Public Affairs and The Institute on Western Europe of Columbia University
November 23rd, 1998
COMMEMORATING THE POLYTECHNEIO: THE GREEK AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
including a screening of The Rehearsal (1974) directed by Jules Dassin followed by a panel discussion on the Polytechneio with Edward Malefakis, History, Columbia University
Adamandia Pollis, Political Science, New School
Peter Pappas, Director of the Foundation for Hellenic Culture Organized in collaboration with Hellas, The Undergraduate Student Association of Columbia University
December 7th, 1998
A CONVERSATION WITH HELENE ALEXOPOULOS
Principal Dancer of the New York City Ballet
Interviewed by Lynn Garafola, Senior Editor, Dance Magazine
Organized in collaboration with The Department of Dance, Barnard College and Co-sponsored by Hellas and The Hellenic Association of Columbia University
March 4th , 6th , and 7 th 1999
A FESTIVAL OF NEW GREEK FILMS
including screenings of
The Cow’s Orgasm by Olga Malea From the Snow by Sotiris Goritsas Lefteris by Pericles Choursoglou
Co-sponsored by Hellas and The Hellenic Association of Columbia University April 21st, 1999
STAVROS PETSOPOULOS CELEBRATING TWENTY YEARS OF AGRA PRESS, ATHENS, GREECE
LECTURE & EXHIBIT RESPONSE by Jonathan Crary, Zone Books AND SIGNING by Agra authors in the New York area including Edmund Keeley, Norman Manea, and Johanna Weber
This is the inaugural event in the series DISLOCATIONS which aims to bring Greek publishers and other less visible cultural producers to New York to exhibit and discuss their work
The event has been made possible by the generous assistance of Rare Books and Manuscripts, Butler Library, Columbia University, the Greek Ministry of Culture and the Ministry for Greeks Abroad, the Program in Hellenic Studies, Princeton University, the Foundation for Hellenic Culture, the Speros Basil Vryonis Center for the Study of Hellenism, and the Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies.
April 29th , 30th and May 1st 1999
THE ECCLESIAZUSAE by ARISTOPHANES
A student production of the play in Ancient Greek directed by Marina Kotzamani sets and costumes by Mark Hadjipateras Sponsored by the Classics Department, Barnard College