Past Events

1999-2000

November 3rd , 1999
THE EROTOKRITOS AND THE COMPUTER
Two presentations:
Dia Philippides, "The Computerised Concordance of the Erotokritos"
Wim Bakker, "Erotokritos, Kritidis, Charidimos and the Computer"

 

November 22nd, 1999
ELIA KAZAN: A RETROSPECTIVE OF HIS ART AND POLITICS
A panel discussion, moderated by Lewis Cole, Chair, Film Division, Columbia University

Participants included:

Victor Navasky, Publisher of The Nation and Author of Naming Names

Andrew Sarris, Film Critic and Professor, Columbia University

Jeanine Basinger, Professor, Film Studies Program, Wesleyan University

Jeff Young, Author of Kazan: The Master Director Discusses His Films

Patricia Bosworth, Journalist and Biographer

Co-sponsored by The Film Division, Columbia University, and Newmarket Press

 

March 2nd, 2000 \

Lecture, 1999-2000 Sawyer Seminar  
THE PRODUCTION OF THE PAST -THE BALKANS: HISTORY AND NAME
Mark Mazower, Visiting Professor, Department of History, Princeton University
Sponsored by the Mellon Foundation, the Department of Anthropology, the Department of History, the Center for the Study of Comparative Literature and Society, and the Institute of African Studies

 

February 18th, 2000

GREEK VOICES IN NEW YORK:
A LITERARY PRESENTATION OF POETRY, PROSE, AND STORY-TELLING

John Kallas, Regina Pagoulatou, Eleni Paidoussi
Organized and co-sponsored by Hellas

 

March 6th, 2000

Kimon A. Doukas Lecture

GREEK SHIPPING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: MYTH OR REALITY?
Professor Gelina Harlaftis, Dept. of Maritime Studies, University of Piraeus

Respondent: Elias Kulukundis, shipowner and novelist

Co-sponsored by Hellas and the Hellenic Association, Columbia University