Past Events
2006-2007
The Kimon A. Doukas Memorial Lecture
Dr. Irving Sandler
ITHACA REGAINED: GREEK ARTISTS IN NEW YORK
on Wednesday, April 18th 2007, 6:30 p.m. at 301 Philosophy Hall
in cooperation with Kouros Gallery &
The Greek Consulate, New York City
Irving Sandler will address the work of sixteen Greek-American and/or Greek artists who have lived in New York. Their work is featured in the exhibit, “Ithaca Regained,” showing at Kouros Gallery (23 E. 73rd St.) & the Greek Consulate (April 14 – May 19) and curated by Dr. Sandler:
With the participation of
THE ARTISTS:
STEPHEN ANTONAKOS
ALEXANDRA ATHANASSIADES
LYNDA BENGLIS
THOMAS CHIMES
CHRYSSA
NASSOS DAPHNIS
CRIS GIANAKOS
MORFY GIKAS
MARK HADJIPATERAS
GEORGE NEGROPONTE
LUCAS SAMARAS
ATHENA TACHA
PHILIP TSIARAS
SOPHIA VARI
NICOLAS VLAVIANOS
The Second Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Lecture
in the series
ARISTOTLE AND THE MODERNS
WISE CROWDS: ARISTOTLE, ATHENS, AND THE MARQUIS DE CONDORCET
by
Professor Josiah Ober
Constantine Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science & Classics, Stanford University
Thursday, September 28th , 2006 Rotunda of Low Library, Columbia University,
The Alexander Papamarkou Lecture
The Program in Hellenic Studies at Columbia University The Cycladic Art Foundation & the N.P. Goulandris Foundation, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens
invite you to an
Alexander Papamarkou Lecture
by
Dr. Dimitris Plantzos
(International Center for Greek and Mediterranean Studies, Athens)
FROM HERE TO MODERNITY: CYCLADIC ART AS A TWENTIETH-CENTURY PHENOMENON
on Monday, February 26th , 2007, 6.30 p.m., Philosophy Hall 301,
PUBLIC LECTURE
The Program in Hellenic Studies & The Harriman Institute/East Central European Center at Columbia University with the support of The Department of Anthropology, The Department of English and Comparative Literature, The Institute for Research on Women and Gender, The Institute for the Study of Europe, The Maison Française of Columbia University and The Barnard Center for Research on Women of Barnard College
present
THINKING LIBERTY IN DARK TIMES
Professor Julia Kristeva
(Institut Universitaire de France & Université de Paris 7 Denis Diderot,)
Date: Tuesday, March 6th 2007, 6:30 p.m. Location: Rotunda of Low Library
THE MODERN GREEK SEMINAR AT THE UNIVERSITY SEMINARS PROGRAM, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/seminars/seminars/cultural-studies/seminarfolder/moderngreek.html
Professor Christine Philliou
(Ottoman History, Department of History, Columbia University) "The Millet System and its Discontents: Dealing with Difference in the Ottoman Empire"
On Thursday, October 26th, 6:30 p.m., Hamilton Hall 617B
Dr. Eleni Papagaroufali
(Department of Social Anthropology, Panteion University of Social & Political Sciences, Athens) “Town-Twinning In Greece: Towards The Construction Of A “New European Identity”
on Friday, November 3rd, Robert F. Murphy/Morton H. Fried Lounge
Co-sponsored with The Sheldon Scheps Seminar Series, Department of Anthropology.
Dr. Elizabeth Anne Davis
(Society of Fellows, Columbia University)
A SYSTEM IN DOUBT OF FREEDOM
Poet Nikos Alexiou (Queen’s College) &
translator Karen Emmerich (Columbia University) &
recordings of readings by the late poet Miltos Sachtouris
In a bilingual reading in Greek and English from Miltos Sachtouris’s POEMS 1945-1971. Translated by Karen Emmerich. (Archipelago Books, 2006) &
Nikos Alexiou’s THE GARDEN OF LOST VESPERS: POEMS 1983-2003 (Seaburn Press, 2006)
on Thursday, December 7th, 517 Hamilton Hall, at 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Dimitris Papanikolaou
(Lecturer in Modern Greek, Oxford University)
"C.P. Cavafy and Discourses of Sexuality" Respondent: Dr. George Syrimis (Yale University)
Dr. Miltos Pechlivanos
(Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki)
Σηµεία στίξεως της ανάγνωσης – ο Στρατής Τσίρκας από τη Λέσχη στις Ακυβέρνητες Πολιτείες. [Points of Punctuations in Reading – Stratis Tsirkas from The Club to Drifting Cities], on April 9th, 7 p.m.
(i) The Balkans Lecture Series at the Harriman Institute
1. Anna Diamantopoulou
Member of the Hellenic Parliament "The Balkans' European Potential and its Significance in International Affairs"
Tuesday, March 20th 12-1:30pm 1219 IAB Co-sponsored by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, USA
2. Theodore Couloumbis
Professor Emeritus of International Relations, University of Athens
"De-Balkanizing the Balkans: Is There a Role for Greece?"
Monday, March 26th Co-sponsored by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, USA
(ii) The Society of Fellows in the Humanities
October 12th, 2006
Molly Greene
Princeton University
THE VIEW FROM THE BOAT: OTTOMAN MERCHANTS DESCRIBE THEIR WORLD
October 19th 2006
Elizabeth Anne Davis
Society of Fellows, Columbia University
SYMPTOMS OF TRADITION: HYSTERIA AND ETHICS OF REFORM IN GREEK PSYCHIATRY
October 26th, 2006
Katherine Fleming
New York University
THE MESSIANIC SULTAN: MEDITERRANEAN RABBIS INTERPRET OTTOMAN HISTORY
(iii) The Columbia University Hellenic Association
1. Columbia Core Curriculum & Hellas (Columbia University Undergraduate Hellenic Association)
present
Plato's "The Apology Of Socrates" Performed -in English-by Yannis Simonides Directed by Loukas Skipitaris
Friday, September 8 at 11:00am, Roone Arledge Auditorium in Lerner Hall
2. The Cypriot Student Association of America (EFOKA) & The Columbia University Hellenic Association
Invite you to a Screening of the Documentary
Beyond Division: Reunifying the Republic of Cyprus and discussion facilitated by
Vangelis Calotychos
Program in Hellenic Studies, Department of Classics, Columbia University
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007, 7:00 pm, Teachers College, Columbia University
3. The Columbia University Hellenic Association
Invite you to a talk by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America
RELIGION, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY
Tuesday, April 10th, 6;00 – 8:00 p.m., Teachers College