Past Events
2010-2011
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Olga Taxidou (Reader, Drama, University of Edinburgh)
“Brecht and Greek Tragedy: A creative Encounter”
Organized by the Institute for Comparative Literature & Society
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Orestis Kourakis (Archaeological Photographer)
The main purpose of this lecture is to explore and clarify the complexities of modern archaeological photography. Through a series of case studies on all kind of materials the lecture aims to set the quality standards and actual techniques needed for each particular situation thus promising a more satisfactory collaboration between archaeologists and photographers.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Anne Germanacos, author of In The Time Of The Girls (BOA Editions) at Book Culture Bookstore.
Introduced by Patricia Felisa Barbeito, Professor of American Literatures, Rhode Island School of Design & translator.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Biography of an Empire: A Conversation and Reception
A talk and reception in honor of Christine Philliou's new book Biography of an Empire: Governing Ottomans in an Age of Revolution (University of California Press). Featuring a conversation with Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies, Rashid Khalidi, as well as a reception featuring live Balkan music from Black Sea Hotel and Ahmet Erdogdular.
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
From Homer to 2011: Greek Poetry through the Millennia
Poetry Reading & Discussion
Participants: Peter Constantine, Rachel Hadas, Edmund Keeley, Karen Van Dyck
Date and Time:, 7:00 PM
Location: The Philoctetes Center
Monday, March 07, 2011
Margaret Karapanou-Roundtable
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
A bilingual reading of The Scattered Papers of Penelope: New and Selected Poems by Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke with her translator Karen Van Dyck and poet Stephanos Papadopoulos who will also read poems from his recent book, Hôtel Dieu. Location: Nicholas Roerich Museum
April 12, 2011
“The Greek Financial Crisis and International Responses”
Participants: Gordon N. Bardos (Harriman Institute); Alexander Cooley (Harriman Institute); Christos Hadjiemmanouil (University of Piraeus); Lincoln Mitchell (Harriman Institute); Mary Mpossis (University of Piraeus); Athanasios Platias (University of Piraeus); Aristotle Tziampiris (University of Piraeus)
Organized by The Harriman Institute; cosponsored by the Program in Hellenic Studies
April 26, 2011
Petros Efthymiou-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly; MP, Hellenic Parliament
"Towards a New Architecture for Politico-Military Security in Europe: The Role of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe" --The Harriman Institute at Columbia University and The Onassis Foundation (USA)
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
INTERUNIVERSITY WORKSHOP: ENCOUNTERING GREEK IN TRANSLATION STUDIES
This workshop will explore what Greek literature -- Ancient, Modern, and Diaspora -- can offer Translation Studies. It will also be a kind of translation itself since faculty from Aristotle University in Thessaloniki and from Columbia University in New York will be joining forces to create a third space between institutions to discuss these issues. In this initial meeting Lawrence Venuti will offer a theoretical framework for thinking more generally about Translation Studies. Colleagues, then, from Columbia and Aristotle working in the fields of Greek, English, Comparative Literature and Translation Studies will address different encounters between Greek and English and how this engages with issues of translation. Our aim is to generate an exchange between scholars on both campuses working not only in Greek and English, but also other languages, literatures, and media. Finally we will set aside an hour at the end for more practical discussion about future collaborations between Columbia and Aristotle.
10:00 Introductions
Mihalis Chryssanthopoulos, Greek Department
Elisabeth Sekelaridou or Karin Boklund, English Department
Karen Van Dyck, Columbia
Dimitris Doutis, Fulbright Foundation
10:30-11.30 Lawrence Venuti, “Translation: Between the Universal and the Local “
11:30 – 1:15 Panel
Alexandra Lianeri (Classics, Aristotle), “Greek Modernity and the European translation of the Ancient Greek Past”
Stathis Gourgouris (Comparative Literature, Columbia), “Derealizations of the Ideal: Walcott Encounters Seferis”
Karen Van Dyck (Modern Greek, Columbia), “Diaspora Literature, Multilingualism and Translation”
1:30 Discussion about collaboration-exchange between Aristotle and Columbia