Kimon A. Doukas Memorial Lecture

This annual lecture series honors the life and interests of Kimon A. Doukas (1903-1997) whose generous gifts have made possible the establishment of Columbia's Program in Hellenic Studies in 1987 as well as the Kimon A. Doukas Chair in Hellenic Studies, which is held by the current Director of the Program in Hellenic Studies, Professor Karen Van Dyck.

Dr. Kimon A. Doukas was born in Smyrna, Asia Minor, and came to the United States in 1922. He earned three degrees from Columbia: a B. S. in 1926, a M. A . in 1937, and the Ph. D. in 1945. His thesis, The French Railroads and the State was published as part of Columbia's Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law. Since retiring from shipping operations in 1975, he devoted his time to serving the Greek community in America. Kimon A. Doukas passed away in 1997.

• April 15th, 1990
  Dreaming of the Barbarians: Of Modern Hellenes in Europe
  a lecture by Stathis Gourgouris (Ohio State University).
  
  October 3rd, 1991
  The Greek American Experience
  a lecture by Dan Georgakas (CUNY)
  
  November 10th, 1993
  The Greek Diaspora in Modern Times
  a lecture by Richard Clogg (European Studies Centre, Oxford)
  
  December 1st, 1993
  Searching for Greek America
  a lecture by Charles Moskos (Sociology, Northwestern University)
  
  November 17th, 1994
  Cultivating New Lands:
  The Consolidation of Territorial Gains
  in Northern Greece (1912-1940) in Literature
  a lecture by Peter Mackridge (Oxford)
  
  January 24th, 1995
  Nationalism in the Harem:
  A Greek American Journalist in Constantinople
  a lecture by Yiorgos Kalogeras (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
  
  April 29th, 1996
  The Educational Achievements of the Greek Diaspora:
  National Stereotypes and Tentative Interpretations
  a lecture by Constantine Tsoukalas (University of Athens)
  
  September 17th, 1998
  Greece and the Future of Europe
  A lecture by Theodoros Pangalos,
  Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece
  
  November 22, 1999
  Elia Kazan: A Retrospective of His Art and Politics
  A panel discussion, moderated by Lewis Cole, Chair, Film Division, Columbia University
  Participants:
  Victor Navasky, Publisher of The Nation and Author of Naming Names
  Anrew 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
  
  April 27, 2001
  New Developments in the Balkans: The Role of Greece in Achieving Peace
  A lecture by Dimitris Platis, Consul General of Greece
  
  March 27, 2002
  Desperately Seeking Greekness: Transterritorial Identities in Cinema
  A lecture by Maria Stassinopoulou (University of Vienna)
  
  March 3rd, 2003
  Fixing National Subjects in the 1920's Southern Balkans:
  International Bureaucrats and Borderline Decisions
  A lecture by Jane K. Cowan (Sussex)

   

• April 27, 2005
  Diasporas, Homelands, Old and New World Orders
  A lecture by Khachig Tölölyan  -Professor of English, Wesleyan University

   

• April 13, 2006
  Greek American Accents
  A lecture by Vassilis Lambropoulos - Professor of Modern Greek-University of Michigan

   

• April 18, 2007
  Ithaca Regained: Greek Artists in New York
  A lecture by Dr Irving Sandler -Curator

   

• April 21st, 2008
  Poetry reading by EMILY FRAGOS
  poet & editor of anthologies "Dance" and "Music's Spell" & ZOE KERAMEA artist
  by John Chioles, Peter Constantine, David Plante & Vangelis Calotychos
  This event is supported by The Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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