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The Reawakening of an “Extinct” Language:  The Case of Cappadocian Greek

Screening of “Last Words” (seriousFilm, 2014) with an introduction by linguist-philogist Mark Janse Friday, October 14, 2016 7-9pm in House A Admission: Free and open to the public. Directions and Visitor Information Overview The Cappadocian variety of Greek, spoken in Asia Minor until the population exchanges between Greek and Turkey in the 1920s, has been of considerable interest to Hellenists and linguists more… Read more

The Enduring Legacy of El Greco

Monumental Works in Toledo and Escorial Thursday, October 13, 2016 6:30-8:30pm in House A Admission: Free and open to the public. Directions and Visitor Information In collaboration with the Society for the Preservation of Greek Heritage This event will be streamed and recorded. By attending this event, the audience consents to being captured on video and audio. Overview After a brief introduction, Professor Marina Lambraki-Plaka will present select masterpieces… Read more

Watch Live Tonight | The Enduring Legacy of El Greco

Monumental Works in Toledo and Escorial Tonight, Thursday, October 13, 2016 6:30pm EDT To view the slides, download the PDF. If you are unable to view the embedded video above, click here to watch live! Prof. Marina Lambraki-Plaka will present select masterpieces of the great Renaissance painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (“El Greco”), including The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, View… Read more

Watch Live Tonight | The Enduring Legacy of El Greco

Monumental Works in Toledo and Escorial Tonight, Thursday, October 13, 2016 6:30pm EDT To view the slides, download the PDF. If you are unable to view the embedded video above, click here to watch live! Prof. Marina Lambraki-Plaka will present select masterpieces of the great Renaissance painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (“El Greco”), including The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, View of Toledo, and The… Read more

Rowman and Littlefield | Nothing Is as It Seems: The Tragedy of the Implicit in Euripides' Hippolytus

Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Nothing Is as It Seems: The Tragedy of the Implicit in Euripides’ Hippolytus, by Hanna M. Roisman, is an insightful re-examination of a Classical masterpiece from the standpoint of drama as drama. In her reading of Euripides, the author of this book engages her own experience as a lifelong theater-goer and as a perceptive reader… Read more