Please join us on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at 8:00 p.m., in Nafplion for the following lecture: “The use of Greek antiquity under German totalitarianism” Lecturer: Andreas Ioannides, Vice-Rector, Associate Professor of Modern Greek Art from the 19th century until the present, Department of the Theory and History of Art, Athens School of… Read more
Please join us on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 8:00 p.m., in Nafplion for the following lecture: “Ancient Persian perceptions of Greek space” Lecturer: Dr. Antigoni Zournatzi, Historian/Archaeologist, Senior Researcher, Institute of Historical Research, Section of Greek and Roman Antiquity, National Hellenic Research Foundation Respondent: Dr. Makis Apergis, Historian, Honorary Research Fellow, University… Read more
Please join us on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., in Kranidi for the following lecture: “The ‘return’ of ancient Greek tragedy: Aristotle, Euripides and the birth of opera (late 16th, early 17th century)” Lecturer: Georgios Tsomis, Assistant Professor of the Ancient Greek Literature, Department of Greek Philology, Democritus University of Thrace Fellow… Read more
Please join us on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., in Nafplion for the following lecture: “The reception of classical models: From the Achaemenids to German National Socialism” Lecturer: Yiannis Leontaris, Stage director, Assistant Professor of film theory, Department of Theater Studies of the School of Fine Arts, University of the Peloponnese The event… Read more
Please join us on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., in Argos for the following lecture: “The concept of antiquity in Byzantine sculpture” Lecturer: Aristotelis Mentzos, Professor of Byzantine Archaeology, Department of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Respondent: Yiannis Theoharis, Archaeologist, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens… Read more
Please join us on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., in Nafplion for the following lecture: “The Aristotelian concept of virtue and its contemporary revivals” Lecturer: Stelios Virvidakis, Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy and History of Science, National Kapodistrian University of Athens Respondent: Tassos Karakatsanis, PhD Candidate in Philosophy The lecture will be… Read more
Please join us on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 7:00 p.m., in Nafplion for the following lecture: “Hidden in long-suffering Romiosyne, when I see Queen Greece from afar”: Thoughts on a distich by Palamas Lecturer: Aikaterini Polymerou Kamilaki, Director, Hellenic Folklore Research Center, Academy of Athens Respondent: Socrates Loupas, Art Historian… Read more
Please join us for the following lecture. Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 7 p.m., Nafplion “Translatio Imperii: Rome as a continuous historical legacy” Lecturer: Theodoros Papangelis Professor of Latin Literature, Department of Philology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Member of the Academy of Athens… Read more
“LITERATURE AS PERFORMANCE” Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies and the Society for the Promotion of Education and Learning are co-organizing a three-day conference (July 5-7) devoted to “Literature As Performance.” The conference will take place at Athens, Word and Art Auditorium, Book’s Arcade (Arsakeio Megaro – Pesmatzoglou 5, Athens) Read more
Please join us on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 8 p.m., in Nafplion for the following lecture: “Courtly Titles and Political Control in the Palaeologan Era” Lecturer: Demetrios Kyritses, Assistant Professor of Byzantine History, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete Respondent: Dr. Anastasia Kontogiannopoulou, Byzantinist, Associate Researcher at… Read more
