[MGSA-L] Lecture, Netherlands Institute at Athens by Dr. Tryfon Bampilis: Modernity in a bottle, 2 Dec 2010

Roland Moore rolandmo at pacbell.net
Tue Nov 30 09:27:28 PST 2010


The Netherlands Institute at Athens cordially invites you to the lecture (in English) by Dr
 Tryfon BAMPILIS Leiden University “Modernity in a bottle”
 Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 7 p.m. at the Netherlands Institute at 
Athens Makri 11 – Makrygianni. Reception will follow. If you would like 
to attend please inform Mrs Emmy Makri in advance as there is a limited 
number of seats (email:emakri at nia.gr)


Het Nederlands Instituut Athene heeft het genoegen U uit te nodigen voor de lezing door Dr Tryfon BAMPILIS Universiteit Leiden “Modernity in a bottle”
donderdag
 2 december 2010 om 19 uur op het Nederlands Instituut Athene Makri 11 –
 Makrigianni Nadien wordt een receptie aangeboden

Modernity in a bottleThursday, December 2, 2010 at 7 p.m, Netherlands Institute at Athens Makri 11 – Makrygianni
    Dr. Tryfon Bampilis (PhD 
    University of Leiden) (trifonb at yahoo.com)

    
    How Scotch whisky has become 
    in many contexts of Greek social life a symbol of ‘Greekness’, national 
    identity, modernity and middle class? How are global commodities adapted and 
    adopted by cultures and what are the consequences of transnational 
    capitalism? Is the circulation of commodities affecting the cultural 
    identity of contemporary consumers in Greece and to what extent? By 
    following Scotch within the contexts of Greek cinematography, popular music, 
    marketing and consumption in general this lecture takes an ethnographic 
    stand to the perceptions of foreign, Western, imported and global goods in 
    order to understand how the career of Scotch whisky has become more 
    successful than other beverages. Drawing from a wide range of sources, 
    archival work, and anthropological fieldwork, the author will be presenting parts of his PhD research. 

    

    Tryfon 
    Bampilis
    

    Tryfon Bampilis holds a 
    degree in Social Anthropology from Panteion University in Athens (2001). In 
    2002 he obtained a Master in Science in Social Anthropology at University 
    College London. In 2004 he was awarded a PhD fellowship in Social 
    Anthropology by the State Scholarship Foundation of Greece (IKY) and in 2010 
    he obtained a PhD at University of Leiden. His dissertation, entitled "Greek 
    whisky: the localization of a global commodity" examines the cultural 
    appropriation  of imported beverages and their relationship to 
    modernity, gender and style. His research interests include, ethnographic approaches to modernity, material 
    culture, history and anthropology and Aegean ethnography. He has presented 
    his work in academic institutions in the U.S.A, in the Netherlands, in the 
    U.K.,  and he is currently teaching at the University of 
    Bayreuth in Germany. 

 Dr. Tryfon Bampilis 
Ph.D. University of Leiden
The Netherlands
Address: P.O. BOX 22069 
Postcode 11301, Athens, Greece

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